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Games like Strider

1989USK 12PlayStationSteam Deck verified84 % positive14.99 €

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.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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DeadCore

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2014PCPlayStationXbox85 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Strider: jumping and platforming, a sci-fi setting as well as combat with precise timing.

DeadCore is a fast first-person platformer with guns, in which you climb a massive, fog-shrouded tower. Precise jumping, timing and speedrun appeal take center stage, wrapped in a dreamlike sci-fi atmosphere.

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Ghostrunner II

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Ghostrunner II is a blisteringly fast first-person slasher where you wallrun, grapple and slice through a ruined cyberpunk world as a cyber ninja. One hit kills, so precision and reflexes are rewarded; new additions include motorbike sections and bigger boss fights.

Katana Zero

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A blistering neo-noir action platformer where one hit kills and each room plays like a puzzle solved with your katana, slow-motion and deflected bullets. It's wrapped in a twisted, fragmented story with dialogue choices and a superb synthwave soundtrack.

Pixel Gladiator

Action-packed real-time combat

A pixel-art arcade action game set in a distant future: as a gladiator in a galactic TV show, you fight deadly creatures on an abandoned planet and try to survive as long as you can.

Alien Hostage

Challenging difficulty

You play an alien trapped on Earth who must get through a series of challenges set by human scientists. It leans into frustration and rage-inducing difficulty, so bring strong nerves.

Redactem

Challenging difficulty

You rewind time and manipulate gravity to crack tricky parkour puzzles in a 2D platformer. Expect a steep challenge that demands both precision and clever thinking.

Sairento VR

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Play a cyber ninja in VR, wall-running, multi-jumping, sliding and slowing time while cutting and shooting down enemies with katanas, guns and bows. Acrobatic bullet-time action and gear progression are the focus.

Grapple Hoops

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

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