Games You'll Love

Curated recommendations based on OUTBUDDIES DX

Obsurity
84% match

Obsurity

Indie

Discover all the secrets of two completely different worlds.

Colorless World
84% match

Colorless World

Indie

Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.

Overcome
83% match

Overcome

Indie

Beat your inner demons without attacking them, in this extremely difficult platformer about how grief changes one's perception of the world. It is an expression of the developer's experience with cancer and heartbreak.

Artifacts
80% match

Artifacts

Indie

Become Strong And Reclaim What You Lost! Artifacts is a 2D adventure platformer set in an ancient interconnected kingdom littered with powerful relics. Collect synergistic artifacts to challenge the mighty, corrupted foes that lurk beneath the ground.

Bookbound Brigade
78% match

Bookbound Brigade

Indie

Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.

Out There Somewhere
78% match

Out There Somewhere

Indie

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Beholgar
78% match

Beholgar

Indie

Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

Recompile
78% match

Recompile

Indie

This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.

Ataraxie
78% match

Ataraxie

Indie

ATARAXIE, in the pure style of retro games, ties itself with the SNES Gaming era and embrace difficulty, for it wishes to give experienced gamers/players the test they are really looking for!

Wreckdigger
78% match

Wreckdigger

Indie

Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.

Zapling Bygone
78% match

Zapling Bygone

Action

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

Summit
77% match

Summit

Indie

Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.

forma.8
77% match

forma.8

Indie

forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.

Beyond the Long Night
75% match

Beyond the Long Night

Action

Explore a whimsical underground world whilst being chased by a mysterious corrupting force in this charming twin-stick action roguelike! Befriend loveable characters, fend off enemies with chaotic abilities, and uncover the secrets of this subterranean kingdom caught in a time loop.

Perspectrum
74% match

Perspectrum

Indie

Players take the role of the Tall Stranger, a being who has awakened with the power to use ancient fountains to change the elements of the world. The stranger must use spirit fragments scattered throughout the various levels to bring the mountain back to life.

Homeland
74% match

Homeland

Action

The ancient Darkness has awakened, a black abyss of madness opened up in the mythical and real world.. Our protagonist's girlfriend has been kidnapped by strangers without reason, why they did this? You need to deal with these creatures!

Aldoria
74% match

Aldoria

Indie

Explore your way through the dangerous fantasy land of Aldoria where a single hit will kill you! Slay monsters and collect magical abilities in this small skill-testing metroidvania.

Voidwrought
74% match

Voidwrought

Action

Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.

Bones Beneath
73% match

Bones Beneath

Indie

Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.

Basureroes: Invasion
73% match

Basureroes: Invasion

Indie

“Basureroes: Invasion” is a 2D platform game with retro aesthetics in which a group of heroes with different abilities must save the world from an alien invasion. Run, jump and fight your way through twenty levels full of danger and epic boss fights.

Redd's Runaway
73% match

Redd's Runaway

Indie

Stop the Underworld's hordes of demons and ghouls in this Arcade game, inspired by the Day of the Dead and Halloween.

Subdivision Infinity DX
73% match

Subdivision Infinity DX

Indie

Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!

Blade Assault
73% match

Blade Assault

Indie

Blade Assault is a 2D action rogue-lite platformer with beautiful pixel art set in a desolate sci-fi world. Fight against the corrupt military of Esperanza as part of the resistance force of the Undercity. Bring the corrupt to justice by becoming stronger and fighting alongside your trusty comrades.

IN THE DARK
73% match

IN THE DARK

Indie

A short 2D metroidvania that explores some darker themes contrasted by bouncy, pixel art visuals.

Remoteness
73% match

Remoteness

Action

New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!

The Deadlands
72% match

The Deadlands

Indie

The Deadlands, is a haunting journey of vengeance. Conquer undead horrors, face formidable bosses, and harness their souls to save your son from an evil necromancer. Pixel art meets gothic aesthetic in this intense, captivating metroidvania.

Anoxemia
71% match

Anoxemia

Indie

Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves.

Slaughter: The Lost Outpost
71% match

Slaughter: The Lost Outpost

Indie

Slaughter: The Lost Outpost is a single player campaign third-person shooter, with a large arsenal of weapons, crowds of various enemies and difficult locations, concealing many secrets.

Bioframe Outpost
71% match

Bioframe Outpost

Indie

Bioframe Outpost is a 2d sci-fi action adventure game, dedicated to exploration, experimentation, emergent gameplay, and narrative. Its photography-based approach to non-linear exploration and action gameplay offers a fresh take on Metroidvania gameplay.

Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows
71% match

Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows

Indie

Embark on an epic journey across the land of darkness to save your best friend - your own shadow. Meet a mysterious stranger, the shadow of a mighty beast, who will help you survive. Explore, gain new skills and take advantage of your ally to defeat enemies and get back a lost part of yourself.

Outland
71% match

Outland

Indie

Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.

Basket Brawl DX
70% match

Basket Brawl DX

Action

Embark on a quest with Himari and her friends! Traverse 40+ rooms, unlock characters, and groove to chiptune tunes in this speedy platformer.

Patch Quest
69% match

Patch Quest

Indie

The ONLY Roguelike-Metroidvania fusion where you can mount and ride EVERY monster in the game! Get ready to Leap, Glide, Tunnel, Bite, Slither, Websling and Explode your way through a shuffling patchwork maze. Survival depends on bending the forces of nature to your own ends!

Blast Hopper
69% match

Blast Hopper

Casual

Dive into an exhilarating 2D platformer adventure that blends classic platforming mechanics with the thrilling intensity of twin-stick shooting. Help Captain Hop journey to the deepest depths of Subterranea to restore the severed link with the surface.

Overlanders
69% match

Overlanders

Indie

Battle it out in 5 PLAYER MULTIPLAYER or rage through the CAMPAIGN. Overlanders delivers the futuristic, competitive racing experience of your dreams.

External Visions
69% match

External Visions

Indie

An artistic metroidvania with a classic NES era gameplay, taking the player through the life of an average man escaping his depression in a partly imaginary world he created around him. Fight more than 60 enemy types and 5 bosses, uncover more than 160 areas and unlock all powers and items.

Brick Odyssey
68% match

Brick Odyssey

Indie

The roguelike block-breaker that the gaming world needed! Choose your hero and destroy bricks to make him fight. Skillfully maneuver the ball, optimize your upgrades wisely, and maybe you will reach the end of this Odyssey!

Exophobia
68% match

Exophobia

Pixel Graphics

Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
68% match

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found

Indie

​Toy Odyssey is fundamentally an action-adventure platformer. The player spends the night exploring a randomly-generated house, defeating bosses in each of the unique rooms, and then going up against the final boss.

Headland
68% match

Headland

Indie

Fight to regain your limitless creativity in this action adventure game for all ages. Journey through a story full of vivid characters and explore a beautiful imaginary world. Make friends along the way and confront your fears in a little adventure about a big imagination.

Escape Doodland
67% match

Escape Doodland

Indie

Death and destruction came into Doodland. This happy and joyful land is going to change. You play as one of Doodlers, a peaceful inhabitant of happy doodle world, attacked by a merciless monster. There are only two options: run as fast as you can or die.

Master of the Forbidden Sea
67% match

Master of the Forbidden Sea

Indie

Dive for treasure in a chaotic region of the Pacific known as the Triangle of Doom. Avoid starvation, battle strange monsters, and voyage past the point of no return to the undersea.

KUNAI
66% match

KUNAI

Indie

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

Afterimage
66% match

Afterimage

2D

Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.

OutRUN
66% match

OutRUN

Indie

You play as two different people in the same creepy motel, and everything you think you know keeps changing. One moment you're Allison, running from something in her past, and the next you're Emma doing a late-night cleaning shift. You see the same events from totally different angles. You're JUDGE!

Out of Orbit
66% match

Out of Orbit

Action

Design, build and manage your very own spacecraft. Explore unlimited amounts of randomly generated universes, travel through wormholes, do missions, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, win epic bossfights and many, many more things to do. The sky is the limit. Literally.

INSIDE
66% match

INSIDE

Indie

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Metamorphosis
66% match

Metamorphosis

Indie

Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

The Mobius Machine
66% match

The Mobius Machine

Indie

Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.

Scrapland Remastered
65% match

Scrapland Remastered

Action

The cult game that marked MercurySteam's origins returns; a sci-fi adventure with memorable characters, powerful ships and humor! Enjoy intense Multiplayer battles and races with ships you build.