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Games like Metal Storm

1991

You pilot a mech through a side-scrolling shooter with platforming sections, fighting your way into a runaway computer fortress. Its gravity-flipping and vertical shooting segments give it a distinctive, punishing feel.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Challenging difficulty
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In short: Games like Metal Storm

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

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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C: The Contra Adventure

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1998PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Metal Storm: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a fast pace.

You blast through ten levels of alien-infested jungle as Ray, mixing run-and-gun shooting with jumping sections and a large arsenal of weapons. It is a relentless, old-school action shooter from the late PlayStation era.

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Super Cyborg

Challenging difficulty

An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.

Super Contra

Boss fights as highlights

Konami's arcade run-and-gun where you fight an alien invasion solo or with a friend. Alongside classic side-scrolling stages there are overhead levels, all with typical punishing arcade difficulty.

Mega Man 10

Boss fights as highlights

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.

Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X

Boss fights as highlights

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.

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

Boss fights as highlights

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.

Stargunner

Fast pace

A classic 1990s DOS side-scrolling space shooter where you pilot an elite ship to strike enemy strongholds on a hostile planet. Fast arcade action with weapon upgrades.

Alien Rampage

Fast pace

A classic 90s 2D run-and-gun shooter where you play an angry alien blasting through hordes of creatures to escape a hostile planet. Large animated sprites and parallax backgrounds deliver straightforward arcade action.

Duke Nukem

Fast pace

The first Duke Nukem is a classic side-scrolling platformer with shooting, where Duke takes on Dr. Proton's robot army. A short retro arcade outing that introduces the wisecracking action hero.

Duke Nukem II

Fast pace

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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