Kingdom Shell
Games like Kingdom Shell

Games like Kingdom Shell

A gloomy pixel-art 2D metroidvania about exploring a cursed kingdom and battling nightmarish foes, with old-school soulslike challenge and roughly 12-14 hours of play.

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
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Kingdom Shell
Games like Kingdom Shell

Games like Kingdom Shell

A gloomy pixel-art 2D metroidvania about exploring a cursed kingdom and battling nightmarish foes, with old-school soulslike challenge and roughly 12-14 hours of play.

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

Role-playing (RPG)

Beholgar

A retro-styled metroidvania action-adventure where players explore caverns, woods, and castles, battling creatures and solving mysteries in a ~9-10 hour campaign.

2022-02-04

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Arcade

Drova - Forsaken Kin

A dark Celtic-mythology action-RPG with pixel-art visuals and challenging combat, offering a lengthy ~40-45 hour campaign in a world of spirits and factions.

2024-10-15

Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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

Tearscape

A roughly 10-hour dark fantasy metroidvania with precise soulslike combat, non-linear pixel-art dungeons, and optional co-op.

2026-02-02

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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)

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

Pale Coins

A challenging open-world fantasy RPG with 2D soulslike combat, loot-driven progression, and a New Game Plus mode.

2025-10-22

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

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)

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

A challenging dark fantasy 2D action platformer with RPG elements, metroidvania exploration, and a compact ~6-hour campaign that some find janky.

2024-08-07

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

Skelethrone: The Prey

An atmospheric but clunky single-player dark-fantasy 2D action-platformer prequel with metroidvania structure and RPG elements, offering a brief challenging preview.

2024-03-14

Action
Fantasy
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Souldiers

A lengthy retro metroidvania with soulslike combat, puzzle platforming, and pixel art, set in a fantasy realm between life and death.

2022-06-02

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

The Tarnishing of Juxtia