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Games like Nightfall Empress

A 16-bit dark fantasy metroidvania with RPG growth, hidden secrets, and a mature sacred-profane story; reviewers say it plays smoothly after a day-one patch.

Hunt the Night
A gothic pixel-art action-RPG with soulslike combat and a ~12-hour campaign through the ruined world of Medhram, well-received by Steam players.
2023-04-13
- Action
- Adventure

Horror

Fantasy

Bird view / Isometric

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Indie

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)

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)

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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

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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

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree cover art

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

A single-player dark fantasy action RPG with metroidvania exploration, soulslike combat, six classes, item crafting, and an interconnected world, offering roughly 35 hours of snappy, satisfying play.

2025-04-17

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

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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.

2023-03-27

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

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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)

Vigil: The Longest Night cover art

Vigil: The Longest Night

A single-player, grim story-driven action RPG with metroidvania exploration, set in eternal darkness against eldritch horrors, featuring a rough start but a substantial ~20-hour campaign.

2020-10-14

Action
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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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)

Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~ cover art

Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~

A ~13-hour pixel-art dungeon-crawling RPG featuring a sacred knight heroine, corruption-themed progression, and a patch for explicit content.

2024-11-01

Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
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