Games like Headlander
by Double Fine Productions
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
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-75%$4.99Axiom Verge
May 14 · Thomas Happ Games LLC
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Sci-fi
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
MetroidvaniaIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerGreat SoundtrackAction2DSci-fiAdventureRetro👍 5,840
$14.993000th Duel
Dec 12 · NEOPOPCORN Corp
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
ActionAdventureMetroidvaniaSouls-likeIndiePlatformerDifficultDark FantasySide Scroller2D👍 365
$7.99Super Win the Game
Oct 1 · Minor Key Games
Both: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
MetroidvaniaSide ScrollerPrecision PlatformerCasualExplorationOpen WorldDifficultPlatformer2DNonlinear👍 527
$7.99Gato Roboto
May 30 · doinksoft
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Retro
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
IndieMetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsAdventure2DCatsPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 4,364
$4.99Bad Bots
May 17 · Point Five Projects
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller · Metroidvania
As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.
IndieActionPlatformerShooterPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DMetroidvania👍 144
-89%$0.54Robotex
Nov 19 · YFYX GAMES
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller
Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.
IndieCasualActionAdventure2DPlatformerSide Scroller👍 745
$1.99Humanity Asset
Feb 20 · Browny Application
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller · Metroidvania
Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!
ActionIndiePlatformerSide ScrollerShoot 'Em Up2DMetroidvania
-70%$3.59Anomaly Agent
Jan 24 · Phew Phew Games
Both: Side Scroller · Platformer
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAction RoguelikeHack and SlashPlatformerSouls-like2D FighterRogueliteAction RPGAction-Adventure👍 9,465
$14.99Evil Genome 光明重影
Aug 7 · Crystal Depths Studio
Both: Metroidvania · Side Scroller
3D metroidvania game Evil Genome is coming! Heroine Lachesis will lead you to explore the vast wasteland world, experience different battles as well as develop your own character!
RPGIndieAdventureActionMetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerSingleplayerHack and Slash👍 410
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Platformer · Retro · Sci-fi
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$19.99Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
Apr 19 · Double Fine Productions, React Games
Both: Comedy · Funny
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!
AdventureVRComedyFunnySingleplayerPuzzlePoint & Click👍 537
-50%$2.99Weapon of Choice DX
Sep 23 · Mommy's Best Games
Both: Side Scroller · Retro · Platformer
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
ActionShoot 'Em UpSide ScrollerRetroPlatformerHand-drawnAliensMultiple Endings2DArcade
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleAtmosphericPuzzle PlatformerDystopian 2.5DSide ScrollerSingleplayer👍 467
$19.99RAD
Aug 19 · Double Fine Productions
Both: Funny
RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.
ActionRoguelitePost-apocalypticAction RoguelikeDifficultSingleplayerPerma DeathGreat SoundtrackProcedural GenerationFunny👍 633
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$9.99Ultratron
Mar 18 · Puppygames
Both: Retro · Sci-fi
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
IndieActionArcadeRetroTwin Stick ShooterLocal Co-OpPixel GraphicsShoot 'Em UpSci-fiSingleplayer👍 518

