Games like HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)
If HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gravity Circuit, Noitu Love 2: Devolution and Mother Russia Bleeds — 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.
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Gravity Circuit
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Top pick for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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.
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!
Mother Russia Bleeds
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
99Vidas
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.
Fist Puncher
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Ranked #5 for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team to deliver old-school justice to the lawless streets.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Broforce
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Action with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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
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Priced ~75% under HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Action with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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 HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Retrotainment Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
HAUNTED: Halloween '86
WHY THIS
Another title from Retrotainment Games, the studio behind HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game). Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
A brand new NES game independently developed by Retrotainment Games and released on an NES cartridge. This classic style beat 'em up / platformer adheres to all NES hardware restrictions and pushes the limits of game play on the console. '86 now includes the Spirit Halloween Exclusive edition!
Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum
WHY THIS
Another title from Retrotainment Games, the studio behind HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game). Shares Action with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Garbage Pail Kids are back in this Long-Lost, All-New platforming adventure. Featuring four playable characters, six secret-filled levels, and a trading-card system, Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum is a throwback to the golden era of 80s gaming.
Full Quiet
WHY THIS
Another title from Retrotainment Games, the studio behind HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
In this open-world game of survival, mystery and adventure you must learn how Pap and his radio buddies maintained their radio grid, protected the lands they now walk and silenced the forest in order to find your missing son.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Gravity Circuit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
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.
Mother Russia Bleeds
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Fist Puncher
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team to deliver old-school justice to the lawless streets.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game).
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Frequently asked about HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)
- How much does HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) cost?
- HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) are Gravity Circuit, Noitu Love 2: Devolution, Mother Russia Bleeds.
- Who developed HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)?
- HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game) was developed by Retrotainment Games.
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