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A pixel-art metroidvania with roguelite item collection set in a hostile machine citadel, but reviewers say controls need polish.

After Death
A dark metroidvania platform-exploration game where you fight skulls and ghosts while seeking a gate out of a monster-infested world, with stiff old-school controls and a roughly 7-hour reviewer playtime.
2017-10-04
- Action
- Adventure

Indie

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Metal Unit

A sci-fi side-scrolling action-platformer with roguelite features, in which a soldier in an armored suit hunts her sister through monster- and alien-filled levels.

2021-01-27

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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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

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Pixel Descent

A dark action rogue-lite about diving into monster-filled dungeons with tight combat, permadeath, and short, repeatable runs—great for local co-op.

2024-03-06

Action
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Angel's Gear

A challenging single-player horror Metroidvania with a compact ~4-hour journey through a world corrupted by a mechanical disease.

2023-02-14

Action
Adventure
Horror

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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
Role-playing (RPG)

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Stardust Demon

A retro pixel-art metroidvania with quirky characters, diverse abilities, hidden-room exploration, and optional challenges in a roughly 16-hour story.

2024-10-23

Action
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Genopanic

A linear pixel-art adventure-platformer with light combat and puzzles in a dark sci-fi space station, offering a compact ~8-hour experience.

2024-05-17

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Erra: Exordium

A dieselpunk 2D action-adventure mixing Sumerian-Akkadian mythology with mechatron battles, offering atmospheric visuals but clunky controls over a ~9-hour campaign.

2023-11-09

Shooter
Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Historical

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Critadel

A futuristic 2D roguelike platformer with solid core shooting but uneven systems, offering three characters and huge weapon variety in short runs.

2021-10-12

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

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Rusted Moss

A twin-stick metroidvania with grapple-based movement through a fallen wasteland, mixing charming exploration with occasional tough boss fights and a substantial playtime.

2023-04-11

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Dark Light

A post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with hack-and-slash combat, metroidvania exploration, cyberware upgrades, and a roughly 30-hour campaign (among reviewer samples).

2022-09-29

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