Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Dead Cells
No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dead Cells launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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As part of the annual JS13K games challenge, I've put together a pretty large (but small-in-code) Metroidvania game that fits in just 13KB of compressed Javascript. The source is available here: https://github.com/arikwex/infernal-sigil NOTE: the current head of the main branch is at 13.6KB due to quality of life patches. The legit 13KB version is tagged in github. Useful hacks: - Using Roadroller (https://github.com/lifthrasiir/roadroller) for compression - Compressing the map data as grayscale PNG paired with some code generation. - Using procedural…
2022 · arineonshark.itch.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN ! This is an open source project I've been working on for a while. It's actually the third breakout-like game I've built. I really like the simplicity of the concept, having just one input (the puck horizontal position) and a simple gameplay that gives a low skill floor. My girlfriend and I played a lot of the excellent LBreakoutHD, an open source breakout game that follows the traditional formula of having multiple lives, scoring points by breaking bricks and catching the good upgrades that spawn randomly and fall down, while avoiding bad upgrades. She liked this game because it is…
2025 · breakout.lecaro.me · its alternatives →
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Super fun shooting RPG
2024 · zombieio.joynetgame.com · its alternatives →
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Castlevania creator Kickstarting his next game (pre-launch)
2015 · its alternatives →
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A minimalist tactical ARPG fusing Diablo and Into the Breach
2022 · its alternatives →
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2022 · smooth-life.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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2020 · evilvil.space · its alternatives →
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2020 · cycell2d.com · its alternatives →
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A hardcore retro platformer oozing with 80s style!
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Nail-biting and amazingly exciting adventure
2017 · its alternatives →
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I have now finished 2 years of hard work with an indie game called ZombieRun. Game description: After a massive apocalyptic thunderstorm you find yourself in the middle of a dark graveyard with two hungry zombies drooling over you. It seems that the thunder wasn’t the only thing that hit the world while you were out. Do you want to know what it was? It’s time to act fast, stay alive and get to the city for some answers. That’s where it all begins - it's you, your fast reflexes and guns against all the dead lurking around. The game features classical weapons, gang of living dead and…
2014 · its alternatives →
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