Games like Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
If Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit is your kind of game, the closest matches are PostBear Tales, Hardcore Soldier and ROPES - Race Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, funny and intense. 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.
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PostBear Tales
WHY THIS
Top pick for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
You are a bear, a PostBear, the best one! And you have an important mission, deliver a King's letter to the neighbor kingdom!
Hardcore Soldier
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Vengeance or Die in this no mercy, bullet hell, run and gun shooter that requires player skill, with only one life and one hit death, game over. You just can't get hit.
ROPES - Race Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Challenge friends to intense split-screen racing or scale heights solo to top of the leaderboard. A bold leap into RETRO NOSTALGIA reimagined for a new generation! Fluid 3D animations & realistic rope physics. Hilarious hazards requiring skill and impeccable timing! And whatever you do. DON’T FALL!
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Ranked #4 for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Spooky Pixel Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Enjoy 2D pixel platformer levels inspired by old-school classic retro games and haunting glitch horror.
ZADETTE
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
A great 2D retro-action-platformer! To the lovers of big pixels and screeching synthetic sounds we dedicate this masterpiece to you.
Pet Shit Billy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
A wild zoo party turned into a poopocalypse! Help Billy clean up 86 absurd screens of retro platforming chaos before his boss returns. Funny, weird, and packed with pixelated surprises.
Martin and the Magic Staff
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Discover the world of a fabulous puzzle platformer in the pixel art style. You have to help the aspiring magician to pass all the challenges and fill his sorcerous staff with pure magic.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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 weapon upgrade system and a retro mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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.
Aces & Adventures
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming, checkpoint based progression, action and a retro mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
NINJA GAIDEN 4
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights, action and an intense mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
Castle of Vania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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 Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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 with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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 Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
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 Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Retroware
Other recommendable Steam games by Retroware, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Iron Meat
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Another title from Retroware, the studio behind Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.
Prison City
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and a retro mood with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Another title from Retroware, the studio behind Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Meme Machine
WHY THIS
Another title from Retroware, the studio behind Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
Meme Machine is a color-matching puzzle action game. Pick your meme and use single- and multi-colored pieces to do battle to crush your opponent!
Toxic Crusaders
WHY THIS
Another title from Retroware, the studio behind Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
The Toxic Crusaders return for an all-new, all-action beat 'em up for one to four players! Grab your mop, tutu and attitude, and get ready to clean up the mean streets of Tromaville and beyond, one radioactive menace at a time!
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
WHY THIS
Another title from Retroware, the studio behind Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit.
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest (TASQ) is a parody/homage platformer set in a dark 8-bit world. Your vampire-hunting rival robbed you of fame by killing Count Dracula first! Reclaim your glory by resurrecting Dracula piece by piece and slaying the dark count yourself!
Frequently asked about Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
- Is Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cost?
- Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit are PostBear Tales, Hardcore Soldier, ROPES - Race Edition.
- Who developed Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit?
- Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit was developed by Retroware, Programancer, Mega Cat Studios and published by Retroware.
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