Games Like Metal Slug (Series) Similar Action & Platform Games like Metal Slug (Series)

Metal Slug is described as 'With a long history tracing back to early stand-up arcade systems and NEO GEO console, Metal Slug (series) is the definitive bullet hell platformer. It's a traditional, 2D sidescroller that's dead easy to learn and play, but with difficulty levels that practically' and is a Action Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Metal Slug for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Xbox, Playstation and Android apps. The best Metal Slug alternative is Space Shooter X, which is both free and Open Source. Other Metal Slug like games are Touhou Project, Cuphead, Alien Hominid HD and Super Star Wars.

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    Space Shooter X is a free browser-based arcade game where you battle enemy ships, survive endless waves, and defeat powerful bosses—all playable instantly online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Space Shooter X is the most popular Web-based alternative to Metal Slug.

    • Space Shooter X is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Metal Slug.

    • Space Shooter X is Free and Open SourceMetal Slug is Paid and Proprietary
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    Touhou Project is a series of vertically scrolling bullet hell shooting game produced by [Oota Jun'ya (ZUN)](http://www16.big.or.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • MS-DOS
    • Nintendo Switch
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Touhou Project is the most popular Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Metal Slug.

    • Touhou Project is Freemium and ProprietaryMetal Slug is Paid and Proprietary
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    Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
     
    • Cuphead is the most popular commercial alternative to Metal Slug.

    • Cuphead is Paid and ProprietaryMetal Slug is also Paid and Proprietary
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    They've got your spaceship and you will blow up anything in your path to get it back. Completely hand-drawn high-definition graphics, coupled with old-school game play, results in ultimate mayhem and hours of fun!

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Xbox
     
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    Enhanced for the PS4™ system with new save features, leaderboards, trophies, and updated display and controller options!

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Playstation
     
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    In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
     
    • Huntdown is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Metal Slug.

    • Huntdown is Freemium and ProprietaryMetal Slug is Paid and Proprietary
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    Rampage through levels and shoot the alien scum in the face. Or behind, your choice. Eventually you’ll get yours kicked. Tough. Sucks to be you. But! With the loot you can find, you can get bigger and badder weapons that’ll leave a string of ruined enemies in their wake!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Broforce is a hyperviolent action platform game. It features 90's blockbuster movie action heroes making up the Broforce team- an under-funded vigilante paramilitary organisation – saving the world from satanic alien terrorist investment banker businessmen in non-stop, fast...

    3 Broforce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
     
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    Do you want a new style of arcade shooter game? With an exciting shooting style and retro + modern pixelated graphics, Retro Shooting is a mobile shooting game that has caught the attention of shooters around the world!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    Guns, Gore and Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical, and fast-paced action game with hand drawn graphics and set in the Roaring Twenties.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
     
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    The Bug Butcher is an intense action shooter, wrapped in stylistic 2D art, and smeared with humor where timing and fierce reflexes are paramount! The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter “Super Pang” where you shoot vertically, but with modern day twists.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Rise & Shine is a true "think and gun" that combines elements of arcade shooters, bullet hells, and puzzle platformers to create a new blend of strategy and viscera. Switch between Shine's add-ons to solve puzzles that redefine what bullets can do.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
     
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