Games Like UnEpic

Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, RPG 19.4%, Indie 5.4%, Action 5.3%, Side Scroller 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the dark, humorous, and challenging retro-RPG feel found in UnEpic.

Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.1%, RPG 14.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 4.1%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex RPG mechanics and deep character building within a challenging Metroidvania framework.

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Platformer 17.8%, RPG 16.5%, Action 5.5%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a beautiful 2D world with a strong focus on RPG-style character progression and action-packed combat.

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, Platformer 16.1%, RPG 12.1%, Indie 5.3%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the difficult platforming and humorous, self-aware tone of UnEpic.

Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.

Why similar: RPG 50.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Indie 8.2%, Action 6.6%, Fantasy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into meta-humor and genre-shifting, mirroring the parody elements of UnEpic.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Indie 4.9%, 2D 4.8%, Comedy 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tight action-platforming with a witty, humorous script that constantly breaks the fourth wall.

Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

Why similar: Platformer 38.5%, Metroidvania 27.6%, RPG 11.6%, Indie 7.1%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features addictive RPG progression and 2D action that rewards exploration and character growth.

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.9%, Platformer 19.2%, Comedy 7.9%, Indie 4.5%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at blending Metroidvania exploration with a vibrant, comedic tone and satisfying combat.

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: Metroidvania 51.6%, RPG 18%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D 4.7%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, dark 2D RPG experience with extensive gear and stat management similar to UnEpic.

A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Indie 7.6%, Action 6.4%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a humorous, story-driven Metroidvania experience with a modern sci-fi twist.

Secrets of Grindea is an old-school Action RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. Journey through fantastical lands and battle tons of different enemies and bosses in your quest for truth, friendship and, above all, finding the world’s rarest treasures!

Why similar: RPG 33.1%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Indie 9.8%, Fantasy 9.5%, Funny 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features classic top-down action-RPG gameplay with a heavy focus on humor and character customization.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.8%, RPG 17.7%, Platformer 8%, Action 4.2%, Side Scroller 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential Metroidvania that emphasizes RPG elements like loot, crafting, and character builds.

A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.

Why similar: RPG 36%, Co-op 15.6%, Indie 10.7%, Action 7.3%, Online Co-Op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic dungeon-crawling experience with RPG elements that feels like a tabletop game brought to life.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 38.9%, Indie 8.5%, 2D 7.2%, Retro 6.8%, Metroidvania 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic action-platforming feel with a lighthearted, humorous narrative.

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Indie 4.7%, Exploration 4.5%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly challenging Metroidvania that rewards players for their curiosity and exploration of ancient ruins.

Shoot rubber ducky arrows, pound enemies with a rhino hammer, and help Beethoven get his groove back in the last totally normal high school themed RPGvania you’ll ever want.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, RPG 21.9%, Comedy 11.4%, Indie 6.6%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quirky, hand-drawn RPG that focuses on humor and creative combat abilities.

Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, RPG 15.4%, Platformer 11%, Indie 5.2%, Action 4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a procedurally generated Metroidvania experience with significant RPG depth and loot systems.

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: Metroidvania 49.2%, RPG 20.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Action 4.5%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends challenging 2D combat with deep RPG stats and a dark, atmospheric world.

What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.

Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Comedy 23.6%, Metroidvania 12.9%, Indie 9.6%, Funny 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a short, hilarious satire of modern gaming tropes that mirrors the comedic spirit of UnEpic.

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, RPG 14.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 5.5%, Co-op 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich Metroidvania that features deep RPG elements and a unique time-manipulation mechanic.

Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.

Why similar: RPG 30.7%, Platformer 19.6%, Co-op 10%, Indie 8.8%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging RPG-roguelike that focuses on crafting and survival in a 2D world.

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: RPG 46%, Indie 10.6%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Fantasy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike features satisfying RPG progression and dungeon-crawling mechanics.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 6.9%, Exploration 6%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tight, challenging 2D action experience with RPG-lite progression systems.

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

Why similar: RPG 58.2%, Side Scroller 20%, Action 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style action game that allows for deep customization and RPG-like management of a pirate crew.

HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES is a colorful and absurd action-platformer about Buckethead, a hero past his prime, in a world that, let's be honest, has seen better days...

Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Comedy 15.8%, Fantasy 10%, 2D 8.5%, Action 8%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 69.2%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D 4.3%, Indie 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a dark, atmospheric Metroidvania experience with heavy emphasis on exploration and lore.

The world is at an end, and you have 30 seconds to save it!

Why similar: RPG 49.1%, Comedy 19.9%, Action 8.6%, Fantasy 4.7%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced parody of RPG tropes that keeps the gameplay loop tight and humorous.

Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.

Why similar: RPG 29.6%, Co-op 23.3%, Action 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Indie 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a chaotic, co-op friendly action experience with randomized RPG elements.

Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?

Why similar: Multiplayer 24.9%, Platformer 20.2%, Co-op 10.3%, 2D 9.3%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a 2D action experience with building and strategy elements that emphasize multiplayer chaos.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Platformer 14.7%, Indie 8%, Action 6.3%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intricate platforming and puzzle-solving with a strong, character-driven narrative.

You are John Appleby, game historian. Your shadow twin "Evil John" has been doing some evil business and is causing genres to collide! Only you have the power to restore peace and save gaming...

Why similar: RPG 29.4%, Platformer 26.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%, 2D 6.7%, Funny 6.6%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.3%, Platformer 14.6%, Indie 5%, Action 3.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging Metroidvania that focuses heavily on exploration and uncovering secrets in a mysterious world.

Embody Kimuto on the first day of his new job in this humor-packed dungeon crawler with surprising secrets to discover!

Why similar: RPG 36.3%, Comedy 25.5%, 2D 8.7%, Action 8.4%, Indie 6.1%

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.

Why similar: RPG 55.7%, Indie 10.5%, Comedy 6.6%, Retro 6.1%, Fantasy 5.2%

Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. Take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience.

Why similar: RPG 55.8%, Comedy 12.8%, Indie 9.1%, Fantasy 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

The legendary hero is dead, and a strange glitch is spreading across the kingdom. Explore dangerous dungeons, and defeat the eight archangels to restore order to an unraveling world in this epic action-adventure RPG.

Why similar: Comedy 30.3%, RPG 20.2%, Funny 10.2%, Action 8.9%, Indie 6.4%

UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.

Why similar: Comedy 37.6%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 11%, Action 10.6%, Funny 8.8%

Multi-Character Metroidvania Style Action RPG Featuring PermaDeath!! Switch at anytime between characters in a quest to stop The Dark Prince Rhigor from using the Ethi to unleash The Darkness on the realm.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, RPG 18.5%, Platformer 14.7%, Comedy 6.7%, Indie 4.9%

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 62.7%, Indie 15.2%, 2D 8.7%, Co-op 5%, Action 4.1%

Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

Why similar: RPG 50.5%, Indie 15.7%, Action 8.4%, Fantasy 6.6%, Co-op 6.2%

The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.

Why similar: RPG 50.5%, Co-op 16%, Fantasy 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Action 5.3%

Magic Rampage is a fast-paced action RPG platformer with a massive single-player campaign, deep character customization, and challenging dungeons. Master powerful gear, uncover secrets, and test your skills in competitive and PvP modes.

Why similar: RPG 28.3%, Platformer 24.9%, Fantasy 8.7%, Indie 8.2%, Action 7%

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Co-op 14.7%, Comedy 11.6%, Action 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!

Why similar: Platformer 23.9%, RPG 17.4%, Co-op 14.3%, Action 9.2%, Indie 8.9%

Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

Why similar: RPG 69.3%, Fantasy 11.6%, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.

Why similar: RPG 51.4%, Action 17.6%, Indie 13%, Adventure 6.7%, 2D 6.5%

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Platformer 54.1%, Indie 13%, 2D 10.4%, Action 10.1%, Side Scroller 7.5%

A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle.The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution.

Why similar: RPG 54.7%, Indie 17.9%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D 7.2%, Retro 6.4%

Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, RPG 25.6%, Action 12.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Indie 7.3%

What could be scarier than a massive dungeon-tower infested with skulls, ogres, and dragons? That those same monsters ride the largest multinational in the world with it. You know; business is business.

Why similar: RPG 25.8%, Platformer 20.2%, Comedy 14.1%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Action 6.8%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Indie 15.5%, Comedy 14.1%, Action 13.2%, Fantasy 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%

Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.

Why similar: RPG 52.8%, Co-op 11%, Action 8.2%, Fantasy 7.5%, Indie 6.6%

A COMMUNITY CREATED Hack'n Slash RPG where players can team up and tackle exciting adventures made by other community members in our in-game Adventure Construction Kit - It's DIABLO meets LITTLE BIG PLANET!

Why similar: RPG 54.8%, Co-op 16.3%, Indie 12.4%, Multiplayer 6%, Fantasy 5.1%

Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, RPG 17.4%, Platformer 16%, Action 4.6%, Indie 4.6%

Wanderlust: Rebirth is an online four player co-op arcade-action RPG set in the fantasy world, Valandria. The heroes are summoned to Westhaven Arena to prove their worth as heroes of old legend. However, things are not as transparent as they first appear, when our heroes are unknowingly set upon a trek to save mankind from an ominous end.

Why similar: RPG 55%, Indie 11.2%, Action 9.2%, Co-op 7.9%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 53%, Indie 16.3%, Exploration 11%, Metroidvania 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.

Why similar: Comedy 29.8%, RPG 19.4%, Co-op 13.9%, Fantasy 7.1%, Action 7%

Slay monsters. Defeat epic bosses. Collect magical gear. Become a Warlock and save the universe.

Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Platformer 18.7%, Indie 13.9%, Co-op 12.1%, Action 9.7%

Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story

Why similar: RPG 35.4%, Comedy 28.6%, Fantasy 10.8%, 2D 8.3%, Retro 6.1%