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Games like Mega Man V

1994 Classic

The final Game Boy Mega Man game sends the blue robot against the alien Stardroids. Precise run-and-gun platforming with selectable stages and original bosses rather than recycled ones.

What defines Mega Man V:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Mega Man V are Run or Die, Super Cyborg and Project Mercury. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mega Man V special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Run or Die

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2014 PC 0.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty

A fast-paced endless runner built around movement abilities and a huge ion cannon, set in a hazardous city that changes with each run. Quick reflexes and split-second decisions are the core of the experience.

Super Cyborg

Sci-fi setting

An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.

Project Mercury

Sci-fi setting

A pixel-art run-and-gun platformer set in a sci-fi world, where you fight a mysterious threat on foot and on a hoverbike. The focus is on fast shooting and precise platforming.

Strider

Sci-fi setting

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.

Enemy Mind

Sci-fi setting

A space shooter with over 70 enemy waves and more than twenty ships, each with its own abilities. A chiptune soundtrack and an adaptive story system round out the arcade experience.

Planet Cube: Edge

Sci-fi setting

A fast 2D run-and-gun platformer where you shoot, jump and dash through rooms packed with enemies. Precise platforming and shooting are tightly interwoven.

Armed Seven

Sci-fi setting

An indie action game with a retro feel, set in an alternate 1989 after an alien invasion. It leans on science fiction and fast action, though the details available are limited.

Intrusion 2

Sci-fi setting

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.

Gradius Origins

Challenging difficulty

A collection of all seven arcade Gradius games in 18 versions, including the Gradius III AM Show Version making its home console debut. Classic side-scrolling shoot-'em-ups with the power-up bar, precise dodging and steep difficulty.

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