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Guns of Fury

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

What works
  • Engaging blend of metal slug and metroidvania
  • Varied weapons and abilities
  • Great pixel art and animations
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Fun boss fights and exploration
Things to keep in mind
  • Map and navigation can be confusing
  • Backtracking sometimes tedious
  • Weapon swapping menu could be improved
  • Some progression items hard to find
  • Lack of hotkeys for equipment

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Mobius Machine

  • Lone Fungus

  • Vernal Edge

  • BIOMORPH

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  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

  • Catmaze

  • Aggelos

  • F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Mobius Machine

  • Vernal Edge

  • BIOMORPH
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Guns of Fury: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Why this game works

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