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Games like Bionic Commando

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You swing through each level with an extending bionic arm, using it to grab, swing and dodge. Its unusual movement shapes both the platforming and the combat.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Pixel art
  • Shooting and gunplay

In short: Games like Bionic Commando

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Bionic Commando special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Duke Nukem II

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Fits your focus: Systems like Bionic Commando, Combat like Bionic Commando and World like Bionic Commando.

A classic DOS platform shooter where Duke blasts his way through aliens and robots as a cocky action hero. Fast levels, hidden secrets and plenty of over-the-top attitude define the game.

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Mutant Mudds

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A tight retro platformer where you hover with a jetpack and blast mutant mud monsters while hopping between three depth layers in each level. Its pixel art and precise controls evoke the 8- and 16-bit era.

Bio Menace

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.

Mega Man 8

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A classic run-and-gun platformer where Mega Man defeats eight robot masters and takes their weapons. The PlayStation entry brings a colorful cartoon look, animated cutscenes and varied stages with boss fights.

Intrusion 2

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

Abuse

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

You dash, jump and shoot through a futuristic world of rogue robots as Reploid X. This enhanced PSP remake of the first Mega Man X brings precise platforming action, new features and redesigned stages.

Mega Man 10

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A deliberately NES-style 8-bit run-and-gun platformer where you pick stages in any order, beat robot bosses and take their weapons. Tight controls and a demanding, old-school difficulty.

Blackthorne

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • Combat like Bionic Commando

A grim cinematic platformer in the vein of Prince of Persia: as Kyle Blackthorne you climb, take cover and shotgun your way through mines and fortresses on the planet Tuul. Precise timing, cover-based gunfights and light puzzles define its unforgiving pace.

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