Games like Mambo Wave
Games like Mambo Wave include Katana ZERO, SANABI, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Sonic Superstars, and Skul: The Hero Slayer. We matched them by the tags players give Mambo Wave on Steam (Action, Casual, Platformer, 2D Platformer, and 1980s): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Katana ZERO
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D Platformer

SANABI
Shared: Action · 2D Platformer · 2D

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D

Sonic Superstars
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D Platformer

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · 2D · Indie

Sonic Origins
Shared: Action · 2D Platformer · Platformer

Hollow Knight
Shared: Platformer · 2D · Indie

Super Fancy Pants Adventure
Shared: Action · Platformer · Casual

Pizza Tower
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Action

BEEP
Shared: Platformer · Action · 2D

Planet of Lana
Shared: Action · 2D Platformer · Platformer

ICEY
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · 2D

Celeste
Shared: Platformer · 2D Platformer · Indie

Janosik
Shared: Action · Platformer · Casual

BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D

Brawlhalla
Shared: Casual · 2D Platformer · Platformer

Super Meat Boy
Shared: Platformer · 2D Platformer · 2D

God of War
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · Combat

Minimalism
Shared: Casual · Action · Platformer

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D Platformer

Blasphemous 2
Shared: Combat · 2D Platformer · Platformer

Bladed fury
Shared: Action · Casual · Hack and Slash

Broforce
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Shared: Action · Platformer · 2D Platformer