- #1 Nine Treasures of Liuyin
97% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: kingnagame
Windows
This is a dark, soul like role-playing game, trying to create a different experience in this genre. The protagonist fights against a powerful enemy in this city in search of a divine artifact.
Why similar: Action RPG 39.8%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Stealth 15.9%, Dark 11.7%, RPG 6.9%
- #2 Dandy Ace
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,324 reviews2021
Dev: Mad MimicPub: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dandy Ace is an over the top action game that follows this fabulous magician seeking to combine and use his magical cards, fighting and looting his way to defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist and free himself from a cursed mirror.
Why similar: Action 50.4%, Atmospheric 39.3%, Singleplayer 10.3%
- #3 Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder - Prologue
96% matchVery Positive81% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: Team NadirPub: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Dark 32.4%, Atmospheric 27.7%, RPG 22.9%, Action 10.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%
- #4 Cards of Cthulhu
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2016
Dev: Awoker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.
Why similar: Dark 56.1%, RPG 33.1%, Singleplayer 10.8%
- #5 Shards of Order
93% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 44.1%, Story Rich 24.5%, RPG 15.9%, Dark 12.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #6 Tavern Cards
94% matchMixed70% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Vadd Game
Windows
"Tavern Cards" is a strategic card-battling adventure! Liberate cities by defeating demons in their taverns. Build a powerful deck, face unique challenges, and unravel the mystery behind the invasion. Can you conquer the demons and save the cities?
Why similar: Story Rich 48.3%, RPG 30.9%, Action 12.9%, Singleplayer 7.9%
- #7 Dark Fantasy Warriors
94% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: WarriorsStudio
Windows
Dark Fantasy Warrior is a third-person action role-playing game in Dark Souls style. Extremely dark, deep and DIFFICULT! All of that in this super action game and prepare to die. Are you ready to fight Darkness?
Why similar: Action RPG 40.5%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Stealth 15%, RPG 12.6%, Action 6.2%
- #8 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
92% matchMixed62% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Dark 32.2%, Story Rich 24.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, PvE 17.8%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #9 Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One
91% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: RedDot Studios
Windows
You are the prime suspect in the massacre of your squad during a clandestine rescue mission. An indie cinematic experience with an immersive psychological horror narrative and a retro visual style inspired by PS1-PS2 classics.
Why similar: Story Rich 32%, Action-Adventure 31.6%, Atmospheric 27.7%, Action 8.6%
- #10 Exorcism Agency
90% matchVery Positive93% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: YINGGUO GAMEPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts
Why similar: Noir 36%, Atmospheric 35.2%, Singleplayer 14.5%, RPG 14.3%
- #11 Deck of Souls
89% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Story Rich 35.7%, Atmospheric 28.3%, RPG 28%, Singleplayer 8%
- #12 Deepening Fire
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 642 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Metroidvania 26.9%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Action RPG 16.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Platformer 8.2%
- #13 DEMON COMPASS
88% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Dark 36.6%, Atmospheric 32.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Action 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #14 KNOCKOFF
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: PLUSHCATBOY
Windows · Mac
It's ~KNOCKOFF~! Fight through a haunted mall in this isometric brawler that combines bullet hell with combo heavy combat!
Why similar: Action RPG 24.3%, Lore-Rich 22%, Story Rich 10.9%, PvE 9.9%, Dark 8.6%
- #15 Deck of Ashes
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: RPG 55.7%, Dark 34.6%, Singleplayer 9.7%
- #16 Book of Demons
85% matchVery Positive91% of 9,468 reviews2018
Dev: Thing Trunk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: Action RPG 49.4%, RPG 18.4%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Action 4.9%
- #17 The Moon Hell
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: A.M. Team
Windows
Welcome to a world of darkness, where every step can be your last. Explore a stunning world filled with fear and horror, solve puzzles, and endure combat trials to become a hero and protect your world from darkness. Become a warrior ready to fight anything that stands in your way in this action RPG.
Why similar: Action RPG 47.3%, Dark 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, RPG 14.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #18 Lockheart Indigo
84% matchVery Positive97% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: Fangsoft
Windows
A private-eye must deceive a rich family into revealing their darkest secrets, before the killer amongst them silences everyone.
Why similar: Noir 50.7%, Crime 19.1%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, RPG 9.2%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #19 Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up. Plow through the criminal underworld to find and punish those responsible for his sister's death...before his mind unravels and his vengeance completely destroys him.
Why similar: Noir 47.6%, Action RPG 30.4%, Crime 14.7%, Action 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #20 Blades of Fire
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 707 reviews2026
Dev: MercurySteamPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A dark fantasy adventure where forging steel shapes combat, progression, and fate.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 55.1%, Action 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #21 Revenge of the shadow ninja
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Varvarik
Windows
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Platformer 61.3%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Action 15.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #22 Lies of P
78% matchVery Positive92% of 83,210 reviews2023
Dev: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 39.5 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: Action RPG 37.8%, Story Rich 17.8%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.6%, RPG 7.6%
- #23 The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana
82% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Monolith Graphics
Windows · Mac
The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana is a dark adventure game set inside the haunted mansion of a mysterious magician who vanished several years ago. Resolve a maze of riddles and perplexing puzzles to unlock doors and secret passages, or be doomed to spend eternity trapped inside the inescapable mansion.
Why similar: Noir 51.6%, Puzzle 19.9%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Dark 12.9%
- #24 Hell is Us
78% matchVery Positive85% of 6,870 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.
Why similar: Action RPG 24%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 14%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, RPG 9.1%
- #25 Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn
79% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: MrDoth
Windows
Dark Sword is a frenetic action game that mixes bullet-hell and hack-n-slash in the midst of a devastating and dark open world with a tragic backstory, where the player must immerse himself in order to defeat the powerful guardians that guard it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Action RPG 28.7%, PvE 14.4%, RPG 8.3%, Atmospheric 5%
- #26 Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
80% matchMixed65% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Blackburne Games Yazılım A.Ş.
Windows
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.9%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 14.5%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #27 Netherworld Covenant
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 727 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: Action RPG 41.4%, Action-Adventure 21.3%, Atmospheric 15.5%, RPG 12.4%, Action 5.8%
- #28 RogueJack21
77% matchMixed69% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Zandbox Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
RogueJack21 is a Blackjack-inspired deckbuilder where you build and upgrade your deck to battle your opponents. Navigate through procedurally generated casinos and take revenge on The House, the ruthless mafia ruling Noir City that stole everything from you.
Why similar: Noir 94%, Singleplayer 6%
- #29 Inscryption
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Story Rich 39%, Puzzle 30.8%, Dark 30.2%
- #30 Black Book
76% matchVery Positive92% of 6,753 reviews2021
Dev: MorteshkaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Why similar: Story Rich 61.1%, RPG 38.9%
- #31 DARK
79% matchMixed54% of 1,402 reviews2013
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DARK is a unique stealth-action game with RPG elements in which you take on the role of the ultimate hunter: a vampire. Ambush your enemies from the shadows, roam the darkness and use powerful vampire skills to dispatch your opponents.
Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Stealth 27.3%, Dark 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 8%
- #32 The Magister
76% matchVery Positive90% of 149 reviews2021
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
Why similar: RPG 57.7%, Action 25.9%, Singleplayer 16.3%
- #33 The Horror at Highrook
73% matchVery Positive90% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Story Rich 44.7%, RPG 26.3%, Atmospheric 23.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #34 Liberte
75% matchMixed66% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: SuperstaticPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Liberté is a deck-builder roguelite inspired by the French Revolution and body horror. Brave the war-torn streets as Rene - a regular Parisian entangled in a civil war caused by a cryptic invader from another dimension, Lady Bliss. Collect cards, nurture alliances, and try to stay alive!
Why similar: Dark 45.4%, RPG 27.9%, Singleplayer 13.8%, Action 13%
- #35 Stonemachia
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,370 reviews2026
Dev: Crossfall Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Fight, Zefiro! Arm yourself with the power of chess and explore Medhelan, a land haunted by the Plague of Angels, in a dark action-adventure with soulslike elements. Will you be able to return to Heaven?
Why similar: Atmospheric 35.4%, Dark 32.9%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Action 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #36 There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,045 reviews2022
Dev: ZelartPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!
Why similar: Action RPG 30.4%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Story Rich 13.8%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #37 FORCED SHOWDOWN
74% matchVery Positive84% of 680 reviews2016
Dev: BetaDwarf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.
Why similar: Action RPG 40.8%, Action-Adventure 20%, RPG 15.1%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 6.8%
- #38 Decks & Daggers
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Osarion
Windows
DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.
Why similar: RPG 59.7%, Story Rich 26.5%, Singleplayer 13.8%
- #39 The Darkest Tales
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 934 reviews2022
Dev: Trinity TeamPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Dark 10.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #40 The Shaman's Ark
69% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Amortiz Games
Windows
A dark metroidvania where your shaman drum is the only weapon against the Abyss. The music of the ancients becomes your blade, and every battle is a ritual on the edge of death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Dark 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Platformer 9.8%
- #41 Seduction
72% matchMixed55% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: KOEX studioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
《Seduction》is a 2d horror adventure puzzle game. Lee has to survive in the dark realm and to save Mei's soul from being use for the great summoning. Facing with mysteries, he has to figure out the truth in order to end it.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Dark 25.1%, Story Rich 24.9%, Atmospheric 22.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #42 Etherburn
69% 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: Action-Adventure 52.7%, Dark 25.1%, Action 19.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #43 The Other Half
71% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Egg Roll
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fantasy action adventure where you unbury a tale of intimacy and violence in order to cleanse a demonic infestation from a once-beautiful land.
Why similar: Action RPG 33.7%, RPG 19.4%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Action 8.9%
- #44 Hopeguard
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Hopesquad StudioPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Hopeguard is a third-person dark fantasy game about loss and acceptance. You have been chosen to eliminate the Dragon Queen, but the confrontation will not go as expected. Journey through caves, ruins, and forests to solve environmental puzzles and fulfill your quest -but with a new perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.9%, Story Rich 33.1%, Atmospheric 26.4%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #45 Death of a Wish
68% matchVery Positive97% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: melessthanthreePub: Syndicate Atomic LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
THE NEO-SANCTUM SHALL FALL. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat in this action-RPG where style is salvation.
Why similar: Action RPG 46.4%, Action-Adventure 22.8%, Story Rich 14.4%, RPG 12.5%, Action 3.8%
- #46 No Vacation for an Executioner
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: JayO
Windows
It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows. It aroused a riot of monsters, he had to clean up this cruel mess, and find out the truth of this crazy world.
Why similar: Action RPG 58.9%, RPG 22.8%, Action 11.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #47 Menace from the Deep
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,620 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
Why similar: Noir 56.5%, Dark 17.9%, PvE 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #48 Magicians & Looters
71% matchVery Positive87% of 128 reviews2014
Dev: Morgopolis Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Guide three sociopathic apprentices through an open world filled with caves, castles and underground cities as you search for your kidnapped teacher. Discover countless secrets, loot hidden treasure troves, and decapitate your enemies. Or immolate them. Or smack them in the face with fruit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 77.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 9.4%
- #49 Slash or Die
70% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2016
Dev: ClickGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity. You will have to become one of three heroes to slash enemies or to die from their hands. What will your hero do? It depends only on your skills…
Why similar: Action RPG 38.4%, PvE 18.8%, Arcade 13.5%, Dark 12%, RPG 10.7%
- #50 Demon Lord: Just a Block
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,426 reviews2026
Dev: YuWave
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Who dares reduce you, a mighty Demon Lord, to just a block? Uncover your secret nemesis and take your revenge in this action roguelite where the world only moves when you do. Plan your moves step by step or dodge, parry, and collide with enemies for powerful attacks!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 43%, Story Rich 31%, RPG 18.3%, Action 7.7%
- #51 Project KILLDANCE
66% matchVery Positive95% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows
Project KILLDANCE is a Noir tactical action featuring a one-army strategy and instant-death combat. Slowly observe surroundings, choreograph each killing move, leave no survivor, and become the spectral death.
Why similar: Noir 91%, Action 6.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #52 Metamorphos
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 475 reviews2021
Dev: Spicy Dice StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Take on the role of the temple’s guardian, awakened to cleanse the temple from an evil force corrupting it. Fight and dodge your way through a series of corrupted denizens, wildlife, and guardians to confront Nafaset, the Defiler, and restore the blessed oases.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 35.3%, PvE 31.9%, Atmospheric 14%, Dark 10.4%, Action 7.3%
- #53 Fantasmagorie
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Story Rich 29.2%, Atmospheric 26%, Dark 24%, Action-Adventure 19%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #54 Black Jacket
63% matchVery Positive91% of 1,874 reviews2026
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbHPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gamble your way out of hell in this blackjack-inspired rogue-lite deckbuilder. Play powerful card combos or cheat to outwit your opponents and earn your freedom. Win their Soul coins! Bribe the ferryman! And uncover the story of those who stand in your way.
Why similar: Story Rich 46.4%, Atmospheric 39.8%, Singleplayer 13.8%
- #55 Avencast: Rise of the Mage
71% matchMixed69% of 724 reviews2010
Dev: ClockStone
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.
Why similar: Action RPG 42.5%, Action-Adventure 22%, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #56 Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge
68% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Danny Garay
Windows · Linux
Follow the story of Xandria, the iron alchemist. Seeking revenge, she accepts the dangerous mission to put an end to the evil that resides in Dracula's castle and torments the people of Transylvania. Fight with an iron whip in this retro-style & Classic-Vania adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Action-Adventure 31.9%, Story Rich 24.8%, Action 10.4%