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Games Like Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Anime, 2D, Female Protagonist.

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Take control of the demon sisters Kirika and Masha as they attempt to revive their Demon Lord Maxim and rebuild their castle in this 2D action Metroidvania adventure!

Reviews: Mixed — 66% — of 604 reviews
Released: 2025-03-26
Developer: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Genres: Action, Adventure
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 5.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 10.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 90%

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    97% matchVery Positive80% of 1,400 reviews2023
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    In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.

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  2. #2 Lost Ruins
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 5,792 reviews2021
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    Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.

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  3. #3 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,634 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.

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  4. #4 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 41,589 reviews2019
    Dev: ArtPlayPub: 505 Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

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  5. #5 Dragon Marked For Death
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,105 reviews2020
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows
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    Dragon Marked For Death is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG game where up to 4 players can play together in online multiplayer. The characters, known as the Dragonblood Clan, have forged a pact with the Astral Dragon, which granted them special new powers.

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  6. #6 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,514 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

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    Windows
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  8. #8 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,252 reviews2024
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    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  9. #9 OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK
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  10. #10 LOST EPIC
    91% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,135 reviews2022
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    Windows
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  11. #11 River City Girls
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 3,793 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  12. #12 Shattered Divinities
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  13. #13 Minoria
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  24. #24 The Buried Pillars
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    Windows
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    Dev: LUM StudioPub: Mango Party
    Windows

    Use the abilities of three different heroines to protect your home and save the world from the sinister orc army!

    Why similar: Action 34.3%, Female Protagonist 32.1%, 2D 13.6%, Anime 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

  52. #52 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,804 reviews2023
    Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Anime 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13%, Action-Adventure 11%, Action 5.8%

  53. #53 GunGirl 2
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 176 reviews2016
    Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    GunGirl2 is an action platformer in the style of games like Metroid, Castlevania or Cave Story. But with blood… LOTS of blood! Go on an epic adventure and explore a huge world with the heroic blonde chick GunGirl or her best friend GunDude.

    Why similar: Action 56.5%, Adventure 43.5%

  54. #54 Rusted Moss
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,694 reviews2023
    Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Metroidvania 42.9%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 8.5%

  55. #55 Castlevania Advance Collection
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,515 reviews2021
    Dev: KONAMI
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Gothic 12%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Action 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%

  56. #56 Survivor Girls of Monster Dungeon
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 278 reviews2025
    Dev: Naku Kinoko
    Windows

    Over a dozen adorable girls of various professions must pick up weapons to protect themselves and strive to survive in this dangerous dungeon filled with various monsters!

    Why similar: Anime 23.8%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Action-Adventure 23%, Adventure 14.5%, Action 13.2%

  57. #57 Hunt the Night
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 515 reviews2023
    Dev: Moonlight GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Hunt the Night is a retro-style action-RPG that blends fast, skillful combat with dark fantasy lore. Play as Vesper, a member of the Stalkers, and traverse the ruined world of Medhram on a mission to save humanity from a deadly cycle of annihilation.

    Why similar: Gothic 38.3%, Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Female Protagonist 10%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 7.5%

  58. #58 Somber Echoes
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 341 reviews2025
    Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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: Metroidvania 42.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Action 8.5%

  59. #59 Divine Dynamo Flamefrit
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 189 reviews2024
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows

    "Divine Dynamo Flamefrit" is bringing back classic 2D action! Play as the hero Yuto in top-down slashing adventure stages, and pilot the magical robot Flamefrit for first-person boss battles! Master both styles of gameplay to restore peace to the parallel world of Hologard!

    Why similar: Action 25.3%, Action-Adventure 20.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Anime 20.1%, 2D 8.3%

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