Games like Jet Gunner
If Jet Gunner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Downwell, Volgarr the Viking and Battle Princess Madelyn — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its authentic 8 bit challenge, enemy projectiles track aggressively and challenging. 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 Jet Gunner: Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
Players who liked Jet Gunner also play
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Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Jet Gunner.
Top pick for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Second-strongest match for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Battle Princess Madelyn
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Third-strongest match for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Ranked #4 for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.
Hell is Other Demons
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Ranked #5 for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Ranked #6 for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Cave Story+
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Ranked #7 for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
BUTCHER
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Jet Gunner.
Ranked #8 for Jet Gunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Jet Gunner
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METAL SLUG
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Reviewers of Jet Gunner cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
Shatterland
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Jet Gunner.
Reviewers of Jet Gunner cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Shatterland is a co-op zombie/Alien survival game with base-building and exploration. Loot resources, craft weapons, build with friends, and fight through a devastated world filled with the undead, hostile survivors, and military secrets.
Contrast
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jet Gunner cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jet Gunner.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Jet Gunner.
Reviewers of Jet Gunner cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Reviewers of Jet Gunner cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jet Gunner at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Jet Gunner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Jet Gunner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Jet Gunner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jet Gunner.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Jet Gunner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Jet Gunner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jet Gunner.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jet Gunner.
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.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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More from Sinclair Strange
Other recommendable Steam games by Sinclair Strange, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Alien Splatter Redux
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Another title from Sinclair Strange, the studio behind Jet Gunner. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
Crypt Stalker
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Another title from Sinclair Strange, the studio behind Jet Gunner. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.
I Want To Be Human
WHY THIS
Another title from Sinclair Strange, the studio behind Jet Gunner. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
A vampire girl, a hat boy and an adventure packed with tonnes of exploding body parts – go on a bloodthirsty rampage of death and destruction in a quest to become human again!
Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
WHY THIS
Another title from Sinclair Strange, the studio behind Jet Gunner. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
Jet Gunner: Refueled
WHY THIS
Another title from Sinclair Strange, the studio behind Jet Gunner. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Jet Gunner is reloaded, remade and refueled for a new explosive 8-bit adventure. Relive the past glory days where VHS was king, phones didn't have screens and you'd have to blow into a cartridge to get your gaming fix.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Jet Gunner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and a retro mood with Jet Gunner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Frequently asked about Jet Gunner
- Does Jet Gunner run on Steam Deck?
- Jet Gunner is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Jet Gunner cost?
- Jet Gunner is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Jet Gunner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jet Gunner are Downwell, Volgarr the Viking, Battle Princess Madelyn.
- Who developed Jet Gunner?
- Jet Gunner was developed by Sinclair Strange.
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