Dragon’s Lair
Dragon’s Lair is a 1983 Action-Adventure, Interactive Drama, and Retro Single-player video game created and published by Digital Leisure Inc. The game takes place in the stunning environment consists of dungeons, caves, etc. You assume the role of the protagonist, a knight, and the takes you on an epic adventure where you have to save the princess from the evil dragon. Control the adventurer, find your way through Castle, overcome obstacles, and fight against dragon using your mighty sword. The game combines arcade with combat element. There are a variety of levels, and you must navigate each one to progress through the game. The castle offers different traps, obstacles, and strange creatures loaded with a sword. Dragon’s Lair is also available to play on mobile platforms such as Android and iOS. Become a daring warrior, defeat the dragon and rescue the princess to prove yourself as the best hero. With the exciting story, immersive gameplay, and smooth controls, Dragon’s Lair is the best game to play.
#1 Mercenary Kings
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.
#2 The Expandables 2
The Expandables 2 is a hardcore Action and Thrill filled video game. With all the Shooting, Run and Gun and Combating routine, The Expandables 2 offers an extremly challenging game-play based on a story from the original movie. With original characters (Gunner Jensen, Barney Ross, Hale Caesar, Ying Yang etc.) and enemies, The Expandables 2 takes you on a journey to free a kidnapped millionaire. The Expandables 2 allows you to engage yourself into epic enemy and boss fights in an unbelievably crazy action and thrill filled environment, where as the team lead, your task is to simply eliminate the enemies and free the kidnapped millionaire. With multiplayer Co-op support, an enticingly immersive game-play, great story and ultra-realistic visuals, The Expandables 2 is one of the best games to play and enjoy if you really like Action, Run and Gun and Shooting genres.
#3 Oniken
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.
#4 Outland
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.
#5 GunLord
GunLord is another great Action, Side-Scrolling, Run and Gun Shooter and Platform video game. The game offers 9 main game stages, amazing game-play consisting of fast-paced and action oriented aesthetics, over 40 unique enemy characters, epic boss battles and a lot of other great things. Your task is to explore the world around you, interact with objects and NPCs, go on some epic and quite challenging quests, engage yourself into action and thrill filled enemy encounters, defeat bosses, loot some valuables and upgrades and enjoy immersing yourself into pure awesomeness. If you really love Contra type games, you should totally try this one out, you’ll definitely love it.
#6 Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja by Klei Entertainment is an Action-Adventure, Side Scrolling Puzzle-Platform, Run and Gun Style Stealth video game. The story of the game kicks off with an attack on a DOJO by a strange force that leaves the protagonist half dead. A female character of the game (Ora) wakes him up and the protagonist starts his journey to avenge the attacking power and all of its allies. Mark of the Ninja lets you be the Ninja and allows you to focus on stealth and platform characteristics. Your objective is to sneak through a series of platforms by staying out of sights of the guards and assassinate your targets silently. The game focuses on your stealth and your sword fighting skills and lets you assassinate your targets by a single slashing blow to their bodies. If a guard sees you, all the lights will immediately turn on and the guards will capture you so you must remain in the dark till the target is executed. Mark of the Ninja allows you to experience an amazing blend of Action-Adventure, Stealth, Platform-Puzzle and Hack and Slash elements. Do try this game out.
#7 Aliens: Infestation
Aliens: Infestation is a Metroidvania-type Side-Scrolling Shooter, Run and Gun and Action video game by WayForward and Gearbox Entertainment. The game allows you to recruit your own team of marines and go fighting against the enemies in a truly action oriented and fast-paced game-play. With unique characters, huge cache of weapons and your ability to switch between the characters is what makes this game interesting. The permadeath feature of the game excludes the character permanently that dies during the action, however you can recruit new characters during the game-play after unlocking them. The game basically tasks you to go against the alien enemies, who have invaded the planet and because of your reputation, you are hired to eliminate the intruders and neutralize the infestation. With a marvelous bit of apocalyptic setting, amazing visual details, a well-written storyline and an immersive game-play, Aliens: Infestation is a fun game to play.
#8 8-Bit Commando
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.
#9 Explodemon
Explodemon is a brilliant Action, Run and Gun Shooter and thrill filled video game that offers a wonderfully addictive and quite challenging game-play in which you act as a Robot who only wants to Blow up things. An Alien invasion outbreak serves the Robot well and it goes on a full scale killing spree. This brilliant Action, RPG, Platform and Side Scrolling Shooter offers a totally unique concept of combat and features multiple high intensity weapons. Your task is to simply traverse through the game levels, raid on enemy posts, blow them up and move forward to the next one. One by one, destroy each and every alien outpost and finally eliminate all of them. Explodemon provides with state of the art visuals, a well embedded and well-written story-line and an awesome game-play to enjoy. Do give it a try, it’s fun playing.
#10 Sacred Citadel
Sacred Citadel is a great Action oriented Run and Gun style and Hack and Slash, Fighting video game that sets you up into the character of a Hero who is a part of the Resistance. Set in the world of Ancaria. Sacred Citadel allows you to use Axes, Bows and Arrows, Swords and Knives as your primary weapons and go on an amazing Hack and Slash routine in order to neutralize the enemy infestation in the world of Ancaria. The evil Ashen Empire is the attacker who has enslaves the populace of Ancaria and is using the Orcs and Grimmocs to wipe out the Seraphim, the only protectors of Ancaria. You as the Seraphim must lead your companions into epic battles against the enemies and devastate them to save the realm while riding the terrifying mounts, acquiring the earth shattering skills and looting immensely powerful weapons etc. Sacred Citadel offers an amazing Side-Scrolling game-play and lets you engage into the game in a similar manner as you did in the popular Metal Slug series games.
#11 Broforce
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.
#12 Castle Crashers
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.
#13 Shadow Complex
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.
#14 Shadow Complex Remastered
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.
#15 Expendabros
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.
#16 Ultionus
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.
#17 Aztez
Aztez is a wonderful Upcoming side-scrolling, Turn-based Strategy and hardcore Brawler video game that lets you engage yourself into an amazing game-play in which your duty is to save Aztez Empire. With the use of your Strategy and Turn-based skills, you’ll have to repel the violent enemy outbreaks by showing off your amazing Beat ‘em’ up skills along with the use of firearms and other conventional weaponry (swords, spears, knives, clubs etc.). Aztez offers a totally unique setting, amazing challenges, and a lot to discover and enjoy. For an amazing Action and Side-Scrolling Run and Gun type Brawler type of game-play experience, you should totally try this game out. You’ll definitely love it.
#18 Major Mayhem
Major Mayhem is a superb fast-paced, Side-scrolling, Action and Shooting video game that lets you be an agent who works directly under the president. Your task is to kill all those ninjas, agents, and terrorists that Mr. President has ordered you to eliminate. The use of covers, stealth and other great agent tactics earns you experience points that you can use to buy upgrades and enhance your ability to eliminate the threats. With a cool storyline, beautiful visuals and sounds, simplistic and quite easy controls, an amazingly addictive game-play, Major Mayhem will definitely leave you scratching your head. This game is a total blast. Do try it out.
#19 Bleed
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..
#20 Dead Pixels
Dead Pixels is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, Platform, and Side-Scrolling Run and Gun video game that tells the story about a zombie outbreak after the toxic water reaches the graveyards. The recently deceased people have become zombies and they are converting all the people to their kin very fast. You as the Ultimate savior and hero will have to get up, gather your team of heroes and go on hunting the undead until every last one of them is dead again. Exploration, scavenging for supplies such as food, shelter, medicines etc, you’ll have to go on regular trips to different places and find the required supplies. With three main game modes, loads of items to collect and weapons to eliminate the threat etc. Dead Pixels offers state of the art visuals, a great story and an immersive game-play for you to enjoy.
#21 Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara offers a super-fast-paced 2D Run and Gun Style Sword Fighting game-play in which you as a Warrior have to go on slaying your enemies while going through a Side-Scrolling environment. A number of mythical beasts and Monsters, the game lets you use a number of weapons against the epic enemies and eliminate them in amazing Melee Combats. With a multiplayer Co-op support, Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara lets you enjoy a Classic Arcade Style game-play, challenge your enemies in a competitive environment and defeat them to be glorious warrior. With a number of character selection and customization options, brilliant visuals and an addictive game-play, Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara is a cool game to play. Do Try it out.
#22 Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia
Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia is an Action, Shooting, Online and Multiplayer video game by Appsomniacs LLC. The game takes place in different locations and lets the player get into the role of the character and complete a variety of levels. The character is wilds with dual weapons and he can use melee weapons and attacks to take down his enemies. The player has to select or create his avatar and dive into battle to dominate it. It has two different modes such as Survival and Co-op. There are the massive variety of weapons, levels, and equipment. Complete each level and immerse himself in multiplayer battle experience. The weapons comprise flamethrower, sniper, and shotgun. The player has to score the highest points and show his abilities and strength by defeating foes. Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia offers core features such as Online Multiplayer, Dual Stick Controls, Open Maps, Rocket Boosters, Melee Attacks, Team-based and more. It is the marvelous game to play.
#23 Intrusion 2
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”.
#24 Strider
Strider is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, Platform, Stealth and Hack and Slash video game by Double Helix Games. The game offers an amazingly fast-paced and action filled game-play in which you act as the finest Ninja Assassin named as Strider Hiryu who works for the Strider Organization. The Strider Assign you the task to assassinate the Evil Grand maestro Meio who is taking refuge in his den in the city of Kazakh. In order to complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through the hordes of highly trained and fast acting enemy ninjas, kill them by the use of your great sword wielding and platforming skills and by using other sharp edged weapons like shurikan, knives etc. Strider lets you use the Cypher a plasma weapon as your main weapon that can kill multiple enemies with only one good blow. As you proceed to the advanced levels of the game, Strider allows you to use upgrades to enhance your weapons and skills and get blasted upon the enemies as a bolt of lightning, finally reach to the Grand maestro and assassinate him. With an amazingly fast action, great visuals, immersive game-play and a wonderful story, Strider is a great game to play and enjoy.
#25 Boid
Boid by Mokus Games is a brilliant new Action, Side-Scrolling, RTS and Fighting and run and Gun video game like Metal Slug 3. The game is about an advanced Bio Organic Drone who crash lands on a planet, releases countless life forms to mutate and evolve just according to the environment, develop special abilities and skills, fight against the native enemies and conquer the world to dominate. Boid offers an amazingly fast-paced and hardcore action filled game-play in which you’ll have to think fast in order to complete the game objectives. You’ll also have to strategize your moves more attentively and act as the sharpest of the thinkers. With wonderful visuals, great story-line and an immersive game-play, Boid is a great game to play and enjoy.
#26 Dino Cap 2 HD
Dino Cap 2 HD is an Action, Side-Scroll, and Single-player Shooting video game created by Triniti Interactive Limited. There are five unique character classes, and the game focuses on Dino combat and non-stop action. Select your character and jump into the superb game world filled with dinosaurs, and other creatures. Defend your world, slaughter foes using weapons, tools, and equipment, and collect XP points to upgrade your character and weapons. The game includes over twenty-five classic weapons including force throw, light sword, ninja stars and more. Explore six different landscapes and show off your power against foes. Accomplish missions, and earn achievements, score the highest points and challenge your fellows to beat. Collect power-ups to refill your health bar when it goes empty and gather perks to further progress. Five Character Classes, Twenty-five Weapons, Stealing Missions, Unlimited Stages, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.
#27 Zombie Diary 2: Evolution
Zombie Diary 2: Evolution focuses on battle against humans and zombies. Lots of survivors have already fallen, but you’ve struggled to survive. The game uses side-scroll perspective and combines the elements of Fast-paced, Shooting, and Fighting. There are over thirty unique weapons and eleven mysterious maps full of exciting missions. Select your character to start your journey, pick up your best weapon and fight for survive. The game rewards you with diamonds and gold coins for slaughtering zombie. There are lots of levels and each level is challenging as compared to last one.As you progress through the game, other features automatically unlocked by the game. Explore the world, find survivors like you, rescue them, and avoid zombie attack to progress. Overcome obstacles, collect power-ups, and face boss at the end of each level. Unlock superb power weapons and enhance your chance of survive. Zombie Diary 2: Evolution is the wonderful game with exciting features to play and enjoy.
#28 Black Magic
Black Magic is a 1987 Action-Adventure, Single-player, and Side-scroll video game created and published by Datasoft. The game offers an exciting story, in which the bad wizard named Zahgrim came back and turned the good wizard known as Aganar into stone, stolen his six magical eyes and hidden them in six different places across the world. You can act as the protagonist, and the main aim is to navigate the world, overcome obstacles, find six different eyeballs of the good evil and fend off the evil to spread destruction. Once you are placed the eyes in their right locations, a message appears telling how to take down the evil and his kingdom over the land. The game includes four different ranks such as Apprentice, Wizard, Sorcerer, and Necromancer. It is revolving around the side-scrolling world, shooting an arrow, casting a spell, collecting items and more. As you gain over four thousand points, the game rewards you with a new rank and your abilities, and skills will be enhanced. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#29 Contra
Contra is 1987’s best 2D Action, Single-player, Co-op, Run and Gun video game. Developed by the famous konami, this super thriller offers an amazingly Action-packed game-play, a wonderful plot and hours of entertainment. According to the storyline, Contra allows you to set yourself up into the character of Pfc. Bill Rizer or Pfc. Lance Bean, well trained and skilled CONTRA operatives and tasks you to eliminate the enemy forces along with their controlling Alien Entity. With a blasting nature, Contra offers a huge stash of endless entertainment and fun.Being one of the most popular and a totally addictive Action and Run and Gun game, Contra broke all of the previous records and it is still pacing up in the market. With a number of cool missions, loads of Weapons, beautiful 2D visuals, an immersive and Action-packed game-play to enjoy.
#30 Cave Story
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.
#31 Castlevania
Castlevania is an Action, Platform and Single-player video game developed and published by Konami. It offers the historical-themed world in 1691 where the game takes place and puts you in the role of the protagonist named as Simon Belmont as he attempts to defeat the antagonist named Dracula. It is the first game in the series of Castlevania. Your ultimate task is to navigate the castle, battle against different bosses including the Mummy Men, Frankenstein’s Monster and more. The game consists of up to eighteen stages, and each stage has challenging gameplay. Your character can run, climb stairs, crouch, and use magic to wipe out enemies. Progress through the game by navigating the castle, fighting against Dracula, and collecting power-ups to enhance your abilities. Castlevania offers prominent features such as a variety of Stages, numerous Enemies, attractive Sounds suits the environment, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#32 Out of This World
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.
#33 Super Contra
Super Contra is a Run and Gun, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Konami in 1988. It is the sequel to Contra and a marvelous game in the series of Contra video game. The story revolves around two protagonists, as they sent on an epic adventure to face and destroy alien invasion. An alien faction has taken over the allied bases and possessing its soldiers. The player can get into the world populated by aliens, and he has to fight against them to recover the allied military base and save the people. The game uses side-scroll perspective to navigate the world and places different power-ups around the levels. Control the character who can use a gun to slaughter a variety of enemies and can face a boss at the end of each level. There are a variety of levels, and the game becomes difficult as the player advanced. With enhanced mechanics, brilliant graphics, and superb visuals, Super Contra is the best game to play and enjoy.
#34 Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp
Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp is an Adventure, Interactive Drama and Single-player video game developed by Digital Leisure. The game takes place after the event of the first game, in which the protagonist named Dirk has married with his love named Daphne and produced many children. As the story progress, Daphne is captured by an antagonist who an evil wizard is called Mordroc to be forced into marriage. The children and the mother of the protagonist are worried about Daphne, and the protagonist has to save her love once again. You can assume the role of the Dirk, and your primary goal is to explore the environment from the side-scroll perspective, fight against companions of an evil wizard and kill them to progress in the game. You can use the sword to take down enemies and complete several levels to face the boss. You need to fight against an evil wizard at the end of the game and defeat them to save your wife. You must rescue your wife within time. Otherwise, you’ll lose her permanently. With the exciting story, superb visuals, and brilliant mechanics, Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp is the best game to play and enjoy.
#35 Raze 3
Raze 3 is an Action, Shooter, Side-scroll and Single-player video game available to play on Browser. There are different character classes, and you can select one of them to get into the world filled with enemies. Your primary task is to explore the world, fight against enemies and take down them to progress through the game. Other three AI-controlled character will assist you during your journey. Score the points, maintain your health, and upgrade your weapons by earning points. Your character is capable of running, jumping and shooting enemies. You can use the jetpack to jump higher to reach your desired place quickly. The game unlocks other levels as you gain experience or accomplish previously. Purchase high-performance weapons, and use them during battle. With superb gameplay, addictive graphics, and fantastic controls, Raze 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#36 Super Metroid
Super Metroid is an Action-Adventure, Side-scroll, and Single-player video game by Nintendo Research and Development. It is the third title in the series of Metroid, and the plot takes place after the event of Metroid II: Return of Samus released in 1991. You assume the role of the main character named as Samus Aran, a bounty hunter, and the story centers on her struggle to explore the Planet called Zebes to restore an artifact stolen by Ridley, who is the leader of Space Pirate. You need to explore the environment from side-scroll perspective to fight against enemies and their bosses to save your planet. It offers open world environment with multiple areas connected by elevators and doors. The protagonist can run, crouch, jump, and shoot enemies in eight directions. During navigation, you find power-ups that increase your power and upgrade your weapons. Complete a series of levels and retrieve the Metroid to save your world. Super Metroid includes prominent gameplay, brilliant features, and superb story.
#37 Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project is an Action, Side-scroll, Platform and Single-player video game developed by Sunstorm Interactive and published by Ubisoft. The game puts you in the role of the protagonist named as Duke Nukem, struggling to fight against Mech Morphix, who is a mad scientist and trying to transform mysterious creatures into brutal monsters using a radioactive slims. The mad scientist wants to take over the Manhattan Island situated in New York. The game introduces a variety of enemies such as alligators, cockroaches, and more. You must navigate the world from the side-scroll perspective, fight against enemies using multiple weapons and defeat them to reach their boss at the end of the game. Save the world before the time runs out. The game comprises eight chapters, and your character can run, fire, walk, and jump. With addictive features, improved gameplay, interesting story, and breathtaking environment, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project is the best game to play and enjoy.
#38 Raze 2
Raze 2 is an Adventure, Side-scroll, Shooter and Single-player video game available to play on Browser. It has two different modes such as Campaign and Quick Match. The player must select his character to get into the thrilling world populated with enemy aliens and zombies. He as the protagonist, must manipulate the world, use a large range of weapons, abilities, equipment and unique abilities to fight enemies and save the humanity. Using arrow keys, the player can control the protagonist, who must run, jump, and shot his way through multiple levels to earn points. The game introduces two factions, one of which is locked and need a completion of several levels to unlock. In the beginning, the game looks easy enough to play, but the player moves forward to complete levels, it becomes tough to master. Unleash the power of his armor suit, grab advance weapons and jump into the battlefield against enemies to crush them all to become the hero. With prominent features, superb mechanics, and excellent visuals, Raze 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#39 Ancestor
Ancestor is an Arcade, Puzzle and Single-player Runner video game developed and published by Supermegaquest for Android. It takes place in the procedurally generated environment and offers an exciting gameplay that will dazzling your eyes and challenge your brain. Control the protagonist and explore the environment across randomly generated maps full of traps, obstacles and enemies. You explores the landscape from a side-scroll perspective and your ultimate task is to overcome challenging obstacles, defeat a variety of enemies and collect different orbs. As you traverse into the unknown environment the level of difficulty will be increased. There are eight different backgrounds and the game introduces leaderboards and achievements. Unleash your skills, solve complex puzzles and score the highest points to become the master. Ancestor includes prominent features such as 8 different Maps, three Bosses to Defeat, Procedurally Generated Map, and more. Try it out.
#40 Song of the Deep
Song of the Deep developed by Insomniac Games and published by GameTrust Games is a Metroidvania and Single-player video game for multiple platforms. It features a stunning story, revolving around a young girl who set out herself on an epic adventure to find her father who disappeared while fishing. The player takes on the role of the female protagonist named as Merryn, who craft a submarine to find her father. The player explores the environment from a side-scroll perspective to navigate the ocean. During the gameplay, he or she needs to locate the special improvements, overcome obstacles, and progress through the game to unlock additional levels. Up to thirty upgrades and more than fifty additional abilities available across new areas of the sea. The environment takes place in the non-linear underwater world invaded by brutal creatures. Song of the Deep includes core features such as Unforgettable Journey, new Abilities, Search for Father, and more. With the exciting story, superb gameplay, and smooth controls, Song of the Deep is the best game to play.
#41 Zombie Diary
Zombie Diary is an Arcade, Side-scroll, Shooter and Single-player video game developed by Mountain Lion for Android. The game takes place in the thrilling environment invaded by zombies and introduces a variety of heroes from which you can select your one. According to the story, in 2013 A.D., the resident evil breaks out and the zombies conquer the planet and turn it into the bloody hell. You assumes the role of the survival with an objective to kill zombies in the world who are trying to attack you. Humanity needs your help and you are the last hope of the world. There are a variety of weapons and each character equipped with his special armor. Explore the environment from a side-scroll perspective, use a huge range of weaponry while kill as many zombies as possible to score the best points which can be used to unlock additional content. Up to twenty-four guns available to equip and use. There are five different roles with unique properties that you can play. Strong, Quick, Powerful Boss, Remote Attack, etc. are prominent types of zombies in the game. Zombie Diary includes core features such as Four Maps, Different Modes, Extra Bonuses, 24 Guns, and more. Try it out.
#42 3D Gunstar Heroes
3D Gunstar Heroes is an Action-Adventure, Run and Gun, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Sega. The game takes you in the stunning environment and puts you in the experience of side-scroll shooter gameplay. There are several heroes, and you must select your favorite one to start your adventure. It has different modes such as Free, Fixed, Gunslinger, Mega Life and more. You must explore the environment from a side-scroll perspective, battle enemies and kill those using weapons. You can upgrade your weapons by collecting power-ups and can increase your abilities. It offers the similar gameplay to Metal Slug game and introduces the boss to fight at the end of each stage. As the game progresses, it becomes tough to master. The ultimate task is to score the points and face boss battles. 3D Gunstar Heroes includes core features such as different Characters, Side-scrolling Shooting, 2D Graphics, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#43 Velocity 2X
Velocity 2X focuses on Shoot ‘em up, Side-scroll and Puzzle gameplay developed and published by FuturLab. The game supports Single-player mode only and available to play on multiple platforms. The story follows the female protagonist, who is abducted by a race of hostile alien, LT. You as the protagonist must use your quick reflexes and the power of teleport to free your friend prison and make an escape. The game mixes the platform, puzzle, top-down and vertical shooting elements and offers fast-paced gameplay. You can explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, use high-tech weapons and encounter enemies to kill. During the gameplay, you must pilot the Quarp Jet through challenging territories using a huge arsenal of weaponry and teleporting technology. There are a series of levels and each level offers brain-teasing puzzles to solve. You can run, jump and shoot your way to fulfill the objectives and earn as many XP points as possible. Velocity 2X includes prominent features such as 50 Dynamic Levels, high Re-playability, High-energy Adventure, Daily Challenges, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#44 The Mummy Demastered
The Mummy Demastered is an Action-Adventure, Metroidvania, and Single-player video game published and developed by WayForward. The game offers brilliant gameplay based on the movie The Mummy, released in 2017. The game takes place with the events of the move, with the player assuming the role of the Pradigium soldier under the control of Dr. Henry Jekyll. The storyline follows the struggle of the protagonist who must battle evil forces of Princess Agmanet to save the day. The player can traverse a huge map which opens up as the player advances through the game. Upon killing, the game resets the player as a new character, who then must collect his items from his former selves. There are numerous levels available with increasing difficulties and the player needs to accomplish each one to become the master. The game offers fantastic retro-style graphics and atmospheric soundtracks. It mixes the Adventure, Exploration and Shoot ‘em up elements to offers the thrilling gameplay. The Mummy Demastered includes prominent features such as Fifty Hidden Relics, Obliterate Monsters, Weapons (Flamethrower, Grenades, and more), Shoot ‘em up Action, and more. Try it out.
#45 Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack
Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack is an Action, Side-scroll, Platform and Single-player video game developed and published by Inti Creates Co., Ltd. It takes place in the sci-fi environment where you controls the high-speed mobility of the Gunvolt and shoot your way through challenging levels to kill enemies. You battle against enemies for the freedom of the nation from the rule of the tyrannical. The game offers a 2D world where you navigate the land from a side-scroll perspective, use weapons to kill enemies and face boss in the last of the stage. As the story progresses, other tough levels will be unlocked, and the game becomes tough to play. Score the points by defeating enemies, and unlock special weapons by collecting power-ups. You can run, jump, fly and shoot to fulfill the requirements of each level. Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack includes prominent features such as 25 Vocal Tracks, 60 FPS Upgrade, High-Resolution Graphics, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#46 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is an Action-Adventure, Platform, Side-scroll, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios. The game offers an exciting story, in which Carlos Calaca has abducted the beloved daughter of EI President, and make a plan to sacrifice her to merge the living world with the land of dead. It mixes the Metroidvania-style Action, Platform, and Side-scroll elements and takes place in the magical world full of monsters and other strange creatures. The game mainly focuses on melee-combat and lets the player pick up his character from present and jump into the world to battle against enemies. The main job of the player is to explore the land from a side-scroll, kill enemies, face boss fights, and rescue the daughter of the EI President in the parallel dimensions. As the player advances through the event, new features, modes, and extra abilities will be unlocked. Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition includes prominent features such as Endless Fighting Action, Multi-dimensional Platform Gameplay, Unique Combat Moves, Detailed World, New Costumes, and more. Try it out.
#47 Claw
Claw is a Platform, Side-scroll and Single-player video game released by Monolith Productions in 1997. The game is about an anthropomorphic pirate cat, who embarks on an epic quest to locate an ancient amulet while battling against foes and solving mind-bending puzzles. It is the second released of Monolith after Blood. The game mixes the platform element with melee combat and lets the player control the cat and struggle to reach the end of each level, fighting through different foes and overcome obstacles to earn points. The primary weapon of the protagonist is a sword and he can kick or punch when close enough to a foe. He has a pistol with limited bullets and the player can shoot enemies to kill and needs to refill his pistol after the round by gathering spare bullets. It has three modes such as Multiplayer, Custom Levels, and Single-player. The Single-player mode comprises the main storyline. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant graphics, Claw is the best game to play.
#48 Cave Story 3D
Cave Story 3D is an Action-Adventure and Single-player video game created by Nicalis, Inc. and published by NIS America. It mixes the Puzzle-Platform and Side-scroll elements inspired by the 2D original game. The game takes place in the 3D world where the player takes on the role of the cute rabbit who must struggle to defeat the old doctor and his minions. As you progress through the game, you’ll learn the new moves and can engage yourself in shooting experience. The primary objective is to explore the land, run, jump, and attack enemies your way through a variety of levels while gathering collectables to score the points. Other levels and features will be unlocked as you score enough points. Cave Story 3D includes prominent features such as 3D Environment, Side-scroll Exploration, High-speed Shooting Action, Exploration, Tricky Puzzles to Solve, Unlockable Achievements, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#49 Alien Carnage
Alien Carnage is a Side-scroll Platform and Single-player shooting video game developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and developed Apogee Software. The game is divided into four episodes, featuring background music in MOD format and 256 colour VGA graphics. It represents the cartoon-style gameplay and puts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Halloween Harry, who is an agent and embark on an epic mission to save the world from an alien invasion that wants to control over the Planet Earth by transforming the humanity into zombies. In the game, the player attack aliens and zombies using the flamethrower and another type of weapons to rescue the hostages in multiple ways. The player equips with a jetpack which he can use to reach the higher platforms, instead of jumping. Alien Carnage offers key features such as Page Turner, Area 51, Cheat mode, Three Skill Levels, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#50 Super Time Force Ultra
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.