- #1 Girl In Darkness
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Torgomind
Windows
Traverse horrid ruins and seek opulent prizes. A game about a girl in terrible danger.
Why similar: Philosophical 16%, Souls-like 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychedelic 11.5%
- #2 ASTRA : Era Of Anguish
96% matchPositive86% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: NewOrderFantasySimulations
Windows
Explore the valley of Laywind and unravel a grand mystery.
Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Action RPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #3 Runic Prophecy
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RunicForge
Windows
Runic Prophecy is a challenging third-person soulslike action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Explore Eyjusheim, unleash magic and a dragon in combat, battle supernatural creatures, and uncover the hidden lore of a shattered world.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.8%, Action RPG 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #4 Abyss of Kings
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Star Banner GamesPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows · Linux
Explore the remnants of an underground civilization and battle sentient chess pieces. Discover magical rings and use them to create your own spells. Meet the last inhabitants of a dead kingdom and escape the Abyss.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Surreal 8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #5 A Short Quest
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Moon
Windows
Explore a hand-crafted world, overcome brutally challenging combat, and restore order to a broken kingdom. Discover many unique weapons, tools, spells, and secrets in this short game inspired by old school action RPGs.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 16%, Action RPG 14.1%, Souls-like 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #6 Necrofane
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Millennium Bound
Windows
A dark power is rising. Defeat the necromancer and his generals before they conquer the kingdom. In this old school dark fantasy RPG, explore cursed dungeons, battle monstrous foes, master forbidden magic, and gather powerful loot in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Action RPG 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Medieval 8%
- #7 Vignettes: The Dream City
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows
Vignettes: The Dream City is a first-person surreal dream-crawler game featuring turn-based combat, knowledge-based gameplay, non-linear exploration, and souls-like progression. Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?
Why similar: Souls-like 19.8%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Abstract 11.9%, Surreal 11.5%
- #8 Orken
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demagog StudioPub: SIXMOREVODKA
Windows · Mac
When his best friend fails to arrive at their secret meeting place, the young Khar warrior Coltec must leave everything behind to discover the terrible fate that has befallen his best friend in this Action-RPG, inspired by Dark Souls and Dragon's Dogma.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.2%, Action RPG 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #9 Affinity: Fallen from Paradise
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niwaessence
Windows
Journey through a broken world, discovering its long forgotten secrets. Experience a non linear story in a lore filled world, and learning new abilities to survive againist otherworldly threats. Can you make it back to Paradise?
Why similar: Souls-like 17.5%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Action RPG 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
- #10 Blood Radiant
90% match7 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: David Disco
Windows
A lovecraftian soulslike action-RPG set on an island where interdimensional flesh demons harvest humanity's pain in the form of loosh to power their dark machinations. Discover grotesque creatures, weapons, power-ups, and fellow travelers as you unravel the island’s terrible secret.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Souls-like 24.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Action RPG 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
- #11 Dreamwrought
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugo Fergusson
Windows
A first-person action adventure with weighty melee, parries, and ruthless close-quarters fights. You are a vessel for eldritch gods. Explore dream-shaped dungeons, claim strange artifacts, and bargain with the factions below to bend the very fabric of reality around your will.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.2%, Dungeon Crawler 18.8%, Action RPG 16.8%, Surreal 8.3%, Action 6.9%
- #12 SKERDA ARMOR
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oriol Cabús
Windows
SKERDA ARMOR is a bizarre soulslike set in a distant grotesque world of concrete jungles and strange rural lands.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.4%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Surreal 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Action RPG 11.1%
- #13 Dead Wells: The Devil Fragment
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Echo7Project
Windows
Hack, Slash, Parry and Dodge your foes in this Souls-like Action RPG. Explore the countryside in search of The Devil Fragment while fighting enemies with a multi game inspired combat system where you can launch foes into the air and then juggle them to build your combo meter for multiple buffs.
Why similar: Souls-like 22%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Action RPG 12.5%, Lovecraftian 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%
- #14 Verho - Curse of Faces
86% matchVery Positive93% of 1,073 reviews2025
Dev: Kasur GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Verho, a Dark RPG following the tradition of the King’s Field series, takes place after the catastrophic Era of Solitude, where masks have become the only protection against the Curse of Faces. Travel to the land of Yariv, find the source of this scourge and face its dangers.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.1%, Abstract 15%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%
- #15 Bloodsmith
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ACEDIA
Windows
A fierce, action-packed narrative RPG; Play as Quentin Ashborne, the archaeologist whose duty has brought him to fight tooth and nail against the damned souls. If you are to survive, you must learn to manage & manipulate blood. Ride the downward spiral.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.5%, Souls-like 20.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Action RPG 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
- #16 Under Iron Water
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Joel Carter
Windows
A first person adventure game with light platforming elements. On an island, somewhere in the ocean, a powerful creature has been captured but is slowly gaining power. It sends it's minions across the island to spread it's influence, one such location being the old village crypt, where you awaken.
Why similar: Abstract 18.3%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Psychedelic 13%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Medieval 8.5%
- #17 Forced Sacrifice: Lost Soul
86% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Hejled Studio
Windows
Nothing can stop the inevitable. Everything will play out, just as it has been planned. Forced Sacrifice: Lost Souls is a bullet-hell game with a storyline reaching for metaphysical and theological topics. Gather the power, get rid of demons and retake The Soul from the traitors.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.9%, Abstract 17%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #18 SoulCharge
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingQuests
Windows
Harness the power of a corrupted blade as you navigate forgotten ruins, kill monsters, and balance your soul between power and corruption in this dark, atmospheric dungeon souls-like game!
Why similar: Souls-like 22.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Action RPG 12.4%, Medieval 7.7%
- #19 Labyrinth of Rage
84% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Ynnzana Studio
Windows
Enter the Labyrinth... at your own demise.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Action RPG 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #20 Last Night of Winter
84% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: DigitalZeon
Windows
Wake up and walk, Warden! Because the siege continues. We must find the Heir... And finally put an end to this cursed night.
Why similar: Souls-like 27%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Action RPG 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #21 Scarleth
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: evenyth
Windows
A 16-bit Action RPG. Explore a vibrant world, conquer relentless dungeons, and face epic bosses in a desperate quest to rescue your sister.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.1%, Action RPG 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Medieval 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #22 The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited
83% matchVery Positive93% of 264 reviews2021
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows
The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.
Why similar: Psychedelic 31%, Abstract 23.2%, Surreal 16.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Colorful 5.1%
- #23 Dynasthir
80% matchPositive83% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Mireneye
Windows
In its dying breath, Dynasthir beckons. Bestowed upon you is a vast obscure world inviting methodical exploration, skillful combat & profound moments of awe. Push into the unknown & maybe you'll live to tell your tale. The world is dying, will you persist?
Why similar: Souls-like 22.3%, Lore-Rich 14%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Action RPG 12.4%, Surreal 11.9%
- #24 Humanities Legend: Dark Horizon
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Derek Tanis
Windows
A segmented open world action-adventure game. Fight bosses, explore dungeons, and find magic abilities to push out the Dark form the land. Collect and level up to fight stronger enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.1%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Medieval 12%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #25 Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
82% matchMixed59% of 20,644 reviews2014
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
Why similar: Souls-like 33%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Action RPG 12.8%, Medieval 6.6%
- #26 The Milk Lake
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boltzmann Games
Windows
Alone, Emmer traverses strange and dangerous lands to avenge her family and kill the dragon who burnt her home to the ground. But monsters aren't always the scary things that lurk in the shadows. The Milk Lake is an intense, atmospheric sword-combat action RPG about the true nature of evil.
Why similar: Souls-like 27%, Action RPG 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #27 Void: Edge of Existence
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Dala GG StudiosPub: Dala GG Studios
Windows
Void: Edge of Existence is a Souls-like, Dark Fantasy inspired, Action RPG. You'll experience corrupted zones, lost powerful items, hidden domains providing you're able to completed the Trials placed in 3D Souls-lite combat. Hard Hitting Mobs, Difficult Bosses, Scaled Enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Action RPG 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11%
- #28 Blue Wyrm
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VERBArootsPub: DOSMan Publishing
Windows
Blue Wyrm is a psychedelic first-person souls-like with a retro aesthetic and skill-heavy combat system. Do you have what it takes to save your wife in the crypt of the Blue Wyrm?
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.9%, Souls-like 25.5%, Abstract 10.8%, Exploration 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #29 Gorble
78% matchVery Positive98% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows
Gorble is a short marble-based dungeon crawl.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.5%, Souls-like 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #30 Spirit Axis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8IN8 Media
Windows
A surreal dark-fantasy action adventure RPG built on an eightfold spiritual system, where sin, virtue, and balance shape your experience.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Surreal 11.6%, Action RPG 11.5%
- #31 Absym
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinity Experience
Windows
Absym is a unique souls-like that challenges you to survive between two dimensions: the decaying Nihilor and the corrupted Absymalith. Fight, explore, and use Rift Dancing to shift between worlds in real time. Every choice draws you closer to redemption... or corruption.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Lovecraftian 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Action RPG 13%
- #32 Snails Have Skeletons
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AesirAesthetics
Windows
"The dark adventure game, Snails Have Skeletons, is a dark spin on the classic 16-bit adventure genre. Explore an interconnected world and battle lingering undead to uncover the mystery of the doom that befell the marsh." Genres: Exploration, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Dark Fantasy
Why similar: Souls-like 23.7%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Philosophical 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #33 Forlorn Outcast
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Griever Games
Windows
Confront fate in Forlorn Outcast, an immersive souls-like RPG. Stand your ground against the Drothar hordes, channel powerful spells, and discover the dark fantasy realm of Tilsa as you ascend from outcast to legend.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Action RPG 13.5%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #34 Strayed Lights
75% matchVery Positive80% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system. Shift between colours to repel attacks and strike back. Explore a dreamlike world as you restore your light that was torn by shadows.
Why similar: Souls-like 22%, Philosophical 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Surreal 12.7%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #35 Aspiel: Edge Of Chaos
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sylpha Works
Windows
Aspiel: Edge of Chaos is a third-person fantasy Action-RPG. Explore numerous locations ravaged by the dark power of Death, face various creatures consumed by Chaos, and harness the power of Life to save the continent of Aspiel.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.6%, Action RPG 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Medieval 9.6%
- #36 Humanities Legend: Hollow Ascending
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Derek Tanis
Windows
A challenging yet forgiving souls-like action adventure. Parry, block, and dodge enemy attacks while exploring a ruined fort. Discover rich lore and epic boss fights.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.1%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 8%
- #37 Dreamspring
73% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Billyfighter
Windows · Linux
Dreamspring is a dark fantasy styled, open world souls-like game. Explore a dying kingdom and it's different realms in first person action combat, styled in a mix of retro and vaporwave aesthetics.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Action RPG 14.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #38 Song of the Nothing
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aesthetic Ogre
Windows
Fight through the twisted Napolean era nightmares of the nothing in this Hack and Slash adventure. Go solo, or with a party to reach the end of the nothing before everyone loses their minds. Chose your abilities, and master combos, while unlocking new areas of solstice along the way.
Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Philosophical 14.7%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Surreal 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 10%
- #39 The Night Wanderer
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Koi
Windows
They said he was the son of a vagrant god yet he's but a soldier who fell from the stars. In this story-driven soulslike you are Vuko, an elite soldier, the best of the best. Find out what happened to a lost expedition headed for a mysterious, fantastical planet of medieval-like Midgaard.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.2%, Philosophical 15.3%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Action RPG 11.2%
- #40 ELDRIMAR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
ELDRIMAR is an Open-World RPG. The game tells a grim story in a dark fantasy setting. Explore large, nonlinear locations, while eradicating the undead to progress through the fascinating storyline of the dark Kingdom of Eldrimar.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Action RPG 12.3%, Medieval 7.4%
- #41 Roster:Alice's White Mouse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHIGAN ZHENG
Windows
This is a first-person dark sci-fi game. When the world is no longer habitable, when resources run low, monsters will begin to slaughter each other. And you, the lab mouse just awakened—what path will you take?
Why similar: Souls-like 22.1%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Action RPG 10.6%
- #42 Fate Of Aruna
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TRAFFIC JAM GAMESPub: Trafficjam LLC
Windows
A science fiction and high fantsy role playing game which takes place amid the ruins of a shattered planet.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.6%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Action RPG 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%
- #43 Grim Knight
73% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: SUPERita
Windows
explore dungeons, collect powerful relics, defeat monsters. Hoards of unique monsters with speciel abilities are guarding the dungeons from you. Use and combine a ton of diffrent relics and weapons to get stronger and cut through them and their bosses.
Why similar: Souls-like 27%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Action RPG 13.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #44 Citizen Pain II
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Capriolo
Windows
Citizen Pain II is a unique old-school first-person action RPG experience featuring insane challenge, fast gameplay intensity and instantly rewarding combat. Begin a dark journey and experience secret dungeons, hidden hazards and terrifyng enemy encounters.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.5%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Action RPG 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #45 Auraile'ah: Under Cilathis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noimad's Daimon
Windows
Auraile’ah: Under Cilathis is a single player third-person action exploration game where you play as a Slime that absorbs essence to heal and empower bound gems - your safeguard against permanent death - as you explore through subterranean labyrinths to uncover the source of an impending threat.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.5%, Action RPG 18.2%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #46 Spirits of Light
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sunlight Studio - Davi ValentimPub: Sunlight Studio
Windows
An action adventure game with a premise based on the Little Red Riding Hood tale and Souls-Like mechanics.
Why similar: Souls-like 23%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Action RPG 13%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #47 Forgotten Blood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maruko
Windows
Drawn by the call of an ancient crystal dagger, you journey into the Forgotten Valley, now ravaged by the Stone Plague. Forgotten Blood is a first-person action RPG inspired by King’s Field and the Souls series. Explore an interconnected world filled with secrets, danger, and hidden paths.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.7%, Action RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #48 Broken Spirit
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LiuYingjian
Windows
Broken Spirit is a fantasy action RPG. Explore palaces, ruins, tombs, and forests across a vast world, experiencing both the splendor of history and the desolation of the apocalypse.Compose your own equipment and craft your own tactics as you battle a variety of enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 24%, Dungeon Crawler 17.3%, Action RPG 16.4%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 7%
- #49 Cerulean Singe
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pl0s
Windows
Cerulean Singe is a souls-like focusing on snappy and deliberate fast-paced combat, unrelenting bosses, and an immersive world to explore.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.4%, Action RPG 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Medieval 10.8%, First-Person 8.5%
- #50 HARK THE GHOUL
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deep DenizensPub: Kwalee
Windows
Slash, kick and magick your way through an adventure brimming with secrets and curious encounters! HARK THE GHOUL offers a meticulously handcrafted world to explore.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, First-Person 7.1%
- #51 Brighter Days
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Narwhale
Windows · Linux
Fight difficult enemies, explore dangerous locations, and gain strength in this hand crafted world to defeat the evil that lays waste to these Scarred Lands.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Action RPG 13%, Medieval 12.4%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #52 Resurrection The Judgment
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GRIMHAWK
Windows
Unravel the truth, master your skills, and forge your legend in Resurrection: The Judgment!
Why similar: Souls-like 23.3%, Action RPG 19.7%, Action-Adventure 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #53 Long Steel
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Tassone
Windows
Slash, shoot and craft your way through vicious monsters and perilous dungeons in this post apocalyptic quest to save the world.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 9%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #54 The Human Test / Restart
68% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Jesse Aidyn
Windows
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Abstract 17.3%, Philosophical 16.8%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 10.6%
- #55 Erimos: Blood and Dust
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WizzyDev
Windows
A challenging dark fantasy RPG set in a cursed desert in hell. Master melee and magic combat, evolve your build, and conquer brutal bosses to reclaim your broken soul.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Action RPG 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Medieval 6.8%
- #56 Darkward
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Dark, surreal point-and-click text adventure inspired by the poetics of Dark Souls. Guide the Wanderer through ruins and tombs in a purgatorial world.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #57 My Christmas Present
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alycia Fear
Windows
You have been summoned to the North Pole by an unknown individual. A rebellion has begun, and it's up to you to decide the fate of the North Pole. Defeat enemies, grow your Christmas Spirit, and slay the legends of Christmas.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.4%, Action RPG 18.2%, Lore-Rich 17%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, 3D 5.2%
- #58 Apathema
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sammy Makes GamesPub: DOSMan Publishing
Windows
Cursed to repair the inner organs of The Chasm, you fight to uncover the secrets of your existence and end a self-devouring cycle of Apathy. Apathema is a grunge fantasy turn-based RPG, inspired by God Husk, Baroque, and King's Field.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.7%, Action RPG 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #59 Eternal Blade
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shibui Labs LLC
Windows
An open-world action RPG set in the Baransu Realm. Play as Emerald, the last of the Murakai Bloodline and daughter of Sensei Lux, fighting to gather the Almighty Gemstones, wield the Eternal Blade, and free her father from an eternal curse before chaos and darkness are unleashed on the realm.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.7%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Action RPG 13%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #60 Gallerie
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Shakles
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you investigate a large art gallery following many disappearances. You'll go on a journey filled with fear and stress to find out what happened to all those who went missing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Philosophical 16.3%, Surreal 15.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, First-Person 8.6%