Games like NightmareZ
by Anamik Majumdar
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
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-50%$4.99Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
May 24 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Platformer
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
ActionPixel GraphicsRetroPlatformer2DMetroidvaniaSide ScrollerSingleplayerGothicAdventure👍 3,825
$12.99Slain: Back from Hell
Mar 24 · Steel Mantis
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Difficult
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
ActionPixel GraphicsGorePlatformerIndie2DDifficultGothicGreat SoundtrackDark Fantasy👍 1,691
$9.99A Hole New World
May 19 · MadGearGames
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Difficult
The city is being invaded by monsters from the Upside Down World! You, the Potion Master, must defeat evil all alone, with no tutorials or "Easy Mode" to assist you. You'll have to rely on the help of Fäy, your companion fairy, and your potions!
ActionIndiePixel GraphicsRetroDifficultPlatformerSingleplayer1980sFunnyAdventure
$19.99Panzer Paladin
Jul 21 · Tribute Games Inc.
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
2D PlatformerMechsRetroPixel GraphicsActionPlatformerHack and SlashSwordplay2DOld School👍 335
-50%$9.99Skul: The Hero Slayer
Jan 20 · SOUTHPAW GAMES
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
IndieActionAction RoguelikePixel GraphicsRoguelike2DRogueliteSingleplayerPlatformerMetroidvania👍 50,811
$0.99Curse of the Crescent Isle DX
Aug 21 · Adam Mowery
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea,...
ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerPixel GraphicsRetroFemale Protagonist2D
$0.99Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
Dec 10 · Sinclair Strange
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Platformer
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
IndieActionPixel GraphicsRetroPlatformer2D
$4.99EvilMorph
Feb 3 · ClickGames
Both: Platformer · Difficult · Pixel Graphics
Evilmorph – this is a platform game the main feature of which is a transformation into your enemies after killing them. After slaying the foes you obtain their abilities which gives you one kind of power instead of another. Will you be able to overcome all the obstacles of the grim labyrinth? Will you face against the numerous enemies?
ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerDifficultPuzzle Platformer2DPixel Graphics
$19.99Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Jun 8 · Lizardcube
Both: Platformer · Retro
Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!
PlatformerAdventureActionRemakeIndieMetroidvania2DHand-drawnGreat SoundtrackRetro👍 1,982
$5.99Insanity's Blade
Dec 4 · Causal Bit Games Inc.
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.
GoreViolentActionCasualIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerRetro2DGreat Soundtrack👍 252
$0.99An Imp? A Fiend!
Mar 16 · Blaze Epic
Both: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
IndieActionAdventureRetroPlatformerPixel Graphics
$8.99Spirits Abyss
Aug 27 · caiys
Both: Platformer · Difficult
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
PlatformerRoguelikeAction RoguelikeIndieDifficult2DLocal Co-OpReplay ValueProcedural GenerationArcade👍 414
-60%$5.99SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Jul 28 · Pine Studio
Both: Platformer · Difficult
Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.
3D PlatformerParkourPrecision PlatformerFirst-PersonPlatformerRacingDifficultActionFast-PacedFPS👍 2,049
FreeCastle of no Escape 2
Dec 21 · D. E. X. Team
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.
Action RoguelikeIndieActionPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationRoguelike2DDarkDark FantasyRetro👍 343
-50%$0.99Reset 1-1
Aug 30 · Panda Indie Studio
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is everything you loved about the late 80's/early 90's. It's a blast from the past, with a fresh spin.
IndiePlatformerPixel Graphics2D👍 147
-60%$9.99Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
Feb 23 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics
In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.
Action2D PlatformerAdventurePlatformerSide ScrollerAnime2DPixel GraphicsFemale ProtagonistCute👍 1,330
$11.99BZZZT
Nov 13 · KO.DLL
Both: Pixel Graphics · Difficult
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Precision PlatformerPixel GraphicsScore Attack2D PlatformerSoundtrackDifficultTime AttackFunnyController2D👍 1,423
