Games like Venture Kid
If Venture Kid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Castle In The Darkness, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and NightmareZ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chiptune soundtrack is exceptional, responsive controls feel flawless and secrets in every level. 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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Castle In The Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Top pick for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
NightmareZ
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Venture Kid.
Third-strongest match for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Venture Kid.
Ranked #4 for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
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.
Cave Story+
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Ranked #5 for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Odallus: The Dark Call
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Ranked #6 for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Master Spy
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Ranked #7 for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Ranked #8 for Venture Kid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio is an exciting, fast-paced action game.Help Tcheco the Adventure Boy to leave a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures! Be ready for a big challenge, full of nonsense humor and retro goodness.
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20XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
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 11
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
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.
King Battle
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
R & D team effort for several years, focusing on the show the beauty of fighting! Even strokes, floating, block, dizziness, tyrants body, crushing fighting spirit! Focus on multiplayer!
Gravity Circuit
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
30XX
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Shovel Knight Dig
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Venture Kid.
Reviewers of Venture Kid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Venture Kid at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Action with Venture Kid.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Venture Kid.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
"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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
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!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Venture Kid.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Venture Kid on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Venture Kid.
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 Venture Kid.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Venture Kid.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Venture Kid
- How much does Venture Kid cost?
- Venture Kid is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Venture Kid?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Venture Kid are Castle In The Darkness, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, NightmareZ.
- Who developed Venture Kid?
- Venture Kid was developed by Snikkabo AS and published by FDG Entertainment.
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