- #1 Take Care
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanesto
Windows
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.5%, Souls-like 20.2%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Top-Down 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #2 TUNIC
78% matchVery Positive91% of 17,161 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.5%, Metroidvania 18.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Difficult 9.5%
- #3 Weapon Devourer
75% 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 20.3%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Difficult 10.1%
- #4 Lelu
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jamierowan
Windows
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Top-Down 12.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #5 Lumnis
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Wild Moose Games
Windows
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.7%, Souls-like 20.1%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Action 9.1%
- #6 Astronium
74% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
Windows
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Souls-like 19.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 7.2%
- #7 The Sacred Acorn
71% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: A Few Dragons
Windows
A cozy souls-lite adventure about a small squirrel embarking on an epic quest to save her tribe from the corruption threatening to destroy their world. Upgrade your magical abilities, battle legendary guardians, and explore a dangerous, enchanted land in this 2D action-adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.7%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Top-Down 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 7.1%
- #8 Latitude 76: Land of the Onkilons
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anisimov Games
Windows · Linux
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Souls-like 21.3%, Metroidvania 19.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 8.7%
- #9 Emlis
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JK Globe
Windows
Play as Emlis, a slime, explore an interconnected world, and fight enemies using elemental powers. Recover stolen elemental spirits from invaders to save the corrupted forest Soleen. Uncover secrets, defeat bosses, restore spirits to bring back life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, Souls-like 20.6%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Top-Down 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #10 Nulphia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keyreal
Windows
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Top-Down 15.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #11 Limos' Lair
69% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Oleg Fedotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Top-Down 17.7%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11.2%
- #12 Shieldbound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Souls-like 22.6%, Metroidvania 22%, Difficult 12%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Stylized 7.5%
- #13 Zenith
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nocturnia Studios
Windows
Step into a dark and decaying world with Zenith, an Action RPG that blends intense combat, deep exploration, and an immersive atmosphere. Explore ruined cathedrals and gothic landscapes filled with secrets, facing relentless enemies that will challenge your skill and strategy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 24.6%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Exploration 10%, Action 7.1%
- #14 The Blighted Core
68% 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 28.9%, Difficult 14.7%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Top-Down 11.3%
- #15 Mr Figs
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joe ReynoldsPub: TheGoodGameFactory
Windows · Linux
Mr Figs is a challenging top-down action puzzler set in the ruins that created Mr Figs. Explore, collect, and bomb your way to your birthplace and bring it to ruin!
Why similar: Top-Down 34.6%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Action 8.9%
- #16 Go Alone
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orobi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Souls-like 28.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Adventure 6.1%
- #17 Amo
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Action-Adventure 20%, Top-Down 19%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5.6%
- #18 Tairo: Lost In Time
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Souls-like 34.2%, Stylized 13.5%, Action-Adventure 7%, Action 5%
- #19 Lightwood
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Souls-like 26.9%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Action 5.8%
- #20 Dimension Rift Zero
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Metroidvania 25.4%, Difficult 13.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #21 Briar Flame
64% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 27.2%, Stylized 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Combat 5.6%
- #22 An Automaton's Journey
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xyros GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Top-Down 19.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Action 6.3%
- #23 Metasweeper
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adrian Marple
Windows · Mac · Linux
Metasweeper is a one of a kind minesweeper adventure game. Explore a land full of strange life, finding new abilities that unlock new areas and fully complement basic minesweeper clearing and flagging.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22%, Exploration 18.4%, Top-Down 17%, Puzzle 15.3%, Stylized 8.8%
- #24 Coral & The Abyss
64% 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 22.5%, Souls-like 21.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #25 Strongloween: The Escape
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: François LinckPub: François Linck Games
Windows
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.8%, Stylized 9.2%
- #26 Faros
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuxCor Studios
Windows
An action-adventure game where you explore the island solving puzzles to light the lighthouses and bring light back to this troubled world. Enter the Grim to change the world, but be careful the Grim contains dark spiritual forces who want to make you as twisted as they are.
Why similar: Souls-like 18.5%, Stylized 15.3%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Action 10.3%, Exploration 8.8%
- #27 HALLOW BLADE
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XekveraPub: TBA
Windows
HALLOW BLADE is a dark fantasy action adventure set in a vast interconnected subterranean kingdom where you form an unbreakable bond with an ancient possessed sword hungry for souls and vengeance.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Metroidvania 25.1%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 7.3%, Action 5.4%
- #28 Noad: The Priest
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Falling Spring
Windows
Noad: The Priest is a 2D action adventure game. It tells the story of a priest who begins an expedition where an unknown black substance 'Adven' flows out of the gate and cannot return beyond it. Face the truth with newcomers beyond the gate!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Souls-like 22.1%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Top-Down 11.3%, Action 10.7%
- #29 Anokye
63% 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 32.1%, Souls-like 26.5%, Difficult 16.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 5.2%
- #30 The Legend of the Bard: The Power Accordions
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo Vieira
Windows
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Souls-like 23.8%, Metroidvania 21.7%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Top-Down 11.4%, Exploration 10.1%
- #31 Curvature
63% 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 27.4%, Metroidvania 21.2%, Difficult 13.7%, Top-Down 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #32 GBWEngine
62% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: GBWGame
Windows
Welcome to the world of GBWEngine, where you can enjoy enjoyable exploration in semi open or sandbox levels, using different weapons and equipment to engage in thrilling battles with various monsters.
Why similar: Souls-like 36.9%, Action-Adventure 22.5%, Exploration 12%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #33 Chronos: Before the Ashes
64% matchMixed64% of 861 reviews2020
Dev: Gunfire GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.3%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Action 10%, Stylized 9.5%, Adventure 6%
- #34 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 7.1%
- #35 Akatori
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast Games
Windows
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 12.5%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #36 Souldiers
62% matchMixed69% of 2,963 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Souls-like 10.7%, Combat 7.2%
- #37 Apomo District
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apomo
Windows
Explore a world that changes everyday where you’ll hunt weird monsters called ‘Apomo.’ Catch and cook fish to get buffs, collect bugs to cast spells, and find gear to fit your play style.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.9%, Action-Adventure 21.7%, Top-Down 17.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Action 6.4%
- #38 Memoria Wake
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crescendo
Windows · Mac
Parry with precision and fight through shifting, surreal landscapes in this Souls-like action-adventure. When reality turns into a living nightmare, you must ascend through a shattered realm to rescue a missing friend.
Why similar: Souls-like 22%, Metroidvania 19.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #39 Crownless
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Souls-like 26.2%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Action 7.3%
- #40 Tearscape
58% matchVery Positive93% of 244 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 23%, Top-Down 15.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #41 Retrace the Light
59% matchVery Positive89% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: Xiaming Game
Windows
Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.3%, Metroidvania 20.9%, Top-Down 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #42 DREIFRAME
59% match8 user reviews100% of 8 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 31.5%, Souls-like 29.5%, Difficult 14.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 4.9%
- #43 Lightward
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Souls-like 31%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #44 VELKYN
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: endeetree
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the floating island of Vynary and dive into an epic adventure waiting to be explored. VELKYN is an immersive OPEN WORLD adventure with a focus on combat, exploration, and puzzles.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.4%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Stylized 9.8%
- #45 The Will of Our Fathers
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David M Tippy
Windows
The Will of Our Fathers is a top-down 2D action-exploration game with an old-school design philosophy. Explore a large, interconnected world full of traps and treasure, delve into challenging and mysterious dungeons, and uncover secret schemes against The Will of Our Fathers.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.2%, Top-Down 20.2%, Exploration 14.1%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #46 Intertwined
61% 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 28.4%, Souls-like 27%, Difficult 15.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Action 4.7%
- #47 La-Mulana 2
63% matchVery Positive86% of 1,043 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Souls-like 23%, Metroidvania 22.9%, Action-Adventure 14%, Difficult 12.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #48 Stray Blade
61% matchMostly Positive73% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Metroidvania 22.4%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Difficult 12.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #49 MIO: Memories in Orbit
57% matchVery Positive82% of 2,770 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 19.8%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Difficult 11.8%, Exploration 11.2%
- #50 Enemies Within
61% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 24.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Difficult 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #51 Benders of Moona
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 11.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #52 Dreamdawn
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Custodio Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore surreal landscapes where dreams and reality intertwine. Battle manifestations of fear, uncover the secrets of an interconnected world, and awaken the truth buried within a fading mind in Dreamdawn, a mysterious top-down action-adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Difficult 13.2%, Exploration 13%, Top-Down 10.8%
- #53 Tenebra
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broke CoCo
Windows
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 20.3%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Stylized 11.5%, Exploration 5.8%
- #54 Obsidian Legion
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Palisade Games
Windows
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.4%, Metroidvania 28.2%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Combat 8.1%, Action 6.7%
- #55 Shards of Memories
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Souls-like 22.3%, Action-Adventure 17%, Exploration 7.7%, Action 6.8%
- #56 Roots of Cinder
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DigitalZeon
Windows
The doors of hell have been opened, and now demons walk the earth. Embark on an action-packed and mysterious adventure where you will have to confront the most dangerous enemies and solve the most intricate puzzles. All with the help of an extensive arsenal of weapons and summonings.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.1%, Metroidvania 21.6%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Top-Down 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #57 Midnight Door
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tree Face Studios
Windows
A girl befriends a strange and powerful creature; the duo goes on an interdimensional adventure in this 16-bit inspired top-down action-adventure! Explore environments both familiar and fantastical while engaging in precise and strategic combat with bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.6%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Top-Down 16.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Action 6.5%
- #58 Inside The Crystal Mountain
60% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Inside The Crystal Mountain is a difficult action-adventure game with fast-paced combat and soulslike elements where you explore a mysterious world filled with ambiguous characters and challenging enemies.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.9%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Top-Down 14.6%, Difficult 13.3%, Exploration 11.3%
- #59 Wirelight
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: elsif
Windows · Linux
A tiny turn-based tactical... soulslike! Explore a twisty, interconnected world, battle enemies using a unique spin on a 'posture' system, and employ different combinations of upgrades to your advantage.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.3%, Metroidvania 22.9%, Top-Down 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Stylized 8.8%
- #60 Kena: Scars of Kosmora
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ember LabPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Kena’s journey to cure her affliction leads to the island of Kosmora, plagued by mysterious corruption. To save Kosmora, she must master the elements with the aid of spirit companions in this action-packed and heartfelt adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.1%, Metroidvania 23.3%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Action 10%