Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge
Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend.
60% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Games like Vindefiant
If Vindefiant scratched a retro and tense itch for you, keep reading. You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
Nefarious
Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.
Retro, Chaotic, Fast-paced
84% of 325 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Beyond the Ice Palace 2
Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!
Retro, Dark, Fast-paced
64% of 77 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Vindilis
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis! A short, epic 2D action platformer that will put you against powerful enemies in a hand-drawn universe. A short-form souls like game about vengeance and creation.
Tense, Dark, Fast-paced
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$1.49Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge
Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.
Retro, Fast-paced
60% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The Company Man
Battle the corporate machine in The Company Man! A 2D action-adventure where you can hit your crazy coworkers with a keyboard and shoot your evil bosses with emails. Survive the struggles of working life and fulfil your lifelong quest to be CEO!
Retro, Fast-paced
77% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Axiom Verge
A lab accident hurls a scientist into Sudra, a ruined alien world full of biomechanical horrors. A retro-style metroidvania with a twist: you can glitch the world itself, corrupting enemies and warping walls to open paths. One developer made all of it, art, music and code, and it shows.
Retro, Tense, Dark
90% of 5,886 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99Venture to the Vile
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Dark, Fast-paced
72% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$24.99BUTCHER
A fast, brutal 2D shooter where you play a cyborg sent to wipe out what is left of humanity. Pixel art soaked in blood, a chainsaw that never runs dry, and difficulty that starts at Hard. If you die, it was your fault, and the next attempt feels even better.
Retro, Tense, Brutal
89% of 1,063 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99Vindictive Drive
Vindictive Drive is an Action/Stealth game about Arris Fern's cold blooded revenge against her father, the president of the most powerful nation, for the assassination of her mother. Consumed by hatred, Arris will use the most cruel methods at her disposal to achieve her goal.
Retro, Tense, Brutal
77% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$2.99They Always Run
Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.
Tense, Brutal, Fast-paced
78% of 783 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Foregone
Foregone is a fast 2D action-platformer with legendary loot and hand-crafted pixel art. As Calagan's strongest super-soldier, you slash through the Harrow's reanimated hordes, collect an arsenal of weapons, upgrade a branching skill tree and unravel a story of regret and conspiracy. A campaign with an ending, not an endless loop.
Retro, Tense, Dark
81% of 1,342 Steam reviews are positive$19.99CARRION
You are the monster. CARRION puts you in the body of an amorphous horror breaking out of the facility that held it: slither through vents, tear doors off, eat the staff and grow. A reverse-horror metroidvania with fluid movement, grim pixel art and puzzles built around being a writhing mass of teeth.
Retro, Tense, Brutal
94% of 33,937 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$19.99
Cheaper than Vindefiant
Vindilis
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis!
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
Vindictive Drive
Vindictive Drive is an Action/Stealth game about Arris Fern's cold blooded revenge against her father, the president of the most powerful nation…
77% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
BUTCHER
You are a cyborg on a mission to exterminate humanity, one blood-soaked platform level at a time.
89% of 1,063 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
They Always Run
Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy.
78% of 783 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
DEVIATOR
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals.
66% of 884 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
Valkyrie Saga
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics.
92% of 304 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Aleesha's Tower
A young woman named Aleesha was hunted and killed accused of witchcraft.
74% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Greedventory
Greedventory is a gorgeous pixel-art linear action RPG experience, where the only thing between you and an embarrassingly swift death is your mouse.
76% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
SANABI
A precision platformer where a chain-hook arm carries you through a dark mega-city and a story with real weight.
97% of 42,170 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$9.74
Stick It to the Stickman
Punch your way through the office with staplers, chainsaws and absurd archetypes, then start over as an intern and do it differently.
95% of 8,874 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 154$11.99
The Vagrant
Chase a lost father's trail as a sellsword, cutting through monsters and bosses in fast side-scrolling combat with multiple endings.
89% of 8,325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$3.99
Hidden gems like Vindefiant
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.
87% of 7,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
Fight and platform through a steampunk city as a mercenary whose past hides more than the secrets she hunts.
79% of 1,934 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle…
85% of 496 Steam reviews are positive$5.94
RKGK / Rakugaki
Turn heads. Drop jaws. Be bright. In this single-player 3D platformer, you’re the only one who can take down Mr.
75% of 219 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Greedventory
Greedventory is a gorgeous pixel-art linear action RPG experience, where the only thing between you and an embarrassingly swift death is your mouse.
76% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Venture to the Vile
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania!
72% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Foregone
A fast 2D action-platformer where you fight the Harrow's hordes, collect legendary weapons and uncover what doomed Calagan.
81% of 1,342 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
They Always Run
Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy.
78% of 783 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
RED HOT VENGEANCE
Blast through a hitman's story in fast top-down gunfights, then chase challenge missions and player-made levels for one more run.
96% of 3,619 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
DEVIATOR
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals.
66% of 884 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up.
70% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Newest games like Vindefiant
A Sister's Journey
Help Violet find her missing sister Rena in a hand-drawn pixel-art world that is equal parts charming and trying to kill you.
65% of 68 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.
87% of 7,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
Bat to Bed
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
83% of 65 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Vindilis
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis!
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
VOIN
A first-person hack-and-slash from a solo developer. Dash through a broken dark fantasy world, carve through hordes with elemental fury, build wild…
93% of 3,457 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
ANTONBLAST
Grab a hammer, wreck every corner of the level and sprint home before the timer runs out.
95% of 4,004 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$19.99
GhoulScrapers
Ghoulscrapers is a precision platformer where you play as Eggroll, the new employee at Ghoulscrapers.
100% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
DEVIATOR
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals.
66% of 884 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
Fight and platform through a steampunk city as a mercenary whose past hides more than the secrets she hunts.
79% of 1,934 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
RKGK / Rakugaki
Turn heads. Drop jaws. Be bright. In this single-player 3D platformer, you’re the only one who can take down Mr.
75% of 219 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Venture to the Vile
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania!
72% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$24.99