- #1 ASTLIBRA Revision
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 30,544 reviews2022
Dev: KEIZOPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Confront time and fate in the 2D action RPG, Astlibra Revision. Explore meticulously crafted worlds, fight brutal boss battles, and upgrade your skills to take down enemies lurking around every corner.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 42% ★, Side Scroller 22.5%, Action RPG 21.2%, RPG 6.2%, Fantasy 4.8%
- #2 Spiritfall
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,914 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Spiritfall is a fast-paced Action Roguelite with combat inspired by Platform Fighters. Slash, smash, launch, and wall-splat a multitude of enemies using an ever-changing arsenal of divine powers.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 27.6%, Difficult 22.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 13.7%, RPG 7.3%
- #3 Oblivion Override
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Humble MillPub: XD
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...
Why similar: Hack and Slash 39.8%, Side Scroller 38%, Sci-fi 7.3%, RPG 4.3%, Action 4%
- #4 Ultra Age
95% matchVery Positive82% of 314 reviews2022
Dev: Next Stage Inc.Pub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Slash your way through a futuristic Earth overrun with ruthless mutants and powerful robots. Now including ‘Rebirth Project,’ the all-new rogue-lite side mission that can be accessed from the main menu! (DLC installation is required.)
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 32.6% ★, Hack and Slash 17.7%, Difficult 16%, Action RPG 15%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #5 Re:Blade
94% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: STAGE Games
Windows
Re:Blade is a cursor-driven incremental action roguelike where every run reshapes your blade and every boss falls to your steps.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 61%, Combat 11.4%, Fantasy 11.1%, 3D 8.3%, Action 5.6%
- #6 Everslash
94% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Bitkumsa
Windows
Everslash is an action platformer game where you have to move quickly and attack with your scythe. Use your Slash Attack move to dodge and strike your foes at the same time; defeat the monsters infesting the lab and find your way out.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.2%, Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Linear 12.3%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #7 Demon Sword: Incubus
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: BrianodePub: Eroge Japan
Windows
Use sword and spell combos to slash and blast through hordes of attacking enemies! Guard break a boss's defenses, find an opening, then obliterate them for good with a well-placed super deadly attack! Satisfying 3D side-scrolling action with game-play elements inspired by fighting games!
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 43.4% ★, Side Scroller 20.7%, 2.5D 17.5%, RPG 7.6%, 3D 4.1%
- #8 Deflector
91% matchVery Positive87% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Arrowfist GamesPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Deflector is a top down action rogue-lite set in a deadly microcosm. Dive deep into hostile worlds teeming with viruses. Strike down increasingly challenging enemies with your weapons and their own deflected projectiles. Live, die, grow stronger and become powerful enough to reach the Source!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 40%, Difficult 30.4%, RPG 11.9%, Combat 7.4%, 3D 5.4%
- #9 Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
92% matchMixed67% of 457 reviews2014
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19.2%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Action RPG 14.3%, Difficult 11.4%, Platformer 11%
- #10 Proxy Blade Zero
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 165 reviews2014
Dev: D6
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Proxy Blade Zero is a hardcore 3D action game with technical combat. Play as Fenrir, an advanced battle android, against the armies of King Anima.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 43.6% ★, Hack and Slash 19.3%, Difficult 15.7%, Linear 5%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #11 HunterX: code name T
89% matchVery Positive87% of 157 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: Action RPG 18.7%, Hack and Slash 17.1%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 2.5D 12.7%, Platformer 11.4%
- #12 Shadow Blade: Reload
90% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Platformer 77.9%, Action 22.1%
- #13 Fallen Knight
89% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: FairPlay Studios Co. LtdPub: PQube
Windows
Take the role of an elite knight and battle your way through action-packed levels with intense sword fighting gameplay in this neo-classic side scrolling action platformer. Save the city from a deadly terrorist organisation hell-bent on exposing the truth you were sworn to protect.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.1%, Hack and Slash 28.5%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.9%, Combat 4.2%
- #14 Blade of the Netherworld
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: DuDu Games
Windows
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.7%, Side Scroller 20.9%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 14.3%, Combat 6.5%
- #15 Within the blade
88% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2019
Dev: Ametist studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.1%, Difficult 22%, Hack and Slash 21.6%, Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 8.1%
- #16 Eastern Exorcist
86% matchVery Positive84% of 6,739 reviews2021
Dev: Wildfire Game(无锡野火数字科技有限公司)
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.7%, Hack and Slash 23.5%, Action RPG 16.6%, Platformer 9.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #17 Apple Slash
86% matchVery Positive95% of 227 reviews2020
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
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: Hack and Slash 27.8%, Action RPG 26%, Side Scroller 25.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Action 4.3%
- #18 Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
84% matchVery Positive86% of 792 reviews2022
Dev: SmokeStabPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Platformer 28%, Difficult 18.8%, 2.5D 14.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Hack and Slash 13.1%
- #19 3000th Duel
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 626 reviews2019
Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: Hack and Slash 19.2%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Difficult 17.5%, 2.5D 15.9%, Platformer 10.9%
- #20 Blade Assault
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,299 reviews2022
Dev: TeamSuneatPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Blade Assault is a 2D action rogue-lite platformer with beautiful pixel art set in a desolate sci-fi world. Fight against the corrupt military of Esperanza as part of the resistance force of the Undercity. Bring the corrupt to justice by becoming stronger and fighting alongside your trusty comrades.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.9%, Hack and Slash 22.2%, 2D Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 18.8%, Action 7.1%
- #21 Ikeda : The Scrap Hunter E.P.
83% matchMixed70% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Trent KaniugaPub: Aquatic Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Wall jump and slash your way through the remains of Facility 32 as legendary Scrap Hunter Iggy Ikeda in this super-tight action platformer with collectibles.
Why similar: Difficult 37.1%, Platformer 32.7%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #22 Darkblade Ascent
79% matchVery Positive82% of 536 reviews2025
Dev: PST Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling. Hack and slash your way through atmospheric dark fantasy locations, unique monsters and bosses.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 34%, Action RPG 29.2%, RPG 11.1%, Combat 8.9%, Fantasy 8%
- #23 Slash or Die
82% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2016
Dev: ClickGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity. You will have to become one of three heroes to slash enemies or to die from their hands. What will your hero do? It depends only on your skills…
Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.1%, Difficult 23.6%, Action RPG 22.8%, Arcade 11.1%, RPG 7.7%
- #24 Demon Skin
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Ludus futurePub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Brutal Hack&Slash game with a challenging combat system plunges you into the harsh dark fantasy world to test your will and your skills. Only those who dare to get into the Demon Skin can survive!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22%, Side Scroller 21%, 2.5D 16%, Platformer 10.8%, Linear 8.3%
- #25 Katana ZERO
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,917 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 27.9%, Difficult 20.9%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 19.9%, Action 5.2%
- #26 Slash/Jump
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Starts With Cinder
Windows
How do you platform if walking and jumping aren't an option? With a sword of course! Bounce and slash your way through this short and sweet, uniquely controlled precision platformer!
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.7%, 2D Platformer 28.3%, Platformer 15.5%, Linear 10.1%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #27 Machina Blade
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Guilda Entertainment
Windows
In Machina Blade what matters the most is your skill. Choose a character and fight your way through hordes of Machinas in this short game with up to four players on local co-op.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 52.7%, Platformer 24.7%, Combat 8.2%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #28 Cursorblade
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,015 reviews2023
Dev: RealPeach
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Cursorblade is a bullet hell game where you play as the cursor, fighting your way through waves of enemies. Combine weapons and items to become more powerful with your own unique builds. Slash, dodge, upgrade, and repeat!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 64.7%, Arcade 28.9%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #29 Karma Knight
80% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.1%, Difficult 19.7%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Action 16.7%, Platformer 12.3%
- #30 Gladio
81% matchMixed53% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: 4188 Studios
Windows
Gladio is a first-person, hack n' slash, action game with parkour elements. Fight against multiple different enemy types across different levels, while managing your health along the way. Survive if you can...
Why similar: Hack and Slash 44.2%, Difficult 33.9%, Combat 8.5%, 3D 7.8%, Action 4%
- #31 ABYSSAL BLADE
76% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Vifer Games
Windows · Mac
ABYSSAL BLADE is a pixel-art boss rush inspired by MMO raid mechanics. With only 1 HP, take up your blade and challenge the five stages of grief.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 28.5%, Difficult 25.8%, Action RPG 24.7%, Combat 7.5%, RPG 7.4%
- #32 Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
77% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: ASTEROID-JPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.4%, Hack and Slash 22.7%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Action 7.3%
- #33 Jaded
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,077 reviews2025
Dev: ShellSnore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.7%, Side Scroller 22.2%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 13.9%, Linear 10.1%
- #34 Breaking Gates
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Ylun GamesPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Intense 2D action with special attacks, aerial combos, and customizable combat in a vibrant, hand-drawn world. Upgrade your skills, forge new items, discover secret paths, and face challenging enemies on a journey to save the kingdom!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 21.7%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Action RPG 17.4%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Platformer 8.5%
- #35 Rhythm Fighter
76% matchVery Positive80% of 456 reviews2020
Dev: echo gamesPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a Roguelike Horizontal Action game that players need to follow the beat to defeat opponents. Beat to follow, fist to the bone. Face the foe, and dance to kill!
Why similar: Difficult 74.3%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #36 Morbid Metal
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,322 reviews2026
Dev: SCREEN JUICEPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Shapeshift into powerful characters in real time, chain impactful combos, and tear through waves of deadly machines and brutal bosses in this fast-paced hack-and-slash rogue-lite.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 41.6% ★, Hack and Slash 20.2%, Action RPG 14.7%, Difficult 13.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #37 SANABI
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,901 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 17.9%, Difficult 17.9%, Action 6.4%
- #38 Hack and Slash Fury
72% matchVery Positive80% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: juan_poder_azure
Windows
Heavy Metal! Deep Combo System! Lot of Cinematics! Discover Legendary Warriors Forged in War! Destroy the dark empire! and save the world of his tiranity!!! Dark or Light?! Only one will Survive!!! Prepare your sword! And Anihilate all your enemies!
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 58.4% ★, Hack and Slash 29.2%, Combat 5.3%, 3D 3.9%, Action 1.7%
- #39 Mute Crimson+
75% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.3%, Difficult 23.7%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 14.2%, Arcade 10.9%
- #40 HunterX
73% matchVery Positive84% of 729 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 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: Action RPG 21.2%, Side Scroller 20.6%, 2.5D 17%, Hack and Slash 11.9%, Platformer 9.2%
- #41 Haneda Girl
71% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Koba
Windows
Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 30.5%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Arcade 10.4%
- #42 Isles of Limbo
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: ArgonauticsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arena-based hack-and-slash combat Fight off waves of enemies with the weight of your hammer and the grace of your sword. Spellbinding Visuals A hybrid of 3D and hand-painted art styles, animated to create a breathing, if not quite living, world between worlds.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 70.9%, Action 9.6%, Combat 9%, Fantasy 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #43 Buff Knight Advanced
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Buff Studio Co.,Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Buff Knight Advanced is a 2D Pixel RPG where you’re constantly on the move. Kill the invading monsters with your sword or by timing your use of spells carefully! As you progress the game becomes more intense with stronger and uglier monsters!
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.6%, Action RPG 18.6%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Platformer 12.2%, RPG 9.4%
- #44 AeternoBlade II: Infinity
73% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Corecell Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
AeternoBlade II: Infinity, new patch in 4K is a hardcore action-puzzle game of Time-Manipulation Combat. Control the flow of time, amend the past, foresee the future, convolute with alternate timelines to fight otherwise undefeatable foes and circumvent the impossible.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 32.2%, RPG 20.1%, Difficult 18.9%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Action 8.1%
- #45 GwenBlade
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: ArcWillow
Windows
SLASH YOUR FEARS in light-paced action/platformer with Story-driven Roguelite in the minds of mentally ill people! Solodev project on UE5
Why similar: Hack and Slash 49.3%, Platformer 24.3%, RPG 12.4%, Combat 6.5%, Action 3.8%
- #46 THE SEGMENT TWINS
70% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: HeungDoReu-HeungDol
Windows
THE SEGMENT TWINS is a hack-and-slash game featuring unique character tag action. Go crazy the stylish action of the mush hunter twin girls!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 44.3%, Arcade 17.4%, Linear 13.5%, 3D 7.8%, Combat 6.3%
- #47 Metal Bringer
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,137 reviews2025
Dev: ALPHAWING Inc.Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
In this roguelike action-adventure, control humanoid "Labor" and giant "Arms" to uncover the mysteries of the world. Create fully-customizable robots, strengthen them, and take down hordes of enemies!
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 42.4% ★, Hack and Slash 20.2%, Action RPG 15.1%, 2.5D 14.7%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #48 Astor: Blade of the Monolith
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: C2 Game StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Rip through hordes of enemies with fury and style in this fast-paced action RPG. Play as Astor, a young warrior determined to unveil the secrets behind his creators’ unforeseen demise. Wield an arsenal of runic weapons to hunt down the evil haunting the planet Gliese and save it from impending doom.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 29.3%, Action RPG 26.1%, Exploration 8.7%, RPG 8.2%, Combat 7.8%
- #49 Sclash
69% matchVery Positive83% of 568 reviews2023
Dev: Bevel bakeryPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Sclash is a plug’n play 2D samurai fighting game full of tension where one hit is enough to kill. Play as a hand-drawn samurai in beautiful painted settings and fight your opponent in epic solemn duels where each move matters. Manage well your stamina, breath and take your time to land a deadly hit.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 51.1% ★, 2.5D 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Arcade 9.9%, Action 2.5%
- #50 Death of a Wish
68% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: melessthanthreePub: Syndicate Atomic LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
THE NEO-SANCTUM SHALL FALL. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat in this action-RPG where style is salvation.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 50.4% ★, Hack and Slash 22.7%, Action RPG 19%, RPG 6.2%, Action 1.7%
- #51 Wulverblade
71% matchVery Positive80% of 225 reviews2018
Dev: Fully IllustratedPub: Darkwind Media
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.
Why similar: Side Scroller 43.3%, Difficult 26.6%, Action 15.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #52 Die by the Blade
70% matchMixed60% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Grindstone
Windows
Vanquish your foes with a single strike in 1v1 weapon-based fighter Die by the Blade. Dive into a samuraipunk world and wield a range of traditional Japanese weapons to determine your moveset. Outwit your opponent in intense, tactical battles and master the art of the one-hit kill!
Why similar: Arcade 40.7%, Combat 25.5%, 3D 19.1%, Action 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #53 Dustless
67% matchVery Positive83% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: 神刀之死Pub: Paras Games
Windows
Dustless is a hand-drawn wuxia side-scrolling action game built around Yin-Yang switching, fast pressure, and endless combos. Play as a swordsman in white, link sword skills, launch enemies, and overwhelm bosses through aggressive rhythm. Defense is only a fallback while you learn.
Why similar: Action RPG 45.8%, 2D Platformer 32.7%, Action 7%, Adventure 6.7%, Combat 6.5%
- #54 30XX
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,768 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.3%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 20.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Action 3.7%
- #55 Vindilis
66% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: François Mauxion
Windows
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis! A short, epic 2D action platformer that will put you against powerful enemies in a hand-drawn universe. A short-form souls like game about vengeance and creation.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 35.2% ★, Hack and Slash 19.2%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Action RPG 11.8%, Platformer 8.1%
- #56 GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,130 reviews2022
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Death is not the end: defeat infernal foes until you die and carry on the fight with your eternal soul and memories in a new body!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 36.9%, Difficult 29.8%, 2.5D 24.7%, Combat 4.9%, Action 2.8%
- #57 Slave Zero X
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: Poppy WorksPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Slave Zero X is a stylish 2.5D character action game set in the biopunk world of Slave Zero (1999). Run & Slash your way through a dystopian future in this character action game which will resonate with fans of Devil May Cry, Strider, and Guilty Gear.
Why similar: Spectacle fighter 43.4% ★, Hack and Slash 20.2%, 2.5D 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Arcade 4.8%
- #58 Stray Savior
66% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
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 28.4%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 18.2%, Difficult 10.6%, Linear 6.5%
- #59 Vernal Edge
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 637 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Platformer 46.7%, Combat 21.8%, Fantasy 11.9%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 6.8%