Games Like 3D Gunstar Heroes on Steam

Mercenary Kings is another great title that offers aesthetics similar to Contra series games and provides with a brillian Action filled Shooting and Run and Gun experience. This addictive Action, Side-Scrolling, Run and Gun video game offers fantastic Crafting options and allows you to loot whatever you want. Mercenary Kings features beautiful old school combat system similar to the one in award winning Metal Slug, Contra and Monster Hunter series and offers action-packed encounters with enemies and bosses. Interaction with NPCs, Crafting weapons and other items, multiple challenging game missions, Multiplayer Co-op support, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Mercenary Kings is a fun game to play.

Oniken is a Fast-paced Action, RPG and Side-Scrolling Run and Gun Shooter and Sword Fighting video game by JoyMasher. The game offers 6 challenging missions, 11 bosses and a lot of other enemies to fight, 2 main game modes (Hardcore and Boss Rush) along with a brilliant game setting, cool visuals and an engaging game-play. According to the storyline, a global war wipes out almost all of the humanity form earth and a Mega Corporation known as Oniken seizes the power and starts writing the fate of the remaining populace. Because of unjust system and brutality of the Oniken, a small faction starts the movement to liberate the people and this is where you get into the play. As the Ninja Warrior named as Zaku, your task is to join the Faction, lead the soldiers of freedom into epic wars against the mega Corporation and finally cleanse the world from its tyrant existence. Oniken is a great new Action, Shooting and Run and gun video game to play and enjoy.

Outland, created by Housemarque is an Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform Gun and Gun video game. Along with a similar game-play and mechanics to a lot of big names of the genre, Outland provides with a unique Polarity System. The story of the game revolves around an unnamed character of the protagonist who is trapped in a bizarre medical condition and keeps on seeing dreams and visions from the far past. After failure of recovering by medicines, the protagonist decides to meet a Shaman. The Shaman tells him about an ancient battle between two witches and a hero and he is the last one from the bloodline of that hero. The witches have resurfaced and the protagonist must stop them from devastating the cities. The responsibility now falls on your shoulders and it becomes your primary objective to stand up and defeat the witches by using your unique skills and sword fighting techniques. All of this happens on Physics-Based platforms and allows you to enjoy the super exciting and thrilling nature of the game. Outland is one of the best Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video games and it will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment. Do give it a try.

8-Bit Commando is a great 2D Contra clone according to its Action, Side-Scrolling, Run and Gun Shooting and Platforming aesthetics. This crazy addictive game is developed by 2DEngine offers epic enemy encounters along with action-packed boss battles and takes you on a totally new side of Side-Scrolling and Shooting gaming. Featuring multiple types of game modes, ability to lead a team, great commando skills and your will to survive in a massive bullet hell is what makes this game even more engaging and it embeds you in the system so tight that it latterly feels like being part of the wonderful game-world. With superb Action RPG, Side-Scrolling and Shooting elements, 8-Bit Commando lets you have a gaming experience of a life time. Try it out for a Contra like game-play and mechanics and enjoy the ultimate fun.

Broforce is a cool Platform-based, Side-Scrolling Run and Gun video game by Free Lives. The game sets you up into the character of a Hypermasculine Action-hero and a Commando named as Bro who goes on a journey to save his Bro Teammates and to kill the terrorists. Secondary objectives of the game include enemy Bosses elimination and the recovery of War Prisoners who are held captive by the enemies. Broforce offers a greatly inspired gameplay and mechanics from the popular Metal Slug series games and allows you to enjoy a similar gameplay with a different story and locations. Your task is to simply go deep behind the enemy lines and eliminate hordes of enemy forces operatives, blast your way through mechanical beings, attacking Heli Copters, tanks, use a number of fantastic upgrades (a number of different weapons, firepower and others) on the way to finish the game levels and enjoy a blazing action and thrill filled gameplay. With an amazingly fast-paced action and thrill, cool visuals and an addictive game-play, Broforce is a fantastic game to play.

Castle Crashers is a 2D Action-Adventure, RPG, Hack and Slash and Beat ‘em’ Up video game by The Behemoth. The game is set in a Fictitious Medieval Era Kingdom and lets you be the Ultimate Savior who frees the Kidnapped Princesses and kills the Evil Magician by the use of his bravery, Sword and intuition. The game takes place in a fictional Medieval Era in a Medieval Universe and it kicks off with the Four brave Knights attending a party, in King’s massive Castle where the evil dark Wizard arrives and steals the Mystical Gem and kidnaps the Princess. As the most Brave and courageous beings, The Kings sends the Knights to rescue the Princess and to retrieve the Gem. According to the storyline, your ultimate goal is to find and defeat the Dark Wizard along with his minions and monster legions. Now in order to complete the game objectives, you must gather your team, go hunt down the bizarre and brutal Cyclops, a strange cat-fish and all the aliens. With a very involving story, epic gameplay, loads of enemies and all the monster fighting fun, Castle Crashers is one amazing Action-RPG video game to play and enjoy.

Shadow Complex is a 2009’s top trending Action, Platform, Adventure and Run and Gun video game by Microsoft game Studios. The game features the main character named as Jason Flemming and his Girlfriend Claire. The duo goes on an adventure to explore some caves when suddenly Claire vanishes, leaving Jason wandering in the abyss. After multiple call attempts and no response from Claire, Jason sets out to find her and discovers a massive underground Military Complex, with advanced technology and multiple units of soldiers. The objective of the game is to locate Claire, rescue her and find out the truth about the Military installations in deep underground Complex. The players are tasked to get into the character of Jason, Explore the underground Complex, encounter and defeat hordes of hostile forces, find all the power-ups and keep on exploring until they find Claire. With beautiful 2.5D graphics, Side-scrolling action, shooting and exploration elements, Shadow Complex introduces Auto-Aim and Shoot system that helps the players quickly target the enemies and neutralize them. Shadow Complex offers a Metroid series inspired gameplay and mechanics and allows the players to enjoy a totally addictive and engaging experience ever. For all the hard fans of Metroid, Action, and Platform genres, This game would definitely be a great source of entertainment. Do give it a try.

Shadow Complex Remastered is the Remake of the famous Shadow Complex video game. Developed by the same developer, ChAIR Entertainment, Shadow Complex Remastered offers a brilliant combination of Action and Side-Scrolling Platform, Adventure and Run and Gun elements and an entirely new Amplified and modernistic gameplay. The game follows the similar mechanics and provides hours of Exploration, Fast-paced Combats and Melee encounters, enhancements in Graphics and loads of other exciting things. Shadow Complex Remastered is built using the most advanced Unreal Engine and holds a record of 50 Game of the Year and Editors Choice awards. The game includes content from both Original Shadow Complex and Shadow Complex Remastered and offers a non-linear gameplay, a massive game world, loads of different types of enemies, fantastic boss battles, countless new and old Power-ups, an entirely very intense combat-oriented gameplay, incredibly amazing 2.5D graphics and loads of other great things. New and old characters, enemies, new environments, and a user-friendly interface updated visual effects, epic melee encounters, loads of new achievements and 4K resolutions support are among the most prominent features of this great Action, Adventure, and Platform video game.

Expendabros is a cool Action, Side-Scrolling, Platform and Run and Gun video game. The game offers all the Expendables level of the game and lets you go in epic missions to fin and kill the ruthless and cunning arms dealer named as Conrad Stonebanks. Set in the Eastern Europe, Expendabros lets you take on the role of a Commander, swarm down to the thick forests of Eastern Europe, lead your teammates, take out all the enemy forces and reach down to Conrad, kill him in a bloody battle and finally rescue your brothers in arms. With a hardcore Action and Thrill filled game-play, beautifully created visuals, sounds and all the stuff combined, Expendabros is one amazing game to play and enjoy.

Ultionus is a masterpiece if we compare it to a lot of titles of this specific genre. With a lot of similarities to some of the biggest names such as Metal Slug 3, Raze and Brawlhalla, Ultionus offers enhanced gameplay and mechanics. With beautifully created 2D visuals, Ultionus takes you to a whole new level of Action-Adventure and Run and Gun gaming. The game sets you up into the character of a galactic hero named as Serena who gets trolled big time by the enemies and because of that he embarks on a journey to eliminate all of them. Your task is to simply pick up all your guns, grenades and flame throwers, start hunting down the enemies on their own turf and blast your way through the hordes of enemies, kill the bosses and conclude the game levels. With a beautiful setting, cool 2D visuals and an immersive game-play, Ultionus is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Bleed is a cool Side-scrolling Action and Run and Gun MMORPG game similar to the popular Metal Gear video game that lets you be a girl named Wyrn who has a big arsenal of weapons and she wants to be a true hero. Your task is to help her take down some great heroes of the time and be an ultimate hero who doesn’t know what defeat is. Bleed provides with a fast-paced and action filled game-play, a great story, some amazing quests/adventures, cool upgrades, great visuals and much more. With all the beautiful 2D graphics, an addictive and immersive gameplay and fantastic game mechanics, Bleed is a really good Side-Scrolling Action and MMORPG video game to play and enjoy..

Intrusion 2 is a cool MMORPG game like “Hero Siege” that lets you be a true soldier in a Sci-Fi environment. Your task is to travel to a hostile planet, conduct a military operation and destroy an illegal weapon manufacturing facility, kill the hostiles and capture the heroes, tame them and bring them back to your planet to train them. “Intrusion 2” is basically inspired by a 16-bit sidescroller that provides with a hardcore action-packed game-play and amalgamates Physics in it to make it more exciting. “Intrusion 2” is a bit different but is a great alternative to “hero Siege”.

Cave Story is an Adventure, Platform and Single-player Shooter video game developed and published by Nicalis. The story takes place in the cave and revolves around the protagonist who awaken in this cave. After exploring the environment, he discovers a doctor who forces the cave’s inhabitant to battle for him to dominate the world. The protagonist decides to assist the inhabitant and flee them from the coverage of doctor. The game contains a variety of levels and it goes challenging as you advanced. Navigate the world from side-scroll, fight against strange creatures using different weapons and clear the set of levels to shift onto final level where you have to battle against doctor and rescue the innocent creatures. You can collect different weapons during the gameplay and may toggle at any time by pressing the button. Earn experience points and interact with Non-player Characters. Maintain your health bar, you’ll die when your health bar goes to zero. With exciting features, brilliant controls and superb gameplay, Cave Story is the best game to play and enjoy.

Out of This World (also known as Another World) is an Action-Adventure, Platform and Single-player video game developed by Delphine Software. The story centers on the protagonist named as Lester, a scientist who finds himself in a strange world filled with brutal aliens when his experiment goes wrong. The ultimate task of the protagonist is to fight against different forces for his survival and find a way to come out. Take on the role of the protagonist and run, jump and attack through your way and perform specific actions like rocking a cage forth and back. In the beginning, your character is unarmed and can kick at tiny creatures. You can get a pistol from foe after killing him and can use it against enemies. There are a variety of levels, and each level is challenging than previous. Progress through the game and survive as long as possible to score the highest points and find a way to flee. With the best mechanics, addictive mechanics and superb visuals, Out of This World is the best game to play and enjoy.

Cuphead is an action, side-scrolling, run and gun, single-player, and multiplayer video game published and developed by Studio MDHR Entertainment. The game offers a beautiful world in which you assume the role of the titular character known as Cuphead, who must battle his way against a set of bosses through various levels to repay a debt to the devil. The game offers a series of levels based on continuous boss fights.

You have infinite lives and have to keep weapons to destroy enemies. You can explore the world from a side-scroll and shoot fire continuously to defeat various bosses to move to the next level. After gaining enough points, you can purchase new weapons and charms from the market using your points or coins. You use the Charms to gain special abilities like an extra life. The game looks easy to play in the beginning, but as you proceed, it becomes tough to master. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

Splasher is a 2D Platform, Side-scroll, Action and Single-player video game developed by Splashteam and published by Playdius. The game takes place in the crazy cartoon universe and deals with fast reflexes, speed, and agility. The player assumes the role of the young hero who must explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, the battle against enemies, crush them and fight the boss of the paint factory to progress. The protagonist is armed with a splatter cannon which he can use to launch an attack to rescue the world and stand up to the leader. The pain cannon offers the player with color superpowers. There are numerous levels, and each level provides the traps, security devices, and insane obstacles. It has two different modes such as Speedrun and Time Attack. Splasher includes core features such as Challenging Levels, Fistful of Ink, Time Attack Mode, and more. With excellent mechanics, addictive gameplay, and brilliant music, Splasher is an incredible game to play and enjoy.

Mass O’ Kyzt is an Action, Side-scroll, and Single-player video game developed and published by AlexHoratio. The game offers the arena-based platform gameplay wherein the player can upgrade his enemies. In the game, the player assumes the role of the astronaut, who is fighting against aliens on the planet Ky, the home of the psychic hivemind race called the Kyzt. During the gameplay, the primary objective of the player is to destroy the masses of aliens, living on the planet to advance through the story. There are a variety of levels and the player must struggle to demolish as many Kyztlings as the player possibly can. The game becomes difficult to play as the player advances through it and further features will be unlocked to enjoy. The player explores the from the side-scroll perspective, run and jump his way through a series of stages while defeating foes to become the master. With exciting features, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, Mass O’ Kyzt is the brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition is the perfect blend of 2D Side-scroll, Pixel-Graphics, Action, Platform, and Shooting elements developed and published by Tribute Games Inc. The game takes place in the brilliant world, where the player serves as the part of the Mercenary Kings, who is the most skilled team of warriors hired on Earth to protect the humanity. According to the storyline, the player must embark on an epic adventure when the comrades have fallen, and various fearsome forces have seized a tropical island top-secret laboratory base. The player manipulates the world from a side-scroll viewpoint, use the character equipped weapons to kill enemies while struggle to restore the peace to become the hero. During the gameplay, the player is capable of crafting and customizing the guns and blades or can upgrade the armour body. The game has both Single-player and Multiplayer modes, in Single-player mode the player can do actions alone while in Multiplayer mode, the player can form a team of four players to take down enemies to save the world. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

Unepic is the mixture of Role-playing, Platform, and Metroidvania elements developed by Francisco Tellez De Meneses and published by Ninagamers. The game introduces the number of role-playing elements like skill points, levels, and equipment. It offers non-linear gameplay inspired by the Maze of a Galiious video game. During the gameplay, the player can use the number of ranged and melee weapons to kill the enemies. The player explores the world from the side-scroll perspective, use crafting elements to build weapons and use to take down enemies to score the skill points. The game rewards the player with prizes for completion of difficult and long challenges and lets the player purchase the combat equipment like a flamethrower, laser guns, and rocket launchers. The game comes with an addictive storyline revolves around the protagonist named as Daniel, who was an average guy. According to the storyline, the player acts as the great video gamer, a huge fan of science-fiction movies and the Role-playing games. The player was teleported to the strange castle in the midst of a Role-playing game. Now, the player must struggle to find a way out to his real life. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Unepic is the best game to play.

Super Time Force Ultra is a Pixel Graphics, Action, Platform, and Side-scroll video game developed and published by Capybara for multiple platforms. The game comes with action-packed gameplay with a time-traveling twist. It takes place in the sci-fi world where the player is in control of the time, and can bend and stretch it to his advantage on the battleground. During the gameplay, the player can rewind the time and select when to jump back into the action. He can team up with his selves in the Single-player or Co-op modes. There are nineteen unique characters available and each character has its unique abilities and weapons. The player can battle in six different time periods, from the past to future. The player explores the sci-fi world from a side-scroll perspective, run, jump, and shoot his way through numerous levels to kill enemies while using his special abilities to overcome challenging obstacles. Super Time Force Ultra includes prominent features such as 19 Playable Characters, Extra Modes, Collectibles, Mess up the Time-space Continuum, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Platform games.

Not A Hero is an Action, Side-scroll Shooting, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Stealth elements developed by Roll7 and published by Devolver Digital. The game comes with a thrilling story, in which the purple rabbit bunnylord has traversed back in time from 2048 to be elected as Mayor to rescue the land. It takes place in the fictional setting, and the story focuses on the protagonist, who struggle the world from devastation and alien invasion. During the gameplay, the player needs to show the inhabitants why he is the best to be elected and recruit a team of anti-heroes to clean up crime in the city. It revolves around 2D side-scroll shooting gameplay offered in Pixel art-style. There are nine protagonists available from which the player needs to select his favourite one at the beginning of each level. Each hero has its unique attributes in the game. In the game, the player is armed with primary weapons that can be upgraded with a series of upgrades found on the map. Not A Hero includes prominent features such as Dynamic Missions, Next Level Shootouts, Roster of Not Heroes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.