Games like Strider
Closest overall match: Bionic Commando: Rearmed (★ 3.3). Highest rated: DmC: Devil May Cry at ★ 4.0. Quickest to finish: Bionic Commando: Rearmed at about 1 hours.
We compared Strider against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Controller, 2D and Side Scroller. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Shares 2.5D, Remake, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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64%
2. Mega Man Legacy Collection / ロックマン クラシックス コレクション
Shares Remake, Side Scroller, Anime, Steam Leaderboards and 2D and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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64%
3. Shank 2
Shares Beat 'em up, Side Scroller, Hack and Slash, Controller and 2D and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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61%
4. Sacred Citadel
Shares Beat 'em up, Side Scroller, Hack and Slash, Controller and Steam Leaderboards and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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61%
5. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Shares Beat 'em up, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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61%
6. Shank
Shares Beat 'em up, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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59%
7. Ultra Street Fighter IV
Shares 2.5D, Beat 'em up, Controller, Anime and Steam Leaderboards and 6 more tags; same developer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4
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59%
8. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Controller, Steam Leaderboards and 2D and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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58%
9. DmC: Devil May Cry
Shares Beat 'em up, Hack and Slash, Controller, Anime and Steam Leaderboards and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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56%
10. BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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56%
11. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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56%
12. HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Strider?
On our similarity model, Bionic Commando: Rearmed is the closest match to Strider — shares 2.5D, Remake, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer.
Which game like Strider is rated highest?
DmC: Devil May Cry holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.0/5 from 1,571 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Strider on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.