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Games like Lords of Exile

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Games like Lords of Exile

A short, easy 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in Exilia, combining retro mechanics, linear levels, and ninja-style projectile combat.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
A short, sentimental 8-bit action-platformer prequel starring Specter Knight, focused on precise platforming and recruiting knights, playable in about seven hours.
2017-04-05
- Action

Platform

Adventure

Fantasy

Indie

Side view

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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

A retro-styled side-scrolling ninja action-platformer with fast combat and a punishing checkpoint system, typically beaten in about six hours.

2025-07-31

Action
Platform
Adventure
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi

A short retro horror platformer where you fight monsters and Dracula's commanders across a cursed countryside.

2024-03-29

Action
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Side view

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

A tight 4-6 hour retro 8-bit action platformer with sword-and-whip combat, branching stages, multiple characters, and a manageable challenge.

2018-05-24

Action
Platform
Fantasy
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view

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Lovish

A short, funny 8-bit action-adventure platformer about rescuing Princess Tsuna through bite-sized rooms.

2026-02-05

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

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Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)

A brief, challenging arcade action platformer through medieval Spain, with retro pixel visuals and a Ghosts 'n Goblins-style quest that reviewers find more fun than punishing.

2016-10-20

Action
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Historical
Arcade

Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge cover art

Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge

A short retro-style side-scrolling action-adventure where an iron-wielding alchemist fights through Dracula's castle.

2022-03-21

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

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Castle In The Darkness

A fast-paced medieval fantasy metroidvania platformer with snappy controls, tough-but-fair challenges, and a compact 8–10 hour adventure.

2015-02-05

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

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD cover art

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

A side-scrolling Metroidvania action-adventure about Trevor Belmont's quest for revenge, with serviceable but unremarkable combat and a story that drags in its final act.

2014-03-27

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Side view

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LarsGadiel

A solo retro 8-bit Metroidvania with a female protagonist, punishing platforming, and a compact campaign of around five hours.

2026-07-17

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

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Wallachia: Reign of Dracula

A hard, retro-styled Dracula-themed side-scrolling action platformer/shooter with a short single-player campaign.

2020-02-28

Shooter
Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Horde of Viscount

A retro-styled 2D metroidvania with co-op, adjustable difficulty, town building, and subweapon movement, offering reviewers around 6-8 hours of play.

2026-04-10

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