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Games Like The Last Cadet

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

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The Last Cadet is a deep sea action-driven metroidvania with elements of dread and isolation. Play one of two single player campaigns using twin-stick controls to escape a submarine sunk by an ancient monster. Also featuring two local co-op multiplayer modes at launch.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Debonair Aesthetics
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive75% of 525 reviews2016
    Dev: YCJY Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.

    Why similar: Underwater 46.5%, Metroidvania 35.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 4%

  2. #2 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 184 reviews2022
    Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Platformer 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

  3. #3 BLIGHTWRECK
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Mothware
    Windows · Linux

    Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Underwater 28.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Action 3.6%

  4. #4 Song of the Deep
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 870 reviews2016
    Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: GameTrust Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.

    Why similar: Underwater 47.7%, Metroidvania 38.6%, Adventure 4.9%, Platformer 4.8%, Action 2%

  5. #5 The Swordfish: Knight of the Deep
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Wander Brain
    Windows · Mac

    Embark on an epic adventure as a sword-wielding fish and restore order to the kingdom's depths. Explore an ocean world full of adorable characters, menacing foes, and hidden wonders.

    Why similar: Underwater 36.3%, Metroidvania 30.2%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Combat 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 5%

  6. #6 NEO TITAN
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: idoz & phops
    Windows

    NEO TITAN is a challenging twin-stick metroidvania - Explore a world filled with dangerous alien ecosystems, discover new abilities, and challenge powerful Titans to save an ill-fated planet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 34.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Action-Adventure 4.7%, Action 3.5%

  7. #7 Aqua Boy
    93% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2021
    Dev: Duncan Fenn
    Windows · Mac

    Aqua Boy is a deep sea treasure hunter, but his latest mission has gone drastically wrong! Explore a quirky underwater world packed with secrets in this mini metroidvania.

    Why similar: Underwater 30.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Metroidvania 25.7%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

  8. #8 Planet Chyton
    92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Peter Lin Jr.
    Windows

    Crash-landed on a fungus infested planet, Cubit the robot must find its path through fighting alien creatures and navigating through an increasing hostile world with a platform creation gun in sci fi inspired dark but cute Metroidvania platforming game.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.6%, Metroidvania 31.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%

  9. #9 Caustic Bloom
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Niles GamesPub: TBD
    Windows

    In this top-down Metroidvania, descend into the belly of Sarcophagus II, an underground laboratory overrun by mutated creatures. Blast your way through this labyrinth of chaos, facing overwhelming odds in an effort to rescue your friends and recover your humanity.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.9%, Metroidvania 34.5%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, 2D 3%

  10. #10 Abyss of Neptune
    91% matchMixed69% of 227 reviews2021
    Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
    Windows

    Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?

    Why similar: Underwater 38.7%, Metroidvania 27.8%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Action 2.7%

  11. #11 Ancient Ocean: The Fall of Atlantis
    90% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Ancient Ocean Games
    Windows

    Submerge into the ancient ocean of the Cambrian period! Encounter mysterious creatures of times past in this short-and-sweet platforming adventure. Treat yourself to colorful SNES-inspired graphics and an extensive world to explore. Who knows what awaits you?

    Why similar: Underwater 43.6%, Metroidvania 30.6%, Action-Adventure 7%, Platformer 6.7%, Atmospheric 4.6%

  12. #12 Pronty
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,310 reviews2021
    Dev: 18Light Game Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

    Why similar: Underwater 36.2%, Metroidvania 31.8%, Platformer 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%

  13. #13 Axolotl Shaman
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moon Axe
    Windows · Mac

    Embark on a buoyant 2D platform action-adventure journey in Axolotl Shaman! Utilize the axolotl aquatic movement abilities and unique spells to engage in battles, Explore as a shaman in a world of geometric totems mixed with wasteland and reconnect with nature! Tribute to the late axolotl pet。

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Underwater 30%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 6.1%, Action-Adventure 5.8%

  14. #14 Tidespawn
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Long Lost
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dive into a magical underwater world in this pixel art action-adventure RPG. Explore sunken ruins, battle fearsome sea creatures, uncover lost memories, and shape your destiny beneath the tides.

    Why similar: Underwater 50.6%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Action 5.1%, Adventure 4.6%

  15. #15 Ceto-7
    87% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: M.A.D Lad Games
    Windows

    Ceto-7 is a single-player underwater survival horror. Play as a salvage diver navigating a flooded alien mining facility, hunted by an apex predator, and hired to destroy sensitive corporate data. The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to ignore what you've been hired to bury.

    Why similar: Underwater 53%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Action 3.5%

  16. #16 Ami's Pearl Dive
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Soepkip Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Ami's Pearl Dive is a quaint underwater adventure game developed for the Game Boy Color! Help Ami dive deeper to find her missing mermaid friend, collect pearls and meet interesting faces along the way!

    Why similar: Underwater 51.3%, Metroidvania 36.4%, Adventure 4%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, 2D 3.1%

  17. #17 Call from the Abyss
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: day-to-day management
    Windows

    This is an exploration action game in which you travel around the vast underwater world wearing manta-shaped diving suit, defeating the enemies that stand in your way. Dig up lost technology sunk by the rising sea level and proceed to the deep sea where the truth of the world awaits you.

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    85% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Jonathan CollierPub: Mythril Age
    Windows

    Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.

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  19. #19 THE IRONY
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SYLOPON
    Windows

    You are a nameless mercenary, dispatched to the research facility 'UNDERDOG CORP.' Survive the horrors of this dangerous facility, twisted by human experimentation, and uncover the hidden secrets within before they consume you.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Sci-fi 9%

  20. #20 Junk Sec
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Shoehead
    Windows

    Explore, Fight, Scavenge, Escape. Fight your way out of recently unearthed underground facility teeming with disgusting creatures in a pixelart survival-horror, platform shooter mix. Will you save the rest of your squad, or will you recreate the very disaster that left this place buried?

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Metroidvania 32.5%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

  21. #21 A Deep World
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jose StriedingerPub: USC Games
    Windows · Mac

    Guide a little green creature as it goes deep into a dark, dangerous underwater world once sealed off. You'll need to explore, hide, and outmaneuver different predators to find your lost friend and make it back home in one piece. Whatever you do, avoid the nests!

    Why similar: Underwater 49%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Minimalist 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%

  22. #22 The Adventures of Graham
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Cents
    Windows · Linux

    A sci-fi retro Metroidvania. Help Brigadier General Graham recover his gear, defeat enemies, and complete his mission.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Adventure 4.3%

  23. #23 Iron Bramble
    81% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Mini BunniesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    Momentum-based platforming built around expressive movement and tight gunplay. Master your elastic grappling hook to explore a vast, cyber-gothic megastructure, where robots piloted by the souls of the dead do penance for their sins.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Action-Adventure 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Combat 4.5%

  24. #24 Zolg
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2016
    Dev: Robert Alvarez
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 29.5%, Minimalist 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9%, 2D 3.3%

  25. #25 Scylla's Depths
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PigeonPub: Pigeon Studios
    Windows

    Scylla's Depths Underwater Horror game, This game features detailed health and radiation systems you're managing more than just a health bar with the dynamic damage and Combat systems. Almost everything is procedural and physics based.

    Why similar: Underwater 52.7%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Action-Adventure 5.4%, Combat 5.4%, Action 5.3%

  26. #26 Death Leak
    80% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
    Dev: Jay Bee
    Windows

    Death Leak is a 2d twin-stick shooter/platformer with an emphasis on exploration. Use the gamepad to fire throwing knives while avoiding enemy projectiles. Explore the world and figure out what caused the massacre of your village.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.8%, Metroidvania 17.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.4%

  27. #27 Lumina: Resenting Shadow
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FayneLuna
    Windows

    Journey through a kingdom drained of its life. An innocent being locked away from its own kind, longing to be loved and seen. Though it seems to have forgotten one flicker of hope. You, a glimmer of life not yet fallen.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Minimalist 15.4%, Platformer 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Combat 5.9%

  28. #28 Moonlaw
    79% matchMixed70% of 133 reviews2021
    Dev: Scumhead
    Windows

    Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Sci-fi 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

  29. #29 Dawn of the Abyss
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hornbill Studio
    Windows

    《Dawn of the Abyss》 is an action adventure game based around deep sea exploration. A lone girl dives through the ocean, discovering fragments of civilization, giant creatures, and a strange pulse rising from the abyss. Despite these dangers duty urges the girl to dive deeper down.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39%, Underwater 31.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Action 3.9%

  30. #30 Wreckdigger
    78% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
    Dev: Karlis ZabersPub: team BitClub
    Windows

    Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Action 9.1%, 2D 4.5%

  31. #31 Honey's Sweet Revenge
    77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: EtheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
    Windows

    Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 6%

  32. #32 Rogue Dimensions
    77% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: Savage Old Gamers
    Windows

    A 2d Metroidvania, Platformer, twin stick shooter, arcade roguelite adventure with meta progression and random boosts.Find your way to freedom and earn new abilities along the way while teleporting between random levels at will. Find Weapons, buy upgrades, destroy enemies, discover secrets.

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  33. #33 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nao Games
    Windows

    This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 61.1%, Sci-fi 15%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.1%, 2D 4.3%

  34. #34 DEEPEST FEAR™
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Variable State
    Windows

    DEEPEST FEAR™ is a sci-fi horror FPS with a retro-future aesthetic. Deep beneath the ocean, a secret has been unearthed which throws mankind’s future into jeopardy. Fight your way to the heart of a sinister project and uncover a mystery both deeply personal and terrifying in its implications.

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  35. #35 史莱狗(Slimg)
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cow Studio
    Windows

    Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure

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  36. #36 Dr. Atominus
    76% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
    Dev: Pikku-a
    Windows · Linux

    Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.

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  37. #37 Linkisa
    74% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Lzerogas Game Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Linkisa is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world inspired by Malagasy folklore and steampunk aesthetics. Play as General Linkisa, stripped of his memories, and explore the rain-soaked regions of the Empire of Orana in search of your past and the restoration of order. Masina ny orana.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Minimalist 6.2%, Action-Adventure 6%, Action 4.9%

  38. #38 Environmental Station Alpha
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,654 reviews2015
    Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Why similar: Metroidvania 63.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Sci-fi 4%, Adventure 3.7%

  39. #39 Rusted Moss
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,694 reviews2023
    Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

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  40. #40 Axiom Verge
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 6,599 reviews2015
    Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 64.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Sci-fi 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Action 2.9%

  41. #41 Barren Depths
    73% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
    Dev: Kyle Obranovic
    Windows

    Escape a confusing cave system without being eaten in this short, underwater horror game.

    Why similar: Underwater 62.5%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Atmospheric 5%, Adventure 1.9%

  42. #42 Hell Being
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BitLife
    Windows

    Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.

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  43. #43 Goldfish
    71% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
    Dev: Gabry Corti
    Windows

    Embark on a delirious journey in this metroidvania set on a pirate island where all the characters are sea animals.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Underwater 16.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Platformer 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

  44. #44 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 125 reviews2016
    Dev: LunarCore Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.

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  45. #45 Noosibirsk
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SoVictor
    Windows · Linux

    Puzzle-platformer with hand-crafted pixel art animation in the setting of post-Soviet closed city Noosibirsk. Explore the city full of wonders, acquire new abilities and solve puzzles to unveil secrets of the noosphere and escape to the world outside.

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    71% matchMixed53% of 77 reviews2022
    Dev: catnipstudio
    Windows

    Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.

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  47. #47 Badass Brigade
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Marauder Squad
    Windows

    Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.

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  48. #48 Maelstrom
    70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: Maelstrom
    Windows

    Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!

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  49. #49 KILL HIM
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 鱼俞ycy
    Windows

    In slaughter and exploration, seek the truth. KILL HIM is a black-and-white Metroidvania game where you will traverse a hostile world, challenge powerful enemies, and uncover the secrets hidden behind everything.

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  50. #50 Axiom Verge 2
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 971 reviews2022
    Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

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    68% matchMixed56% of 344 reviews2025
    Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
    Windows

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  52. #52 Frogreign
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Arkanpixel
    Windows

    Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?

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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,531 reviews2008
    Dev: Bit Blot, LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%

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  54. #54 Rescue Hornet
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
    Windows

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  55. #55 Souldiers
    67% matchMixed69% of 3,112 reviews2022
    Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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  56. #56 Spirit Fusion
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lumforge
    Windows

    Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?

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    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 672 reviews2023
    Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    65% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
    Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,588 reviews2021
    Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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