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Games like Broforce

2015 ★ 74/100 Game details →
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10 games similar to Broforce, a Indie, Shooter, Platform, Arcade game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Broforce.

  1. Chasm cover
    Chasm 2018 ★ 69
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    Both Chasm and Broforce are pixel-art indie platformers built around side-scrolling action and combat. Where Broforce emphasizes run-and-gun chaos with destructible environments, Chasm channels that action energy into exploration and progression through procedurally-generated dungeons. Each game rewards aggressive play and discovery, though Chasm trades multiplayer mayhem for solo adventure with RPG depth and Metroidvania-style ability gates.

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    Dream Alone 2018 ★ 82
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    Both Broforce and Dream Alone are side-scrolling arcade platformers built around action-driven gameplay and pixel art aesthetics. Where Broforce emphasizes explosive destruction and co-op chaos, Dream Alone strips the formula to its core: navigating hostile environments as a single player through deadly traps and environmental hazards. Each game uses its perspective and indie sensibility to deliver straightforward, punishing action without narrative bloat.

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  3. Pikuniku cover
    Pikuniku 2019 ★ 72
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    Like Broforce, Pikuniku pairs side-scrolling action with comedy and absurdist humor, though it trades military mayhem for puzzle-solving in a playful dystopia. Both games support cooperative multiplayer and single-player modes across indie platforms. Where Broforce emphasizes explosive destruction and parody, Pikuniku leans into quirky character interactions and comedic puzzle design, offering a lighter take on the action-platformer formula.

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  4. Blazing Chrome cover
    Blazing Chrome 2019 ★ 78
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    Blazing Chrome captures Broforce's arcade run-and-gun energy with pixel art side-scrolling action and co-op gameplay for up to two players. Both games lean into retro shooter mechanics with destructive firepower and a focus on blasting through levels rather than precision platforming. Where Broforce parodies military excess, Blazing Chrome channels classic arcade aesthetics with a robot-versus-metal-army premise.

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  5. Nuclear Throne cover
    Nuclear Throne 2015 ★ 78
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    Nuclear Throne shares Broforce's arcade shooter DNA, delivering fast-paced action through explosions and destructible combat. Both support cooperative multiplayer alongside single-player modes. While Broforce emphasizes auto-scrolling run-and-gun chaos, Nuclear Throne layers roguelike progression and multiple playable characters into its post-apocalyptic gunplay. Each game prioritizes explosive spectacle and science fiction settings over narrative, rewarding aggressive, trigger-happy play.

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  6. Vagante cover
    Vagante 2018 ★ 76
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    Both Vagante and Broforce are indie side-scrolling action platformers built for cooperative play. While Broforce emphasizes explosive destruction and parody across auto-scrolling levels, Vagante generates fresh challenges through procedural level design and roguelite progression. Each game supports solo or multiplayer campaigns and demands quick reflexes and tactical positioning to survive increasingly difficult encounters.

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  7. Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain cover
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    Both games pit military forces against overwhelming alien and terrorist threats in sci-fi action settings. Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain shares Broforce's co-operative multiplayer focus, letting squads tackle destructive battles together. While Iron Rain shifts to third-person perspective and larger-scale alien combat, it maintains the same explosive, over-the-top military action and emphasis on team-based shooting that defines Broforce's appeal.

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  8. Breach & Clear cover
    Breach & Clear 2013 ★ 64
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    Both Broforce and Breach & Clear center on modern military operations against terrorist threats, though they approach the action differently. Where Broforce emphasizes explosive, comedic run-and-gun chaos across auto-scrolling levels, Breach & Clear trades that arcade energy for tactical squad planning and careful positioning. Both games feature helicopters and modern warfare scenarios, but Breach & Clear demands strategic thinking rather than reflexes and destruction.

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  9. Gene Rain cover
    Gene Rain 2018 ★ 36
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    Gene Rain shares Broforce's science fiction setting and action-heavy shooter focus, though it trades the side-scrolling run-and-gun format for a third-person perspective. Both are indie titles centered on combat in futuristic worlds. Where Broforce emphasizes explosive mayhem and co-op chaos, Gene Rain delivers a linear, story-driven campaign with visual spectacle as its core draw.

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  10. Hyper Light Drifter cover
    Shares IndieShooter

    Both games blend action and science fiction through pixel art aesthetics and checkpoint-based progression. Where Broforce emphasizes explosive run-and-gun chaos with destructible environments, Hyper Light Drifter channels that same kinetic energy into a more methodical top-down adventure, rewarding aggressive combat and exploration of a mysterious, technology-laden world. Each game shares indie sensibilities and rewards players who embrace its distinct combat style.

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10 games similar to Broforce: Chasm, Dream Alone, Pikuniku, Blazing Chrome, Nuclear Throne, Vagante, Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain, Breach & Clear.

Most of these games share Action, Indie, Shooter, Science fiction and Platform with Broforce, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Broforce.

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