Games like Zarlor Mercenary
If Zarlor Mercenary is your kind of game, the closest matches are DnB Starfighter, TetsunoEbi and Raiden IV x MIKADO remix — 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 Zarlor Mercenary: Top-down shooter action for the Atari Lynx handheld console. WANTED: Hot gun for hire. Travel to several exotic and dangerous places. Discover several exotic and dangerous aliens and kill them. Kill lots. For cash. Buy more weapons and kill again.
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DnB Starfighter
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Top pick for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
A skill-driven space shooter where the only goal is a better run.
TetsunoEbi
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Second-strongest match for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
I made this game as top view shmup STG(also known Shoot'em ups) game.but some people think as Shrimp STG.shrimp type anti-aircraft tank TETSUNOEBI!control the tank and destroy drones or AI tanks or large bosses.
Raiden IV x MIKADO remix
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Third-strongest match for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Blast'N Bounty
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Ranked #4 for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
Netherspace
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Ranked #5 for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Neuroma
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Ranked #6 for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
A fast-paced vertical shmup where a living brain controls a combat ship to battle grotesque alien creatures across biomechanical worlds filled with massive bosses and intense arcade action.
THUNDER STRIKER
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Ranked #7 for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
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Ranked #8 for Zarlor Mercenary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zarlor Mercenary at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~80% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
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Priced ~50% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Kill It With Fire
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Priced ~48% under Zarlor Mercenary on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Epyx, Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rogue
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Impossible Mission II
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
California Games II
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
Originally launched in 1990 on the boundary-pushing 16-bit computers and consoles of the day, this bodacious sequel to the immensely popular California Games sees you competing in five awesome events: hang-gliding, jet-skiing, snowboarding, body-boarding and skateboarding!
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
In this classic dungeon crawler, hack and slash your way through over 500 rooms with dozens of terrifying monsters. A true 1980s fantasy game, experience the frustrations and triumphs of the tabletop gaming inspired combat. Temple of Apshai is waiting. Silently lurking. Patiently waiting. For you.
The Games: Winter Edition
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
Compete in seven Winter Games events in this DOS classic from 1988, created by masters of sports simulation Epyx. Hurtle down the slopes, over jumps, or across the ice, all in search of that elusive Gold medal.
Battle Bugs
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary.
In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
Jumpman (C64/MSDOS)
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Zarlor Mercenary. Shares Action with Zarlor Mercenary.
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
Frequently asked about Zarlor Mercenary
- How much does Zarlor Mercenary cost?
- Zarlor Mercenary is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zarlor Mercenary?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zarlor Mercenary are DnB Starfighter, TetsunoEbi, Raiden IV x MIKADO remix.
- Who developed Zarlor Mercenary?
- Zarlor Mercenary was developed by Epyx, Inc. and published by Pixel Games UK.
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