Eternal Hunters

• Eternal Hunters
Release Date: Upcoming
Genre: Action RPG / Dungeon Crawler
Players: 1–2

• Description - Eternal Hunters is an upcoming Super Nintendo action RPG with a dark fantasy style and a focus on combat, exploration, and character progression. It looks like it is aiming for a more modern indie action-RPG feel while still running on original SNES hardware.

• Co-op Experience - Two players will be able to play together. The co-op appears to be built around exploring and fighting through the game side by side rather than taking turns or using an assist-style second player.

Gourmet Warriors

• Gourmet Warriors
Release Date: 2019 (official North American SNES release)
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Gourmet Warriors is a weird side-scrolling beat ’em up originally released only in Japan in 1995 as Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou. It was later brought to North America on SNES for the first time by Piko Interactive with an official English release. The game has a bizarre food-themed post-apocalyptic setting and plays like a traditional arcade brawler.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the full campaign together locally. Both players fight through the same stages side by side and take on enemies and bosses like a standard arcade-style beat ’em up.

Iron Commando

• Iron Commando
Release Date: 2017 (official North American SNES release)
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Iron Commando is a side-scrolling beat ’em up originally developed in the 1990s and later officially released in North America on SNES by Piko Interactive for the first time. It mixes standard brawling with weapon pickups and some action-heavy stage variety, including vehicle-style segments and more arcade-like pacing.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the full game together locally. Both players fight through the same levels at the same time, use weapons, and work through the campaign side by side.

Nightmare Busters

• Nightmare Busters
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2

• Description - Nightmare Busters is a colorful side-scrolling run and gun that was originally developed for the SNES in the 1990s but never released during the console’s original life. It finally got an official physical release years later and plays like a very arcade-style shooter with constant enemies, projectile-heavy combat, and cartoony horror-themed stages.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the full game together. Both players blast through the stages at the same time and work together through enemy waves and boss fights.

Shockman Zero

• Shockman Zero
Release Date: 2025 (official North American SNES release)
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1–2

• Description - Shockman Zero is a side-scrolling action game originally released in Japan through the Satellaview service in the 1990s. It later received an official North American physical SNES release for the first time through retro publishers bringing previously Japan-only content west. It mixes platforming, combat, and short stage-based progression with a light anime-style presentation.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the game together locally. Each player controls one of the two main characters and progresses through the same stages side by side.

Super Boss Gaiden

• Super Boss Gaiden
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1-2

• Description - Super Boss Gaiden is a short, parody-heavy action platformer built around chaotic combat and a very self-aware sense of humor. It was made as a homebrew release and is themed around the famous Nintendo PlayStation prototype, with a lot of the game built around that joke and presentation.

• Co-op Experience - You can play through the whole game in two player co-op.

Super Bug Hunters

• Super Bug Hunters
Release Date: 2025
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2

• Description - Super Bug Hunters is a modern SNES homebrew run and gun with a very arcade-style action focus. It plays like a Contra-style shooter with fast enemy waves, lots of projectiles, and a heavy emphasis on constant movement and shooting. It was created as part of the modern SNES homebrew scene and has a very action-first design.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together locally at the same time. Both players move through the stages side by side, shooting through enemies and surviving the action together.

Super Cooked

• Super Cooked
Release Date: 2023
Genre: Party / Action / Cooking
Players: 1–4

• Description - Super Cooked is a modern multiplayer-focused SNES homebrew clearly inspired Overcooked. It is built around preparing food, moving ingredients, and managing kitchen tasks under pressure.

• Co-op Experience - Up to four players can work together locally to complete kitchen tasks and prepare orders. The co-op is based entirely around dividing responsibilities, moving ingredients, and coordinating quickly under time pressure.

• New Super Mario Land
Release Date: 2019
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–4

• Description - This SNES homebrew version of Super Mario Land is a full remake of the original Game Boy game with upgraded visuals and expanded multiplayer support. It keeps the original game’s basic structure and levels while reworking it into something that feels more like a colorful late-era SNES platformer.

• Co-op Experience - Up to four players can play through the game together locally with multitap support. Multiple players run through the same stages at once, turning the original single-player Game Boy game into a much more chaotic multiplayer platformer.

Triple Impact (Upcoming)

• Triple Impact
Release Date: Upcoming (expected 2026)
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Triple Impact is an upcoming original beat ’em up being developed specifically for the Super Nintendo. It is built around classic side-scrolling brawler action, with multiple stages, large boss fights, and a design meant to run on real SNES hardware rather than just emulators.

• Co-op Experience - Two players will be able to play through the full game together locally. The co-op is designed as a traditional side-by-side beat ’em up where both players move through the same stages and fight through enemies together.

Xeno Crisis

• Xeno Crisis
Release Date: 2023
Genre: Arena Shooter / Run and Gun
Players: 1–2

• Description - Xeno Crisis is a modern top-down arena shooter inspired by games like Smash TV and Alien Syndrome. It is built around room-by-room combat, enemy waves, arcade-style scoring, and fast shooting, and the SNES version brings that same intense action to Nintendo hardware.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the full game together locally. Both players fight through the same rooms and enemy waves at the same time, making co-op a major part of the experience.

Yo-Yo Shuriken

• Yo-Yo Shuriken
Release Date: 2019
Genre: Arcade Action
Players: 1–2

• Description - Yo-Yo Shuriken is a fast-paced arcade-style action game where you play as a ninja and attack using a shuriken that can be thrown and then recalled like a yo-yo. The main gimmick is using that returning attack to hit enemies from both directions, which gives it a very different feel from a normal platformer or shooter. It was developed by Dr. Ludos and released as a modern SNES homebrew.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together locally through the full game. Both players fight through the same levels at the same time using the same throw-and-recall combat style.