
A fast-paced gothic action platformer dripping with dark atmosphere, campy charm, and an original soundtrack. One goth girl. An endless horde of goo. Built with love by a solo developer who has been dreaming of this world for years.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gothic, Singleplayer, Female Protagonist, 2D.

A fast-paced gothic action platformer dripping with dark atmosphere, campy charm, and an original soundtrack. One goth girl. An endless horde of goo. Built with love by a solo developer who has been dreaming of this world for years.

Midnight Renegade: Recollections
A Victorian 2D action platformer where you shoot and slash through grunts until you reach their boss, the Chief Constable.

Goth Clicker
A minimalistic gothic clicker: click, collect Souls, upgrade your abilities, and unlock new stages by reaching the goals.
A Victorian 2D action platformer where you shoot and slash through grunts until you reach their boss, the Chief Constable.
Why similar: Gothic 45.2% ★, Dark 14.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Action 9.2%, Platformer 7.7%
A minimalistic gothic clicker: click, collect Souls, upgrade your abilities, and unlock new stages by reaching the goals.
Why similar: Gothic 74.9% ★, Female Protagonist 16.3%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
"Blue Artifact" is a side-scrolling action game where Fran, a girl awakened deep underground in a research facility, uses magic to escape. Collect “treasures” within the facility to uncover the secrets of the research lab.
Why similar: Gothic 46.5% ★, Cute 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Action 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
Specters of the Sun is a challenging 2D action platformer with action-packed levels. Take on the role of an elusive specter to reclaim your old corpse, now possessed at the heights of your former kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 37.6% ★, Fast-Paced 24.3%, Dark 11.8%, Platformer 6.1%, 2D Platformer 5%
敵の猛攻を掻い潜り、撃破していく高難易度アクション。大鎌使いとなりホムンクルスに支配された街を取り戻しましょう。
Why similar: Gothic 71.7% ★, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Action 10.3%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
One day, the unlucky girl "Runa Ichiya" wakes up in a haunted house.
Why similar: Gothic 54.8% ★, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Cute 15.6%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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.
Why similar: Gothic 42.8% ★, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Cute 10.3%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Platformer 7.2%
Welcome to a dreamlike world where gothic elegance meets sweet delights. This macaron tower balance game is made for lovers of all things gothic. When you're feeling down or need a little sweetness, build your own fragile and beautiful macaron tower—just for you.
Why similar: Gothic 68.5% ★, Cute 15.8%, Dark 12.4%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Oubliette requires you to descend through a mysterious world beneath Paris while fighting off monsters, levelling up weapons, and finding clues to solve your latest case as private detective, Madeleine, in an old-school inspired FPS roguelike that marries the noir genre with Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Gothic 34.4% ★, Fast-Paced 29.6%, Female Protagonist 17%, Dark 14.5%, Action 3.7%
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
Why similar: Gothic 53% ★, Female Protagonist 19%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 6.9%, 2D 6.4%
A witch soars into the night to save her beloved cat… but dark magic always comes with a price.
Why similar: Gothic 60.4% ★, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Dark 12.8%, 2D 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 38.9%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Cute 11%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Platformer 8%
Darkest Abyss is a platform/action game inspired by the Classic-Vania genre.
Why similar: Gothic 55.6% ★, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Platformer 6.8%, Action 5.9%, 2D Platformer 5.7%
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 59.2% ★, Dark 23.5%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 80.9% ★, Dark 16.9%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
The Deadlands, is a haunting journey of vengeance. Conquer undead horrors, face formidable bosses, and harness their souls to save your son from an evil necromancer. Pixel art meets gothic aesthetic in this intense, captivating platformer/2D side scroller.
Why similar: Gothic 64.2% ★, Platformer 8.3%, 2D Platformer 7%, Action 7%, 2D 6.4%
An evolution of the Classicvania genre and a return to the glory days of precision platforming, retro challenge and gothic atmosphere. Transform yourself into a wraith, a spider and a bat to fly, climb and blast your way across Transylvania to do battle with Lady Dracula at her castle keep.
Why similar: Gothic 54.7% ★, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Dark 7.6%, 2D 5.7%, Platformer 5.4%
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 64.5% ★, Dark 17.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 1.3%
Vampiric Crown is a side-scrolling action RPG set in a strange gothic world. A young vampire girl decides to rebel against her race, upon discovering that her sister will be the victim of a macabre plan to unearth the prince of darkness ...
Why similar: Gothic 58.3% ★, Female Protagonist 17%, Dark 15.4%, Platformer 4.6%, Action 4.6%
Solve riddles, puzzles and platforming challenges as you descend the cryptic pathways of a distorted microcosm reality fueled by a symbolic landscape of faith and erotic nightmares.
Why similar: Gothic 55.5% ★, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Dark 15.4%, Platformer 4.5%, Action 3.6%
人,你想立刻签下契约—让塞布尔在你桌面绽放的黑色玫瑰嘛?即刻开始你的“猫系”桌面生活!让她成为你桌面上最优雅(也最可能炸毛)的熬夜伴侣吧。
Why similar: Gothic 54.3% ★, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Cute 20.7%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 38.6%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Platformer 11%, Action 9.6%, 2D 6.6%
Anachronic is a single-player 2D puzzle platformer where physics is exploited through time manipulation.
Why similar: Gothic 60.1% ★, Female Protagonist 17.5%, 2D 6.1%, Platformer 5.9%, 2D Platformer 5.2%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 61.8% ★, Dark 21.9%, Female Protagonist 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Indie 2.7%
A Gothic fantasy tale of loneliness, dark secrets, and the search for a cure.
Why similar: Gothic 72.1% ★, Dark 18.1%, Cute 6.5%, 2D 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation.
Why similar: Gothic 61.2% ★, Female Protagonist 32.8%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
It's the night shift, and Batbo needs help filling in some graves in the graveyard! Help him by dropping rocks, dirt, bugs, and mushrooms into the grave and watch them merge into bigger and bigger graveyard treasures! Shoveling dirt can be hard when you don't have any fingers!
Why similar: Gothic 91.6% ★, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
”Shirone: the Dragon Girl" is a 3D adventure game where you help Shirone solve puzzles and riddles to find a way out of a haunted castle. Escaping the castle is the main objective, and to do that you'll need to make full use of her wings and tail!
Why similar: Gothic 41.1% ★, Female Protagonist 26%, Cute 21%, Action 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Demons already know about your presence, arm yourself with magic and embark on a dangerous journey!
Why similar: Gothic 74% ★, Dark 13.3%, Action 5.8%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 1.8%
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 50.1% ★, Female Protagonist 19%, Platformer 7.6%, 2D 7.2%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
Blightspire is a fast-paced, wave-based survival shooter. Battle through a cursed graveyard as undead abominations rise in endless waves. With only your reflexes and firepower, survive the darkness in a world where death is never the end.
Why similar: Gothic 68.1% ★, Dark 18.3%, Fast-Paced 6.9%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: Gothic 47.9% ★, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Cute 11.3%, Dark 10.8%, 2D 6.3%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 63.4% ★, Dark 19.4%, Cute 7.2%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 2.7%
Magnetta is a side-scrolling action game in the vein of classic NES titles. Jump, shoot, slide and blast your way through unique and challenging levels as you collect new weapons and upgrades, hunt down secret areas, and defeat your enemies to ensure peace in the galaxy.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.2%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Cute 9.8%, Action 8.4%
Varmint is an atmospheric anthology set in a world of mechanical terrors. Precision platforming gameplay and larger than life bossfights combine for a thrilling test of skill, wit and memory. Play as one of three pests, useless in a world of machines, and outmaneuver the metallic gods of this world.
Why similar: Gothic 53.5% ★, Dark 14.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Action 7.5%, 2D Platformer 5.3%
Catch, throw, and parry, and parkour your way through a twisting Underworld. Slay the Grim Reaper and reclaim your inheritance!
Why similar: Gothic 61.3% ★, Cute 13.2%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Dark 5.5%, Action 3.6%
Rocket-lance your way through a high-speed action platformer where every second counts. You have 60 minutes to save a magicpunk kingdom—no pause, no mercy. Explore, fight, and choose your path to one of many endings before time runs out.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 37.1%, Gothic 36.5% ★, Platformer 7.1%, 2D Platformer 5.6%, Action 5.3%
Silver Bullet is a gothic arcade shooter: blast your way through spooky stages and macabre mini games as Van Helsing, to rescue your pet puppies who were dognapped by Reggie the Vampire!
Why similar: Gothic 72.9% ★, Action 10.9%, 2D 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Indie 3%
Lady Ligeia, the legendary and magnificent witch, welcome to the House of Usher. Roderick Usher is scheming to resurrect the wicked witch Lenore. We are in dire need of your great Machina magic. Please save us.
Why similar: Gothic 53.9% ★, Female Protagonist 18%, Dark 15.3%, 2D 5.8%, Action 3%
Cat's Cradle is a 2D action game. You fly with a wire and cut the enemy.
Why similar: Gothic 58.6% ★, 2D 11.8%, Action 10.8%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Help Selene escape from a mysterious dark forest and defeat her fears in an exciting and powerful point and click adventure that will test your wits with difficult but logical puzzles seamlessly integrated into the story.
Why similar: Gothic 56.5% ★, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Dark 14.6%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 2.7%
The StoryTale - is a fairy tale platformer where everything goes bing-bang-boom, but everybody remains alive and healthy. It's a game where you constantly forget the spells and the weapons are cursed. But even in the midst of the swirling action you can stop and think over the next step.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.6%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Cute 13.9%, Platformer 8.4%, Action 8.3%
A story-driven horror game.
Why similar: Gothic 54% ★, Dark 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, 2D 7%, Platformer 2.8%
Solve riddles from ancient tomes — Two friends gather at a summoning circle, embracing the supernatural in an attempt to achieve the impossible. Unravel mystic poems to discover the correct combination of symbols to draw, and summon demons that can aid these friends in their dark quest.
Why similar: Gothic 60.6% ★, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Dark 14.6%, 2D 3.8%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
"Reach to Tsukuyomi" is an exhilarating short action game on a 2D platform. Fight a variety of enemies and powerful bosses to free your hometown from Yokai in this simple action game. What awaits you at the end of the story, which unfolds in cute pixels...?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.7%, Cute 22.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Action 11.5%, Platformer 7.9%
You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.
Why similar: Gothic 54.4% ★, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Dark 14.7%, 2D 5.7%, 2D Platformer 4%
Eris the Chaos goddess has lost her powers source The chaos emeralds by an unknow being at the chaos dimension, now she's got a goal to archive Get back her powers and become the chaos goddess once again but it won't be easy for her, emeralds have taken the form of her most deep dears, dont give up!
Why similar: Gothic 43.5% ★, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Dark 15.3%, 2D Platformer 6.7%, Platformer 6.1%
Save Monster High and join the Boo Crew by creating your authentic monster self in this spooktacular mystery adventure!
Why similar: Gothic 54.3% ★, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Cute 13.3%, Action 5.8%, Platformer 4.9%
A bittersweet adventure platformer where you coordinate two playable characters who share a physics based swinging mechanic in real time. Nyah can walk and pick up items, while her spirit light can fly and explore dark areas.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.3%, Cute 30.1%, Dark 11.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Indie 6.2%
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 66.6% ★, Dark 18.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Tyrfing cycle is a fast paced, twitch based Action-Rogue-like Hack and Slash your way through various Dungeons and realms in this Norse themed RogueLike.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 43%, Female Protagonist 34.5%, Action 14.4%, Indie 8.1%
"D means Dracula." D1896 is an action adventure platformer in the style of the early horror movies, inspired specifically by "Le Manoir Du Diable", the first horror movie ever made (it was released in 1896).
Why similar: Gothic 50.3% ★, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Dark 13.6%, Action 10.2%, Indie 6.2%
The awakening of Hell has awakened you. Go through different worlds to catch the Messiah of Hell and take back what was taken from you. Souldead is a fast-paced dark fantasy FPS shooter with a modern take on the gameplay.
Why similar: Gothic 48.4% ★, Fast-Paced 36%, Dark 8.7%, Action 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Vyanka's Memories is a platform-style game with metroidvania elements. Vyanka is a monster hunter who was called to her home village to protect it from a vampire. In the confrontation, she loses all her memories and powers and must remember them by defeating monsters in different biomes.
Why similar: Gothic 54.9% ★, Female Protagonist 20%, Platformer 6.8%, 2D Platformer 5.3%, 2D 4.7%
A treacherous dungeon, locked rooms on the Witch's path to freedom. Use magic energy to guide lost souls, perform the liberating ritual. Overcome dangerous obstacles. Fight tiny creatures in this dark precision platformer. Escape your doom, but remember: too much power is dangerous.
Why similar: Gothic 53.7% ★, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Cute 9.9%, 2D Platformer 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
Delta is a first-person movement-heavy platformer game focused on physics-based traversal, speedrunning, and mechanical mastery. And somewhere ahead, the one you lost is still waiting.
Why similar: Gothic 51% ★, Fast-Paced 25.8%, Dark 14.9%, Platformer 4.2%, Action 4.1%
Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by a roll of the dice.
Why similar: Gothic 74.4% ★, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Action 7.7%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Shuttering is a spooky 2D platformer. Take on the role of Anya, a lone girl without memories searching for answers in an abandoned mansion. Maneuver past the crumbling remains and its vampiric inhabitants. Discover who you were, or you will face a fate worse than death.
Why similar: Gothic 36.2% ★, Dark 13.9%, Cute 11.4%, Action 10.7%, Platformer 10%
NECROTOPIA is an exploratory action game, in which a monster, who woke up on a stormy night by lightning, picks up junks as weapons and searches for who he/she is. Use various types of weapons to defeat enemies and explore the fascinating world.
Why similar: Gothic 49.2% ★, Dark 12%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%, 2D 8.3%