6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Nuclear Blaze. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Nuclear Blaze.
Release Date: 20/06/2019, updated in 2020
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
My Friend Pedro is a running, jumping, and shooting game where you perform parkour stunts as you shoot enemies in super slow motion, at the behest of a sentient banana. It's a bizarre concept, where you're encouraged to creatively kill enemies with...
Release Date: 25/06/2013, updated in 2017
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Towerfall is a fighting platform game where each player selects a pixelated knight and fights to eliminate opponents by shooting them with arrows or jumping on their heads. The arena is a single shared screen. What makes it so competitive is the limited...
Release Date: 14/12/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 3D Third-Person
Firegirl is a running, jumping and hosing game set in a fantasy world of living fire monsters. You help Firegirl on her first night working in the fire brigade. Rescue survivors, extinguish fire monsters and uncover the mystery behind the fire monster...
Release Date: 08/10/2021
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Metroid Dread, the latest Metroid game, is a running, jumping, exploring and fighting game where you progress through levels, fight challenging bosses and uncover secrets. It returns the franchise to the 2D side-scrolling style of...
Release Date: 26/08/2020, updated in 2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Sheepo is a running and jumping game where you explore a vibrant world in a quest to collect an egg from every species in the universe to save them from extinction. You take on bosses like other platforming games, but here you use the surroundings...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac, PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon, Hand-Made and Open World
Hollow Knight: Silksong is an upcoming sequel to Hollow Knight. The game provides similar gameplay to its predecessor where you run, jump, and battle your way through a kingdom inhabited by bugs. Unlike the first game, you...
33 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Nuclear Blaze. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Nuclear Blaze.
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: 23/01/2018, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Celeste is a platform game that requires players to use jumping and climbing moves to ascend an increasingly challenging two-dimensional mountain. You play Madeline, who is, perhaps unsurprisingly, haunted by self-doubt at the task in hand. She presses...
Release Date: 10/05/2017, updated in 2023
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Coming Soon: PS5
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: 14/10/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
ElecHead is a running and jumping puzzle game where you control a character who is a source of electricity. With this power, you activate the platforms you need to progress in unusual and puzzling ways. It introduces unique scenarios where you need to...
Release Date: 23/07/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Side-On
Carrion is a horror game where you play the amorphous alien as well as human protagonists. This reverse-horror scenario puts you in control of an organic tentacled monster to make your way through the facility, stalking and killing humans in your path.
Release Date: 13/08/2013, updated in 2017
Out Now: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Geometry Dash is a running, jumping game. It features over 20 stages where you play as a customisable small cube, which you used to dodge 2D obstacles to the rhythm of electronic music using a single button to control the cube. If you hit any of the...
Release Date: 12/06/2018, updated in 2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Hollow Knight is a game where you run, jump, and battle your way through the underground kingdom of Hallownest. It’s not uncommon for platform games to invest in the environments through which you pass, but the haunting depths in this game contain...
Release Date: 23/01/2018, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Dandara: Trials of Fear is a running, jumping and puzzle solving game where you play Dandra, the Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil. You can defy gravity to jump from wall to wall and ceilings to ceiling. This combines the action of...
Release Date: 23/04/2020, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Components: 2D Overhead
112 Operator and its predecessor, 911 Operator, are strategy games that put you in control of the emergency services as they fight natural disasters, crime and terrorism. You choose how to deal with each scenarios and work your way up the chain of...
Release Date: 05/10/2020
Out Now: PC
Components: 2D Side-On, Open World and Pixels
Noita is platform adventure game in a world where each and every pixel is physically simulated. This means that the tiny elements that make up the landscape and characters have their own properties that: melt, burn, evaporate, explode, flow, float,...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Rog and Roll is a running and jumping game where you fight enemies and avoid traps. Unusually, you play a former henchman on a quest to save his friends from re-emerging tyranny. It features retro-inspired graphics and a humorous story where characters...
Release Date: 26/05/2020, updated in 2020
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Wildfire is a running, jumping and hiding game where you hide from (and distract) enemies to get through levels and complete missions. You have specific powers to start fires, freeze water, and move earth that offer different ways to solve the puzzle of...
Release Date: 21/05/2020, updated in 2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Components: 3D First-Person, Cartoon and Open World
Embr, is an action fire-fighting game. You join the Emergency Services Revolution and respond to fires to make money, climbing the ladder of success and score points.
Release Date: 24/05/2004, updated in 2016
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS and Wii U
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a series of puzzle games where you guide miniature Nintendo characters to the end of the level. The twist is that you can't control the characters, only the level itself. The exact interactions vary from game to game, but in...
Release Date: 23/10/2020, updated in 2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Spooky Chase is a running, jumping game where you play a ghost collecting a series of flags. However, each route you take to a flag is then followed by enemies when you go after the next one. You play each level multiple times to collect each flag, but...
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: 22/05/2018
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Little Police Station is a light role-play game where you play a cop in the day-to-day life at a police department. You explore the different rooms and tap around to discover hidden objects that you need to stay on top of crime.
Release Date: 30/03/2023
Out Now: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Coming Soon: Mac
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Lunark is a platform game with simple pixelated graphics that tell a cinematic story. It's similar to games like Flashback that were popular in the 80s and 90s. You run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through mysterious alien ruins, a...
Release Date: 14/02/1991, updated in 2018
Out Now: Android, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PSP and iOS
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Lemmings is a series of puzzle games where you guide small (suicidal) creatures to the end of the levels. Unusually, you don't control when or how a character jumps and navigates the areas, but instead, you assign them actions that change the level to...
Release Date: 26/01/2012, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii U and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Mutant Mudds is a retro platform video game. It's unusual because it is unforgiving and hard to play so presents a substantial challenge. Also, playing to the 3D feature of the Nintendo 3DS console, the game allows you to jump into the background of the...
Release Date: 01/10/2021
Out Now: Android and PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Tres-Bashers is a running jumping and ghost-batting game. You play a ghost busting mouse on a mission to find and dispatch ghouls. The retro visuals are designed to look like a Game Boy game and adds to the nostalgic action.
Release Date: 31/03/2015, updated in 2017
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Wii U and Xbox One
Coming Soon: Mac
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Axiom Verge is a series of running, jumping and fighting games where you play as Trace, a scientist who wakes up in an unknown ancient world. It's similar to retro games like Metroid and Contra where you explore levels, collect items and progress your...
Release Date: 17/08/2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Coming Soon: Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Greak: Memories of Azur is running, jumping and sword fighting game. You play in a hand-animated world as three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel who travel through the lands of Azur. It's unusual because you switch control between each of them to use...
Release Date: 05/05/2017
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Little Fire Station is a super light role-play game where young children can play with a fire station. Each room is displayed from side-on with lots of detail you can tap to discover items that react to touch.
Release Date: 18/06/2020
Out Now: iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Shadow Frog is a simple running and jumping game you play with a single button/tap on the screen. You play Frogo who needs to escape the caves. Using just your jump button you interact with the cave walls and platforms to get around and collect keys....
Release Date: 03/03/2015, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Wii U and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On
Tallowmere is a series of running, jumping and fighting games. You aim to get a high score as you journey through a vast, randomly generated 2D retro-style dungeon, dodging traps and killing enemies in gory and unusual ways. Its unique combination of...
Release Date: 12/09/2001, updated in 2018
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, Mac, PC, PS3, Switch, Wii, Wii U and iOS
Coming Soon: PS4
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Toki Tori is a puzzle game where you traverse 2D levels and use limited resources to rescue all the eggs. Similarly to the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, you can build bridges over gaps. Here though, you can also unlock...
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: 21/03/2022
Out Now: PC
Coming Soon: PS4 and Xbox One
Components: 2D Side-On
Itorah is a running, jumping and fighting game similar to Dead Cells, where you explore a vibrant, handcrafted world, solve a mystery and defeat enemies. The game stands out with an artistic style inspired by Mesoamerican...
Release Date: 25/02/2015, updated in 2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4 and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Grid
MouseCraft is a puzzle game where you guide mice to the cheese at the end of each level. Interestingly, you don't control the mice directly; instead, you place down blocks and items that can help them reach the end, in a way similar to [link to...
Release Date: 18/04/2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 15+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Katana Zero is a noir-styled fighting game where you are a samurai assassin. At (literally) breakneck speed you slash, dash and jump your way through side-on missions. The twist is if you die the game rewinds time and you try that loop again.
Release Date: 14/04/2022
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Lulu’s Temple is a retro-inspired fast and furious action-adventure about an archaeologist venturing deep into a pyramid filled with horrific creatures with only his torch and gun to protect him. You explore the levels, using your torch to light the...
Release Date: 04/04/2019
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Overwhelm is a running-jumping game set in a pixelated dark bloody world. The twist, apart from the mild-horror theme, is that it's your enemies that power up rather than you. You explore the oppressive caverns of the hive, guided only by a sparse map.
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