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A Molyjam inspired platformer from Askiisoft, which seeks to answer the question "What if the pause button was a weapon?" The games below have the most in common with it — deliberately retro, death, freeware — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.

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  1. Cataclysm: Dark Days AheadPlays here

    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England. In common: instant replay, unreliable narrator, secret area.

  2. 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: unreliable narrator, original soundtrack release, deliberately retro.

  3. Yosumin!

    Make rectangles of the same type of yosumin to make them disappear in this mind-bending puzzle game. In common: time limit, deliberately retro, puzzle platformer.

  4. Don't Look BackPlays on terrycavanaghgames.com

    Don't Look Back is a game about fantasy. In common: deliberately retro, death, platform.

  5. 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: collectibles, death, pixel art.

  6. ROM Check FailPlays here

    A swirling glitch-soup of classic videogames, reforming every 10 seconds into a new playable mass. In common: freeware, pixel art, platform.

  7. Criminal CasePlays here

    Criminal Case - the #1 free hidden object game! In common: time limit, death, freeware.

  8. Tomb Raider: UnderworldPlays here

    Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. In common: original soundtrack release, death, platform.

  9. The Border Lands

    The Border Lands is a 2D top-down browser version of the popular console game Borderlands 2. In common: deliberately retro, death, freeware.

  10. Deepest SwordPlays on deepestsword.com

    Venture deep into the Cavern of Longing. In common: puzzle platformer, freeware, pixel art.

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