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1984

A 1984 arcade classic where you pilot Roderick Hero with a prop pack through mine shafts, blasting walls with dynamite and rescuing trapped miners before your power runs out.

  • Resources and survival
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Challenging difficulty
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In short: Games like H.E.R.O.

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes H.E.R.O. special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Pitfall!

89 %Match

1982PC, Xbox

Brings what grabs you about H.E.R.O.: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as combat with precise timing.

An Atari-era classic where you run and jump through the jungle as Pitfall Harry, dodging swinging vines, crocodiles and scorpions while racing to collect every treasure within 20 minutes.

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Resources and survival

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Mighty Bomb Jack

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A classic arcade platformer where Jack leaps through a pyramid collecting bombs and dodging enemies. The palace rooms reuse the original Bomb Jack formula, while the action zones add power-ups and more variety.

Spelunky Classic

Resources and survival

The freeware classic sends you through randomly generated caves full of traps, monsters and treasure. Death is permanent, and you get deeper through experimentation, quick reflexes and smart item use.

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Challenging difficulty

A fast-paced, retro-inspired 2D platformer in which you play the AI ZX8000 in a robot body, mastering test chambers full of deadly traps.

Arctic Adventure

Interconnected level design

A classic DOS platformer with 80 tricky levels where Nevada must get past ice patches, traps and snowmen. It blends precise platforming with level-based puzzle solving.

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Realistic visuals

A classic DOS platformer in which you play a NASA investigator on Mars, searching for missing astronauts, collecting artifacts and fighting alien creatures.

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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.

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