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Games like Bionic Commando

1987

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, World like Bionic Commando and Look 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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Bio Menace

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  • World 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.

Strider

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  • World like Bionic Commando

A fast arcade action platformer where you play ninja Hiryu, slashing with a plasma blade and flipping, climbing and sliding through a futuristic dystopia. Short, brisk and demanding.

Mutant Mudds

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World 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.

Mega Man 10

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World 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.

Intrusion 2

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World 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.

Jump King

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World like Bionic Commando

A merciless platformer where you climb a huge tower using only precisely charged jumps, and a single misstep can send you tumbling far back down. Frustration and triumph sit very close together.

I Wanna Be the Boshy

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World like Bionic Commando

A brutal fangame platformer in the vein of I Wanna Be the Guy, packed with sudden traps, cheap deaths and bosses that demand precision and memorization. Its absurd humor and references make the suffering part of the fun.

Blitz Breaker

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World like Bionic Commando

You guide the tiny robot Blitz through a hostile factory using nothing but jumps and four-directional air dashes. The minimal control scheme turns every stage into a satisfying test of precise timing.

Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X

  • Systems like Bionic Commando
  • World 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.

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