Games like Two Bit Hero
If Two Bit Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Messenger, Owlboy and Infernax — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Two Bit Hero: A classic retro metroidvania - retroidvania if you will - with (mostly) black and white graphics. Handcrafted, fast-paced action with multiple endings.
Players who liked Two Bit Hero also play
Steam players who put hours into Two Bit Hero also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Top pick for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Two Bit Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Two Bit Hero at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action with Two Bit Hero.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action with Two Bit Hero.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Two Bit Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Super Blue Boy Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.
Lofi Ping Pong
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Meditative rhythm ping-pong
Shooty Skies
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from ERMedia
Other recommendable Steam games by ERMedia, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Citadale: The Legends Trilogy
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Citadale: The Legends Trilogy is a retro action-platformer filled to the brim with vampires, zombies and other creatures of the night. Hope you brought some holy water!
The Masked Mage
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
The Masked Mage is a slow paced, peaceful metroidvania game focusing on exploration, atmosphere and a story about friendship, mystery and of course magic. There are no bosses to fight. Think of this as a sort of 2D walking simulator.
Gravity Spin
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Gravity Spin is a tough as nails 8 bit retro metroidvania (retroidvania) with a literal spin - on gravity. Spin the world on its head and be careful not to get too confused.
Citadale - The Ancestral Strain
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
The gravest Citadale adventure yet breaks new ground... and buries you in it!
Malevolence
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero.
Malevolence is a 90s retro styled low-poly first person horror adventure
BioMech
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
BioMech is a classic Metroid-like with carefully structured gameplay. No rogue elements, no random content, everything is handcrafted and deliberately designed. Backtracking is not a dirty word.
Arcade Attack Anthology
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Arcade Attack Anthology is a 4-in-1 game collection with online leaderboards.
Pixel Pileup Party
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind Two Bit Hero. Shares Indie with Two Bit Hero.
A green on green 4-in-1 game collection styled after the most popular 90's handheld ever!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Two Bit Hero.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Frequently asked about Two Bit Hero
- How much does Two Bit Hero cost?
- Two Bit Hero is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Two Bit Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Two Bit Hero are The Messenger, Owlboy, Infernax.
- Who developed Two Bit Hero?
- Two Bit Hero was developed by ERMedia and published by Plug In Digital.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Two Bit Hero.
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