- #1 Pale Coins
97% matchVery Positive94% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Lukas Irzl
Windows
Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.
Why similar: Loot 14%, Action RPG 13.6%, Souls-like 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Open World 10.3%
- #2 热血屠龙
96% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: 热血屠龙
Windows
《热血屠龙》以“经典大陆探索、六道轮回剧情、公平经济系统”为核心,回归传奇本质,打造纯粹热血体验。无论是散人玩家还是公会团队,均能在玛法大陆中找到属于自己的热血征程。
Why similar: Roguevania 24.7% ★, Dragons 19% ★, Loot 11.4%, Action RPG 9.2%, 2.5D 8.7%
- #3 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
96% matchVery Positive88% of 48,202 reviews2016
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
Why similar: Dragons 22.9% ★, Open World 17%, Character Customization 16.6%, Action RPG 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #4 Twilight Monk
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: Aquatic Moon GamesPub: GRAVITY GAME ARISE Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
Why similar: Side Scroller 14.6%, Metroidvania 14.5%, Open World 13.2%, 2.5D 12.4%, Action RPG 10.1%
- #5 3000th Duel
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2019
Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.3%, 2.5D 14.7%, Souls-like 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Difficult 11.2%
- #6 Heart Lock: A Cozy Intro To Spellcraft
94% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Lunar Penguin Media LLC
Windows · Mac
Enter this crafting-driven Metroid-like game to plunge deep into your emotions. You must craft spells to defeat monsters plaguing your heart, and explore a dreamscape to unlock the skills needed to defeat your nemesis.
Why similar: Roguevania 29.2% ★, Metroidvania 15.4%, Souls-like 12%, Action RPG 11.8%, Hack and Slash 8.6%
- #7 HunterX
93% matchVery Positive84% of 719 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.6%, Action RPG 16.4%, 2.5D 16.3%, Souls-like 15%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #8 HunterX: code name T
91% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.4%, Action RPG 17%, 2.5D 14.4%, Souls-like 13.7%, Hack and Slash 10.1%
- #9 SAVAGE: The Shard of Gosen
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Planet Tobor
Windows
A 2D action/platforming adventure with a healthy dose of RPG elements set in the hostile world of Lor, a classic sword and sorcery setting. The slave-hungry Argeshii empire dominates the known world, old and false gods conspire; brutal combat is the only means of survival!
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.8%, Souls-like 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, 2.5D 12.3%, Action RPG 12%
- #10 Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: Brewed GamesPub: 1312 Interactive
Windows
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.4%, 2.5D 16.2%, Souls-like 12.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #11 Geranium:Tale of Dawn's Desire
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bekotaizi
Windows
The story follows the journey of Geranium, a female swordswoman with amnesia.
Why similar: Roguevania 26.8% ★, 2.5D 16.4%, Metroidvania 15.3%, Action RPG 13.8%, Hack and Slash 10.1%
- #12 DDS Defenders Dark Side
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nana Debrah
Windows
Are you ready to fight against hordes of monsters? Choose your Hero and start a journey through the kingdoms of Entelos, defend the magic stone from the forces of the evil King of Darkness! Orcs, Lizardmen, Dark Elven, Undeads, Dark Knights, Demons and Dragons are searching you!
Why similar: Dragons 27.4% ★, Metroidvania 11.9%, Action RPG 11.1%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Side Scroller 9.9%
- #13 Nioh 3
88% matchVery Positive80% of 16,715 reviews2026
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 42.3 hrsMean: 48.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
Why similar: Action RPG 17.1%, Souls-like 15.4%, Difficult 12.8%, Open World 12.2%, Hack and Slash 11.9%
- #14 Wyvia: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Blast ProgrammingPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows
Wyvia is an open world 3D action RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Save your world from a monstrous invasion. Choose from 4 unique classes, and customize them with a robust cross-class skill system. Craft and upgrade weapons and armor. Explore dungeons full of enemies, and defeat terrifying bosses!
Why similar: Dragons 26.2% ★, 2.5D 16.4%, Action RPG 14.2%, Character Customization 12.4%, Hack and Slash 10.7%
- #15 HOTEL BARCELONA
87% matchMixed69% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: White Owls Inc.
Windows
A marshal possessed by a murderer, a hotel full of killers, and a time-bending witch? From the legendary creators of DEADLY PREMONITION + NO MORE HEROES comes a 2D Action Roguelike unlike any other. Under New Management update is free for everyone now! CHECK IN, WIPE ‘EM OUT.
Why similar: Roguevania 34.5% ★, Metroidvania 15.1%, 2.5D 11%, Souls-like 10.6%, Hack and Slash 10.6%
- #16 Grimreach: Forsaken Echoes
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimsmile Games
Windows
Grimreach: Forsaken Echoes is a dark fantasy rogue-like RPG where players explore a forsaken fortress, collecting memory echoes and battling terrifying creatures. Each fight draws you deeper into the mystery of your forgotten past and closer to self-discovery.
Why similar: Roguevania 43.8% ★, Souls-like 14%, Action RPG 12.1%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Character Customization 9%
- #17 Being and Becoming
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IchthysPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Souls-like 15.7%, Action RPG 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #18 Dragonkin: The Banished
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,975 reviews2026
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The draconic threat is once again upon us. Legendary heroes rise up to face the legions from the depths. Tame your wyrmlings, create unique power builds with the Ancestral Grid, expand your city and destroy the Dragons!
Why similar: Dragons 24.1% ★, Loot 20.2%, Action RPG 19.4%, Hack and Slash 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
- #19 Watcher Chronicles
85% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: Third Sphere Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Become a glutton for punishment and persevere, alone or with a friend, against 20+ merciless bosses and legions of skeletal nightmares in this savage yet charming 2D souls-like.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.6%, Action RPG 15.4%, Souls-like 14.7%, Difficult 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12%
- #20 GRIME
84% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Metroidvania 19.3%, 2.5D 15.8%, Souls-like 15%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Difficult 12.6%
- #21 Hit n' Bit
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Scorpion Interactive
Windows
Hit n’ Bit is a dark fantasy Metroidvania platformer. Embark on two different journeys where you will fight monsters, explore a story-rich world, and encounter challenging puzzles. Reunite the royal siblings, defy the machinations of old gods, and redefine destiny!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.5%, 2.5D 16.1%, Souls-like 15.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
- #22 Phoenix Dust
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kayoss Studios
Windows
Join Rion, the last of the Phoenix Born on his journey to save his world and rescue his sister. Loot gear, defeat bosses, uncover secrets.
Why similar: Loot 16.2%, Action RPG 15.5%, Souls-like 14.6%, Character Customization 13.7%, Open World 11.3%
- #23 Mortem: Fallen Kingdom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: War Penguin Studios
Windows
Mortem: Fallen Kingdom is an open world souls-like RPG. Explore the world and take part in rewarding action combat.
Why similar: Dragons 30.6% ★, Open World 14.5%, Character Customization 14.2%, Souls-like 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #24 SOULGRAVE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bromanguy
Windows
SOULGRAVE is a character-driven action roguelike where you create wild builds, explore ever-changing dungeons, and battle brutal bosses with puzzle-like, telegraphed mechanics. Restore a shattered world... or doom it forever.
Why similar: Roguevania 42.7% ★, Metroidvania 16.9%, Difficult 11.7%, Hack and Slash 9.3%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #25 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,824 reviews2020
Dev: KAIKOPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The hit RPG returns! Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customizable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world.
Why similar: Action RPG 23.1%, Open World 17.2%, Character Customization 14.8%, Fantasy 8.9%, Fighting 8.7% ★
- #26 Mazgeon
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: DokitsuArtPub: Viridian Software
Windows
Mazgeon is an old school arcade dungeon roguelike RPG with procedurally generated levels filled with retro pixel art graphics where your only goal is to loot as much as you can.
Why similar: Roguevania 37.9% ★, Metroidvania 15.5%, Souls-like 12%, Action RPG 11.5%, Difficult 10.3%
- #27 Jrago The Demon Hunter
80% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Jrago Studios
Windows
Jrago The Demon Hunter is an indie METROIDVANIA style 2D Platforming Action-Adventure Role Playing Game. The world is overcome in darkness, and you are a hunter named Jrago on a quest to slay the demons and bring back the light!
Why similar: Roguevania 40.2% ★, Metroidvania 17.9%, Action RPG 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Hack and Slash 9.8%
- #28 Rage & Relics
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jim Games
Windows
An isometric action RPG where you hunt monsters for gold, XP and loot. Create your own unique playstyle, level up, and collect legendary equipment.
Why similar: Loot 20.7%, Action RPG 18.8%, 2.5D 16.1%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, Character Customization 9.9%
- #29 Mendacium
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
Windows
An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Souls-like 16.6%, 2.5D 14.4%, Action RPG 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
- #30 Tails of Iron
77% matchVery Positive88% of 14,278 reviews2021
Dev: Odd Bug StudioPub: United Label
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!
Why similar: Action RPG 21.2%, Souls-like 17.4%, Difficult 12.3%, 2.5D 10.9%, Metroidvania 10.8%
- #31 Saint Maribel
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: azucat
Windows
Metroidvania-style Action RPGSister maribel goes to fight a queen saccubus Character makeup Over 100 customization items
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Action RPG 21.2%, Character Customization 16.8%, 2.5D 14.5%, Side Scroller 10%
- #32 LOST EPIC
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,135 reviews2022
Dev: One or Eight
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
LOST EPIC is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a war between gods and humanity. The player becomes the deity-defying knight, God Slayer, and explores the world known as Sanctum to bring the Pantheon of Six to their knees.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.6%, Action RPG 16.7%, Souls-like 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Character Customization 13.3%
- #33 Dead Cells
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 178,807 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Roguevania 35.4% ★, Metroidvania 16.4%, Souls-like 12.5%, Difficult 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #34 Koboo: The Tree Spirit - Prologue
76% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Jerome LabellePub: Honest Rogue Games
Windows
Explore the free prologue of Koboo: The Tree Spirit! An action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a tiny spirit. Forge powerful synergies, battle seemingly gigantic bosses and rebuild your home.
Why similar: Roguevania 38.9% ★, Souls-like 13.5%, Metroidvania 13.5%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, Difficult 9.2%
- #35 Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,004 reviews2024
Dev: IceSitruuna
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.2%, 2.5D 13.7%, Souls-like 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Action RPG 11.1%
- #36 Fire in the Beastlands
75% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Chimney Castle
Windows
Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.1%, Action RPG 14.2%, Souls-like 14%, Difficult 12.7%, Character Customization 11.8%
- #37 Hatone
73% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Devil's Delirium
Windows
Dive into a NES-inspired Action-Platformer with Metroidvania elements. Play as an Illuminati henchman battling fearsome bosses and unearthing secrets in an ancient castle. Fulfill your duty… but are you the architect of your fate—or just a pawn in a game someone else is playing?
Why similar: Roguevania 37% ★, Metroidvania 17.4%, Souls-like 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Action RPG 12.3%
- #38 Katanaut
73% matchVery Positive90% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: VoidmawPub: Acclaim, Inc.
Windows
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Why similar: Roguevania 37.6% ★, Metroidvania 15.6%, Souls-like 12%, Difficult 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
- #39 Lords of the Fallen
73% matchMixed67% of 50,389 reviews2023
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Why similar: Dragons 28.1% ★, Souls-like 13.8%, Action RPG 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Character Customization 11.4%
- #40 Legend of Krannia: Cursed Fate
75% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: AEthernum
Windows
Legend of Krannia is a Top-down Fantasy Medieval 2d Action Deckbuilding Game. Collect skills, Level up, Customize your Gameplay and Manage your stats. It has a Complex 2d Controls with skill switching, blocking and dodging.
Why similar: Action RPG 20.3%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 14.9%, Hack and Slash 14.4%, Loot 12.1%
- #41 The Guise
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Rasul MonoPub: GameNet
Windows
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Roguevania 38.3% ★, Metroidvania 16.7%, Souls-like 13.2%, Difficult 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #42 Deepening Fire
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.3%, Difficult 15.4%, Souls-like 15.1%, Action RPG 14.2%, Side Scroller 11.1%
- #43 Apartus
71% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mothachail Studios
Windows
A True Oldschool Turn-Based RPG that takes you on a dangerous journey to find a powerful lost relic.
Why similar: Dragons 33.3% ★, 2.5D 21.7%, Action RPG 18.4%, Loot 14.6%, Fantasy 5.1%
- #44 Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer
69% matchVery Positive80% of 450 reviews2026
Dev: 正向星光工作室
Windows
这是一款砍杀刷宝类的ARPG游戏,我们将修仙成长体系和刷宝游戏进行有机融合,多样的装备体系,构建专属于您的修仙刷宝bd,喜欢刷宝类游戏的玩家不容错过
Why similar: Loot 20%, Dragons 19.8% ★, Action RPG 16.1%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Open World 11.8%
- #45 Myth of the Moirai
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TaterBlazer
Windows
Fight for your soul and sanity in this multiplayer open-world survival game. Stranded on a corrupted island, you must craft, build, and dig your way to power. Descend through an ancient fortification to battle demons, master deep character builds, and break your immortal curse.
Why similar: Loot 19.7%, Action RPG 18.7%, Character Customization 11.5%, Souls-like 11.3%, Open World 11.2%
- #46 Divinity II: Developer's Cut
72% matchVery Positive85% of 5,185 reviews2012
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Dragons: they have been hunted, they have been slain, but now the hour to strike back has come.
Why similar: Dragons 38.8% ★, Open World 17%, Action RPG 15.2%, Fantasy 9.6%, Character Customization 8.2%
- #47 The Revolt: Awakening
71% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Siberius Studio
Windows
The Revolt: Awakening is an action-platformer RPG, allowing you to explore a city under military control… You will have to make your way through powerful enemies and face many dangers during your missions. Run, Fight, Destroy, Loot!
Why similar: Roguevania 33% ★, Metroidvania 13.9%, Action RPG 13.1%, Souls-like 11.1%, Hack and Slash 9.2%
- #48 VELASTER
68% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: ODYSSEYER
Windows
VELASTER is a gruesome 3D side-scrolling action combat game set in the Middle-earth called Malum. You will find yourself growing in battles against various monsters and bosses. Take revenge that remains in your fading memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.1%, 2.5D 17.6%, Action RPG 15.4%, Souls-like 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.5%
- #49 Oblige Of CHAOS
71% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: MaaSA91
Windows
2D art and 3D action. Elemental Reactions. Not too big Open World. Battle , Puzzle and Explore. Life has no save point.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Souls-like 17.5%, Open World 15.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Action RPG 13.1%
- #50 The Dark Heart of Balor
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Game Artists, LLC
Windows
Archdemon Balor has opened the Gate of Hell into the human realm and hordes of demons and monsters have flooded into your world destroying everything in their path. You must protect those who are still alive and ultimately destroy Balor to close the Gate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.9%, 2.5D 17.2%, Action RPG 14.7%, Hack and Slash 12%, Side Scroller 11.7%
- #51 The Legend of Karl
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 311 reviews2021
Dev: Actplus Studio
Windows
The Legend of Karl is a 2.5D hack and slash platformer. You'll master various weapons while exploring the deep diabolical world. A quest struggling between Good and Evil, fight for Justice and what you Believe!
Why similar: 2.5D 22.2%, Action RPG 20.9%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Hack and Slash 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #52 REVENGE CRYSTAL
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAMx003 Games
Windows
Possessed by a living crystal, fight for revenge in a top-down Soulslike action RPG. Master precise combat and elemental magic, explore a shattered world, solve deadly puzzles, and defeat brutal bosses to expose the Crystallen’s sins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Action RPG 20.7%, Souls-like 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Hack and Slash 7.9%
- #53 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
67% matchMixed55% of 101,516 reviews2025
Dev: LeenzeePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.7%, Action RPG 17.2%, Difficult 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Hack and Slash 10.7%
- #54 Dark Devotion
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,437 reviews2019
Dev: Hibernian WorkshopPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
Why similar: Roguevania 33.2% ★, Souls-like 20%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Difficult 7.7%
- #55 Asbak
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team FossilPub: Vifth Floor
Windows
Asbak is a fast-paced hack-and-slash platformer where you chase down and slay demons born from humanity’s darkest fears. Move fast, hit hard, and keep the nightmares at bay!
Why similar: Roguevania 33.7% ★, Loot 14.9%, Action RPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Hack and Slash 12.9%
- #56 Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
69% matchMixed56% of 67,871 reviews2020
Dev: WOLCEN Studio
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?
Why similar: Loot 17.7%, Action RPG 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Character Customization 13.3%, Hack and Slash 12.8%
- #57 INFEROS NUMINE : descent into darkness
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 2.5D Gaming Studio
Windows
Forge your path through the unknown kingdom. Explore a variety of landscapes and caverns infested with vast monsters and creatures. Battle your way through and explore the kingdom in this 2.5D Style shooter-platform-fighting game.
Why similar: Dragons 19.3% ★, Metroidvania 16.8%, 2.5D 13.5%, Souls-like 12.3%, Action RPG 11.7%
- #58 Moonlight Traveler
67% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Blueprint Core
Windows
This is an action game focused on combat, where a girl returns from the abyss to explore her own secrets and redemption, until the end of an eternal battle to see if she can break free from the shackles of fate.
Why similar: Roguevania 40.6% ★, Metroidvania 18.1%, Action RPG 14.5%, Souls-like 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 5%
- #59 AWAKEN - Astral Blade
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,162 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Pigeon GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.5%, Action RPG 15.1%, Souls-like 14.5%, Difficult 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%
- #60 NIPH
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Soda Studios
Windows
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
Why similar: Roguevania 35.1% ★, Metroidvania 15.7%, Action RPG 10.2%, Difficult 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.7%