Games like Contra

Contra: first released 1987 by Konami.

In the series: Contra (1987), Super C (1988), Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992), Contra: Hard Corps (1994), Contra 4 (2007).

9 games inspired by Contra

• Axiom Verge: Solo-made Metroid-style game cited as its spiritual successor.
• Blazing Chrome: 16-bit style run-and-gun modeled on Contra III.
• Contra: Heart of Galuga (Contra ROM hack): Expanded stages, reworked sprites and weapons, ranks, selectable difficulty and secret modes for NES Contra.
• Contra: Red Falcon War (Contra ROM hack): Builds on Revenge of the Red Falcon with several full campaign versions of rebuilt NES Contra stages.
• Contra: Revenge of the Red Falcon (Contra ROM hack): All eight stages of NES Contra reworked and expanded with a new story and much more aggressive enemies, hard but without cheap deaths.
• Huntdown: 16-bit style co-op run-and-gun with an 80s action movie look.
• Iron Meat: Body-horror run-and-gun styled after 16-bit Contra.
• Neon Inferno: Run-and-gun and gallery shooter mix set in a cyberpunk New York.
• Valfaris: Heavy-metal 16-bit style action platformer.