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2016PC4.15 €

A retro-styled side-scrolling platformer where you fight your way through a world of good and evil demons. You jump, battle enemies and solve a few light puzzles along the way.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Fast pace

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In short: Games like NightmareZ

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

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Stolen Hearts: Wolf Knight

89 %Match

2024PC, Steam Deck playable92 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about NightmareZ: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as combat with precise timing.

A challenging precision platformer where you dash through tough obstacles as a wolf knight, fight enemies and guide lost hearts safely home. Expect puzzle-like levels, hard-to-reach fireflies and a showdown with the Wolf King.

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MO:Astray

Pixel art

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Momodora

Melee combat with weapons or fists

The first, deliberately simple entry in the Momodora series: a short, punchy arcade-style 2D action platformer with pixel art. It is rough and unpolished but challenging.

Kamiko

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Kamiko is a short, snappy pixel-art action adventure inspired by Japanese Shinto mythology. As a priestess you slash through demons, hunt for keys to unseal torii gates, and defeat a boss at the end of each stage.

Job the Leprechaun

Pixel art

A small retro-style platformer in which you guide the leprechaun Job to rescue his friend Eri. Classic jumping action with light puzzle elements and a pixel look.

Proto Raider

Jumping and platforming

An indie puzzle platformer where your character runs automatically across single-screen levels, with a world built entirely from ASCII characters. You ride waterfalls and tornadoes, solve puzzles and fight monsters to gather treasure.

Desvelado

Pixel art

You play a vampire who switches off lights, dodges ghosts and solves puzzles before retreating to your coffin for rest. This hand-crafted 2D precision platformer rewards clean timing and careful planning.

Qomp

Jumping and platforming

You guide a bouncing ball using just one button through tricky platforming and puzzle sections, even taking down bosses. The minimalist concept delivers surprising variety and skill-testing moments.

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