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Games Like Fatal Claw

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, Adventure, Action.

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Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 547 reviews
Released: 2026-08-26
Developer: NDEV GAMES
Publisher: Com2us Holdings
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
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    71% matchMixed64% of 230 reviews2024
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    Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

    Why similar: Cats 24.8%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Story Rich 10%

  53. #53 Blade Kitten
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,089 reviews2014
    Dev: Krome Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets.

    Why similar: Platformer 39.3%, Anime 31.8%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 3.5%

  54. #54 Plus Ultra: Legado
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2025
    Dev: Póntica
    Windows · Mac

    Explore a vast, colorful world in this 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set during the Age of Discoveries. Grab your halberd and become a hero amid the storm!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Hand-drawn 9%, 2D Platformer 6.1%, Platformer 5.6%

  55. #55 Slumbering Feline
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: The Flavare
    Windows · Linux

    Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 6.9%

  56. #56 After Death
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 167 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 42.5%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Adventure 6.4%

  57. #57 Hollow Knight: Silksong
    61% matchVery Positive89% of 424,009 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Cherry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 35.5 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Exploration 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

  58. #58 Fallen Tear: The Ascension
    64% matchMostly Positive80% of 392 reviews2026
    Dev: CMD Studios
    Windows

    A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, 2D Platformer 10.3%

  59. #59 Shattered Divinities
    63% matchVery Positive95% of 962 reviews2026
    Dev: 星魂游戏Pub: TrueColor Games
    Windows

    Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Platformer 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%, 2D Platformer 6.7%, Adventure 6%

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