- #1 The Legend of Azarias Rebirth
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey as the Angel Raphael in this action packed 3D first-person dungeon crawler. Conquer 24 unique floors, battle menacing demons, and undertake challenging side quests to amass power to save the girl Sarah.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.3%, Metroidvania 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, JRPG 12.8%, Gothic 9.4% ★
- #2 Dead Fantasia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varpyg
Windows
Dead Fantasia is a non-linear ARPG which brings forgotten game design of Kings Field to a modern audience. Explore interconnected levels, gather loot, and face challenging foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Souls-like 18.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Action RPG 13.1%, RPG 10.2%
- #3 Fire in the Beastlands
96% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Chimney Castle
Windows
Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.4%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Difficult 11.2%, Action RPG 9.9%
- #4 Last Night of Winter
95% 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 26.8%, Metroidvania 24.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Action RPG 11.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #5 The Light of the Darkness: Renascence
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Souls-like 19.2%, Difficult 13%, Action RPG 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #6 Deepening Fire
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Souls-like 22.7%, Metroidvania 22.4%, Difficult 14.1%, Action RPG 10.3%, Demons 7%
- #7 Lunacid
92% matchVery Positive91% of 10,657 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Souls-like 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Metroidvania 13.6%, Action RPG 8.5%
- #8 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
93% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 41.6%, Metroidvania 27%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Difficult 6.9%, RPG 6.2%
- #9 Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: i will bite raw coffee beans
Windows
Descend into an esoteric occult world in this first-person atmospheric JRPG. The lord of daemons has escaped your binding ritual, and now the barrier between the human and daemon realm is weak. February 3rd 18XX... The night of the beginning of your darkwork.
Why similar: JRPG 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Demons 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #10 Children of Birch
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Souls-like 27.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Mythology 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 6.5%
- #11 Salt and Sanctuary
91% matchVery Positive89% of 21,497 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.
Why similar: Souls-like 45.3%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Difficult 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%, RPG 4.6%
- #12 Unworthy
89% matchVery Positive81% of 842 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 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.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.7%, Metroidvania 34.1%, Difficult 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, RPG 7.3%
- #13 Oblige Of CHAOS
89% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: MaaSA91
Windows
2D art and 3D action. Elemental Reactions. Not too big Open World. Battle , Puzzle and Explore. Life has no save point.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.5%, Metroidvania 26.2%, Difficult 13.6%, JRPG 10.8%, Action RPG 9.6%
- #14 THORN DEMON HUNTER
88% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: LIN YUANHUI
Windows
This is an AVG game similar to Metroidvania. The player will perform a demon hunter exploring and decrypting the castle in the Gothic period and hunting the corrupt soul
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Souls-like 28.1%, Action RPG 13.9%, RPG 9.5%, Demons 7.2%
- #15 GRIME
87% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 23.9%, Difficult 12.3%, Surreal 10.2%, Action RPG 9.5%
- #16 Coral & The Abyss
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 22%, Difficult 13.7%, Action RPG 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%
- #17 Verho - Curse of Faces
85% matchVery Positive94% of 985 reviews2025
Dev: Kasur GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Metroidvania 13.9%, Gothic 12.8% ★, Difficult 10%
- #18 Last Vanguard
86% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Souls-like 23.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Difficult 12.6%, Action RPG 10.8%
- #19 Dreamspring
84% matchPositive95% of 38 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 25.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Action RPG 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%, RPG 7.8%
- #20 THE DARK DWELLERS
84% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: COLNELIUS
Windows
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.9%, Metroidvania 24.5%, Difficult 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Action RPG 8%
- #21 Intertwined
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
Choose between Seren and Umbra, two warriors who despise each other. Armed with a spear that can strike in any direction, explore a fractured world, uncover the truth behind your bond, and hunt down the one person you must destroy. Desperate for Separation~Forever Intertwined
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 27.1%, Difficult 16.5%, Exploration 6.9%, Action RPG 6.6%
- #22 Void: Edge of Existence
83% 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 26.2%, Difficult 14.4%, Action RPG 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #23 HARK THE GHOUL
82% 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 24.2%, Metroidvania 22.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #24 Lies of P
81% matchVery Positive92% of 75,928 reviews2023
Dev: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.3%, Action RPG 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Gothic 8.4% ★, Difficult 8%
- #25 Sin Return
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sin.
Windows
An obscure adventure begins in the Silent Kingdom, a land decaying under the spread of the Sin-fication plague. This dark fantasy turn-based RPG emphasizes exploration. Reclaim lost memories in this sinful land, defeat formidable foes, and piece together the truth behind the catastrophe.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.3%, RPG 15.2%, JRPG 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Exploration 10.5%
- #26 Tearscape
78% matchVery Positive93% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: NERDS TAKE OVER
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.5%, Metroidvania 24.6%, Gothic 16.1% ★, Action RPG 11.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #27 REVENGE CRYSTAL
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAMx003 Games
Windows
Possessed by a living crystal, fight for revenge in a top-down Soulslike action RPG. Master precise combat and elemental magic, explore a shattered world, solve deadly puzzles, and defeat brutal bosses to expose the Crystallen’s sins.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.2%, Metroidvania 28.9%, Action RPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 5.7%
- #28 Dreamwrought
79% 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 27.6%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Action RPG 16.7%, Surreal 8.9%, First-Person 5.5%
- #29 Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,358 reviews2021
Dev: TipsWorksPub: Giant Global
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition is a challenging action role playing game set in a world of dark fantasy. Step into the shoes of Couriers, as they discover the tale behind the mysterious Dark Mist.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.9%, Action RPG 15.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 14%, RPG 8.2%
- #30 Moonlight Shadows
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: soulsgamedev
Windows
Moonlight Shadows is a dark fantasy Action RPG with stylish Soulslike combat . Forge your way through formidable foes in a cursed world and master deep and immersive combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.4%, Action RPG 18%, Difficult 12.7%, RPG 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #31 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,444 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Souls-like 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Action RPG 10.7%, RPG 5.2%
- #32 Foreign Sun
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Final Scene dev
Windows
YOUR CHOICES RESHAPE A LIVING CITY. Explore a sprawling metropolis, wield mysterious powers, and uncover the secrets of the Eternal Lighthouse. Your decisions will make a world of difference.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 27.1%, Action RPG 16.6%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #33 Solateria
75% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Souls-like 28.5%, Difficult 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #34 Fear Faith
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bleeding games
Windows · Linux
Wield your sword in the right direction to defeat challenging horrors. Try to make sense of your steps through an impossible tower that changes with your decisions while trying to survive. Prove your Faith.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.8%, Action RPG 14.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Gothic 10.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #35 Pilgrim: Unto Shadow
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worse Sheep Games
Windows
Pilgrim: Unto Shadow is a 0D RPG that mixes action and strategic elements. Traverse the final day of the Holy City, now shrouded in unending night. Journey through a deadly world using 0D combo-based action combat. What path will bring you to your end, Pilgrim?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Souls-like 22%, JRPG 13.4%, Action RPG 10.6%, Exploration 6.9%
- #36 Scars of the Soul
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShunGuang Games
Windows
The two countries went to war, unleashing forbidden powers. Years later, monsters ravage the land. The protagonist awakens, battles the monsters, explores the world, uncovers the truth of the past, and seeks to recover lost memories—a lonely journey of wandering and struggling against oneself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 25.9%, Action RPG 16.9%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 8.4%
- #37 DREIFRAME
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 30.6%, Difficult 15.9%, Exploration 5.7%, Dark Fantasy 4%
- #38 Catastrophe
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strange Monkey Studios
Windows
Catastrophe is survival horror dungeon crawler. Try not to get lost in the labyrinth as you choose to slay the dungeon's inhabitants or sneak past as many as you can.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.8%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Action RPG 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
- #39 Being and Becoming
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IchthysPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 26.9%, Action RPG 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%, Exploration 7%
- #40 Stealth Raider
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Orazio PrincipePub: Natty Soft
Windows
Navigate intricate mazes, ancient dungeons, and high-security vaults filled with traps, guards, and advanced security systems. Use your cunning, agility, and a variety of gadgets to outsmart enemies and solve complex puzzles. Wishlist Stealth Raider now and stay tuned for updates!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 23.8%, Action RPG 12%, Gothic 11.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #41 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 28.4%, Difficult 16%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #42 Necrofane
72% matchNo user reviews
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 26.2%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Action RPG 13%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #43 Anokye
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Souls-like 28.9%, Difficult 19%, Exploration 6%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #44 The Song of Awakening
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noeski LLC
Windows · Mac
The Song of Awakening is a 2D action-platformer where you play as a bard with the power to create magic through music. Explore a world once ruled by the Lyramancers, wielders of music-magic, who were extinguished by a mad king. Defeat the malevolent god of silence and restore harmony to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 27.4%, Action RPG 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, RPG 8.1%
- #45 WarriOrb: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Souls-like 26%, Difficult 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #46 Weapon Devourer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bogdan
Windows · Mac
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.5%, Metroidvania 25.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Action RPG 11.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #47 VELASTER
68% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: ODYSSEYER
Windows
VELASTER is a gruesome 3D side-scrolling action combat game set in the Middle-earth called Malum. You will find yourself growing in battles against various monsters and bosses. Take revenge that remains in your fading memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Souls-like 24.9%, Action RPG 12.1%, Gothic 10.5% ★, Exploration 7.6%
- #48 The Light of the Darkness: Origins
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
An Action-RPG soulsvania where you explore a seamless and interconnected world through a zoomable map with no loading break. Engage in epic aerial battles, absorb essence to level up, and craft powerful spell combos by defeating brutal bosses and harnessing their Mystic Nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 13.9%, Action RPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
- #49 Curvature
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pawel Lossew
Windows · Linux
The Xerran Dominion is one step from becoming unstoppable. Your machines won’t survive - but you will. Control the environment and use their tech to your advantage. In this brutal sci-fi action RPG, the world is your weapon - and you are the trigger.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.3%, Metroidvania 25.4%, Difficult 16%, Action RPG 10.8%, RPG 7.1%
- #50 AWAKEN - Astral Blade
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,162 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Pigeon GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 23.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Action RPG 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #51 Raise
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Engrave Studios
Windows
"Raise" is an indie souls-like game developed by two people. You have died and awakened with no memories in a strange place. Explore and discover what happened to you as you face powerful enemies. However at the end of your journey, will you be able to raise your soul?
Why similar: Souls-like 40%, Difficult 21.1%, Action RPG 18.2%, RPG 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 7%
- #52 GRIME II
67% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Clover BitePub: Kwalee
Windows
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Souls-like 27%, Action RPG 14.4%, Surreal 11.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #53 Mysterious
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IVA team
Windows · Mac
Mysterious is a dark mythical metroidvania, where you travel between physical and astral worlds in order to explore the source of dark matter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 24.6%, Mythology 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Surreal 9.9%
- #54 Void Memory
71% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 27.5%, RPG 13.6%, Difficult 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #55 The Golden Eyed Ghosts
69% matchMixed57% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Syphono4Pub: indie.io
Windows
The Golden Eyed Ghosts is a dark fantasy soulslike heavily influenced by the legacy of Zelda adventures, set in the crumbling kingdom of Andromeda. As exiled warrior Orion, search for a way to restore his memories and unravel a terrifying conspiracy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 22.4%, Gothic 14.1% ★, Action RPG 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #56 Book of Eos
71% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon's Layer Productions
Windows
Take a look into the hearts of monsters in an epic adventure inspired by classic console RPGs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Dungeon Crawler 21.6%, JRPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Exploration 9.7%
- #57 The Blighted Core
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pjj
Windows
Rot has arrived, and all things wither. In this cruel yet beautiful 2D hand-drawn Souls-like, embark on a lonely and brutal journey of redemption! Explore a forest kingdom twisted by plague, and battle infected, mutated fruits and vegetables to uncover the secret behind the corruption.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.1%, Difficult 18.4%, Action RPG 15.6%, Exploration 11.5%, RPG 9.9%
- #58 Little Noah: Scion of Paradise
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,186 reviews2022
Dev: Cygames, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Join the genius alchemist Noah and her cat companion Zipper as they explore ancient ruins to uncover the secrets hidden within! Create unique teams and combos from 40+ recruitable allies in this casual but compelling game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Souls-like 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.3%, JRPG 14%, Action RPG 10.5%
- #59 Dark Stress
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Parks
Windows
[Dark Stress] is an action adventure game that combines the essence of soul-like combat and dungeon crawling. The moment you step into the dungeon, you will inevitably be swallowed by darkness and stress.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.6%, Dungeon Crawler 18.9%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Difficult 15%, Exploration 7.7%
- #60 Erimos: Blood and Dust
66% 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 32.7%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Action RPG 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Demons 5.9%