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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, Singleplayer.

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As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 343 reviews
Released: 2026-02-02
Developer: NERDS TAKE OVER
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    Dev: Kumi Souls GamesPub: Playstack
    Windows
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Souls-like 28.8%, Metroidvania 25.7%, Gothic 21.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7%

  2. #2 Salt and Sanctuary
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 21,853 reviews2016
    Dev: Ska Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

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    96% matchVery Positive84% of 494 reviews2024
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    95% matchVery Positive92% of 178 reviews2026
    Dev: Poor Locke
    Windows

    Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure. Enter the guild of the Crimson Capes and explore a fantasy world of Sword and Sorcery.

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    94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,510 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.

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    94% matchMixed69% of 3,112 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,720 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    93% matchVery Positive81% of 855 reviews2018
    Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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.

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  9. #9 Watcher Chronicles
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 173 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac

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    91% matchVery Positive86% of 168 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.

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  11. #11 Halls of Torment
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 31,770 reviews2024
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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  12. #12 Blasphemous
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 66,776 reviews2019
    Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    89% matchVery Positive93% of 294 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  14. #14 Infinitevania
    87% matchVery Positive93% of 252 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    88% matchMixed68% of 709 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,967 reviews2026
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    Windows
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    83% matchMostly Positive79% of 696 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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  33. #33 Phyllosoma
    77% matchMixed56% of 62 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  34. #34 Voidwrought
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,015 reviews2024
    Dev: Powersnake
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,451 reviews2025
    Dev: Team LadybugPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
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  36. #36 HunterX
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 743 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive85% of 6,733 reviews2021
    Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 639 reviews2024
    Dev: Egg or Chicken GamesPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  39. #39 The Devil Within: Satgat
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 925 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    74% matchVery Positive83% of 401 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 268 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    71% matchMixed70% of 478 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    75% matchMixed67% of 234 reviews2017
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    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    72% matchMixed64% of 230 reviews2024
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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 19,122 reviews2016
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    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 639 reviews2023
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    68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,219 reviews2021
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    EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 26.4%, Action RPG 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Exploration 5.6%

  54. #54 Overbowed
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
    Windows

    Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, 2D 6.9%, Action 6.4%

  55. #55 AshenForest
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 199 reviews2020
    Dev: GentleRaven GamesPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
    Windows

    AshenForest is a roguelite action RPG focused on boss-rush. To purify the ashen forest that is causing the plague, you must fight against all the monsters lurking in the forest.

    Why similar: Action 19.3%, RPG 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%

  56. #56 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 473 reviews2023
    Dev: Amrita
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

    Why similar: Souls-like 37.1%, Top-Down 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Action RPG 12.6%, 2D 6.8%

  57. #57 The Excrawlers
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2023
    Dev: Game Dynasty
    Windows

    Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.

    Why similar: Souls-like 43.3%, Top-Down 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, 2D 6.4%

  58. #58 Etherburn
    67% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Nixon Scherbarth
    Windows

    Etherburn is a Souls-like action-adventure. Play as a hero resurrected in a mysterious and interconnected dungeon. Explore and face intense duels as you fight your way to freedom.

    Why similar: Souls-like 43.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Action 9.2%

  59. #59 Mask of Soul
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2026
    Dev: XION ENTERTAINMENTPub: XIONPLUS
    Windows

    Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.

    Why similar: Souls-like 39.7%, Metroidvania 34.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, 2D 5.6%

  60. #60 Netherworld Covenant
    63% matchMostly Positive79% of 718 reviews2025
    Dev: MadGoat Game StudioPub: Infini Fun
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the fallen souls. With hardcore, soulslike action and intriguing roguelike builds, shatter the cursed barriers and unveil the truth woven from blood and soul.

    Why similar: Gothic 36.4%, Action RPG 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Combat 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%

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