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2014PC0.99 €

A simple arcade arena game where you fend off endless zombie hordes in a doodle-style setting. It's all about surviving as long as you can and beating your friends' high scores.

  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The closest matches for Cruel Arena are Grapple Hoops, Gunman Clive 2 and Super Crate Box. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cruel Arena special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Grapple Hoops

88 %Match

2021PC73 % positive9.99 €

  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Gameplay comes before story
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast first-person action game where you swing with a grappling hook, wall run and slide, and take down enemies with a basketball. It mixes basketball, parkour and explosions.

Gunman Clive 2

Action-packed real-time combat

A compact 2D run-and-gun platformer with a Wild West flavor and a hand-sketched look, offering varied levels and big bosses. Classic, straightforward action with no frills.

Super Crate Box

Action-packed real-time combat

A frantic arcade platformer-shooter where you grab crates, swap weapons constantly and chase a high score while endless enemies keep spawning. Tight controls, pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack define it.

Clash Force

Linear, curated structure

A retro 8-bit run-and-gun where you blast through short, punchy stages that demand quick reflexes. A good pick if you love old-school NES-style arcade action.

Gunman Clive

Linear, curated structure

A short, old-school side-scrolling platform shooter set in the Wild West, with a distinctive sketched, paper-like look. You jump and shoot through 16 tight levels and face big bosses.

Dead6hot

Action-packed real-time combat

Dead6hot is a frantic arcade platform shooter that throws you straight into the action. It shines in quick pick-up-and-play rounds with friends in local multiplayer, in the style of the old days.

Kero Blaster

Linear, curated structure

A compact retro run-and-gun platformer from Cave Story creator Pixel, where you play a frog swapping weapons through short, punchy stages. Charming, lighthearted and approachable.

Dynamite Alex

Focus on a single character

You play 17-year-old Alex, blasting and jumping through a city overrun by robbers in a retro-style platform shooter. It focuses on classic arcade mechanics, bright colors and gameplay without loading screens.

DinoScape

Focus on a single character

A pixel-art platformer where a caveman rides a dinosaur, dodging meteors, lava and chasms in a bid to save the dinosaurs from extinction.

Roof Rage

Action-packed real-time combat

A pixel-art platform fighter where martial arts brawls play out across rooftops in fast, arcade-style matches.

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