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2014PC57 % positive

Yury is a deliberately retro platform and arcade action game that pairs classic mechanics and tough challenge with the eerie mood of sci-fi survival horror.

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

The closest matches for Yury are Canabalt, Strider and Oniken. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Yury special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Canabalt

94 %Match

2009PCPlayStation88 % positive−50 % 2.99 € 1.49 €

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

A minimalist one-button endless runner where you sprint across the rooftops of a collapsing city, timing jumps to get as far as possible. Quick runs, pixel visuals and a driving soundtrack define the experience.

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.

Oniken

Challenging difficulty

A brutally tough 8-bit action platformer in the spirit of NES Ninja Gaiden. As the mercenary ninja Zaku, you slash through a post-apocalyptic world of soldiers, relying on precise timing and quick reflexes.

Cyber Shadow

Sci-fi setting

A tight ninja platformer with an authentic 8-bit look, blending classic NES-style action with smooth animation and precise controls. Varied levels and big boss fights in a grim cyber future test your reflexes and patience.

Ingression

Sci-fi setting

A punishing pixel-art precision platformer where seamless portals drive both the puzzles and the movement. You play Rina, a thief who travels through time to stop a dangerous paradox.

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.

Abuse

Dark, serious atmosphere

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

Will You Snail?

Challenging difficulty

A punishing precision platformer where you play a snail dodging traps from a malicious AI that anticipates your moves. Tight jumps, optional puzzles and a dark simulation mystery drive the experience.

Mega Man 10

Sci-fi setting

A deliberately NES-style 8-bit run-and-gun platformer where you pick stages in any order, beat robot bosses and take their weapons. Tight controls and a demanding, old-school difficulty.

Bio Menace

Sci-fi setting

A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.

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