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9 Years of Shadows
Games like 9 Years of Shadows

Games like 9 Years of Shadows

A hand-crafted side-scrolling metroidvania action-adventure with a ghost companion and a roughly 12-hour story about restoring color to a dark world.

Moonscars
A dark, stylized 2D metroidvania with punishing combat and nonlinear exploration, typically taking reviewers 7-12 hours.
2022-09-27
- Action
- Platform

Adventure

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Indie

Side view

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists cover art

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

A dark fantasy metroidvania starring an iron alchemist on a revenge quest, with whip-and-element combat and a reviewer-median runtime of about 17 hours.

2025-10-27

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist cover art

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

A polished dark fantasy Metroidvania with rewarding exploration and moderate difficulty, set in a sorrowful post-apocalyptic world of Homunculi, offering a lengthy ~23-hour campaign.

2025-01-22

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure cover art

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

A story-driven 2D Metroidvania about a girl exploring Korean-folklore purgatory to rescue her father's soul, with solid art and music and around 14 hours of gameplay.

2021-04-07

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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Somber Echoes

A single-player metroidvania action-adventure about a reborn tribune exploring a forsaken sci-fi vessel with god-given combat powers and upgrades.

2025-01-21

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Historical

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder cover art

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

A 2D steampunk metroidvania action-platformer with a female protagonist, story-rich narrative, and easy combat that runs about 11.5 hours.

2024-07-16

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Noreya: The Gold Project cover art

Noreya: The Gold Project

A frenetic metroidvania with a light/gold world-altering choice, tight combat and platforming, and a roughly 12-hour run.

2024-06-21

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Open world

OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK cover art

OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK

A compact 2D action-adventure metroidvania in Overlord's dark fantasy world, starring Clementine as she recovers her lost memories and fights to escape.

2022-06-15

Action
Platform
Horror
Side view
Arcade

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- cover art

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-

A compact 2D Metroidvania set in a labyrinth, blending weapon and spirit-magic combat with anime-style pixel art and challenging boss fights.

2021-03-27

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell cover art

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

A single-player pixel-art metroidvania where priestess Momo fights demon hordes with close melee combat and exploration in a cute anime-inspired tale of bells and moon gods, lasting about 10 hours.

2024-01-11

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights cover art

ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

A sorrowful dark-fantasy metroidvania about a girl who summons fallen knights, featuring tense soulslike combat and a ~21-hour journey through a ruined kingdom.

2021-06-21

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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The Last Faith

A single-player 2D metroidvania-soulslike with precise combat, firearms, and custom executions in a gothic vampire setting, offering a ~20-25 hour campaign.

2023-11-15

Action
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Fighting
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery