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Games Like Bard's Gold

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Action Roguelike, Indie, Roguelike.

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Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that let's you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. Help the Bard to overcome the dungeon’s many dangerous perils and use your new-found treasures to improve your character and to buy new weapons and gear!

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 136 reviews
Released: 2015-08-14
Developer: Pixel Lantern
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 3.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 93%

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    Dev: Turtle Knight GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
    Windows

    Roguelike with balls! Prove your ball skills and dribble your way through a randomly generated, dangerous track network full of deadly challenges! Face post-apocalyptic mutants, improve your balls with high-tech upgrades and escape the pixel art underground labyrinth.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.9%, Roguelite 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Roguelike 8.5%, Platformer 7.2%

  56. #56 Heroes of Loot
    70% matchMixed69% of 94 reviews2015
    Dev: Orangepixel
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    A brutal mix between dungeon-crawler and shoot-em up. The dungeon will learn from you and become more dangerous every time you play!

    Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Roguelite 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Action 18.9%, Roguelike 16.9%

  57. #57 Hell is Other Demons
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 337 reviews2019
    Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Roguelite 14.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Roguelike 7.8%

  58. #58 bit Dungeon II
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 2,214 reviews2014
    Dev: Kinto Games LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    bitDungeon II is fast action-adventure game with a giant overworld to explore. You are a spirit in an undead world of demons. Your "loved one's " grave has been desecrated. Fight through these corrupted lands, and bring peace to her soul.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Action 8.9%, Roguelike 8.1%, Indie 7.8%

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