Azure Striker Gunvolt similar games & best alternatives

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Azure Striker Gunvolt

PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.

What works

  • Fast-paced and skillful gameplay
  • High replay value with challenges and speedrun modes
  • Engaging boss fights
  • Vibrant pixel art and music
  • Expanded story content with japanese voice mode

Things to keep in mind

  • Initially poor pc port with awkward dual screen ui
  • Lack of controller key remapping initially
  • Some intrusive dialogue during gameplay
  • Short main campaign length
  • Tedious crafting and challenge grind for completionists

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

  • Seraph

  • Freedom Planet 2

  • Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

  • DRACOMATON

  • Advent NEON®

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Azure Striker Gunvolt but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Freedom Planet

  • Voidwrought

  • Cyber Shadow

  • Berserk Boy

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Blaster Master Zero 3

More intense

Games that feels like Azure Striker Gunvolt but with a more intense feel

  • Wings of Vi

  • Rabi-Ribi

  • RIVE

  • Revita

  • Summum Aeterna

  • TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

  • Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

  • Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3

  • Blaster Master Zero 3

  • Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Azure Striker Gunvolt. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Azure Striker Gunvolt. These titles are not in What to play next.

Azure Striker Gunvolt: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026