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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Contra: Operation Galuga down to the 35 that fit the “Melee” category. Metal Slug, Portal 2 and The Expendabros top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Contra: Operation Galuga.
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Within the “Melee” category, the closest game to Contra: Operation Galuga is Metal Slug — scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. Portal 2 and The Expendabros follow close behind.
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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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual third person, while skipping precision platforming
Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Contra: Operation Galuga.
It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 17 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping precision platforming
Where it drifts furthest from Contra: Operation Galuga: visuals and tone.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Contra: Operation Galuga.
It predates Contra: Operation Galuga by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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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