- #1 Dark Light
97% 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: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 30.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Action 6%
- #2 Gravethorn
96% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Volviir
Windows
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling. The story follows an Inquisitor who has lost his memory, searching for his forgotten past along with his regrets.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.9%, Action RPG 20.3%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action-Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #3 After Death
96% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.6%
- #4 SAVAGE: The Shard of Gosen
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Planet Tobor
Windows
A 2D action/platforming adventure with a healthy dose of RPG elements set in the hostile world of Lor, a classic sword and sorcery setting. The slave-hungry Argeshii empire dominates the known world, old and false gods conspire; brutal combat is the only means of survival!
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.2%, Souls-like 19.9%, Action RPG 10.5%, Hack and Slash 9.6%, Platformer 8.8%
- #5 Deadlight: Director's Cut
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,593 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 30.2%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 15%, 2D 3.4%
- #6 Dark Frame
94% matchMixed52% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Nimos Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Simple platformer in a dark setting
Why similar: Gothic 26.2% ★, Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Adventure 7.7%
- #7 Moonlight Traveler
92% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Blueprint Core
Windows
This is an action game focused on combat, where a girl returns from the abyss to explore her own secrets and redemption, until the end of an eternal battle to see if she can break free from the shackles of fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.4%, Souls-like 20.2%, Beat 'em up 17%, Action RPG 13.3%, Medieval 6.7%
- #8 Gleamlight
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 136 reviews2020
Dev: DICOPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
This is a story of light - of Gleam, in a world of glass stained in darkness.
Why similar: Action 48.1%, Adventure 47.5%, 2D 4.4%
- #9 Odallus: The Dark Call
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,345 reviews2015
Dev: JoyMasher
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Retro 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #10 Last Night of Winter
90% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: DigitalZeon
Windows
Wake up and walk, Warden! Because the siege continues. We must find the Heir... And finally put an end to this cursed night.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.6%, Metroidvania 24.2%, Action RPG 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Medieval 6.8%
- #11 Void Memory
91% 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: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 30.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Action 9.7%
- #12 Devious Dungeon
89% matchVery Positive83% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: WoblywarePub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.
Why similar: Action RPG 27%, 2D Platformer 23.4%, Platformer 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 7.5%
- #13 SiNiSistar Lite Version
89% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2021
Dev: UuPub: DLsite
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 45.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A simple 2D action game centered on themes of masochistic tendencies, yearning for death, as well as despair at being attacked by terrifying beings.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 21.5%, Metroidvania 19.4%, Souls-like 18%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #14 Erra: Exordium
88% matchVery Positive84% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Pixel LLCPub: Kirkidexi LTD
Windows · Linux
Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.3%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Souls-like 15%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #15 The Weird Dream
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: UMO StudioPub: WhisperGames
Windows
The Weird Dream is a 2D Metroidvania game set in the ruins of Alpha City. Control a mysterious rabbit, confront mutated inhabitants, level up your skills, and unravel the truth behind Alpha City's destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action RPG 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #16 Hunt the Night
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 496 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlight GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hunt the Night is a dark fantasy action-RPG where you play as Vesper, a Stalker fighting to reclaim a world annihilated by horrors. Slash through dungeons, endure brutal bosses, and wield forbidden powers in a relentless struggle against the Night itself.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.9%, Gothic 23.3% ★, Action RPG 20.5%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #17 Shadow Labyrinth
85% matchMixed57% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 9.2%
- #18 Mahluk:Dark Demon
86% matchMixed66% of 168 reviews2016
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Mahluk is a hack and slash platformer game with pixel-art style graphics and retro style addicting gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, Hack and Slash 19.3%, Platformer 15%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #19 末代侠客
84% matchVery Positive86% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: 夜葬半歌Pub: Mecrew Games
Windows
个人独立开发的像素武侠风横版动作游戏,以电子游戏的形式为大家展示在南宋末年蒙古入侵中原、江湖没落、大侠绝迹的背景下,怀有侠义之心的剑客贯彻心中理念的故事。
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Hack and Slash 8.8%
- #20 The End Is Nigh
84% matchVery Positive94% of 3,330 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 7.9%, 2D 7.7%
- #21 The Tribulation Entanglement
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.9%, Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Retro 12.3%
- #22 DEVIATOR
81% matchMixed68% of 988 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 23.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #23 Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die
82% matchVery Positive95% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: Hebi LeePub: Andromeda Project
Windows
Metroidvania dungeon crawler about Death & Grief full of puzzles, secrets & challenges. Inspired by old GameBoy Color games with Retro Pixel Art Aesthetics but with challenging boss fights & Lore-Rich
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 25%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Medieval 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #24 Dragon Is Dead
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: TeamSuneatPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Dragon is Dead is a 2D dark fantasy roguelite with hack-and-slash combat and unlockable classes. Build class skill trees, slot runes, and chase Legendary and Mythic loot through corrupted stages.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 21.4%, Souls-like 19%, Action RPG 19%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #25 Volgarr the Viking II
80% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Eclipse
Windows
A hardcore, 2D action-platformer where only precision can keep you from death.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 17.4%, Souls-like 15.9%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #26 The Devil Within: Satgat
78% 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: Metroidvania 21.4%, Souls-like 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Demons 9.8%
- #27 NightmareZ
82% matchMixed44% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Platformer 34.4%, Action 24.8%, Retro 17%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, 2D 10%
- #28 Bloodecay
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlvaStudioPub: Fengfeng Network
Windows
A deadly plague known as erosion broke out in the land of Elworth. It corrupted all life, bringing pain and destruction – Idonia, as the knight accepting the bloodthirsty imprint set out on a path to redemption, exterminating plague minions and destroying ancient evils
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Beat 'em up 26%, Action RPG 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Souls-like 6.9%
- #29 Eastern Exorcist
78% matchVery Positive84% of 6,714 reviews2021
Dev: Wildfire Game(无锡野火数字科技有限公司)
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.7%, Hack and Slash 18.7%, Action RPG 14.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #30 Darxanadon
79% matchMixed70% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 22.8%, Action RPG 16.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #31 Voidwrought
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 884 reviews2024
Dev: PowersnakePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #32 Haunted Lands
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 165 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Demons 15%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Retro 9.9%
- #33 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
76% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 42%, Metroidvania 27.6%, Action RPG 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Platformer 6.4%
- #34 Heidelberg 1693
77% matchVery Positive83% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Andrade Games
Windows
Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.
Why similar: Medieval 16%, Hack and Slash 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 14.1%, Metroidvania 12.2%
- #35 Vigil: The Longest Night
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,533 reviews2020
Dev: Glass Heart Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.5%, Souls-like 26.7%, Action RPG 15.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #36 Volkolak: The Will of Gods
73% matchVery Positive92% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Volkolak Team
Windows
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.5%, Souls-like 19%, Hack and Slash 13.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 9%
- #37 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Hack and Slash 12.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #38 Solateria
71% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 27.3%, Hand-drawn 12%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
- #39 Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
73% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Tezcatek
Windows
Bela Lugosi returns as Prince Dracula in this classicvania horror platformer! Battle your way through the monster plagued countryside, evade deadly traps and pitfalls, overcome Dracula’s commanders in single combat, and discover the secret history of your monstrous foes.
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Demons 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #40 Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge
74% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Danny Garay
Windows · Linux
Follow the story of Xandria, the iron alchemist. Seeking revenge, she accepts the dangerous mission to put an end to the evil that resides in Dracula's castle and torments the people of Transylvania. Fight with an iron whip in this retro-style & Classic-Vania adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 22.6% ★, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Demons 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Medieval 9.8%
- #41 Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 26.1%, Gothic 18.6% ★, Platformer 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #42 Custodian: Beginning of the End
74% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Red-Pixel
Windows
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Souls-like 22.6%, Hack and Slash 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.2%
- #43 Beholgar
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 358 reviews2022
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #44 Blasphemous
69% matchVery Positive90% of 62,190 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 37.4%, Souls-like 29%, Gothic 10.4% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Platformer 7.2%
- #45 Infernax
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,166 reviews2022
Dev: Berzerk StudioPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Retro 12.4%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 8.3%
- #46 Nine Sols
66% matchVery Positive95% of 38,824 reviews2024
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 27.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #47 Elderand
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 777 reviews2023
Dev: MantraPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Metroidvania 22.2%, Gothic 18.8% ★, Action RPG 14.4%, Hack and Slash 12%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #48 AWAKEN - Astral Blade
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,162 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Pigeon GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.8%, Souls-like 18.8%, Hack and Slash 13.2%, Action RPG 12.5%, Platformer 9.4%
- #49 Kingdom Shell
69% matchVery Positive89% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Cup of PixelsPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 25%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Platformer 7.1%
- #50 Guild of Darksteel
72% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Igor SandmanPub: Digerati
Windows
Guild of Darksteel is a story-driven adventure game set in a rich, dark fantasy world. As the immortal Sellsword, you must unearth an evil plot brewing beneath the city of Ravenrock. Only you can discover the true horror lurking under the city’s surface.
Why similar: Gothic 20.5% ★, Action RPG 14.6%, Platformer 14%, Medieval 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #51 Nevermore: The Chamber Door
70% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Burning Bright
Windows
NEVERMORE: The Chamber Door is an indie game developed by just one person, with fluid combat in the style of hack n 'slash and lore inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.5%, Gothic 16.7% ★, Hack and Slash 16.7%, Action RPG 14.3%, Demons 7.9%
- #52 Overbowed
68% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Retro 6.6%
- #53 Moonscars
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,436 reviews2022
Dev: Black MermaidPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 27.9%, Souls-like 24.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #54 Bat to Bed
67% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.8%, Platformer 22.4%, Action 21.5%, Retro 14.9%, 2D 13.4%
- #55 Umbraclaw
67% matchVery Positive90% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Umbraclaw tells the story of Kuon, a house cat who has died in the mortal world, after she awakens in the Soulplane, a realm of the dead. She must challenge the perilous underworld to return home to her owner in this 2D action adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 27.1%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #56 Tearscape
65% matchVery Positive93% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: NERDS TAKE OVER
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.8%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Gothic 18% ★, Action RPG 12.4%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #57 DOOMBLADE
67% matchVery Positive82% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: Muro StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Souls-like 20.8%, Hack and Slash 16%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.5%
- #58 Madness
71% 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 22.7%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Adventure 18.5%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%
- #59 Nightmare: The Lunatic
66% matchVery Positive89% of 264 reviews2024
Dev: Maetdol Games
Windows
Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.2%, Metroidvania 24.9%, Hack and Slash 22.9%, Platformer 12%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #60 Onikira - Demon Killer
71% matchMostly Negative39% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Furnace Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Onikira is a 2D side scrolling beat ‘em up set in a fantasy feudal Japan where the player takes on the role of a samurai fighting to prevent the forces of the Japanese underworld from breaking through into the world of the living.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 33.7%, Hack and Slash 18.9%, Platformer 17.5%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.4%