- #1 The End Grows
96% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Atopia.studio
Windows
Incremental Roguevania || Hurry up, the world ends in 5 minutes! Gain 100 levels in a single strike and distribute your stat points mid-battle to adapt instantly.A Fast RPG blending action, exploration, and a unique real-time leveling system!
Why similar: Roguevania 33.3% ★, Souls-like 17.7%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Roguelite 10.2%, Action Roguelike 8.7%
- #2 Rift Keeper
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Why similar: Roguevania 49.2% ★, Roguelite 13.4%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Metroidvania 11.3%, Souls-like 10.2%
- #3 Dark Devotion
96% 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: Souls-like 28.6%, Roguevania 26.7% ★, Metroidvania 17.4%, Action Roguelike 9.2%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #4 Moonlight Traveler
94% 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 33.1% ★, Souls-like 20.4%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Roguelite 11.2%, Action Roguelike 9.3%
- #5 Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,941 reviews2019
Dev: IceSitruuna
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.
Why similar: Roguevania 37.4% ★, Metroidvania 21.1%, Roguelite 12.8%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Souls-like 7.1%
- #6 Little Knight 2: Old Dreams
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 黑猫游戏
Windows
Little Knight 2: Dark Souls of the Past "is the official 3D RPG sequel to the classic" Little Knight ", continuing the passion and adventurous spirit of its predecessor, and creating a broader and more free medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Roguevania 35.6% ★, Souls-like 19.6%, Roguelite 11.4%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #7 DurDanto
93% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Shihan KhanPub: DevsLair Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
DurDanto is a metroidvania game where you play as Zubok in a fallen city with beautiful pixel art environments while facing different enemies. Use elemental abilities to uncover secrets of the fallen city, overcome the enemies & roguelike dungeons by skills & spells!
Why similar: Roguevania 43.4% ★, Metroidvania 25%, Roguelite 15.9%, Action Roguelike 4.3%, Action 3.9%
- #8 Dead Cells
92% 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 31.3% ★, Souls-like 19.7%, Metroidvania 18.1%, Roguelite 11.7%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #9 Little Knight
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 黑猫游戏
Windows
This is a medieval horizontal pixel-style game that can achieve unlimited gold coins. Players can control the little knight and experience the endless fun of monster swiping and exploration.
Why similar: Roguevania 36.5% ★, Souls-like 20.1%, Metroidvania 18.6%, Roguelite 11.8%, Nature 4.6%
- #10 King of Freshwater
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落水枸
Windows
"King of Freshwater " is a fish-themed Boss Rush action game featuring intense combat and knockback mechanics. Players control a small fish challenging dozens of larger aquatic predators in brutal battles.
Why similar: Creature Collector 30.6%, Souls-like 30%, Roguelite 16.1%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Action 4%
- #11 Aura of Worlds
90% matchVery Positive92% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!
Why similar: Roguevania 33.7% ★, Souls-like 21.7%, Metroidvania 19.9%, Roguelite 11.5%, Action Roguelike 7.9%
- #12 Katanaut
89% 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 33.8% ★, Souls-like 19.2%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #13 Koboo: The Tree Spirit - Prologue
89% 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 35.6% ★, Souls-like 22%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Roguelite 11.8%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #14 Rogue Worlds
88% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Rogue Worlds is a chaotic tactical roguelite platformer where you wield the environment and creative abilities to overcome challenges. Outwit powerful guardians and blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths!
Why similar: Roguevania 33.3% ★, Souls-like 22.2%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Roguelite 11.3%, Action Roguelike 7.6%
- #15 FALLENSTAR
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NebulaVoid Interactive LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of Aetherion's newest agent and join them on their quest for infinite energy. Choose your playstyle and weapons, upgrade your equipment, and complete your missions to become stronger and survive on planet 347TH2-Terminus in this fast-paced roguelike-metroidvania.
Why similar: Roguevania 33.1% ★, Metroidvania 22%, Souls-like 18.2%, Roguelite 15.9%, Action Roguelike 3.8%
- #16 Mazgeon
86% 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 35.7% ★, Souls-like 20.2%, Metroidvania 18.2%, Roguelite 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #17 Nightmare: The Lunatic
84% matchVery Positive89% of 264 reviews2024
Dev: Maetdol Games
Windows
Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.
Why similar: Roguevania 30.6% ★, Souls-like 21.8%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Roguelite 13.6%, Action Roguelike 12.4%
- #18 Hatone
84% 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 34.5% ★, Souls-like 21.5%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Action Roguelike 9.5%, Action 3.5%
- #19 The Revolt: Awakening
86% 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 30.2% ★, Souls-like 18.1%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action 8.7%
- #20 SuperEpic: The Entertainment War
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Undercoders
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive micro transactions.
Why similar: Roguevania 58% ★, Metroidvania 14.5%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Action 4.8%, Adventure 4.5%
- #21 Wild Witch
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Giantmaker Studio
Windows
A cozy horror roguelike where you play as a resurrected nature goddess with twisted magical powers. Master strategic combat, make moral choices between corruption and purification, and decide the fate of the World Tree. Play solo or in 2-player co-op to become hero or horror.
Why similar: Roguevania 29.2% ★, Creature Collector 20.5%, Souls-like 17.3%, Metroidvania 16.2%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #22 Isekai Mage
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TongLee
Windows
Protagonist dies in a truck accident, reborn as a Mage Adventurer in an isekai. Explore chests, battle monsters, complete quests, and customize skills via roguelike mechanics. Defeat the Demon King in this blend of RPG, adventure, and light roguelike.
Why similar: Roguevania 54.7% ★, Metroidvania 25.3%, Roguelite 16%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #23 The VIllage of Eri
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GhoulSoftware
Windows
A metroidvenia rouglike platformer RPG.Explore the world as you upgrade your character, buy gear, solve puzzles and save villagers.Fight hordes of monsters in the hopes of learning more about the world and yourself.Gain bonuses for every building you restore and every villager you save.
Why similar: Roguevania 39.3% ★, Metroidvania 22.7%, Roguelite 17.1%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Action 4.8%
- #24 Xenon Valkyrie
83% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: Diabolical Mind
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.9% ★, Roguelite 27.4%, Action Roguelike 14%, Action 2.9%, Adventure 2.6%
- #25 Demon Strikes Back
82% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: WildPlanetPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Demon strikes back is a rogue-lite action game, across the abyssal fissure and beat all your foes! Seize their weapons, snatch their equipment, retrieve their relics, and reave their soul! The demon grows stronger than ever!
Why similar: Roguevania 37.1% ★, Souls-like 20.2%, Roguelite 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Third Person 4.5%
- #26 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.6%, Metroidvania 27.9%, Roguevania 19.1% ★, Roguelite 6.4%, Emotional 4.4%
- #27 Lumnis
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Wild Moose Games
Windows
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 27.3%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Stylized 5.4%
- #28 The Guise
80% 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 37% ★, Souls-like 22.7%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Open World 6.8%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #29 Tairo: Lost In Time
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Souls-like 41.2%, Metroidvania 38.8%, Stylized 10.4%, Action 4.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #30 Source of Madness
78% matchMixed70% of 1,514 reviews2022
Dev: Carry CastlePub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.
Why similar: Roguevania 27.4% ★, Souls-like 20.7%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Roguelite 14.9%, Action Roguelike 8.1%
- #31 Eat Or Keep
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Volp Interactive
Windows
In a dying city ruled by uncontrollable magic, every resource is a choice: consume it to grow stronger, or preserve it to survive. Eat Or Keep is a challenging 2D Metroidvania with strong rogue-lite elements. Explore, fight, fall… and rise again.
Why similar: Roguevania 42% ★, Metroidvania 29%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Roguelite 5.2%
- #32 Last Fisherman
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZwiebelGames
Windows
In abandoned biomes, forgotten cities, and lifeless waters, you cast your line — often without knowing whether it is still worth it. Rare fish, fragile systems, and a world without explanation create an atmosphere that observes rather than entertains.
Why similar: Roguevania 38.8% ★, Creature Collector 28.5%, Roguelite 15%, Nature 6.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #33 Death Machine
75% matchMixed58% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Philip Froelich
Windows
Conquer the mechanical citadel in Death Machine - a metroidvania, with a roguelite item system. Gather items to gain strength, navigate the perilous machine world, leverage the aid of ancient demons, and seek out dangerous denizens to defeat before the forces of the machine close in on you.
Why similar: Roguevania 29.2% ★, Souls-like 25.2%, Metroidvania 25.1%, Roguelite 12.4%, Action 2.9%
- #34 Asyle
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArxTec
Windows
Lose yourself in Asyle's open world environment to catalogue and tame wondrous creatures called Zoa. Explore the world and with the help of a team of Zoa you've befriended along the way, document the wildlife and uncover the nature of the mysterious catastrophic storms.
Why similar: Creature Collector 44.1%, Open World 16.2%, Nature 10.3%, Third Person 6.5%, Action 5.4%
- #35 Helmet Head
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Helmet Head is an action-roguelike with a 2D souls-lite combat style. Build your strength on each run by finding weapons, helmets, upgrades and items in randomly generated environments, and use them in clever ways to defeat your foes! Death wipes the slate clean. Keep learning, never stop fighting!
Why similar: Souls-like 29.4%, Roguevania 22% ★, Roguelite 18.6%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #36 SOULGRAVE
75% 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 43.7% ★, Metroidvania 21.6%, Roguelite 13.8%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Action 2.9%
- #37 Hollowroot
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cmrak
Windows
Hollowroot, a fast-paced 2D action roguelike. Master tight platforming and combat in ever-changing, procedurally generated levels. Every run is a new challenge. Can you survive?
Why similar: Roguevania 49.2% ★, Metroidvania 17.4%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Action 6.6%, Nature 5.6%
- #38 Ufouria: The Saga 2
73% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: SUNSOFT
Windows
Explore the unique and wacky world of SUNSOFT's Ufouria in this exploration-based side-scrolling game. The levels' terrain change each time you play with new secrets to explore. Be charmed, comforted and tickled by the fluffy felt-like remake of the strange-but-cute world of Ufouria!
Why similar: Roguevania 35.4% ★, Metroidvania 23.1%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 13.6%, Action 10%
- #39 迷途梦境 Lost Dream Chronicle
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AURION GAMES
Windows
"Lost Dream Chronicle" is a 3D ARPG that combines campus simulation with a 3D sandbox Metroidvania. The story follows a young adult, "Xiao Nan," who after graduating from university, enters society as a high school chemistry teacher, only to find herself trapped in dreams.
Why similar: Roguevania 38.4% ★, Souls-like 25.2%, Metroidvania 23.9%, 3D 3.5%, Third Person 3.4%
- #40 Through The Never
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Azikton Studio
Windows
Through The Never is a roguelike action RPG set in a reimagined Babylon. As a Rebel outcast, sabotage the Tower of Babel’s construction. Master divine powers, build unique runs, forge alliances, and face deadly foes in fast skill-based combat where every ascent changes the world
Why similar: Roguevania 29.5% ★, Roguelite 23.5%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Adventure 5.5%, Story Rich 5%
- #41 ScourgeBringer
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,193 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Why similar: Roguevania 30.2% ★, Roguelite 22.2%, Metroidvania 13.9%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Action 10%
- #42 A Robot Named Fight!
73% matchVery Positive88% of 883 reviews2017
Dev: Morningstar Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
Why similar: Roguevania 45.1% ★, Metroidvania 25%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Action 3.9%
- #43 Dimensum - Bizzarre Huntseeker
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: BAS Studio
Windows
「Run, Jump, Attack, Dash !」 "The portal Dimension" is a fast-paced 2D scrolling action game. The variety of mysterious dimensional armies has released several bizarre creatures to attack the innocence from various worlds. Now, just get rid of them anyway
Why similar: Roguevania 48.3% ★, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Metroidvania 11.2%, Action 9.4%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #44 Shroomwalker
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rise Dev
Windows
A roguelite metroidvania set in a hidden realm kept from you for years. Explore, fight, and evolve as a fungal wanderer able to absorb the abilities of your enemies to survive in a world decaying from within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Souls-like 21.8%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.8%, Action 8.9%
- #45 Power Pets
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows
Collect pets, level them up and power your way through endless waves of enemies. Evolve your pets as the hordes attack you to become even stronger. Customise them with runes, food, items to make your exploration even more powerful!
Why similar: Creature Collector 40.3%, Roguelite 20.8%, Action Roguelike 19.8%, Third Person 6.2%, Action 6.2%
- #46 Unguided
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SIX/five Games
Windows · Linux
Escape a digital prison, upload yourself back into the real world, and get revenge on the ones who framed you in this fast-paced challenging roguelike slasher. , suffer, ,
Why similar: Roguevania 36.2% ★, Souls-like 21.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Stylized 5.4%
- #47 Rogue Ottoman
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitek
Windows
Equip your sword and special abilities. Jump into the fast-paced action of the rogue-lite mechanics in an orientalist-steampunk universe. Gain experience and get new skills, build your character and save the city by defeating the bosses! Fight to the end or die! No checkpoints!
Why similar: Roguevania 43% ★, Souls-like 24.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Action 2.5%
- #48 Kromlech
67% matchMixed69% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows
Kromlech is an action-adventure RPG with rogue-lite elements, set in a dark fantasy world of swords and sorcery. Play as an adventurer whose quest for glory and gold takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself at the center of a world-ending calamity.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.2%, Metroidvania 21%, Roguelite 13.5%, Open World 12.2%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #49 Abyss Odyssey
73% matchMixed63% of 2,526 reviews2014
Dev: ACE TeamPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Why similar: Roguevania 51.5% ★, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Metroidvania 13%, Action 6.5%, Roguelite 5.5%
- #50 Take Care
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanesto
Windows
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.7%, Metroidvania 29.9%, Stylized 7.7%, Nature 6.8%, Action 6.7%
- #51 Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 5,120 reviews2017
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sundered is a chaotic hand-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!
Why similar: Roguevania 54.3% ★, Metroidvania 23.8%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Female Protagonist 3.6%, Action 2.7%
- #52 Talaka
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Potato KidPub: Acclaim, Inc.
Windows
Dive into a hand-painted world where myths come alive and turn against you. Unravel branching stories shaped by ancient Gods, explore lush, vibrant landscapes, and battle corrupted creatures from Afro-Brazilian folklore that threaten the balance of the realms. Destiny calls. The Gods are watching.
Why similar: Roguevania 28.3% ★, Roguelite 18.2%, Metroidvania 16.2%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Action 5.6%
- #53 Patch Quest
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,747 reviews2023
Dev: Lychee Game LabsPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!
Why similar: Roguevania 27.5% ★, Creature Collector 24.9%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Roguelite 13.8%, Action Roguelike 9.2%
- #54 Pal Up!
68% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: stre1itzia
Windows
Climb to the heavens across worlds, avoiding dangerous enemies in this "Souls-Like" game.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.7%, Creature Collector 21.8%, Open World 13%, Nature 7.8%, Third Person 6.5%
- #55 Grimmy Tales
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BonkersBlokes
Windows
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Why similar: Roguevania 35.2% ★, Souls-like 20.5%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Roguelite 12.9%, Action 4.2%
- #56 Ghost 1.0
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,103 reviews2016
Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.5% ★, Metroidvania 33.7%, Action 5.6%, Female Protagonist 5.4%, Adventure 4.2%
- #57 HOTEL BARCELONA
65% 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 38.5% ★, Souls-like 21.1%, Metroidvania 21.1%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Action 4.2%
- #58 Death's Web
65% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Arachnocoder
Windows
Death’s Web is a brutal rogue-lite where curses twist every run. These aren't just debuffs but deadly effects that force you to move or die. Survive their chaos to earn powerful blessings, harvest souls to upgrade permanently, and battle through a cursed world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Roguevania 37.4% ★, Souls-like 21.1%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 11.5%, Adventure 3.6%
- #59 cultivation of the strong
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: PengStudio
Windows
The Self Cultivation of the Strong "is a combination of developing a world map, third person survival shooting, and Roguelike. To become a true powerhouse, one must pass the test of girls! The greatest hero of the empire, are you ready to take on the challenge?
Why similar: Roguevania 38.4% ★, Metroidvania 19.6%, Roguelite 12.5%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Open World 7.7%
- #60 Aenoic Abyss
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Planescape Game StudioPub: Wise Games
Windows
Swap between two heroines (Paladin/Mage/Assassin/Centaur Archer) instantly in this 2D pixel-art roguelite platformer, forge permanent Diablo-inspired builds with 200+ affix combinations to conquer cycle-reborn abyssal labyrinths and rend the holy veil of the Purification Ritual.
Why similar: Roguevania 40.5% ★, Souls-like 22.6%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.8%