Games like NinjaThea
by Reza Mirzaei
The Messenger and NinjaThea 2 play most like NinjaThea. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its pixel graphics, 2d platformer and retro; 2 came out in the last year and 13 are free or under $10. The best known is Pizza Tower, with 66,413 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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The Messenger
Aug 30, 2018 · Sabotage
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Ninja
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
RetroPlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaNinja2DGreat SoundtrackIndieAction2D Platformer👍 10,727Pizza Tower
Jan 26, 2023 · Tour De Pizza
Both: 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
Great Soundtrack2D PlatformerFast-PacedIndieCartoonyPlatformerFunnyPixel GraphicsSingleplayerComedy👍 66,413NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Jul 31, 2025 · The Game Kitchen
Both: Ninja · 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
ActionNinjaPlatformer2D PlatformerPixel GraphicsSide ScrollerRetro2DIndieSingleplayer👍 2,507Slash Bullet White Rabbit
Aug 12 · usayomichi, Shiroyumekan
Both: 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Pixel Graphics
This is a fast-paced, 10-stage short platform action game. The player character, "White Rabbit," is a lone bounty hunter. She has a powerful sword, the "Machine Slasher," and she uses various guns. Clear missions by fighting against a mysterious army and robots, and expose their conspiracy.
Indie2D PlatformerActionFemale ProtagonistCutePixel GraphicsPlatformerSingleplayerFuturisticSANABI
Nov 8, 2023 · WONDER POTION
Both: Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Pixel GraphicsStory RichActionCyberpunk2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DIndieAction-Adventure👍 41,837Annalynn
Jan 29, 2021 · Cruise Elroy
Both: 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Annalynn is a 2D platformer made in the style of arcade games from the early '80s. Collect the coins, grab the bonus foods, and turn the tables with blinding rubies! Think you've got what it takes to go for the high score?
ActionArcadePlatformer2D PlatformerPixel Graphics2DRetro1980sIndieSingleplayer👍 606Mighty Gunvolt
Sep 29, 2015 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
ActionIndiePlatformerRetroPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DFemale ProtagonistAnime2D Platformer👍 367Katana ZERO
Apr 18, 2019 · Askiisoft
Both: Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Pixel GraphicsActionGreat SoundtrackStory RichPlatformerCyberpunk2D PlatformerIndieHack and Slash2D👍 66,364Eryi's Action
Nov 19, 2013 · Xtal Sword
Both: 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist
One fine day, Eryi went to eat the melon that she had been SO looking forward to... but it was nowhere to be found! Then she noticed a note on the table. She picked it up and read: "Your melon looked delicious, so I took it. From Farta X" Fuming with rage, Eryi set out from her house to get her melon back from Farta.
2D PlatformerPlatformerDifficultActionAnimePuzzleSingleplayerBullet Hell2DFemale Protagonist👍 882Vibrant Venture
Jul 24, 2020 · Semag Games
Both: 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel Graphics2DCartoony👍 573Freedom Planet
Jul 21, 2014 · GalaxyTrail
Both: Female Protagonist · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
PlatformerGreat SoundtrackActionFemale Protagonist2DIndiePixel GraphicsRetroFast-PacedSingleplayer👍 3,316Cyber Shadow
Jan 26, 2021 · Aarne "MekaSkull" Hunziker
Both: Ninja · Retro · Pixel Graphics
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
NinjaRetroPixel Graphics2DPlatformerAnimeMetroidvaniaCyberpunkActionIndie👍 1,295Go Slimey Go!
Dec 9, 2025 · Tembac, Chabbie, Joacoyco, Toni Leys
Both: 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Go Slimey Go! is a fast-paced 2D platformer built around momentum, exploration, and satisfying movement. Featuring colorful pixel art, handcrafted levels full of secrets, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
2D PlatformerIndiePrecision PlatformerPixel GraphicsSingleplayerPlatformerAdventure2DLinearRetro👍 107Sunblaze
Jun 3, 2021 · Games From Earth
Both: Retro · Female Protagonist · Pixel Graphics
Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.
RetroDifficultSuperheroPrecision PlatformerFemale ProtagonistPixel Graphics2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformer👍 322
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Aug 28, 2025 · SEGA, Lizardcube
Both: 2D Platformer · Ninja
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Action2D PlatformerPlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerNinja2DHack and SlashHand-drawnMartial Arts👍 3,571
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