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Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition.
Release Date: 15/10/2015, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Broforce Forever is a running, jumping and shooting game where you play characterised familiar masculine heroes who use excessive force to defeat enemies. It's a frantic, brash adventure with many weapons and characters to play around with. It's a...
Release Date: 22/10/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Gonner 2 is a running and jumping game where you defend yourself by shooting enemies in a chaotic procedural environment as a small character called Ikk. You'll need a large amount of patience as you die a lot. To progress you need to hone your shooting...
Release Date: 23/11/2004, updated in 2011
Out Now: GBA, PS2, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Alien Hominid is a running and shooting game where you play an alien, fighting secret agents. Play is a simple challenge of progressing to the right of each level, whilst dispatching the on rushing enemy humans. It's simple classic arcade-style fun for...
Release Date: 13/09/2023
Out Now: PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Gunbrella is a retro running, jumping and shooting game set in a world dependent on a rapidly diminishing natural resource. You play a gruff woodsman on a quest for revenge, armed with the mysterious Gunbrella that shoots, glides and lets you interact...
Release Date: 07/08/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
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Release Date: 03/04/2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Hand-Made
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17 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition.
Release Date: 29/09/2017, updated in 2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Hand-Made
Cuphead is a running, jumping and shooting game that looks like an old Mickey Mouse cartoon. You play on your own or with someone else and work across the screen, jumping gaps, shooting enemies and avoiding projectiles.
Release Date: 10/05/2017, updated in 2023
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Dead Cells is a running, jumping and fighting game where you are escaping a prison. In a bright pixelated world you must accurately time attacks and dodges to defeat a wide range of enemies. It's intentionally hard, and you will die a lot. But each time...
Release Date: 16/06/2022, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a fighting and brawling challenge like the classic arcade game. You bash your way through pixel environments with four players each becoming one of the turtles with different skills and moves.
Release Date: 23/09/2015
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Assault Android Cactus is a fast cartoon-style shooting game where you respond to a distress call from a crippled space freighter and defend it from wayward robot workers. One stick controls the movement while the other stick controls the direction of...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Aurascope is a retro running and jumping game that combines elements from other genres. The platform action is central but you also have a lot of collecting and exploration to do. As much as the gameplay, the game stands out for its fast skill-based...
Release Date: 07/09/2018
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Sigi is a retro-styled running, jumping and attacking game. You are on a Knight’s quest to locate Melusina, his true love that he inadvertently scared away with a bout of bad gas. Like games from the 80s you have to work through levels to find keys,...
Release Date: 26/01/2021
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Cyber Shadow is a retro running and jumping game where you defeat enemies and dodge obstacles. It combines classic 90's platforming games with modern controls and checkpoints that make it more enjoyable and approachable. Dodge and attack midair to...
Release Date: 06/02/2020, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
ScourgeBringer is a fast running jumping and shooting game. You play Kyhra who must slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past. It's hard and unforgiving, but offers a free flowing exploration and battling that can be tailored...
Release Date: 04/06/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Astro Aqua Kitty is a space adventure where an intrepid crew of cats launch into space to harvest milk from far off planets. You play by moving and shooting your way through levels to meet inhabitants and upgrade your abilities. It stands out for this...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Bobby Bombastic is a running, jumping (hovering) and shooting game where you explore volcanic caves on a do-it-yourself rescue mission to find some stranded explorers. You enter the jungle with nothing but your homemade helicopter-backpack, a laser...
Release Date: 19/11/2004, updated in 2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a fast arcade-style shooting game where you defeat wave after wave of enemy ships and avoid an endless barrage of bullets. While initially the challenge seems overwhelming, building instincts of how and when to move and upgrading your...
Release Date: 17/10/2022, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Terror of Hemasaurus is a retro fighting game where you smash up a destructible city as a giant monster. Play is like the classic Rampage arcade game, here though you can use the game's physics to inflict greater damage, chain reactions and combos. It's...
Release Date: 28/09/2021, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
UnMetal is an adventure shooting game where you play Jesse Fox, who has been unjustifiably imprisoned in a military prison. Set in the early 70's and Drawing on 80's TV shows like The A-Team and games like Metal Gear, you escape using what you can find...
Release Date: 05/04/2016, updated in 2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Enter the Gungeon is a shooting game where you use one stick for running around and the other to aim. These twin-stick controls combine with loads of enemy bullets to dodge to create a tough challenge. You play four adventurers descending into the...
Release Date: 14/08/2018, updated in 2021
Out Now: PC, PS4 and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On
Death's Gambit is a running, jumping and fighting game where you defeat enemies, collect weapons and progress through levels. Drawing on the platforming of games like the Castlevania and Metroid games, it adds difficult and...
Release Date: 30/10/1996, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Wii and Wii U
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Wild Guns Reloaded is a fast retro shooting game where you control the gun with one stick and your character with the other. It's set in an alternative steampunk Wild West.
Release Date: 14/04/2017
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Flinthook is running, swinging and shooting game where you get around using a grappling hook. It stands out for its focus on movement flow. As you learn how to move around quickly, you progress through a series of three ship-based levels to find and...
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