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2012PEGI 18PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified82 % positive9.99 €

A fast, brutal 2D brawler with a comic-book look, where Shank carves through enemy hordes with knives, chainsaws and guns. Fluid combos and a striking hand-drawn style are the focus.

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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Bloodroots

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2020PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable89 % positive16.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Shank 2: melee combat with weapons or fists, a distinctive art style and action-packed real-time combat.

As the vengeful Mr. Wolf you turn anything within reach, from hatchets to carrots, into a weapon and chain fast, over-the-top violent combos through compact arenas. Stylish arcade action with dark humor and a trial-and-error feel.

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Hard Corps: Uprising

Boss fights as highlights

A punishing 2D run-and-gun in the Contra tradition with sleek anime-style visuals and tight controls. Choose pure Arcade mode or the Rising mode with purchasable upgrades, and tackle the steep challenge solo or with a friend in co-op.

Cuphead

Lavish presentation

A brutally tough boss-rush shooter animated like a 1930s cartoon, where precise dodging, parrying and shooting decide every fight. A swinging big-band jazz score and local co-op round it out.

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

Melee combat with weapons or fists

The classic returns: knight Arthur fights through graveyards and demon castles in punishing platforming stages, now with a storybook look. Perfect for players who enjoy merciless but fair challenge and losing armor with every hit.

Metal Slug 5

Boss fights as highlights

Metal Slug 5 is a frantic 2D run-and-gun with hand-animated pixel art, goofy humor and punishing arcade difficulty. Solo or in co-op, you blast through short, explosive stages using vehicles and power-up weapons.

Mighty Goose

Boss fights as highlights

You play a gun-toting goose blasting through fast run-and-gun stages packed with enemy swarms and screen-filling bosses. Its cartoonish humor and over-the-top war machines give it personality.

Huntdown

Boss fights as highlights

A punchy 2D run-and-gun shooter with pixel art, a neon dystopian city and 80s action-movie flair. As a bounty hunter you take down gangs solo or in co-op, using cover, a wide range of guns and hard-hitting boss fights.

Metal Slug

Distinctive, stylised art style

A legendary run-and-gun classic with gorgeously animated pixel art, slapstick humor and frantic firefights where you hijack tanks and rescue prisoners. Best enjoyed in two-player co-op, and as punishing as any great arcade game.

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