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Games like Bionic Commando

1987

You swing through each level with an extending bionic arm, using it to grab, swing and dodge. Its unusual movement shapes both the platforming and the combat.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Pixel art
  • Shooting and gunplay

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Bio Menace

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Fits your focus: Mood like Bionic Commando and Story like Bionic Commando.

A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.

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Cloudbuilt

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A fast 3D platformer where you rocket through floating ruins in a jet-powered suit, dodging hazards and hostile robots while chasing leaderboard times. Precision and freedom in choosing your route are the core appeal.

Strider

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A fast arcade action platformer where you play ninja Hiryu, slashing with a plasma blade and flipping, climbing and sliding through a futuristic dystopia. Short, brisk and demanding.

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A retro-inspired 2D action platformer where you play combat robot Ares, running, jumping and shooting through sci-fi levels. It is the first chapter of an episodic series and leans on a tough difficulty.

Mega Man 9

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

Mega Man 9 deliberately returns to the 8-bit classics: tight run-and-gun platforming, bosses with weaknesses, and a free choice of stage order. It is demanding and rewards precise timing and memorization.

Intrusion 2

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

Pixel Gladiator

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A pixel-art arcade action game set in a distant future: as a gladiator in a galactic TV show, you fight deadly creatures on an abandoned planet and try to survive as long as you can.

Steel Strider

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

An indie run-and-gun shooter in the vein of Turrican and Super Contra, where you pilot a mech and aim and fire independently with the mouse or dual sticks.

Super Cloudbuilt

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A fast-paced 3D platformer where Demi leaps, wall-runs and shoots her way across floating ruins. It rewards skill, momentum and creative route choices, with speedrun-style challenges and enemy encounters.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • Mood like Bionic Commando
  • Story like Bionic Commando

A film tie-in action game where you play as different characters, including a raptor and a T-Rex, fighting and evading dinosaurs through jungle levels with a mix of shooting and platforming.

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