Games like DarkMaus

A compact indie action RPG with punishing soulslike combat, minimalist atmosphere, and a roughly seven-hour single-player campaign.

Void Sols
A top-down 2D soulslike action-RPG with deliberate combat, death-as-progression, and a bleak abstract world, completed in about 12 hours.
2024-11-12
- Action
- Adventure
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
FOUNTAINS
A challenging single-player action RPG with soulslike combat and metroidvania exploration in an ancient interconnected world, offering roughly 9–12 hours of play.
2024-12-20
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Deathbound
A dark fantasy Soulslike where you instantly switch between four party members, featuring hard, deliberate combat and a roughly 8–12 hour campaign.
2024-08-08
- Action
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Indie
Crimson Oath
A single-player indie souls-like with parry-focused combat and challenging bosses, set in an atmospheric world where a warrior uncovers a changing truth, lasting roughly 10-14 hours.
2026-04-29
- Action
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Tyrant's Realm
A single-player roguelite action-adventure with retro visuals, procedurally generated dark fantasy worlds, a satisfying but easy combat loop, and a short campaign of roughly 5-7 hours.
2025-01-16
- Action
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Tombwater
A Souls-like 2D action-RPG in a cursed Wild West town, blending brutal combat with Eldritch horror and rewarding exploration.
2026-03-31
- Action
- Adventure
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Unworthy
A slow-paced, combat-heavy 2D metroidvania set in a grim medieval world, with no jumping and roughly 10 hours of soulslike challenge.
2018-05-29
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
A challenging 2D dark fantasy soulslike set in ruined divine kingdoms, with pixel art and a ~9-hour mostly linear campaign.
2022-07-26
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
Blood Spear
A brief single-player soulslike action-adventure where you wield a demonic spear through precision throws in a gothic dark-fantasy world.
2021-08-13
- Action
- Adventure
- Third person
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Dark Devotion
A dark, punishing roguelite action-RPG about a Templar exploring a fallen temple, with slow progression and gear loss on death, averaging about 14 hours among reviewers.
2019-04-25
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
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
Ato
A compact feudal-Japan metroidvania with anthropomorphic characters, no dialogue, and parry-focused sword duels, playable in about 5-6 hours.
2020-05-08
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view

Games like DarkMaus

A compact indie action RPG with punishing soulslike combat, minimalist atmosphere, and a roughly seven-hour single-player campaign.

Void Sols
A top-down 2D soulslike action-RPG with deliberate combat, death-as-progression, and a bleak abstract world, completed in about 12 hours.
2024-11-12
- Action
- Adventure
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
FOUNTAINS
A challenging single-player action RPG with soulslike combat and metroidvania exploration in an ancient interconnected world, offering roughly 9–12 hours of play.
2024-12-20
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Deathbound
A dark fantasy Soulslike where you instantly switch between four party members, featuring hard, deliberate combat and a roughly 8–12 hour campaign.
2024-08-08
- Action
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Indie
Crimson Oath
A single-player indie souls-like with parry-focused combat and challenging bosses, set in an atmospheric world where a warrior uncovers a changing truth, lasting roughly 10-14 hours.
2026-04-29
- Action
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Tyrant's Realm
A single-player roguelite action-adventure with retro visuals, procedurally generated dark fantasy worlds, a satisfying but easy combat loop, and a short campaign of roughly 5-7 hours.
2025-01-16
- Action
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Tombwater
A Souls-like 2D action-RPG in a cursed Wild West town, blending brutal combat with Eldritch horror and rewarding exploration.
2026-03-31
- Action
- Adventure
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Unworthy
A slow-paced, combat-heavy 2D metroidvania set in a grim medieval world, with no jumping and roughly 10 hours of soulslike challenge.
2018-05-29
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
A challenging 2D dark fantasy soulslike set in ruined divine kingdoms, with pixel art and a ~9-hour mostly linear campaign.
2022-07-26
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
Blood Spear
A brief single-player soulslike action-adventure where you wield a demonic spear through precision throws in a gothic dark-fantasy world.
2021-08-13
- Action
- Adventure
- Third person
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Dark Devotion
A dark, punishing roguelite action-RPG about a Templar exploring a fallen temple, with slow progression and gear loss on death, averaging about 14 hours among reviewers.
2019-04-25
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
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
Ato
A compact feudal-Japan metroidvania with anthropomorphic characters, no dialogue, and parry-focused sword duels, playable in about 5-6 hours.
2020-05-08
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view

Void Sols

FOUNTAINS

Deathbound

Crimson Oath

Tyrant's Realm

Tombwater

Unworthy

The Tarnishing of Juxtia

Blood Spear

Dark Devotion

Moonscars

Ato

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