Games Like Haunted Lands

Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!

Why similar: Side Scroller 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Demons 11.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

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 25.9%, Dark 21.3%, Platformer 19.8%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Horror 11.3%

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: Gore 21.1%, Difficult 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 9.9%

Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.

Why similar: Old School 25.5%, Gore 15.7%, Retro 14.5%, Shooter 13%, Horror 11.4%

NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.

Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Difficult 22.8%, Retro 21.9%, Action 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Gore 31.1%, Side Scroller 23.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.7%

Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.

Why similar: Retro 24.1%, Old School 23.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.2%

You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!

Why similar: Side Scroller 15.3%, Difficult 14.5%, Old School 13.6%, Retro 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

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: Platformer 20.5%, Difficult 18.1%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Retro 11.4%, Dark 9.9%

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Gore 24.5%, Difficult 19.3%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.6%, Side Scroller 9.9%

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Gore 27.4%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Shooter 7.8%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Old School 14.6%, Platformer 12.5%, Retro 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%

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.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.6%, Retro 18.3%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 18%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%

A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Dark 13%, Magic 10.7%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Side Scroller 15.6%, Gore 15.5%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 14.5%, Retro 11.9%

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: Gore 27.6%, Difficult 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 10.4%

UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

Why similar: Difficult 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 12.4%

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Difficult 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 11.3%, Retro 11%

Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Demons 23%, Old School 19.9%, Dark 11.6%, Shooter 9.9%

Bela Lugosi returns as Prince Dracula in this classicvania horror platformer! Battle your way through the monster plagued countryside, evade deadly traps and pitfalls, overcome Dracula’s commanders in single combat, and discover the secret history of your monstrous foes.

Why similar: Werewolves 26.5% ★, Side Scroller 11.3%, Demons 11%, Zombies 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.1%

Action-platformer filled to the brim with blood, mayhem, and demons straight from hell! Play solo or with your friends in split-screen, upgrade your beast, and mow down hordes of enemies and their towering lieutenants.

Why similar: Side Scroller 22.5%, Demons 20.4%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 14.2%, Horror 12.3%

Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Zombies 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Difficult 11.5%

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: Platformer 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Retro 17.4%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Difficult 9%

Hell Shooter is a old-school FPS game.

Why similar: Gore 25.4%, Demons 18.5%, Difficult 14.5%, Old School 12.7%, Retro 10.8%

A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!

Why similar: Difficult 19.2%, Old School 17.2%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Retro 9.8%, Platformer 9.5%

Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.

Why similar: Difficult 18.1%, Demons 17.8%, Gore 13%, Retro 9.2%, Action-Adventure 9%

Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Demons 43.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Dark 21.7%, Action 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Night Slashers is a pulse-pounding, horror-themed beat 'em up game, in a nightmarish world filled with bloodthirsty creatures and unspeakable horrors.

Why similar: Side Scroller 33.1%, Zombies 21.1%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Old School 9.1%, Horror 6.6%

Embark on a quest for revenge in Lords of Exile, an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in the far Lands of Exilia. With classic retro mechanics and linear level design in 8-bit graphics.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.5%, Gore 19.9%, Platformer 18.8%, Retro 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Gore 19.5%, Platformer 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Difficult 9.2%

Mahluk is a hack and slash platformer game with pixel-art style graphics and retro style addicting gameplay.

Why similar: Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Dark 11.2%, Action-Adventure 11%

ORCS is an action/platformer 2D old school inspirated by classic like Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Difficult 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 11%

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Platformer 30.9%, Difficult 18.2%, Action 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Horror 9.9%

Hack, slash, sneak, stalk, and scavenge through this asymmetrical player versus player nightmare as a deadly supernatural Legend or scrappy member of the cast.

Why similar: Werewolves 41.2% ★, Demons 17.9%, Zombies 12.1%, Retro 10.1%, Horror 9.6%

Hands of Necromancy is a Dark Fantasy FPS metroidvania, inspired by classics such as Heretic and made with the GZDoom engine. Wield weapons, magic or transform into a fearsome monster to slay your foes, then raise them as undead servants and unleash even more carnage to become a master Necromancer!

Why similar: Demons 24.1%, Old School 14.2%, Magic 12.8%, Shooter 12.2%, Retro 11.4%

KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.

Why similar: Difficult 29.2%, Demons 26.1%, Gore 22.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Action 5.7%

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: Side Scroller 17.6%, Retro 15.3%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Horror 10.7%

Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 18%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.

Why similar: Side Scroller 18.1%, Gore 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Horror 13.4%

A retro FPS set in a faux norse-celtic fantasy world in the midst of a war with the dead. Grab an axe, get revenge.

Why similar: Retro 29%, Gore 19.6%, Shooter 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 9.1%

A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Gore 17.7%, Horror 16.3%, Demons 12.7%, Retro 12.1%

Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!

Why similar: Difficult 17.5%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Platformer 16%, Retro 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11%

Extreme battles versus crazy bosses in this Intense 2D Platformer

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Action-Adventure 24.2%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Action 11.7%

Arthurian Legends is a medieval first person action game set in the land of Albion during a time of myth and legend. Battle hordes of Saxons, demonic beasts, the undead and worse in thy quest to save Albion from The Masters of the Old Religion.

Why similar: Old School 23.8%, Gore 19.8%, Retro 16.5%, Magic 12.8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.

Why similar: Side Scroller 15.7%, Difficult 15.2%, Demons 14.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.1%

Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.

Why similar: Platformer 18.9%, Retro 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Difficult 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Repel an invasion of mysterious charming creatures in a vast murky marshland. Strike your foes in a God-like slash-based manner and experience ambiguous encounters brimming with personality.

Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Retro 15.2%, Dark 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

The Last Man Survivor is a gloomy roguelike in which you have to fight tons of enemies, slay giant bosses, discover new abilities and characters, and also find out the dark secret of the Last Survivor

Why similar: Demons 34.1%, Magic 22.2%, Dark 19%, Horror 14%, Action 7.3%

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

Why similar: Gore 70.8%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 14.3%

Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

Why similar: Side Scroller 19.7%, Retro 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Old School 12.3%, Gore 12%

Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Side Scroller 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Horror 10.3%

Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

Why similar: Difficult 37.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Retro 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Shooter 13.4%

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: Side Scroller 20.8%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Difficult 9.3%

Embark on a journey into the darkest nightmares to restore your sanity. Blast your way through hordes of possessed enemies, unlock an arsenal of deadly weapons and unearthly abilities, and get ready to face even more Lovecraftian madness in this action-packed FPS sequel.

Why similar: Retro 24.7%, Horror 19.8%, Shooter 18.9%, Dark 18.1%, Action 8.9%

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.

Why similar: Gore 18.3%, Demons 15.1%, Old School 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Retro 13.9%

Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.

Why similar: Demons 25.6%, Difficult 23.7%, 2D Platformer 21%, Platformer 17.1%, Action 4.8%

DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Why similar: Gore 24.1%, Difficult 18.3%, Horror 15.5%, Action 12.5%, Shooter 11.3%

Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.

Why similar: Old School 20.4%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Horror 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Dark 12.7%

Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

Why similar: Gore 25.2%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Side Scroller 7.2%

An intense and challenging boss battle in an abstract horror world.

Why similar: Action 53%, Adventure 47%