Metal Slug
Metal Slug or also known as Super Vehicle 001: Metal Slug is a 2006 Action, Side Scroller Run and Gun video game by Nazca Corporation. With a super cool sense of humor, amazing hand drawn visuals, hardcore side scrolling action, adventure and a blasting nature, Metal Slug is one of the mega Hits of the time. The game allows you to enjoy fast-paced two player action by simply engaging yourself into epic war-based gameplay. Your task is to keep on forwarding into the enemy territory and shoot down continuously storming enemies, blast their vehicles, choppers and mechanical robots, use a number of fantastic aids (tanks and others) throughout the gameplay and eventually reach down to the end of the game level. Confront the mighty and tough bosses, pick up a number of blazing weapon upgrades as you proceed in the game and unleash hell on your enemies. You can also melee attack any of the enemy soldiers, slit their throats or stab them with your sharp edged knife and enjoy the heavily destructible environment of the game. POWs or Prisoners of War freeing is another cool task of the game that lets you free some of the war prisoners and get amazing power ups such as different types of guns, pipe bombs etc. and enhance your fire power. With all the fun things combined, Metal Slug is one of the best ever Action and Run and Gun games ever developed.
#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 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.
#3 Super Time Force
Super Time Force is a brilliant Action, Side-Scrolling, 2D Retro Shooter and Run and Gun video game. The game takes you on an Action and Thrill filled journey where your task is to be part of a team of Elite Soldiers who are destined to manipulate the Space and Time in order to eliminate the enemies. After Discovering the Time Travel, Professor Repeatski build up a team of Elite Soldiers named as The Super Team Force, makes you the team lead and tasks you to travel in time, eliminate the enemies using heavy firepower, and rewrite the history as the Professor Repeatski likes. Unsink the famous and long lost city of Atlantis, Stop Dinosaur Extinction, and explore the world in order to find out the lost artifacts. With a brilliant game setting, cool visuals and a blasting game-play, Super Time Force is a fun game to play.
#4 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.
#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 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.
#7 Strike Force Heroes 2
Strike Force Heroes 2 is a Tactical, Side-scroll, Platform, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Armor Games. The game takes place in the space environment and introduces five soldier types such as Engineer, Mercenary, General, Sniper and Juggernaut. Each character has its unique skills, weapon set, and playstyle. Using customization, the player can select his character and can change his appearance by selecting body, helmet, and camp equipment. The player can explore the land from a side-scroll viewpoint, run, jump and shoot his way through a variety of levels while killing enemies to earn points. The game rewards the player with currency which the player can use to unlock additional content, appearance, and weapons. During the gameplay, the player customizes the soldiers with hundreds of attachment, weapons, and more. Strike Force Heroes 2 includes core features such as Side-scroll Action, Platform Element, Sci-fi World, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#8 Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps is a Side-scroll, Run and Gun, Single-player and Two-player video game developed and published by Konami. The game serves as the first title in the series of Hard Corps video game, and it was the first title in the series of Contra, released for Sega platform. It takes place five years after the events of Contra 3: The Alien Wars, in which a group of terrorist-controlled by renegade Colonel Bahamut, who has stolen an alien cell retrieved from the conflict and can struggle to use it to produce devastating weapons. Instead of the series heroes named as Lance Bean and Bill Rizer, a new force called the Hard Corps are sent to deal with the enemy attack. The game offers a variety of storyline with multiple endings. There are a variety of enemies, and the ultimate objective of the player is to run, jump and shoot his way through multiple levels while struggling to reach the end of each level by killing enemies that get in the way, and the final boss waiting at the end. The player explores the land from a side-scroll perspective while collecting the power-ups to increase the performance of the weapons. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning visuals, Contra: Hard Corps is the best game to play.
#9 Metal Slug 6
Metal Slug 6 is a Run-and-Gun, Single-player and Co-op video game created by SNK Playmore and published by Sega for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows platforms. The game comes with improved gameplay, mechanics, and new content with several modifications. Once again, the presence of General Morden invades the world. The heroes are ordered to interrogate the case and they just teamed-up with two new allies named as Clark Still and Ralf Jones. Together, they must explore the environment to advance and struggle to take down the enemies. After smashing their war machine in the hostile conflict, the soldiers face off Morden and find out that he has recreated his alliance with the Martians. However, it is uncovered that the Martians are being threatened and taken down by a new race of aliens known as Invader and they have transformed to Morden for help. The game has two modes such as Easy and Hard. Easy mode decreases the level difficulty of the game and alters the default weapon of the player to the Heavy Machine Gun. In the game, each character has its unique skills and abilities.
#10 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.
#11 Raze
Raze is another great Action-Adventure, Side-Scrolling and Run and Gun video game. The game allows upto 4 players to fight at once and engage into an amazingly addictive and immersive game-play ever. Set in a utopian world, Raze allows you to be a gun wielder Hero traveling through a luminous neon lit world. Your duty is to battle against the Alien Robots and genetically mutated advanced forms of Zombies, shoot them down in order to save the Earth. You can also be simply an enemy (Alien Robot or Zombie) and fight against the earth saving forces and totally destroy it with all the firepower you have. Raze offers a blasting and quite destructive game-play, super cool visuals, an amazing story-line to follow and two more wonderful sequels to enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love every bit of this brilliant game.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 Cuphead
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.
#15 Random Heroes
Random Heroes is an Arcade, Platform, Side-scroll and Single-player video game created and published by Noodlecake Studios, Inc. for Android and iOS. It offers a stunning gameplay, where the monsters from another dimension are struggling to take over the planet Earth. A team of unlikely heroes are set out to battle the monsters to rescue the land. You have to select one of different heroes to jump into the world invaded by monsters. You can explore the environment from a side-scroll perspective, blast your way through numerous levels while collecting coins to upgrade your character and weapon to become faster, lethal and stronger. The game has more than forty levels with increasing difficulty and it comes with twenty-four characters. As you advances through the game, it becomes tough to play. After completing the level, you will face the boss battle. Random Heroes includes core features such as Fend off Monster Invasion, Purchase new Characters, 17 Weapons, 24 Characters, 40 Levels, etc. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#16 Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 4 is an Action-Adventure, Run-and-Gun, Co-op, and Single-player video game created by Mega and published by Noise Factory. It is the 4th marvelous installment in the series of Metal Slug, offering the similar gameplay to previous entries. The game comes with new weapons, several vehicles, bosses, and enemies as well as new bonus combo system. A bonus system was included in the game, enabling the player to be rewards with points, depending on how many foes are slaughtered within time limit. The story takes place one year after the events of Metal Slug 3, in which the world is invading by a new threat of the mysterious cyber virus that demolish the military computer systems. Fio and Marco are summoned to investigate the case and are teamed up with two new characters such as Trevor and Nadia. The player select his playable character, manipulate the land from a side-scroll perspective, battle against enemies using several weapons, kill enemies while rescuing the citizens to score the points. Metal Slug 4 is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#17 Contra III: The Alien Wars
Contra III: The Alien Wars is a Single-player and Co-op Run and Gun video game created and published by Konami. The game acts as the 3rd installment in the marvellous series of Contra, and it follows the original title Contra, released in 1987 and Super Contra, released in 1998 for the NES. It takes place in the futuristic setting, where the alien invaders that were taken down during the previous titles have planned to release a conflict against humanity on the planet Earth. Unlike the previous games, the game keeps the futuristic setting for this version. There are challenging levels, and the game comes with two modes. The game involves motorcycle chases like riding on missiles, and the Two-Mode 7 allows the player to navigate the environment from a top-down perspective. During the gameplay, the player can equip and switch between two primary weapons at any time while playing. The player is also capable of firing at enemies simultaneously in a spin-jump fire pattern to take down enemies. Contra III: The Alien Wars is the wonderful game for those who love playing Run and Gun games.
#18 Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug 2 is a Run-and-Gun, Side-scroll, Single-player and Two-player Co-op video game developed and published by SNK. It is the perfect combination of Platform and Arcade elements, and it serves as the sequel to Metal Slug, released in 1996. The game introduces several new features to the gameplay, including new vehicles, weapons and the ability to transform the character. It offers the very similar gameplay to its original title where the player controls one of four soldiers, run, jump, and shoot his way through a variety of levels while struggling to complete missions to become the master. During the gameplay, the player must shoot at the waves of enemies to reach the level’s end where the player confronts the boss, who is more extensive and tougher compared to regular enemies. In the game, the player uses a variety of weapons to kill enemies and struggling to rescue innocent citizens. Additionally, the player can perform melee attacks using knife or kicking. The player doesn’t die in the game by merely coming into combat with foes. The player can enhance his shooting and melee abilities by gaining power-ups. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#19 Garena Contra: Return
Garena Contra: Return is an Action, Side-scroll, Run-and-Gun, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Garena Games Online for both mobile devices. The game retains the side-scroll shooting aspects and introduces duo mode, as well as new features. With HD graphics, 3D characters, super sound, and animation effects, you’re going to experience the extraordinary gameplay. In the world, you need to unleash your inner warrior and must select an arsenal of heroes and weapons to challenge yourself in PVP battles, team modes, and face off challenging bosses. During the game, you can join the legendary heroes named Lance and Bill in their struggle to fight against menacing aliens to rescue the world. Ultimate championship, 2v2 Conquer the Battlefield, PvP Fun Mode, etc. are prominent new modes of the game. There are different types of weapons available, and you can run, jump, and shoot your way through a set of levels to take down enemies using modern weapons. Garena Contra: Return includes prominent features such as Touch controls, PvP Fun Mode, Team up with Friends, Battle for Victory, and more.
#20 Jet Gunner
Jet Gunner is a marvelous piece of art in the genre of 2D Side-Scrolling Action, Run and gun Shooting and Platform gaming. The game offers nostalgia and hardcore action filled game-play, amazingly blasting gunfights, expert level boss battles in an amazing 8-bit Retro environment. With a bunch of addictive main stages, huge arsenal of weapons, challenging game levels, Hardcore and Challenge modes, regular content updates and DLC, great story-line and beautiful visuals, Jet Gunner is one of the best Action, Shooting and Run and Gun video game to play and enjoy. Try it out and entertain yourself good.
#21 Super Cyborg
Super Cyborg is an indie, 2D Action, Side-Scrolling Shooter and Run and Gun video game by Arthur Games. The game lets you be a heroic being whose ultimate goal is to save the humanity from the notorious Xirxul Life Form and emerge as a true savior the populace. According to the Super thriller and quite engaging game-play, story and other countless things, Super Cyborg is highly inspired by the Contra series and offers similar aesthetics. With a truly well-written story-line, great visual details and a wonderful central plot, Super Cyborg is a great 2D Action Side-Scrolling video game to enjoy. Do try it out and you’ll love every bit of this cool game.
#22 Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3 is an amazingly Addictive Action and Thrill packed Run and Gun video game by SNK. The game allows you to engage yourself into a truly immersive game-play ever. Following the mechanics and game-play style of the previous games in the series, Metal Slug 3 allows you to get into a world of chaos, kill waves of continuously coming enemies and make your way through the blasting environment, eliminate enemy bosses into epic combats and move to the next and challenging level of the game. With a full load of amazing weapons for long range encounters and knives to send enemies to hell while attacking from close vicinity in melee techniques, Metal Slug 3 offers you a chance to immerse yourself into epic action filled environment. With multiple environments, super addictive nature and a very engaging game-play, Metal Slug 3 is one of the best games of this specific genre.
#23 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.
#24 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.
#25 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.
#26 Rochard
Rochard is an engaging Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform and Sci-Fi Run and Gun video game by Recoil Games. The story of the game focuses on the main character of the game John Rochard leader of astro-miners who gets hired by the Skyring Corporation to explore and gather resources from an asteroid. While on the Asteroid, the whole team of Rochard vanishes suddenly and he finds himself tied to a strange ancient structure hidden beneath the surface of the asteroid. John frees himself and starts the search of his team when he comes to know about the attack of space bandits. This is where you get into the character of John Rochard and you must start your journey of freeing your team mates from the space bandits. You must also defeat an army of droids and turrets to reach to the command center of the bandits, defeat their boss, free the team mates and evade the asteroid for good. Rochard provides with an astonishingly action-packed, platform oriented game-play, great graphic details and a super engaging game story. Rochard offers an amazing expansion pack Rochard: Hard times for some more thrill, challenging puzzle levels and more downloadable content.
#27 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.
#28 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.
#29 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.
#30 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.
#31 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.
#32 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..
#33 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.
#34 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.
#35 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.
#36 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”.
#37 Duck Game
Duck Game takes you to the Futuristic Year of 1984 where the Ducks are going Wild for the glory. A huge battle is going on between the Ducks and there is no hope for the ones who fear. You as a Super duck are destined to glorify yourself by defeating and eliminating all the rival ducks. In order to show off your superior skills in Duck Hunting, you are allowed to use amazing weapons such as Shotguns, Mind Controlling Rays, Net Guns, Magnet Guns etc. You must use all of your super fighting and shooting skills or else you’ll get roasted with only one good blow. With an amazing 4 player co-op multiplayer game-play, single player challenging mode, amazing weapons, 50 plus levels of pure awesomeness and an in-built level editor, Duck Game is one of the classics to get engaged in. Try it out and you’ll love every bit of this fast-paced Action, Run and Gun and Side-Scrolling video game.
#38 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a marvelous Action Role-playing, Puzzle-Platform and Single-player video game developed and published by Konami. It is the direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and includes the son of Dracula named Alucard as the protagonist. The game focuses on side-scroll, exploration, and role-playing element. You play as the protagonist, and your main objective is to travel the Dracula’s castle and defeat the antagonist Dracula. It has non-linear gameplay, but most of the areas in Castle requires specific items to unlock. Earn points by uncovering the castles and unlock a map that shows you progress. There are a variety of levels and each level filled with different creatures and the boss Dracula. Use different weapons and items to kill the foes and reach at the end of each level to complete. The game becomes challenging as you progress through it and must face most dangerous foes and boss. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and addictive story, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the best puzzle platform game as compared to others platform games.
#39 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.
#40 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.
#41 Metal Assault
Metal Assault is a Free-to-play, 2D Side-scroll, and Massively Multiplayer Online Shooting game created by Aeria Games. The game offers the similar gameplay to Metal Slug series and introduces awesome modes including PvE and PvP. It has four characters such as Burton, Carl, Marie, and Ai and the player can select one of them to start his game. The objective of the player is to accomplish quests and slaughter enemies to earn experience points. Gather power-ups to battle and enhance the character’s weapons, outfits, and skills. There are a variety of missions, and some of them need the use of vehicles. As the player defeat his opponents within time, the game rewards him with exciting prizes that can be used to unlock a set of weapons and other levels. It has different modes such as Co-op mode, 8v8 deathmatch, Single-player Campaign and more. The game combines the side-scroll with shoot ‘em up element and offers a new mode called Zombie mode. Metal Assault offers core features such as Dozens of Levels, Fight against other players, unlock advanced Weapons, Use Military Vehicles and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#42 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.
#43 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.
#44 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.
#45 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.
#46 Metal Slug 7
Metal Slug 7 is an Action, Run and Gun, Single and Multiplayer video game created by SNK Playmore and published by Nintendo. It is the 8th installment in the series of Metal Slug and the 1st in the series that would be released without an arcade version. There are different characters available such as Marco Rossi, Eri Kasamoto, Tarma Roving, Foilina Germi, Ralf Jones, and more. The player needs to select his character and jump into the world where he has to navigate the environment, fight against evil soldiers, and beat the boss at the end of each level. There are three level difficulties available such as Beginner, Normal and Hard. The character equips with a pistol in the beginning and can upgrade his weapon by collecting power-ups. During the gameplay, the player can drive three different vehicles such as Slug Truck, Slug Gigant, and Slug Armor. The game increases its difficulty, as the player advanced. Players must battle their way through seven intense combat missions to score the highest points. Metal Slug 7 offers core features such as New Enemies and Slugs, Eighty Training Missions, Combat School Mode and more. Try it out.
#47 Strike Force Heroes
Strike Force Heroes is an Action, Side-scroll, Platform, Single and Multiplayer video game with Shooting and Sniper elements developed and published by JuiceTin. The game offers a brilliant and puts the player in charge of a soldier who must explore the world, fight against enemies and kill them in a series of levels. There are four different characters available such as Tank, Commando, Medic, and Assassin. The player can select one of them and customize in his style by choosing power, weapons, uniform colors, and more. Strike Force Hero, Maxed, Guns and Ammo, Streaking, Skilled, etc. are prominent medals in the game that the player has to win. There are three level difficulties available such as Easy, Normal and Hard. The story centers on the hidden research facility in the fictional location in an ocean, where protagonist are testing his formula. Suddenly enemies attach the facility and stolen the formula. The player needs to control the protagonist, explore the environment from a side-scroll and struggle to complete multiple levels to progress in the game. With fabulous story, brilliant visuals, and smooth controls, Strike Force Heroes is the best game to play and enjoy.
#48 Random Heroes 3
Random Heroes 3 is an Action, Side-scroll, and Single-player Shooter video game developed and published by Noodlecake Studios Inc. for Android and iOS. The game takes place in the thrilling world consists of various areas invaded by an alien invasion. A group of heroes is selected to rescue the world and defeat the aliens. You must choose your character from available, and your primary task is to explore the level from a side-scroll perspective, use a variety of weapons and kill as many aliens as possible to score the high points. There are up to seventy-five levels available, and the game features unique characters with specific abilities and a range of weapons. Your character can run, jump, and shoot enemies to kill them. You have to complete each level to unlock additional areas while collecting stars and coins to become the master. During the game, you can pick up power-ups like health, medals and more. Random Heroes 3 includes brilliant features such as 75 Levels, 25 Characters, 25 Weapons, Upgrade System, Collectible Stars, Massive Maps, Hidden Areas and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#49 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.
#50 RunGunJumpGun
RunGunJumpGun is an Action, Side-scroll, Run and Gun and Single-player video game developed by Good Shepherd Entertainment for multiple platforms. It offers a tough gameplay and puts the gravity-defying weapons in the player’s hands. The game takes place in the three unique worlds, and each world has a set of levels and enemies comprises more than 120 levels. It mixes the Platform, Fast-paced, and 2D Action elements and offers crazy characters. The player needs to select his character and set out himself on an epic adventure to battle against brutal enemies who threatened the world. It offers an Extax System, where the sun has begun to swell planets. The player acts as the Scavenger with a task to get Atomiks to save the world. As the player proceeds, the game unlocks other worlds and levels to explore. The player can immerse himself in a non-stop action gameplay experience and can run, jump and shoot his way through different stages to take down enemies while collecting power-ups and bonuses to enhance his power. RunGunJumpGun includes core features such as Hyperkinetic Soundtracks, Two-button Controls, Surreal Visuals, Marathon Mode, and more. Try it out.