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296 games like Death's Gambit · 1985 – 2024
Bit Kid · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Taking equal inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, it will immerse you in a proce
69 rating3 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Bombservice · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series. Focusing on gameplay, melee combos, dodge mechanics, travel forwards in the search to save everyone. With your trusty
84 rating5 lists4.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Ska Studios · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D action role-playing game developed by Ska Studios and released in 2016. It combines side-scrolling combat with mechanics inspired by action RPGs, including stamina management and character builds. Players explore
83 rating6 lists16 h main storyOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
Fun Bits Interactive · PS4
Fan-favorite Fat Princess will make her delicious debut on the PlayStation 4 system with the release of Fat Princess Adventures in 2015. Cooked up by the minds that brought you the original game, this new co-op adventure from Fun Bits Inter
67 rating3 listsOften paired
Linux, Switch, PS3 +7
Cloudberry Kingdom is a platform game created by Pwnee Studios. The game uses a set of algorithms developed by Jordan Fisher to create procedurally generated levels that can be adaptive to player skill level, in game character abilities, an
66 rating7 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
Eneme Entertainment · Linux, PS4, Windows +1
The Shield Maiden, as with all mortal Norsemen, was to have her fate determined by the three fate- weaving Norns and their sacred loom before she even entered the world. However, her destiny was shattered when the mischievous god Loki inter
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PlayStation console exclusive
Funomena · PS4, Windows
From the creator behind Noby Noby Boy and Katamari Damacy comes Wattam - Long ago, a huge explosion blasted the world of Wattam across the galaxy. Help the Mayor build stacks and chains with characters like Sushi, Flower, Cloud & Poop to cr
77 rating2 lists4 h main storyOften paired
Rocketcat Games · Android, Linux, Switch +5
Death Road to Canada is a Permadeath Randomized Road Trip Simulator. You manage a group of survivors through decision making events as you travel from Florida to Ontario, Canada. This is mixed in with exploring, sneaking around, or fighting
71 rating2 lists15 h main storyOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
Mintsphere · PS4
The PlayStation 4 version of Fallen Legion, both versions have their own story and events following a different main character. "Get ready to battle the beastly hordes in Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire! Join Princess Cecille, a steely wa
64 rating1 listOften paired
Android, Linux, Windows +1
Kingdom is a 2D side-scrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
70 rating1 list1 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Wadjet Eye Games · Linux, Switch, Windows +1
A demon possessed you one year ago. Since that day, you unwillingly tore a trail of bloodshed through New York City. Your salvation comes in the form of the Unavowed – an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. You are free, but your w
83 rating2 lists9.5 h main storyOften paired
Antagonist · PS4, Windows, Xbox One
Through the Woods is a third-person psychological horror game set in a forest on the western shore of Norway about a mother and her missing son. Through dynamic narration, you play the mother's re-telling of the events surrounding her son's
55 rating3 lists3 h main storyOften paired
Borealys Games · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Accompany Zia as she strikes off to train and learn to control her magical abilities that had her exiled. Journey across the lands to meet other exiled mages and uncover runes with magical properties that can be combined into millions of di
80 rating6 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Android, Linux, Switch +5
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidd
79 rating3 lists13 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Capybara Games · PS4, Windows, Xbox One
Test your adventurer mettle against The Isle’s procedural subterranean labyrinths. Explore a large, interconnected underworld crawling with cunning wildlife, deadly traps and stalked by a shadowy presence. Survive the perils of The Depths a
69 rating6 lists19 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Daisuke Amaya · Nintendo 3DS, Windows
In Ikachan, you control a squid in an underwater cave system. This game uses what is assumed to be an early version of the Cave Story engine. The controls are built around the use of momentum. The caverns are cut off from the sea, there ar
78 rating2 listsOften paired
Bombservice · Switch, PS5, Windows +1
Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
81 rating2 lists7.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Bwulf · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows +1
Wiz is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration and skilled combat with great rewards. Enter the world of Wiz and try saving the land to restore light and balance for all living creatures.
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Heart Machine · Linux, Switch, Ouya +7
Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much gra
85 rating8 lists5 h main story
Retro Forge Games · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
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.
82 rating2 lists26 h main story
Clover Bite · PS4, PS5, Stadia +3
Explore a surreal world obsessed with proportions and anatomy, in this 2.5D Metroidvania action RPG, where you will find out what you're made of... and break everything else apart.
87 rating4 lists14 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith,
80 rating5 lists11 h main story
Black Mermaid · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as y
68 rating1 list8.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Sabotage Studio · Switch, PS4, PS5 +2
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. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as
83 rating5 lists12 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Thomas Happ Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world. Is this a distant planet? The far future? Or a complex virtual-reality computer simulation? Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine world in order to learn its sec
80 rating9 lists11 h main story
Thomas Happ Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
You may have played Axiom Verge, or heard it referenced as a benchmark for indie “metroidvania” adventures. Axiom Verge 2 is part of the same story as Axiom Verge 1 but is a completely new game: new characters, new powers, new enemies, and
74 rating5 lists8.5 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand bet
87 rating4 lists16 h main story
Transhuman Design · Browser, Linux, Switch +4
Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon
71 rating5 lists3 h main story
Linux, Switch, Windows +2
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fea
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Switch, PS4, Windows
Trapped in a dark and gloomy temple, find your inner strength and courage to face its dangers. Show your Devotion! Dark Devotion invites you in a rich and peculiar universe. You will go through more and more confrontations. If you happen t
71 rating2 lists8 h main story
Altari Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. With the aid of weapons, spells and tonics, and the guidance of the magical and myst
73 rating2 lists8 h main story
The Game Atelier · Switch, PS4, PS5 +6
A legendary game series returns with an all-new adventure! Monster Boy is a colourful side-scrolling action adventure created in cooperation with Ryuichi Nishizawa, the creator of the Wonder Boy Monster World series (Trademark of SEGA Corpo
83 rating10 lists18 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
CreSpirit · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +1
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi
83 rating2 lists11 h main story
Linux, NES, Switch +4
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in t
76 rating4 lists7 h main story
Dreadlocks Ltd · Linux, Switch, Ouya +5
Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off. How will you play your pa
74 rating5 lists8 h main story
Metamorphosis Games · Windows
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world. Join Aletheia and a vibrant cast of chara
75 rating1 list7 h main story
Lab Zero Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Indivisible is a side-scrolling RPG in the vein of Valkyrie Profile, spanning a huge fantasy world inspired by our own world’s various cultures and mythologies. Players will navigate beautiful environments using a variety of different trav
80 rating4 lists19 h main story
Red Candle Games · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer set in a science fiction world influenced by Asian fantasy and Taoist imagery. The game follows a vengeful protagonist on a quest to defeat the nine Sols, the rulers of a ruined realm once inha
87 rating1 list19 h main story
CreSpirit · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
A new game from the creators of Rabi-Ribi, embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a sprawling land scarred by conflict. Explore and discover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spect
80 rating1 list23 h main story
Switch, PS5, Windows +1
What lurks beneath the surface of this deceptively minimalistic adventure? In Animal Well there is more than what you see. Explore a dense interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment
85 rating4 lists6 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
Enter a strange and unexplored land full of adorable robots, hidden secrets, and evil virus-infected machines. Discover different weapons, items, and abilities that will help you progress and discover new areas.
78 rating2 lists7 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Videocult · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
Rain World is a survival platformer set in an abandoned industrial environment ravaged by a shattered ecosystem. Bone-crushingly intense rains pound the surface, making life as we know it almost impossible. The creatures in this world hiber
69 rating5 lists20 h main story
Android, Windows, iOS
TRAPS N' GEMSTONES is an adventurous platform game, among gamers typically known as the "Metroidvania" genre, from Donut Games, the developer behind chart-toppers Traffic Rush, Sunday Lawn, the "Rat On A" series and many others. THE PLOT
70 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Inti Creates · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure gameplay returns with a brand new sequel to Blaster Master Zero!
84 rating6 lists8 h main story
Old Moon · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
On the desolate moon of Lorian V, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abil
74 rating1 list10 h main story
Team Ladybug · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a 2D-style Metroidvania (action-exploration) game based on Record of Lodoss War. Immerse yourself in the gorgeous pixel animations, and take advantage of abilities such as swapping weapons
79 rating7 lists6 h main story
Windows
Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle. You play as Spark, an electric jester frustrated by the loss of his job! On one beautiful day, rob
72 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Mega Cat Studios · Android, Linux, Switch +6
In WrestleQuest, players assume the role of a young wrestling hopeful, on his quest to become one of the all-time greats while he powerbombs, slams, and suplexes his way to the top. Inspired by icons like the legendary "Macho Man" Randy Sav
63 rating2 lists37 h main story