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2019USK 18PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive14.79 €

A blistering neo-noir action platformer where one hit kills and each room plays like a puzzle solved with your katana, slow-motion and deflected bullets. It's wrapped in a twisted, fragmented story with dialogue choices and a superb synthwave soundtrack.

  • Strong soundtrack
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Pixel art

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In short: Games like Katana Zero

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

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Sanabi

89 %Match

2023PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable97 % positive−35 % 12.49 € 8.11 €

Brings what grabs you about Katana Zero: jumping and platforming, a strong soundtrack as well as pixel art.

A fast action-platformer where you play a veteran with a grappling prosthetic arm, swinging through a dystopian city, dodging bullets and taking down enemies. Fluid swinging movement is paired with a dark, stylish presentation.

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Melee combat with weapons or fists

A striking 2.5D pixel-art platformer set in a dystopian alternate 1980s, where you play an AI trapped in a human body. Cinematic platforming meets fluid free-flow combat.

Remember Me

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Memory hunter Nilin fights through a neon-soaked Neo-Paris of 2084 with a custom combo system, climbs across rooftops and remixes people's memories to rewrite past events. Its standout features are the striking setting and the glitchy orchestral soundtrack.

Ghostrunner

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A blisteringly fast first-person parkour slasher where one hit kills you and you wall-run, deflect bullets and slice enemies apart as a cyber-ninja. Constant death-and-retry loops set to a pounding synthwave score turn every arena into a precise reflex puzzle.

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

Strong soundtrack

A fast, old-school 2D action platformer where you play as Gunvolt and his rival Copen, tagging enemies and unleashing flashy lock-on attacks. It emphasizes tight stages, boss fights and score chasing with an anime flavor.

Valfaris

Strong soundtrack

A brutal 2D action-platformer set in a heavy metal space nightmare, mixing heavy melee, guns and parrying. Gorgeous pixel art and a thundering soundtrack drive the intensity.

Narita Boy

Strong soundtrack

Narita Boy is a pixel-art action platformer that pays tribute to the 80s by sending you into a digital world of neon colors and synth music. You fight with a sword through a dreamlike, poetic story full of retro charm.

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