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Games Like Venture to the Vile

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

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Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 179 reviews
Released: 2024-05-21
Developer: Studio Cut to Bits
Publisher: Aniplex Inc.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    73% matchMixed69% of 340 reviews2018
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    Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
    Windows

    Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

    Why similar: Action 51.8%, Adventure 48.2%

  54. #54 Volkolak: The Will of Gods
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 231 reviews2025
    Dev: Volkolak Team
    Windows

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

  55. #55 Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2024
    Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Linux

    Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Gothic 19.3%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%

  56. #56 Islets
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
    Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Platformer 13.4%, Open World 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Exploration 6.7%

  57. #57 Dread Delusion
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
    Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

    Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.9%, Open World 25.5%, Metroidvania 24.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Action-Adventure 5.7%

  58. #58 Bittersweet Birthday
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: World Eater GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Bittersweet Birthday is a boss fight-only action adventure where every encounter is a unique and emotional showdown. Explore a colorful world full of endearing characters, uncover your memories, and battle your way through challenges that push skill, timing, and determination to their limits.

    Why similar: Narrative 61.6%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Action 4%

  59. #59 3000th Duel
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2019
    Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, 2.5D 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Open World 10.1%

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