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Don't Look Back is a game about fantasy. The games below have the most in common with it — platform, side scrolling, deliberately retro — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Don't Look Back
- You Have to Burn the RopePlays on newgrounds.com
In this incredibly short action-platformer, intended as a subtle parody of Portal, the player must defeat a massive, seemingly invulnerable boss... In common: declarative title, boss fight, side scrolling.
- Tomb Raider: UnderworldPlays here
Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. In common: invisible wall, climbing, boss fight.
- Metal Slug 3
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this… In common: boss fight, death, side scrolling.
- Tower of HeavenPlays on askiisoft.com
Tower of Heaven is a retro-style platformer with black and green color palette reminiscent of GameBoy games and a chiptune soundtrack. In common: deliberately retro, death, platform.
- Pause AheadPlays on askiisoft.com
A Molyjam inspired platformer from Askiisoft, which seeks to answer the question "What if the pause button was a weapon?" In common: deliberately retro, death, platform.
- Fat Boy Raids The Cookie FactoryPlays here
Fat Boy Raids The Cookie Factory is a retro-style game where players guide a cookie-craving character named Fat Boy through a series of challenging levels… In common: deliberately retro, side scrolling, platform.
- Strike Force HeroesPlays on newgrounds.com
A conspiracy by the organization Globex threatens the civilized world with biochemical weapons, with only the titular Strike Force to oppose them. In common: side scrolling, platform, arcade.
- CanabaltPlays on canabalt.com
Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button! In common: side scrolling, digital distribution, platform.
- Yume NikkiPlays here
Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer. In common: darkness, ghosts, digital distribution.
- Abobo's Big AdventurePlays on kongregate.com
Abobo's Big Adventure is a freeware parody Flash game. In common: boss fight, deliberately retro, platform.
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Every game like Don't Look Back
PlayableYou Have to Burn the Rope
Parody · 2008
PlayableTomb Raider: Underworld
Motorcycle · 2013

Metal Slug 3
Modern Warfare · 2015
PlayableTower of Heaven
Retro · 2010
PlayablePause Ahead
Death · 2013
PlayableFat Boy Raids The Cookie Factory
2D · 1997
PlayableStrike Force Heroes
World Domination · 2012
PlayableCanabalt
Parkour · 2009
PlayableYume Nikki
Ghosts · 2016
PlayableAbobo's Big Adventure
Anime · 2012
OfflineTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donnie Saves a Princess
Parody · 2013
PlayableGods Will Be Watching
Murder · 2013
PlayableBowmaster Prelude
Magic · 2007

The Border Lands
Post Apocalyptic · 2012
PlayableHappy Wheels
Bloody · 2010
PlayableFrankenBob's Quest
Side Scrolling · 2009
PlayableNyan Cat: Lost In Space
Aliens · 2011
PlayableCataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Zombies · 2013
PlayableSuper Ghouls'n Ghosts
Zombies · 2023
PlayableMr. Mothball 5: Under the Cherry Tree
Boss Fight · 2012
PlayableMr. Mothball 2: Cotton Carnage
Boss Fight · 2007
PlayableLethal League Prototype
Baseball · 2013

Commando
Side Scrolling · 2006
Playable8-Bit Bayonetta
Casual · 2015
PlayableGangsta Bean 2
Run and Gun · 2008

Tutankham
Shoot Em Up · 2022
Playable40 Winks
Ghosts · 2021
PlayableHeli Attack 3
Helicopter · 2005
PlayableComa
Backtracking · 2010
PlayableThe Fancy Pants Adventure: World 3
Digital Distribution · 2012
PlayableSydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death
Steam · 2012
PlayableROM Check Fail
Freeware · 2008
PlayableFear Less!
Death · 2013
PlayableRealm of the Mad God
Assassin · 2011
PlayableAlphaMythfall
Medieval · 2024
PlayableHer Little Sylvietower
Ghosts · 2022