Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

The ultra-refined 2D side-scrolling action you remember from "Azure Striker Gunvolt" is recharged and better than ever! In Gunvolt 2, series anti-hero Copen joins the fray as a playable character! Copy abilities from defeated boss characters and use them as your own!

What works

  • Two distinct playable characters with unique gameplay
  • Polished and responsive controls
  • Engaging score attack system with replay value
  • High quality pixel art and music
  • Quality of life improvements over first game

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive level reuse between characters
  • Some boss fights require memorization and can feel unfair
  • Story is shallow and sometimes ignorable
  • Crafting system can be grindy and unclear
  • Dialogue boxes can obstruct gameplay

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS

  • Azure Striker Gunvolt

  • Mirage Feathers

  • NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

  • Freedom Planet 2

  • Advent NEON®

Less competitive

Games that feels like Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 but with less competition against others

  • Blaster Master Zero 3

  • Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs-

  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

  • The Great Rebellion

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

  • Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy

  • TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity

  • Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

  • Revita

  • Copy Kitty

  • Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Azure Striker Gunvolt

  • Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3

  • Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

  • Blaster Master Zero 3

  • Shovel Knight Dig

Similarity map

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).

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 13/08/2026