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Games like Monsters!

2016PC

A retro arcade twin-stick shooter with pixel art where you blast through monster hordes and chase high scores on the leaderboards.

Pixel art
Shooting and gunplay
Fast pace
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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In short: Games like Monsters!

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Monsters! special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Platypus

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2002PCPlayStationXbox93 % positive−50 % ~~4.99 €~~ 2.49 €

A fast, frantic arcade shoot-'em-up with a tongue-in-cheek premise about an overcrowded city invading its neighbour. You pilot a ship through waves of enemies in classic score-chasing style.

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