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253 games like Cave Story

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01 Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Cover

2016 · 3DS, Switch, PC

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

76%

"The 2D high speed, old-school style side-scrolling action that you remember from Azure Striker Gunvolt is back! In this game, Gunvolt's rival Copen from the first installment returns to the fray as a playable character!"

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Cave Story

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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02 Rusted Moss Cover

2023 · Switch, PC, PS5

Rusted Moss

76%

Traverse the perilous lands of a dying world in this bullet-hell inspired metroidvania! Strong enemies emerge from distant lands as the iron inventions of men succumb to the decay of rust and time. Use a trusty grappling hook and uncover new powers to battle m...

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76% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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03 The Mobius Machine Cover

2024 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

The Mobius Machine

76%

Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action platformer with dynamic combat and heavy emphasis on exploration.

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Cave Story

76% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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04 Biota Cover

2022 · PC

Biota

76%

Biota is a 2D metroidvania inspired shooter set on a wild and dangerous sci-fi, pixel-art planet. Get ready to face hostile alien life forms and investigate a mysterious mining colony as a group of ragtag heroes from the future, all in glorious 4-color palette...

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Cave Story

76% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Nine Sols Cover

2024 · Mac, Switch, PC

Nine Sols

69%

Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer set in a science fiction world influenced by Asian fantasy and Taoist imagery. The game follows a vengeful protagonist on a quest to defeat the nine Sols, the rulers of a ruined realm once inhabited by an ancient...

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Cave Story

69% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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06 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

61%

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in sin...

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Cave Story

61% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Super Metroid Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Super Metroid

60%

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the dead...

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Cave Story

60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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08 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight: Silksong

60%

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to you...

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Cave Story

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Metroid Fusion Cover

2002 · GBA, 3DS, WiiU

Metroid Fusion

60%

Metroid Fusion is a side-scrolling action-adventure game that combines exploration, combat, and progression within a structured environment. Players navigate distinct sectors, acquire new abilities, and unlock access to previously restricted areas as they adva...

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Cave Story

60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

10 Crash Bandicoot: Warped Cover

1998 · PS1, PS3, PSP

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

56%

Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot series and the first to feature Coco as a playable character. The player takes control of Crash and Coco Bandicoot, who must travel back and forward in time and gather 25 crystals before Uka Uka...

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Cave Story

56% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

56%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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Cave Story

56% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 BioShock Infinite Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

BioShock Infinite

53%

BioShock Infinite is the third game in the BioShock series. It is not a direct sequel/prequel to any of the previous BioShock games but takes place in an entirely different setting, although it shares similar features, gameplay and concepts with the previous g...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Drama Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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13 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Cover
53%

In the sequel to Drake's Fortune, Nathan Drake comes across a map that showcases the location of Marco Polo's missing ships. It takes him on a journey to find the infamous Cintamani Stone, and uncover the truth behind it.

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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14 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Cover

A search for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands" propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake's quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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15 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Cover
53%

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The search turns deadly when Nat...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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16 Metroid Prime Cover

2002 · NGC

Metroid Prime

53%

A 3D exploration-focused metroidvania with first-person shooting mechanics and the first 3D entry in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime follows Samus Aran after the events of Metroid (1986) as she boards a Space Pirate frigate, then chases her escaping archriva...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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17 Super Mario Bros. 2 Cover

1988 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS

Super Mario Bros. 2

53%

Super Mario Bros. 2, 2D platformer and sequel to Super Mario Bros. (1985), features 4 selectable characters (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad) as they navigate the dream world of Subcon to defeat the evil toad king Wart. Super Mario Bros. 2 features differen...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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18 Fez Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Fez

53%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 d...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

19 Rayman Origins Cover

2011 · Mac, 3DS, PC

Rayman Origins

53%

Bubble Dreamer, Rayman, his best friend Globox, and some Teensy friends are chilling out at the Bubble Dreamer's resting grounds, the Snoring Tree. However, their snoring disturbs an old granny from the Land of the Livid Dead, who retaliates by sending an evil...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Blasphemous Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Blasphemous

53%

Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use...

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Cave Story

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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