60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Singleplayer, Souls-like, 2D.
Dream Doctor is a platformer BOSS RUSH where you take on the role of a "psychologist", capable of entering your patients' dreams to confront their worst nightmares through brute force.
WALTO
WALTO is a boss-rush game set in the land of rabbits, built around a combat philosophy where evasion and attack happen as one, demanding extreme reflexes. Cut down the encroaching predators and bring this world to its end.
Trickington Hollow
A K-Pop, Halloween souls-like boss rush game. Swing your cleaver in stylish attacks, parry with candy, and trick or treat your way to victory. Take down bosses to original songs. Save the land of Trickington from the Grim Reaper and his minions.
WALTO is a boss-rush game set in the land of rabbits, built around a combat philosophy where evasion and attack happen as one, demanding extreme reflexes. Cut down the encroaching predators and bring this world to its end.
Why similar: Boss Rush 43.4% ★, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Hack and Slash 8%
A K-Pop, Halloween souls-like boss rush game. Swing your cleaver in stylish attacks, parry with candy, and trick or treat your way to victory. Take down bosses to original songs. Save the land of Trickington from the Grim Reaper and his minions.
Why similar: Boss Rush 32.2% ★, Souls-like 18.5%, Swordplay 11.5%, Hack and Slash 8.8%, Cartoony 7.2%
Fight your way through hordes of evil in this light-hearted 2D, action-platformer. Traverse and battle your way through deep caves, werewolf filled forests, frigid peaks, and big stompy bosses! Always remember, It Is A Good Knight To Die!
Why similar: Difficult 15.3%, Hack and Slash 14.8%, 2D Platformer 12%, Swordplay 11.9%, Cartoony 10.3%
In a world controlled by strings, YOU are not attached. Fight your way through champions of ancient fairy tales in this action packed boss-rush game, escape the grip of The Puppeteer, and write your own ending.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.7%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, Boss Rush 16% ★, Difficult 13.5%, Surreal 12.3%
A Tiny Eternity is a bloody brutal and very cute boss-rush game with roguelike elements. Battle your way through endless arenas packed with relentless foes, sharpen your skills with every run, and uncover the strange mystery behind your endless fight for survival.
Why similar: Boss Rush 31.7% ★, Souls-like 17.8%, Difficult 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8%, Swordplay 7.9%
Psycho Bathroom is a boss rush game with a dark comedic storyline about outcasts, hopes and friendships. Your job as a toothbrush is to fight toilet plumes and protect your master. Along the way, you'll upgrade your gear, meet new buddies and learn the absurd world through your master's story.
Why similar: Boss Rush 31.2% ★, Souls-like 14.7%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
A frantic and challenging boss rush with options to customize your play style as you progress. Defeat all enemies in your path with attacks, specials, parries, and unique abilities.
Why similar: Boss Rush 40.2% ★, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 12.3%, Combat 8.1%, Platformer 7.8%
Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one's inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. Prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.6%, Surreal 16.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Parry and thrust your way into a 2.5D action platformer with a unique style-based combat system. As you explore hidden passageways and duel strange creatures, you will need all of your swashbuckling panache to survive.
Why similar: Swordplay 19.1%, Souls-like 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Hack and Slash 7.7%
You are the Knight called upon to explore the depths of these ravaged Lands. With speed, precision, and the swing of your sword, you can conquer the scourge of the Ancients and become the Slayer Knight.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.6%, Swordplay 20%, Hack and Slash 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.7%
A hand-drawn platformer where we play as Thuppel the robot, trying to pass off as a human. Learn emotions using powerups across several mini-stories involving different characters and environments, as we try to reconnect with our friend.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.5%, Surreal 14.4%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 9.3%
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Platformer 9.9%
Boss Rush: Mythology - This is an action game in which you have to fight various creatures and gods from Greek, Scandinavian, Slavic and Egyptian mythologies.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.9%, Boss Rush 14.2% ★, Side Scroller 12.5%, Difficult 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
It's a nice sunny day in Neo-Tartaria and ruthless killer Harry Pippels and his pretend friend Humpty-Ho are guzzling down some sprutzels and racking up a debt at the bar. Their life of luxury is soon interrupted however when the Elder Demon's diabolical crypto schemes threaten the lands.
Why similar: Boss Rush 44.6% ★, Souls-like 20.9%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Action 6.2%
Deflect, parry, and defeat your opponents through intense boss rush action. Fight for you and your allies’ freedom, lest you remain entombed forever more.
Why similar: Boss Rush 41.7% ★, Souls-like 20.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Swordplay 8.5%, Hack and Slash 6.5%
One small rabbit. Twelve ancient guardians. A boss-focused action game rooted in Chinese mythology. Study their patterns, strike with precision, and explore Penglai, the Isle of Immortals.
Why similar: Boss Rush 34.9% ★, Souls-like 19.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Difficult 10.1%, Hack and Slash 9.9%
Dive into Frog King, where survival is key and every leap counts! Face several relentless bosses and ascend to the throne in a world brimming with danger. Miss a jump and plummet into peril; conquer the odds and claim your crown. Will you hop to victory or fall to the depths in your quest to the top
Why similar: Boss Rush 31.5% ★, Side Scroller 14.7%, Souls-like 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 9.8%
Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.
Why similar: Swordplay 15.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Hack and Slash 12.6%, Difficult 11.1%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
Jamboy and Billy are devoured by a giant and now they have to escape from its guts! Explore the giant's intestines as you defeat food monsters in this frantic, multi-genre game and go on a stomach-churning adventure!
Why similar: Surreal 17.5%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Cartoony 12.3%, Stylized 10.5%
Welcome to Knight Fall, where every move is a challenge! Battle bosses as you climb through dangerous lands. Be careful; a single wrong move could mean the end of the journey. Will you beat the horrors or fall to the bosses on your daring quest?
Why similar: Boss Rush 36.4% ★, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 12.8%, Combat 8.7%, Platformer 6%
1 YEAR UPDATE IS OUT! A "souls-lite" inspired by early 2000s' Flash games. Defeat bosses & harvest trinkets. Feed it shards & get fed upgrades. For it is your Master. Rise and follow the path, Soul of the Great Hero.
Why similar: Boss Rush 51.3% ★, Souls-like 23.9%, Difficult 13.6%, Action 4%, Combat 3.6%
Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.7%, Swordplay 14.4%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Hack and Slash 13%, Platformer 9.6%
Dragon Knight is a soulslike parody in which you play as the worst knight in the kingdom sent on the classic quest- Take the magic sword, save the monster, slay the girl... err, no, was it…
Why similar: Boss Rush 33.4% ★, Souls-like 21.1%, Swordplay 11.9%, Difficult 11%, Hack and Slash 8.8%
Will you succumb to the darkness or cleave through it with your lantern? Red: Flame & Fable is a handcrafted 2D platforming action-adventure which follows the story of Red. Red must defeat terrifying creatures, find her family and fight back against the darkness imbued by the flower curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.4%, Hack and Slash 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
Die Deep is an action game focused purely on the confrontation with your enemies. No exploration, no puzzles, The only core is Combat. One reckless move or greedy strike, and it’s all over. Answer the silent call of the abyss. Descend into the depths to find your forgotten desires.
Why similar: Boss Rush 43.8% ★, Souls-like 24.3%, Difficult 15.1%, Combat 7.7%, Hack and Slash 4.8%
Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds back in 2008.
Why similar: Side Scroller 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Surreal 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 10%
Project BS is a 3D action RPG that explores a fantasy world. Take on a journey with Sienna, a dragonewt girl, and fight against formidable opponents and rivals.
Why similar: Boss Rush 42.4% ★, Souls-like 24.4%, Difficult 10.4%, Stylized 6.3%, Combat 5.9%
A short and exciting action platforming adventure! Help Dexter chomp and shoot his way out of the deceptively oppressive Happy Hamster Farms in 6 personality packed levels.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.3%, Surreal 15.9%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
A fast-paced medieval fantasy dueling game. Master your abilities, time each move with precision, and outmaneuver your enemies in brutal real-time combat.
Why similar: Swordplay 24%, Boss Rush 24% ★, Souls-like 23.5%, Difficult 9.2%, Combat 6.9%
Bourbon Risky is a simple but deep boss rush action game with retro style graphics. Smash all enemies in your way with your eternal companion that blasting bullets and lasers!
Why similar: Boss Rush 58.5% ★, Difficult 11.9%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Platformer 6.7%, Side Scroller 5%
Light Odyssey is a soulslike boss rush where every battle is a test of mastery. Play as Bandi and fight to restore light to a world consumed by shadows. Face off against towering colossi in three deadly phases that demand precision, patience, and adaptation.
Why similar: Boss Rush 44.2% ★, Souls-like 22.3%, Hack and Slash 14.1%, Difficult 12.5%, Combat 4.4%
Help your favorite historical characters from different eras and places face challenging levels and obstacles, including epic boss battles. Who is behind all this confusion? Find out in this sharp game what they are capable of doing to save the world.
Why similar: Boss Rush 38.7% ★, Souls-like 18.4%, Difficult 11.7%, Side Scroller 10%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Jump, slash, and race against the clock in this classic action-platformer. Adventure as Squirrel Knight to save the forest and discover powerful magic, deadly enemies and hidden secrets along the way.
Why similar: Boss Rush 27.7% ★, Side Scroller 20.6%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Fantasy 7.6%
The Lone Boss is a challenging 2D pixel art boss fight. Confront a single enemy in a tight arena filled with fireballs and minions. As the boss evolves through multiple states and randomized attacks, one mistake will cost you the fight. Master the patterns and survive the ultimate test of focus.
Why similar: Boss Rush 48.1% ★, Difficult 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Combat 4.8%
Throw snowballs and navigate seven challenging levels as Kaito, a young penguin. Master platforming challenges, collect items, and face epic bosses in this 2D adventure.
Why similar: Boss Rush 20.7% ★, Side Scroller 19.5%, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Stylized 9.9%
Sword fight action dedicated to boss battles. Win the battle by dominating sword to sword clashes.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.6%, Swordplay 28%, Boss Rush 13% ★, Combat 7.7%, Action 6%
A hybrid with no memories. A planet out to kill you. A demanding sci-fi action game with fast-paced combat and die & retry mechanics. Fight. Die. Learn. Retry. Your body is a weapon. Your past, a mystery.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.4%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Hack and Slash 15.3%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 10.3%
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 26.1%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Hack and Slash 16.9%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 9.1%
1922...The Big Apple...Mugsy's turf got plucked by a gang of trouble boys. The ever-lovin' jazz rabbit is gonna jump on heads and clip those goons. He'll bop his way to the biggest boss and take back what's his or get zotzed, ya' follow? Soundtrack is the bee's knees - truly hep and jake.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.9%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 15.3%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Stylized 10.6%
Siaty's Return is a challenging slow-paced bossgame inspired by both solo games and MMOs, featuring an innovative combination-based gameplay. Combine the three Facets of destruction, resilience and movement into powerful abilities to defeat your corrupted creations.
Why similar: Boss Rush 44.1% ★, Hack and Slash 14.9%, Difficult 13.7%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Cute 4.9%
Dash, shoot, bash and zoom across Dark Paradise Nigelopia in this hidden gem of a passion project with multiple playable characters, chock full of unique dialogue, awesome music and colorful visuals!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.7%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Cartoony 11.3%
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: Souls-like 24.2%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Hack and Slash 15.1%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 10%
Shoot, block projectiles (and bounce enemies!) with your shield, and go after your acorns in this zany cartoon bullet hell, filled with silliness and visual gags
Why similar: Boss Rush 35% ★, Side Scroller 22.5%, Comedy 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Combat 9.2%
No game to play with a friend? Now you're a team of boss hunters. Challenge the most dangerous monsters! Dodge rains of projectiles, seize the right moment to attack and discover the weaknesses of cunning bosses.
Why similar: Boss Rush 43.1% ★, Souls-like 22.2%, Difficult 11.6%, Hack and Slash 10.8%, Platformer 6.5%
99 Waves is a casual platformer rogue-lite game about a vengeful young man who challenges a god. Can he defeat countless monsters, the greatest warriors, and mythical beings to reach the despicable god and become a legend?
Why similar: Boss Rush 42.7% ★, Hack and Slash 14.4%, Swordplay 10.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Side Scroller 8.7%
Omen Fall is an action-packed, story-driven fantasy adventure game that draws players into a past woven with forgotten agreements. Fight against the darkness in this 2D metroidvania experience presented with pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.7%, Difficult 12.6%, Swordplay 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Hack and Slash 9.4%
Experience fast-paced roguelite gameplay. Explore ever-changing locations and fight vicious enemies in souls-inspired 2d combat. Every run you will find variety of items and spells to compliment your playstyle, as well as resources to upgrade your town for future runs.
Why similar: Souls-like 24%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Hack and Slash 13.4%, Difficult 12%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
A twitchy shoot 'em up boss rush game inspired by run 'n gun classics. Fight your way through seven challenging bosses and hitch a ride off this awful planet.
Why similar: Boss Rush 47.1% ★, Difficult 14%, Side Scroller 12.9%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Platformer 7.4%
Climb to the top of the spire in 'Gallery Nocturnea', a classic 2D action game focused on boss battles. Master a variety of actions like sword attacks, dodging, and parrying to defeat diverse bosses. Dive into mysterious painted worlds with charming pixel art characters.
Why similar: Boss Rush 47.3% ★, Swordplay 9.8%, Difficult 8.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Cartoony 6.7%
A skill-based 1v1 action game where you combine weapons and elements to build custom combos and take on ever-stronger bosses in your own style.
Why similar: Boss Rush 35.8% ★, Souls-like 21.1%, Swordplay 15.9%, Difficult 12.1%, Combat 8.2%
The Samurai Pizza Cats are back! Take control of the Pizza Cats and prevent The Big Cheese from taking over Little Tokyo once and for all in this 2D action-packed adventure!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.1%, Hack and Slash 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.9%
Hop, jump, and stick your way through a forest under threat to save your friends and family from the evil Flame Beast and his Embers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 13%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Cartoony 11.1%
IT'S A CUTE 2D SIDE-SCOLLING ACTION GAME IN A VINTAGE RUBBERHOSE CARTOON STYLE, ACCOMPANIED BY OLD SCHOOL JAZZ-MUSIC.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.4%, Difficult 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
BLOOD=BULLETS is a bullet hell boss rush action platformer where you dash into bullets to refill ammo. In order to kill the blood itself, one must hack into the sequence.
Why similar: Boss Rush 54.1% ★, Souls-like 10.4%, Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Difficult 5.8%
Venture into darkness in Knight of Nevermore, a 2D action roguelike where every strike counts. Master tough-but-fair soulslike combat, explore sprawling ever-shifting dungeons, and assemble powerful builds from a host of weapons, spells and items. Fight, die, improve, try again, prevail.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Hack and Slash 15.2%, Difficult 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.8%
Your tail is your sword (and your shield). Become the undying beaver and battle your way through a cruel dam world in this Metroidvania. Avenge your wife Beaverly, channel River Rage, and learn new abilities as you slash or parry your way up the river in a dam fun (and more forgiving) soulslike.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.7%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Swordplay 14%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 9.1%
Tiny Sheriff is a 2D movement platformer where you use weapons as a means of transportation. Master your movement capabilities to take on increasingly daring challenges.
Why similar: Difficult 16.9%, Cartoony 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Comedy 9%
ABYSSAL BLADE is a pixel-art boss rush inspired by MMO raid mechanics. With only 1 HP, take up your blade and challenge the five stages of grief.
Why similar: Boss Rush 39.8% ★, Souls-like 21.7%, Hack and Slash 12.9%, Difficult 12.3%, Combat 8%
SINKING INTO THE VOID is a 2D side-scrolling hack-and-slash action game focused on intense battles against powerful enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.6%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 8.8%
