Games like NINJA KATO 1
Games like NINJA KATO 1 include Skul: The Hero Slayer, Hotline Miami, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Vampire Survivors, and Dust: An Elysian Tail. We matched them by the tags players give NINJA KATO 1 on Steam (Action, Runner, 2D, 1980s, and Singleplayer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

Hotline Miami
Shared: Action · Indie · 1980s

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: 2D · Indie · Singleplayer

Vampire Survivors
Shared: 2D · Indie · Singleplayer

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

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Shared: 2D · Singleplayer · 1980s

SANABI
Shared: Action · 2D · Singleplayer

Hollow Knight
Shared: 2D · Indie · Singleplayer

Super Meat Boy Forever
Shared: Action · Indie · Runner

ICEY
Shared: Action · 2D · Indie

Rogue Legacy
Shared: Action · Indie · 2D

One Finger Death Punch
Shared: Action · Indie · Singleplayer

Vector
Shared: Action · Runner · Indie

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Shared: Action · 1980s · Indie

Gunpoint
Shared: 2D · Indie · Action

A Dance of Fire and Ice
Shared: Singleplayer · 2D · Indie

Zombotron
Shared: Action · 2D · Singleplayer

Mark of the Ninja
Shared: Action · 2D · Indie

My Friend Pedro
Shared: Action · Indie · Singleplayer

Retrowave
Shared: 1980s · Action · Indie

Nobody Saves the World
Shared: Action · Singleplayer · Indie

The Escapists
Shared: 2D · Singleplayer · Action

Bastion
Shared: Action · Indie · Singleplayer

Katana ZERO
Shared: Action · 2D · Indie