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278 games like The Messenger

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01 Never Give Up Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Never Give Up

95%

When the going gets tough, the tough don't quit! From the creators of the brutal and beloved Flash series enjoyed by millions of players worldwide comes the latest installment of hardcore, twitch-based platforming.

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95% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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02 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

68%

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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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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03 Super Meat Boy Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Super Meat Boy

66%

Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into chapters containing over 300 levels, each requiring...

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66% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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04 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

62%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

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62% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Guacamelee! Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

Guacamelee!

59%

"Guacamelee! is a Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters. Guacamelee! builds upon the cla...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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06 Geometry Dash Cover

2013 · Android, Mac, PC

Geometry Dash

57%

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer. Prepare for a near impossible challenge in the world of Geometry Dash. Push your skills to the limit as you jump, fly and flip your way through dangerous passages and spiky obstacles.

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57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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07 Trine Cover

2009 · Linux, Mac, PC

Trine

55%

Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities and tactics can be...

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The Messenger

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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08 Blasphemous Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Blasphemous

54%

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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54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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09 Metroid Dread Cover

2021 · Switch

Metroid Dread

52%

Join intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her first new 2D Metroid story in 19 years. Samus’ story continues after the events of the Metroid Fusion game when she descends upon planet ZDR to investigate a mysterious transmission sent to the Galactic Federa...

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52% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Minoria Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Minoria

52%

Minoria is the latest and most ambitious game from Bombservice, and a spiritual sequel to the Momodora series, from the same studio. Fans of Momodora will find familiar aspects in the design and gameplay elements, as they master the ins-and-outs of parries, d...

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52% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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11 Vampire Survivors Cover

2022 · Android, Linux, Mac

Vampire Survivors

51%

Mow thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.

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51% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Challenging Game feel
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12 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Cover

1987 · fds, 3DS, NES

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

51%

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second major installment in The Legend of Zelda series and the direct sequel to the first game. Like its predecessor, it features dungeons that must be located in the overworld and searched for an item that will prove use...

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51% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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13 Metroid: Zero Mission Cover

2004 · GBA, WiiU

Metroid: Zero Mission

50%

The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds... The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light. Experience the first of Samus's legendary adv...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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14 Pikuniku Cover

2019 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Pikuniku

50%

Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world. The player controls Piku, a small red creature, guiding him through levels and solving puzzles that mostly involve kicking and pushing objects onto switches to open the way forward. Piku can lass...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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15 Degrees of Separation Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Degrees of Separation

50%

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy...

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The Messenger

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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16 Dream Alone Cover

2018 · Mac, Switch, PC

Dream Alone

50%

2D platform game with classic platform gameplay, deadly traps, dark storyline and unique hero abilities, all in Tim Burton's-like audio-visual.

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50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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17 Enter the Gungeon Cover

2016 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Enter the Gungeon

49%

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon. Combat revolves around shooting bullet-shaped enemi...

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49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Challenging Game feel
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18 Blazing Chrome Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Blazing Chrome

49%

Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass.

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The Messenger

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Shovel Knight Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, 3DS

Shovel Knight

47%

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has...

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The Messenger

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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20 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Cover
44%

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to Super Smash Bros. Melee. This edition introduces super attacks referred to as final smashes, as well as a brand-new adventure mode in The Subspace Emissary wh...

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The Messenger

44% Mutiger Treffer
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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