- #1 Etherburn
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Nixon Scherbarth
Windows
Etherburn is a Souls-like action-adventure. Play as a hero resurrected in a mysterious and interconnected dungeon. Explore and face intense duels as you fight your way to freedom.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.2%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Third Person 10.6%, Gore 8.3%, Adventure 7.5%
- #2 Dark SASI
97% matchMixed59% of 407 reviews2018
Dev: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
As you progress through the game level of difficulty will increase, so that Dark SASI will be for you the most serious game test. Can you survive thousands of deaths? Dark SASI is an adventure in the style of an RPG, with its own characteristics.
Why similar: Souls-like 51.9%, Gore 18.7%, Violent 13.9%, Adventure 5.5%, RPG 4.1%
- #3 Weird RPG 2
95% matchVery Positive93% of 735 reviews2026
Dev: yuzhen
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An innovative third-person action RPG where you can choose traditional weapons to fight monsters fairly, or activate cheats like godly powers. The unique voice-controlled gear system lets you summon spells or enhance yourself. This is definitely an adventure you've never experienced before!
Why similar: Souls-like 39.2%, Gore 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Third Person 9.5%, RPG 7.8%
- #4 Back To Ashes
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: InDID
Windows
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.
Why similar: Souls-like 76.1%, Adventure 7.8%, RPG 6.6%, Indie 5.8%, Action 3.6%
- #5 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: Swordplay 60.3% ★, Medieval 24.9%, RPG 5.5%, Adventure 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #6 DOOMER SIMULATOR
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Funny 65.1%, Adventure 16.9%, RPG 12.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #7 The Altered Lands
93% matchMixed63% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: VoidCompiler
Windows
Start your journey in a dark fantasy world. Prepare to face challenging enemies with Swords, Bows and powerful Magics. Choose your path! Fight, Craft, Explore and find out the dark secret of The Altered Lands.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.3%, Swordplay 25.6% ★, Medieval 11.4%, Third Person 10.5%, Realistic 8.7%
- #8 Valakas Story
92% matchVery Positive81% of 1,745 reviews2019
Dev: BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore locations, fight with different enemies and bosses, communicate with residents, complete their tasks. Play as a village streamer from Russia named Valakas. All this adventure takes place in the beautiful far reaches of Russia.
Why similar: Gore 38%, Souls-like 27%, Violent 20.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 4.4%
- #9 FADE
91% matchMixed64% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Knight by Night
Windows
FADE is a classic Third person Action RPG. Travel to the land of Baltane and stop a twisted cult from finishing a ancient and twisted ritual. Face powerful bosses, collect loot, and fight horrific beings. Solo developed.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.5%, Swordplay 26.6% ★, Third Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, Medieval 6.5%
- #10 Реальная Смута
90% matchVery Positive93% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Talanta NetPub: Talanta Net Games
Windows
Real Turmoil is an RPG game about the time of troubles in Russia, where you go to seek the truth, fight enemies on your way, complete tasks from residents and help them, and also save Russia itself!
Why similar: Souls-like 41.9%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Third Person 13.7%, Medieval 11%, Adventure 5.8%
- #11 Dolmen
91% matchMixed60% of 450 reviews2022
Dev: Massive Work StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Souls-like 60.6%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 9.8%, Adventure 5.8%, RPG 4.6%
- #12 Assenizator
87% matchVery Positive93% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: alexkab
Windows
Become a sewage disposal worker and help Petrovich cope with all the difficulties of this difficult profession!
Why similar: Third Person 24.5%, Action-Adventure 22.9%, Realistic 22.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Combat 8%
- #13 Hobo Cat Adventures
89% matchVery Positive92% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Hobo Cat Games
Windows · Linux
Join a homeless cat in this 3d platformer with souls-lite combat and dark humor. Explore the Squirrel Kingdom - a place full of secrets, collectibles and new weapons to find. Complete jobs for weird characters. Fight, dodge or parry challenging enemies and bosses with a lock-on combat system.
Why similar: Souls-like 49.2%, Gore 16.1%, Funny 12.6%, Third Person 12.5%, Combat 7.9%
- #14 Void Memory
89% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Souls-like 62.6%, Adventure 11.7%, RPG 10.6%, Indie 8%, Action 5%
- #15 Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
86% matchMixed66% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Blackburne Games Yazılım A.Ş.
Windows
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.6%, Third Person 13.7%, Linear 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Combat 12.3%
- #16 Dark Ghost RPG
88% matchMostly Negative35% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 9%
Together with the old prisoner, go on a hard and big trip to find the legendary land where there is no plague and darkness
Why similar: Gore 40.1%, Violent 28.6%, Adventure 10.4%, RPG 8.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #17 Dread Delusion
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Medieval 22.6%, 1990's 20.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Adventure 7.3%
- #18 Dark Cave
86% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Anpilov DenisPub: Denoriks Entertainment
Windows
Dark Cave is a third person slasher action game set in a dark fantasy world. Built by one-man development studio Denoriks, powered by the Unreal Engine. Your enemies are ruthless, so survival requires the highest alertness and precision.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.1%, Swordplay 33.3% ★, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Third Person 6.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #19 RUSLICSTAN INVADES
83% matchVery Positive84% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Save Ukraine from the hordes of swamp savages! Enjoy physics-based combat and lowbrow dark comedy along the way!
Why similar: Funny 25.3%, Gore 23.9%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Violent 19.1%, Adventure 6.1%
- #20 Phantom Trigger
85% matchMixed58% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: Bread TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Phantom Trigger is a vivid hardcore slasher with elements of an RPG and a roguelike. Your world is made up of sick fantasies, you are a phantom. Accept it or stop your treatment.
Why similar: Adventure 46.9%, Indie 32.5%, Action 20.6%
- #21 Dark Light
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 734 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Souls-like 57.8%, Gore 18.9%, Violent 10.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Action 2.8%
- #22 Davyria: Heroes of Eternity
84% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2017
Dev: Sebastian Groll
Windows
Davyria is an action role-playing game with a well-designed and challenging combat system. You play an Eternal Warrior wandering the barren island of Davyria. Features [A skill based and challenging combat system]
Why similar: Souls-like 44.9%, Swordplay 22.4% ★, Gore 15.3%, Adventure 6.7%, RPG 3.5%
- #23 Hell is Us
79% matchVery Positive87% of 5,146 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.5%, Third Person 18.2%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Violent 8.2%, Adventure 5.3%
- #24 Derp Souls
81% matchMixed68% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Imagination Rabbit
Windows
JUST LIKE DARK SOULS EXCEPT DARKER and with a carrot. FLAILING and FLATULENCE awaits you on your legendary derpy journey. HUMP N PUMP
Why similar: Souls-like 49.2%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Third Person 15.7%, Funny 11.2%, Adventure 5.6%
- #25 The Sperminator: Rescuing Tzar Vlad
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Be a Hero Super soldier Sperminator, beat evil Trumpster and Save Iconic Tzar Vlad
Why similar: Swordplay 43.3% ★, Third Person 17.3%, Funny 14%, Survival 12.6%, Combat 7.8%
- #26 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,826 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Souls-like 50.1%, Action-Adventure 13%, Survival 12.4%, Third Person 11.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #27 Phyllosoma
78% matchMixed56% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: RespectGuild
Windows
You are a lone hunter who awakens in darkness. Within a cursed fortress where reality and hell intertwine, your goal is clear: Reach the top. Fight horrific enemies, grow stronger, and face what awaits at the summit.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Third Person 10.2%, Gore 7.2%, Survival 6.7%
- #28 Grimlord
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,128 reviews2024
Dev: Metalcat Interactive Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Grimlord is a Dark Fantasy Action Souls-like RPG - on VR. Awakened in a monastery deep in the Lonely Mountains, you walk in an epic quest as the adventurer standing before the darkness and striving for the light against the tyrannical Grim Lord.
Why similar: Swordplay 32.9% ★, Souls-like 31.7%, Medieval 13.4%, Realistic 9.7%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #29 Dark Fantasy Warriors
81% matchMixed55% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: WarriorsStudio
Windows
Dark Fantasy Warrior is a third-person action role-playing game in Dark Souls style. Extremely dark, deep and DIFFICULT! All of that in this super action game and prepare to die. Are you ready to fight Darkness?
Why similar: Souls-like 49.1%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Third Person 12.4%, Medieval 12.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #30 Pharaonic
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 297 reviews2016
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a journey of exploration and violence in the Two Lands of Egypt with Pharaonic! This unforgiving Combat RPG features an streamlined and challenging combat system that will keep you on your toes while fighting for your life!
Why similar: Souls-like 32.9%, Swordplay 25.5% ★, Third Person 11%, Action-Adventure 10%, Medieval 9.5%
- #31 Hellsplit: Arena
78% matchVery Positive84% of 3,947 reviews2019
Dev: Deep Type Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
VR horror-slasher with physically correct combat system and dynamic battles across arenas in the dark fantasy world.
Why similar: Swordplay 32.5% ★, Souls-like 20.2%, Gore 15.5%, Medieval 13.4%, Violent 6.3%
- #32 GwenBlade
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: ArcWillow
Windows
SLASH YOUR FEARS in light-paced action/platformer with Story-driven Roguelite in the minds of mentally ill people! Solodev project on UE5
Why similar: Third Person 48%, Combat 21.7%, RPG 12.4%, Adventure 9%, Action 4.6%
- #33 ALAA-MOGUS MUST DIE
74% matchVery Positive98% of 362 reviews2024
Dev: MonsterAttackPub: MonsterAttack
Windows
This is a historical action game from 3rd person based on Yakut mythology. Alaa-Mogus the devil has come to seize our land! Uraankhai Sakha, let's take up our weapons and drive him back to the dungeon! Uruy-Aikhal!
Why similar: Souls-like 34.8%, Third Person 13.9%, Medieval 11.5%, Survival 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #34 Darold The Doomer: Psychedelic Lucid Dreams
76% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Vice Tycho
Windows · Mac
The weird and somewhat unsettling trip of a doomer
Why similar: Psychedelic 37.2%, Gore 26.2%, Violent 19.2%, RPG 9.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #35 RESTLESS SOUL
75% matchVery Positive92% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Funny 26.8%, Action-Adventure 24.6%, Combat 17.1%, Adventure 14.2%, RPG 9.2%
- #36 The Devil Within: Satgat
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 879 reviews2024
Dev: Newcore Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Why similar: Souls-like 58%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Combat 14.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #37 The First Berserker: Khazan
70% matchVery Positive85% of 29,896 reviews2025
Dev: NeoplePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 27.2 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 49.4%, Third Person 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Linear 8.9%, Combat 6.6%
- #38 Netherworld Covenant
71% matchVery Positive80% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: MadGoat Game StudioPub: Infini Fun
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the fallen souls. With hardcore, soulslike action and intriguing roguelike builds, shatter the cursed barriers and unveil the truth woven from blood and soul.
Why similar: Perma Death 38.6%, Medieval 21.7%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Combat 13.1%, RPG 4.9%
- #39 Psychopathy Assessment
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Gore 29.1%, Violent 20.7%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Survival 10.1%, Realistic 9.9%
- #40 Doomer
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Doomers TeamPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.
Why similar: 1990's 33.5%, Realistic 31.4%, Survival 26.1%, RPG 9.1%
- #41 Selfloss
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Goodwin GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Selfloss is an emotional exploration game filled with rich lore, set in a whale-worshipping, Slavic-inspired world. Embark on the journey of the healer, Kazimir, and his magical staff as he fights a mysterious Miasma in search of a ritual to cure his wounded soul.
Why similar: Medieval 41.4%, Action-Adventure 32.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 5%
- #42 Madness
76% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.3%, Linear 21.2%, Adventure 18%, RPG 14.6%, Indie 11%
- #43 Barbotine
71% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.5%, Psychedelic 25%, 1990's 24%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Combat 7.8%
- #44 Samosbor
74% matchMixed67% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: rocketship
Windows
The player will take the role of a liquidator destroying the consequences of Samosbor in the narrow corridors of Gigakhrushchevka.
Why similar: Gore 41%, Violent 27%, Adventure 14%, Indie 11.5%, Action 6.5%
- #45 Kromlech
71% matchMixed69% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows
Kromlech is an action-adventure RPG with rogue-lite elements, set in a dark fantasy world of swords and sorcery. Play as an adventurer whose quest for glory and gold takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself at the center of a world-ending calamity.
Why similar: Souls-like 50.3%, Third Person 19.5%, Realistic 17.5%, Adventure 5.4%, RPG 4.9%
- #46 Old School FOTD
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
Why similar: Gore 38%, Violent 26.2%, Survival 14.8%, Adventure 10%, Indie 6.5%
- #47 Weird RPG
69% matchVery Positive92% of 4,214 reviews2022
Dev: yuzhen
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Weird RPG" is a highly difficult and fast-paced action RPG game focusing on boss battle,
Why similar: Souls-like 65%, Combat 10.8%, RPG 9.6%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 4.3%
- #48 Soviet Bear Uni Adventure
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: J
Windows
Soviet Bear Uni Adventure is a painfully challenging physics-based action/adventure game. Pedal and lean to stay upright and overcome each crazy obstacle.
Why similar: Funny 36.4%, Third Person 25%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #49 Cubes and Knights
70% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Sergey Bobrov
Windows
You are strong and huge, you have a heavy sword in your hands, and somewhere deep an ancient evil is hidden. The King himself sent you on a difficult campaign: to find the immortal enemy of all people. Find ancient artifacts and work your way through the labyrinths with steel and magic.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.6%, Swordplay 30.8% ★, Medieval 18.4%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Action 1.3%
- #50 Rebellion
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: TGM
Windows
Rebellion is a souls like and roguelite action game about your revenge saga. Unfairly imprisoned, you seek to cross swords with the King again, for the last time! Escape the jail, explore the castle and it's different areas and layouts, find and recruit allies, choose to fight or sneak from enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 47.4%, Medieval 22.5%, Realistic 12.1%, Combat 11%, RPG 3%
- #51 Fortuito: Lost History
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 43.2%, Action-Adventure 32.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Linear 6.2%, Violent 3.7%
- #52 Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn
66% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: MrDoth
Windows
Dark Sword is a frenetic action game that mixes bullet-hell and hack-n-slash in the midst of a devastating and dark open world with a tragic backstory, where the player must immerse himself in order to defeat the powerful guardians that guard it.
Why similar: Souls-like 46%, Swordplay 37.9% ★, Medieval 10.8%, RPG 3.9%, Action 1.5%
- #53 GLITCH DADDY
66% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Psychedelic 47.8%, Action-Adventure 21.2%, Funny 17.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #54 ANCIENT RUS VS LIZARDS
67% matchMixed60% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist Games
Windows
An action game about battles with hordes of aggressive humanoid lizards!
Why similar: Souls-like 55%, Third Person 18.4%, Realistic 10.5%, Adventure 5.9%, RPG 5.1%
- #55 Source of Madness
67% matchMixed70% of 1,514 reviews2022
Dev: Carry CastlePub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.
Why similar: Souls-like 62.4%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Combat 14.3%, Action 3.2%, Singleplayer 3%
- #56 Motherland
68% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
Windows
Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.
Why similar: Realistic 64.6%, Survival 16.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #57 SCHIZOPHRENIA
65% matchMixed70% of 201 reviews2025
Dev: TheCourget
Windows
SCHIZOPHRENIA. A psychological horror game, which will immerse you in a dark, sad, environment. This bastard is knocking, wake up, and open the door now. First game of TheCourget. Created by TheCourget
Why similar: Realistic 20.3%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Linear 17.4%, Gore 16.2%, Violent 11.5%
- #58 Nine Treasures of Liuyin
65% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: kingnagame
Windows
This is a dark, soul like role-playing game, trying to create a different experience in this genre. The protagonist fights against a powerful enemy in this city in search of a divine artifact.
Why similar: Souls-like 49.3%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Third Person 11.4%, Combat 9.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #59 The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest
64% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Elden PixelsPub: Acclaim, Inc.
Windows · Mac
After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 49.4%, Combat 20.7%, Adventure 16%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #60 Brume
68% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A challenging action-adventure game. Explore a foggy abandoned island, fight knights, slugs and ghosts, and make your way to an old corrupted keep.
Why similar: Souls-like 60.6%, Medieval 22.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 7.2%