Games like HAUNTED: Halloween '86
If HAUNTED: Halloween '86 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Guacamelee! Gold Edition, Noitu Love 2: Devolution and Shank 2 — 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 HAUNTED: Halloween '86: 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!
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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Top pick for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
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!
Shank 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Shank
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Final Exam
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
Unruly Heroes
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HAUNTED: Halloween '86 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HAUNTED: Halloween '86 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Action with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
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 ~70% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HAUNTED: Halloween '86 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 '86.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Grabity
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Dance the tango of death in Grabity, a fast-paced, physics-based arena brawler. Combat robots duke it out using Grab guns to turn nearby objects into lethal projectiles or makeshift shields in intense tactical throw-downs.
Ocean Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Button and Drop Bear live rent-free above their friend's steam bun shop. When their friend goes missing, it's up to them to figure out what happened and bring them home.
Ascendant
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up in which you are a demigod invading a world controlled by your rivals. Choose your fate by discovering Blessings, equipping mighty weapons and spells, and learning to survive in this brutal realm. Only the most impressive warriors have a chance of victory.
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More from Retrotainment Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Retrotainment Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)
WHY THIS
Another title from Retrotainment Games, the studio behind HAUNTED: Halloween '86. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
A brand new NES homebrew game independently developed by Retrotainment Games and released on an NES cartridge. This game adheres to all NES hardware restrictions... all graphics, color palettes, data processing and audio fully comply regardless of how maddening it was to achieve :) HH85 is a classic, 8-bit beat' em up / platformer that...
Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum
WHY THIS
Another title from Retrotainment Games, the studio behind HAUNTED: Halloween '86. Shares Action with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
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 '86.
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.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Shank 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Unruly Heroes
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HAUNTED: Halloween '86.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Frequently asked about HAUNTED: Halloween '86
- How much does HAUNTED: Halloween '86 cost?
- HAUNTED: Halloween '86 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to HAUNTED: Halloween '86?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HAUNTED: Halloween '86 are Guacamelee! Gold Edition, Noitu Love 2: Devolution, Shank 2.
- Who developed HAUNTED: Halloween '86?
- HAUNTED: Halloween '86 was developed by Retrotainment Games.
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