Games Like CARRION

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Horror 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Another side-scrolling metroidvania where you play an alien organism, gain new abilities, and creep through a hostile sci-fi world.

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Violent 11.1%, Action 7%, Sci-fi 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its blob-like protagonist, parasitic abilities, and eerie lab-horror tone echo CARRION even though it leans more puzzle-platformer.

Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.9% ★, Lovecraftian 15%, Gore 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play the eldritch threat instead of the victims, summoning monsters to terrorize humans in a true reverse-horror setup.

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.5% ★, Gore 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Horror 9.1%, Puzzle 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Controlling a spreading outbreak and turning humans into meat for your horde captures CARRION's predatory villain energy from a puzzle-action angle.

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.4% ★, Gore 21.7%, Violent 11.8%, Action 2.5%, Adventure 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like CARRION, it turns you into the apex predator and builds the fun around hunting, maiming, and evolving by eating humans.

A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Gore 25.2%, Violent 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This Metroid-inspired crawler trades clean sci-fi for fleshy body horror and grotesque exploration that feels spiritually close to CARRION.

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Gore 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Violent 10.2%, Horror 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque pixel art, gore, and oppressive world make it one of the closest dark-metroidvania alternatives on Steam.

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Physics 21.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its claustrophobic research-facility setting, tentacled monstrosities, and side-view sci-fi horror make it a natural tonal match.

Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

Why similar: Metroidvania 69.9%, Platformer 7.9%, Action 7%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its absorb-based combat and unsettling organic world deliver the same mix of aggressive movement, mutation, and body horror.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 42.8%, Horror 15.1%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Violent 10.8%, Puzzle 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: If CARRION's flesh-tech aesthetic was your favorite part, Scorn doubles down on pure biomechanical body horror and dread.

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Physics 8%, 2D 6.8%, Platformer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Playing a fragile-but-predatory creature in a hostile ecosystem recreates CARRION's animalistic stalking and survival feel.

You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

Why similar: Gore 52.4%, Violent 18%, Action 11.2%, Horror 5.1%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although 3D and open-world, its shapeshifting biomass powers and gleefully monstrous antihero fantasy hit a very similar note.

Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Lovecraftian 24.6%, Horror 5.3%, Platformer 4.6%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast, tentacle-soaked metroidvania full of eldritch corruption, swarming enemies, and grotesque transformations.

Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Gore 21.2%, Violent 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This gory gothic metroidvania matches CARRION's gruesome violence and relentless exploratory combat, even from a different monster perspective.

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Platformer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the isolated sci-fi metroidvania structure and bio-mechanical weirdness, just with more classic shooting.

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 32.2% ★, Gore 31.6%, Violent 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Pure 2D ultraviolence with lots of blood and an explicitly murderous role gives it some of CARRION's brutal catharsis.

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Horror 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%, 2D 6.1%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: An eerie, lonely sci-fi metroidvania with creepy facilities and oppressive atmosphere that scratches a similar exploratory horror itch.

Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Action 9%, 2D 5.5%, Platformer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A bleak, violent 2D action game full of gore and organic monstrosity that overlaps with CARRION's grim tone.

Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58% ★, Gore 17.1%, Horror 11.4%, Violent 3.4%, Puzzle 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It's much slower and more adventure-focused, but its villain-protagonist premise and cruel horror tone align with CARRION's reverse-horror appeal.

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Gore 34.7%, Metroidvania 26.9%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Violent 10.9%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A compact pixel metroidvania with heavy gore, grotesque bosses, and a nasty dark-fantasy edge.

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Gore 17.1%, 2D 6.5%, Action 4.8%, Horror 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This brutal 2D exploration-heavy action RPG delivers dark, monstrous combat in a compact side-scrolling world.

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Horror 13.8%, 2D 5.6%, Platformer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Less shocking than the first game but still a strong fit for players who want more grotesque 2D exploration and combat.

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Gore 36.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Violent 11.5%, Action 8%, Metroidvania 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A splattery sci-fi sidescroller with chunky combat and monstrous alien grotesquery.

Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.9%, Horror 16.8%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D 6.3%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its gruesome enemies, oppressive atmosphere, and 2D exploratory combat make it a solid horror-metroidvania follow-up.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Gore 44.5%, Lovecraftian 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Horror 6.5%, Platformer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Fast 2D platforming, Lovecraftian imagery, and gleeful fountains of blood make it a good lower-tier tonal match.

J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?

Why similar: Gore 64.7%, Horror 14%, Action 5.6%, Indie 5.2%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its body-horror mechanics and willingness to make mutilation part of traversal echo CARRION's discomfort factor in a very different way.

Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

Why similar: Gore 45.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Action 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its metal-soaked gore and hostile 2D world fit if you mainly want brutal pixel carnage with dark atmosphere.

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Gore 23.8%, Horror 22%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Violent 10.5%, Puzzle 5.7%

Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Gore 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Violent 12.7%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Another bleak 2D descent into corruption and violence, with methodical exploration that will appeal to dark-metroidvania fans.

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.9% ★, Gore 32.6%, Violent 16.5%, Action 2.8%, Horror 2.5%

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Violent 9.3%, 2D 5.6%

Kill. Eat. Evolve. METAL! \m/

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.1% ★, Gore 17.7%, Violent 8.8%, Lovecraftian 6.3%, Horror 3.5%

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42% ★, Metroidvania 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Action 7.2%, Indie 5.3%

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 50.2% ★, Gore 16%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Violent 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 2.8%

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25%, Gore 23.9%, Violent 16%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Action 7.4%

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.1%, Physics 20.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, 2D 9.8%, Platformer 8.6%

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.8%, Physics 28.8%, 2D 11.8%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.5%

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

Why similar: Gore 53.1%, Violent 28.6%, Action 7.4%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 5%

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Why similar: Indie 49.5%, Singleplayer 23.3%, 2D 18.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 70.4% ★, Gore 12.2%, Action 5.6%, Violent 4.2%, Adventure 3.5%

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Violent 21.6%, Action 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 7%, Indie 4.9%

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Action 12.7%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Horror 19.1%, Puzzle 16.7%, Gore 11%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

Why similar: Gore 40.1%, Horror 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Sci-fi 6.7%, 2D 4.3%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, 2D 4.2%

Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47% ★, Gore 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Horror 6.3%, Violent 5.8%

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 82.5% ★, Puzzle 5%, Physics 3.8%, Indie 2.5%, Action 1.9%

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.2%, Horror 24.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 4.3%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Action 17.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Singleplayer 7%

Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Gore 16.6%, Horror 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Violent 9.9%

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 62.3% ★, Gore 20.7%, Violent 9%, Horror 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 49.6% ★, Gore 25.1%, Violent 12%, Horror 7.1%, Action 3.2%

Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.1% ★, Gore 29.4%, Violent 15.9%, Horror 5.2%, Action 4.3%

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Horror 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, 2D 6.2%

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Action 14.2%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 10.2%

Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Action 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Indie 5.5%

Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Horror 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%, 2D 8%

Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 85.8% ★, Action 4.3%, Indie 3.6%, Adventure 3.3%, Platformer 2.9%

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Gore 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Violent 9.5%, Horror 8.9%

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 82.8%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%