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2018 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 11.39 € 👍 57 % Mixed, 332 reviews on Steam

A stylish pixel-art adventure set on Mars: as a hoverbike racer you take odd jobs in a desert city to earn your ticket to the big Grand Prix. Racing, shoot-'em-up sections and side gigs blend into a short, charming mix.

What defines Desert Child:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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The closest matches for Desert Child are No More Heroes III, Mega Man Legends and Mega Man Legends 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Desert Child special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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No More Heroes III

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2021 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 39.99 € 👍 83 % Very positive, 711 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Travis Touchdown slashes his way up a galactic assassin ranking in a wacky alien-invasion setting. Fast hack-and-slash combat, flamboyant boss fights and irreverent humor define the experience.

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Mega Man Legends

Pure single-player experience

Mega Man goes 3D as Mega Man Volnutt, a Digger exploring ruins and towns, blasting through dungeons while hunting for the legendary Mother Lode. Third-person shooting, exploration and light RPG elements with an anime-style charm make it distinctive.

Mega Man Legends 2

Pure single-player experience

A 3D action-adventure where Mega Man Volnutt hunts for treasure, explores dungeons and upgrades weapons. Charming anime-style visuals, humor and a story around a mysterious key define the experience.

High on Life

Pure single-player experience

A brightly colored first-person shooter drenched in Rick and Morty-style humor, where you fight an alien drug cartel alongside talkative, sassy living guns. Jokes and inventive weapon abilities take priority over challenge.

Romeo is a Dead Man

Sci-fi setting

A wild Suda51 action game where you play a resurrected FBI Space-Time agent, mixing sword combat and gunplay while hunting fugitives across alternate realities. The style is loud, absurd and bloody.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Distinctive, stylised art style

A stylish skate, inline and BMX platformer set in a cel-shaded city full of graffiti, crews and a funky soundtrack. Fluid movement and exploring the city take center stage, in the spirit of Jet Set Radio.

Akimbot

Sci-fi setting

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer where you dual-wield weapons as a robot, blasting through hordes of machines, piloting spaceships and traveling the galaxy to save the universe.

Retrospace

Pure single-player experience

On a space station swallowed by a black hole, you sneak or shoot your way past mutants in the corridors. Its disco-punk look, like a 70s B-movie that never existed, gives it a distinctive flavor.

High on Life 2

Sci-fi setting

A garish, joke-packed sci-fi shooter where wisecracking alien guns banter nonstop while you shoot and skate through bizarre planets. It doubles down on Squanch Games' irreverent humor with added mobility and traversal.

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