Games Like Erra: Exordium

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: Souls-like 33.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.6%, Difficult 10.7%, 2D 8.2%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly oppressive atmosphere and deep religious/mythological themes paired with challenging 2D combat.

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 41.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 7.8%, Difficult 7%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Explores complex mythological themes and death-defying mechanics within a challenging 2D action framework.

Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Why similar: Mythology 38.6%, Historical 16%, Action 10%, Adventure 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Directly utilizes Greek mythology as a core setting for its unique 2D action-adventure gameplay.

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: Souls-like 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Difficult 10.2%, Dark 9.1%, Action 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a dark, gothic aesthetic with precise 2D action-platforming and souls-like elements.

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: Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Dark 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a haunting, atmospheric 2D experience that emphasizes exploration and challenging combat.

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 30.7%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 14%, 2D 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features hand-drawn visuals and mythological themes centered on intense 2D side-scrolling combat.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Difficult 12.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar sense of post-apocalyptic mystery through stunning pixel art and tight, responsive action.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 12.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares a strong Dieselpunk-inspired aesthetic and focuses on narrative-driven 2D action.

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: 2D Platformer 23.7%, Dark 21.3%, Mythology 17.7%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, lore-rich world with fluid 2D platforming and exploration mechanics.

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Dark 16.1%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Robots 12.5%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a robot-centric, Dieselpunk-inspired world with puzzle-solving and action elements.

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Dark 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-mobility 2D action and platforming within a desolate, post-human setting.

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.7%, Robots 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A polished metroidvania that captures a similar sense of atmospheric exploration in a mechanical world.

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: Souls-like 48.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Dark 9.3%, 2D 6.9%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grim, interconnected world that mirrors the challenging souls-like combat found in Erra.

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: Souls-like 21.2%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Dark 15.3%, Difficult 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a surreal, dark world with unique combat mechanics that reward precision and timing.

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: Souls-like 21.9%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Action-Adventure 15%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric 2D action game that emphasizes fluid combat and a somber narrative.

Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.2%, Action-Adventure 23.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Action 10.2%, Souls-like 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A vibrant 2D action-adventure that emphasizes class-based combat and exploration.

The Rewinder 2 is an action adventure game inspired by eastern mythology. Explore cursed villages, dungeons. Unlock new skills and meet all sorts of ghosts and monsters.

Why similar: Mythology 29.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Deeply rooted in mythology and pixel-art storytelling, focusing on mystery and atmosphere.

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: 2D Platformer 18.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Side Scroller 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and challenging 2D combat encounters.

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: 2D Platformer 18.7%, Souls-like 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Dark 9.7%, Old School 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D action game that blends souls-like difficulty with pixel-art aesthetics.

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 36.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 11.4%, 2D 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving within a 2D world, appealing to fans of the adventure aspects of Erra.

Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.2%, Mythology 16.8%, Dark 13.6%, Souls-like 12.3%, Action-Adventure 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a moody, atmospheric 2D experience with a focus on sci-fi themes and drama.

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Dark 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Robots 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie 2D action game that captures the post-apocalyptic feel through pixel-art visuals.

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: Atmospheric 15%, Difficult 15%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Dark 11.9%, 2D 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, action-heavy gameplay within a dark, hand-drawn world filled with eldritch horrors.

Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that balances atmospheric exploration with side-scrolling combat.

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 21.2%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Dark 17.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Linear 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on souls-like combat and action-RPG elements within a dark, corrupted world.

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: 2D Platformer 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Action 11.6%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced, high-stakes 2D action with a dark, neo-noir aesthetic.

Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities

Why similar: Souls-like 25.4%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D metroidvania that emphasizes dungeon-crawling and exploration in a dark, atmospheric setting.

Angel's Gear is a challenging horror-flavored Metroidvania set in a world tainted by a mechanical disease.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Souls-like 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Side Scroller 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, souls-like metroidvania that features challenging 2D platforming and survival elements.

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 35.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Action 12.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric pixel-art game that focuses on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a mysterious environment.

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Old School 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action game that features fast-paced combat and a distinct sci-fi premise.

Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.

Why similar: Souls-like 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Action 8.8%

Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.8%, Mythology 15.5%, Souls-like 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Side Scroller 9%

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.

Why similar: Atmospheric 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.8%, Story Rich 19.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 11.4%

Live the saga of Uruz! A fantasy epic action adventure based on Central Asian Turkish mythology and culture. Explore the ruined lands, help people, solve small puzzles, face the monsters and spiritual creatures, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Mythology 21.7%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.

Why similar: Old School 34.2%, Dark 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.6%, Action 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

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: Souls-like 20.1%, Mythology 17.6%, Difficult 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Souls-like 18.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Atmospheric 11%

Last Soul is a 2d pixel art action platformer with a compelling story about a future where mankind has lost its will. Explore and fight your way through a variety of levels, and take on awesome boss enemies.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 30%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Robots 15%, Side Scroller 13%, Action 10.2%

A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.

Why similar: Mythology 25.4%, 2D Platformer 20%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Adventure 8.7%

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 17%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Souls-like 15.6%, Robots 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.5%

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 20.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 14.8%, Difficult 10%, Dark 9.9%

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: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Souls-like 18.7%, Old School 16.3%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Story Rich 8.9%

"DEADDAYLIGHT" is a side-scrolling platform action-adventure game.Developed independently by a single person. It tells the dark story of a protagonist who wakes up from a nightmare about the plague during a plague after the gods abandoned the earth, and then return to the Cathedral of Holy Light.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.3%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Souls-like 15%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Top-down action-adventure with elemental magic gameplay. Guided by guilt, you embark on a journey to restore the elements in a dying world. Harness and master elemental powers to fight enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a vast world filled with ancient temples.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 10.8%, 2D 10.1%

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: Pixel Graphics 30.5%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D 11.5%, Indie 9.2%

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: Difficult 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Dark 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 33.2%, Dark 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Old School 8.5%

You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.

Why similar: Action 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Action 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

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: 2D Platformer 26%, Souls-like 21.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Action 9.1%, Dark 8.6%

Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.

Why similar: Adventure 26.7%, Action 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 24.2%, Indie 14.8%, 2D 7.7%

Embark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse! Fight your destiny in an arduous 2D adventure, story rich platformer, in a mesmerising and mysterious world.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.2%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 8.1%

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.6%, Robots 15.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Become the exorcist that the world needs! Use Holy Relics and the knowledge from your book to fight demonic possessions. Investigate unholy events and take part in church rituals in this medieval pixel horror game.

Why similar: Dark 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Old School 12.3%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Robots 11.6%, Adventure 7.6%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Adventure 14%, Action 13.5%, Side Scroller 10.4%

Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.8%, Old School 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Action 7.1%

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: 2D Platformer 21.7%, Souls-like 17.4%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Difficult 9.6%

Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.

Why similar: Souls-like 28.5%, Action-Adventure 22.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, 2D 9.2%