ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-Fi2DThird Person
IGDB50
Year 1987Dev Konami
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with combat tactical and visual pixel
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Year 1988Dev Konami
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Within the “Platformer” category, the closest game to Contra is Contra — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3 follow close behind.
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The best platformer games like Contra
14 similar games foundUpdated July 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Contra. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
IGDB83· 17OC83· 118
Year 2017Dev Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development · NintendoOn Switch
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
IGDB82· 6OC83· 124
Year 2022Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 · NintendoOn Switch
97
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
Year 1999Dev Rare
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, while skipping visual 2d
ShooterTPS
SoloCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSkill Tree
IGDB81· 14OC81· 81
Year 2015Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 · Nintendo
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opThird PersonFantasy
IGDB95· 8
Year 2009Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping setting scifi
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opThird PersonFantasy
IGDB93· 8
Year 2011Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping setting scifi
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerSoloSci-FiThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 82%· 2.2KIGDB74· 5
Year 2006Dev K2 LLC · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 73%· 1.8KIGDB69· 6
Year 2009Dev GRIN · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonOffline
IGDB80· 1
Year 2004Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, offline and exploration and discovery, while skipping co op
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSoloThird PersonPvP
Steam👍 98%· 30K
Year 2020Dev NoisestormPlaytime ~5hOn PC
ShooterTPS
SoloCo-op2DRangedDark
Steam👍 79%· 15KRAWG👍 8%· 76
Year 2009Dev Invent4 Entertainment · Strategy FirstPlaytime ~3hOn PC
#13Tomb Raider
86
iRank89
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonMeleeRanged
Steam👍 96%· 265KRAWG👍 86%· 4.1KMC86IGDB85· 14OC84· 50
Year 2013Dev Crystal Dynamics · Square EnixPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonOffline
IGDB46· 2
Year 2005Dev Sonic Team · SegaOn PlayStation 3
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, post-apocalyptic world and offline, while skipping co op