What is the best game similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?

The closest game to Contra: Operation Galuga is Portal 2, scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Contra: Operation Galuga?

The three closest games to Contra: Operation Galuga are: 1. Portal 2 (85/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Metal Slug (85/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. The Expendabros (82/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Contra: Operation Galuga's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 12 dimensions.

Is Metal Slug similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?

Yes, very much so — Metal Slug scores 85/100 similarity to Contra: Operation Galuga. They share 9 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?

The best Shooter games similar to Contra: Operation Galuga are Portal 2, Metal Slug, The Expendabros and Broforce. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Contra: Operation Galuga attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming.

How is similarity to Contra: Operation Galuga calculated?

We compare Contra: Operation Galuga against every game in our catalog using 12 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Contra: Operation Galuga experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Looking for games like Contra: Operation Galuga? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — shooter, strong narrative focus and melee combat — against over 6,700 titles. These 50 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. Portal 2 leads with 85/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Top games similar to Contra: Operation Galuga

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Contra: Operation Galuga. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Portal 2Closest on genre

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opOfflineSoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeSci-Fi

Steam👍 99%· 459KRAWG👍 94%· 6.1KMC95IGDB92· 9

Year 2011Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and ranged combat, while skipping skill tree progression

Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle game developed by Valve Corporation and released on April 19, 2011 on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. It was published by Valve Corporation in digital form and by Electronic Arts in physical form.

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Metal SlugClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee2D

Steam👍 89%· 5.1K

Year 1996Dev Nazca Corporation · SNK PlaymoreOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 28 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee2D

Steam👍 97%· 18KRAWG👍 70%· 391IGDB80· 1

Year 2014Dev Free Lives · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, ranged combat and visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus

The Expendabros is a crossover game based on Broforce gameplay and featuring characters from The Expendables 3 movie. In the basis of both games lays the roast of the 90s movie cliches about unstoppable warriors, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and the others.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat71Visuals70

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOfflineMeleeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 97%· 61KRAWG👍 84%· 1.3KMC83IGDB72· 9OC79· 43

Year 2015Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, vibe casual and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping strong narrative focus

Broforce is a parody run-and-gun game made in a 2D side-scrolling manner. Players are offered to take control of a Bro – one of the soldiers of the special Broforce unit. Actually, players are going to assume roles of several protagonists (all are Bros) while completing game levels.

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerOfflineSoloCo-opMeleeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 99%· 67OC72· 5

Year 2024Dev Rusty Moyher · Wild RoosterOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Nintendo

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fighting mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game that blurs the line between top-down space shooter and platform fighter. Whether versus or co-op, prepare to fight in space and on foot at the same time!

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals and combat.

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#6Superfighters Deluxe

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloMelee2D

Steam👍 89%· 3.5K

Year 2018Dev MythoLogic InteractiveOn PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and online features, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerSoloOfflineCo-opMelee2D

Steam👍 97%· 39KRAWG👍 91%· 313MC82IGDB83· 4OC84· 14

Year 2015Dev Adult Swim · Adult Swim GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: competitive edge, vibe casual and ranged combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Win over the crowd and gain a following by blasting your feathered friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and pretty much anything else a duck could use as a weapon.

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Guns, Gore & CannoliClosest on visuals

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOfflineMelee2D

Steam👍 92%· 4.2KIGDB63· 3OC76· 21

Year 2015Dev Crazy Monkey StudiosOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone and setting.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Xbox

#9Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

iRank77

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3

Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping precision platforming

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: progression.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 2.0KIGDB91· 2

Year 2002Dev Croteam · Gathering of DevelopersOn PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual first person, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone and visuals.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#11Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

iRank88

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

OfflineCo-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 93%· 4.0KIGDB83· 14OC82· 50

Year 2015Dev Asteroid BaseOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100Setting59Tone0

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiSkill Tree

IGDB88· 6

Year 2011Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Streets of Rogue

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloMeleeNarrative2D

Steam👍 96%· 23KRAWG👍 74%· 165IGDB84· 1OC81· 24

Year 2017Dev tinyBuildPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling, while skipping precision platforming

Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals.

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Steam GOG Xbox

#14Journey to the Savage Planet

iRank83

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeSci-Fi

Steam👍 87%· 6.9KIGDB80· 11OC76· 118

Year 2020Dev Typhoon Studios · 505 GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: progression and visuals.

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Steam GOG Epic

#15PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMelee2D

Steam👍 90%· 1.7KRAWG👍 53%· 31IGDB83· 2

Year 2015Dev OutermindsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, vibe casual and visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus

Join your favorite YouTubers on an Epic Quest in PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist. Enjoy this amazing 2D platformer! EVERYTHING YOU LIKED ABOUT THE MOBILE VERSION, NOW WITH COOP MODE!! ⋆ COLLECT BROCOINS to buy new CHARACTERS, ATTACKS and DEFENSES!

Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: tone.

It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Contra: Operation Galuga, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Binary Domain

Shooter · FPS

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Shooter · FPS

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Shooter · FPS

Ratchet: Deadlocked

Shooter · FPS

Star Fox 64

Shooter · FPS

Unreal Tournament

Shooter · FPS

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

Shooter · FPS

Star Wars Battlefront

Shooter · FPS

Red Faction

Shooter · FPS

Descent

Shooter · FPS

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Shooter · FPS

Resistance 2

Shooter · FPS

Lost Planet 2

Shooter · FPS

Metroid Prime Hunters

Shooter · FPS

Unreal II: The Awakening

Shooter · FPS

F.E.A.R. 3

Shooter · FPS

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Shooter · FPS

Iron Grip: Warlord

Shooter · FPS

Turok

Shooter · FPS

Red Faction II

Shooter · FPS

Bulletstorm

Shooter · FPS

Syndicate

Shooter · FPS

Borderlands 4

Shooter · FPS

Battlefield: Bad Company

Shooter · FPS

Duke Nukem 3D

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto Online

Shooter · FPS

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Shooter · FPS

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

Shooter · FPS

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Shooter · FPS

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

Shooter · FPS

The Finals

Shooter · FPS

Duke Nukem Forever

Shooter · FPS

Unreal

Shooter · FPS

Overwatch

Shooter · FPS

Team Fortress Classic

Shooter · FPS

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?: The closest game to Contra: Operation Galuga is Portal 2, scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Contra: Operation Galuga?: The three closest games to Contra: Operation Galuga are: 1. Portal 2 (85/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Metal Slug (85/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. The Expendabros (82/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Contra: Operation Galuga's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 12 dimensions.
Is Metal Slug similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?: Yes, very much so — Metal Slug scores 85/100 similarity to Contra: Operation Galuga. They share 9 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Shooter games are similar to Contra: Operation Galuga?: The best Shooter games similar to Contra: Operation Galuga are Portal 2, Metal Slug, The Expendabros and Broforce. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Contra: Operation Galuga attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming.
How is similarity to Contra: Operation Galuga calculated?: We compare Contra: Operation Galuga against every game in our catalog using 12 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Contra: Operation Galuga experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.