Games like Blessed Surface
by Corpse King Games
An open-world 2d platformer, Blessed Surface uses the side-scrolling perspective to create a deep, greatly vertical space with no sky, only endless passages upwards. A functioning ecosystem, equipment customization, dynamic encounters and more form a rich, living world.
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$24.99GRIME
Aug 2 · Clover Bite
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformerDark FantasyDifficultAction-AdventureExploration2.5DAction RPGSurreal👍 4,643
$14.99Hollow Knight
Feb 24 · Team Cherry
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Souls-like
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
MetroidvaniaPlatformerSouls-likeDifficultGreat Soundtrack2DIndieSingleplayerExplorationAtmospheric👍 503,211
$17.99Salt and Sanctuary
May 17 · Ska Studios
Both: Souls-like · Metroidvania · Difficult
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Souls-likeMetroidvaniaDark Fantasy2DDifficultRPGActionPlatformerIndieLocal Co-Op👍 20,083
$24.99Afterimage
Apr 24 · Aurogon Shanghai
Both: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Exploration
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
MetroidvaniaFemale Protagonist2D PlatformerAnimeSide ScrollerExplorationSouls-likeHack and SlashAction RPGDifficult👍 6,936
-80%$1.99Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Mar 4 · Bombservice
Both: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Exploration
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Metroidvania2D PlatformerSide ScrollerPixel GraphicsExplorationFemale ProtagonistSouls-like2DDifficultSpectacle fighter👍 10,508
$24.99Blasphemous
Sep 10 · The Game Kitchen
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Difficult
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePixel GraphicsDark FantasyGore2DViolentIndieDifficultAction👍 54,777
$27.99The Last Faith
Nov 15 · Kumi Souls Games
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePixel GraphicsDark FantasyViolentGothic2DGoreActionVampires👍 4,667
-75%$11.24Blasphemous 2
Aug 24 · The Game Kitchen
Both: Difficult · Metroidvania · Souls-like
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
DifficultCombatFantasyMetroidvaniaSouls-likeAdventurePixel Graphics2D PlatformerSide ScrollerHack and Slash👍 16,844
$11.99Deepening Fire
Apr 19 · VeryBigDog
Both: Difficult · Souls-like · Exploration
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
DifficultSouls-likeExplorationMetroidvaniaPlatformerSide ScrollerSingleplayerControllerAction RPGIndie👍 571
$14.99Minishoot' Adventures
Apr 2 · SoulGame Studio
Both: Bullet Hell · Metroidvania · Exploration
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Twin Stick ShooterBullet HellMetroidvaniaExplorationTop-DownAdventureRPGCute2DCasual👍 7,820
-50%$9.99Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Jul 17 · Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist
Both: Exploration · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerExploration2D PlatformerPlatformerMetroidvaniaSouls-likeAction-AdventureComic Book2D👍 1,399
$24.99ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Jun 21 · Live Wire, Adglobe
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Difficult
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistDark FantasySouls-likeGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAtmospheric2DDifficultIndie👍 43,108
$14.993000th Duel
Dec 12 · NEOPOPCORN Corp
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
ActionAdventureMetroidvaniaSouls-likeIndiePlatformerDifficultDark FantasySide Scroller2D👍 365
$14.99Unworthy
May 29 · Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
Both: Souls-like · Metroidvania · Difficult
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Souls-likeMetroidvaniaIndieActionRPGAdventureDark FantasyPixel GraphicsDifficult2D👍 764
$29.99TUNIC
Mar 16 · TUNIC Team
Both: Exploration · Souls-like · Metroidvania
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
ExplorationPuzzleSouls-likeMetroidvaniaCuteAction-AdventureIsometricDifficultRPG3D👍 16,698
$15.99F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Oct 2 · TiGames
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · 2D Platformer
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
MetroidvaniaPlatformerActionSteampunkAdventure2D PlatformerSingleplayerStory RichExplorationAction-Adventure👍 6,666
$14.99Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Oct 30 · Endlessfluff Games
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Difficult
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
MetroidvaniaActionPlatformerRPGIndie2DDifficultGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerExploration👍 2,275
$19.99Timespinner
Sep 25 · Lunar Ray Games
Both: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Exploration
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerLGBTQ+2D PlatformerExplorationPlatformer2DPixel GraphicsRPG👍 2,824
-50%$9.99Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Aug 13 · White Rabbit
Both: Souls-like · Metroidvania · Platformer
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Souls-likeMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsRPGDark FantasyAction2DIndieAdventurePlatformer👍 4,263
FreeWarriOrb: Prologue
Dec 11 · Not Yet
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformerDifficult2DExplorationAtmosphericSide ScrollerOpen WorldRPG
-75%$4.99Monster Sanctuary
Dec 8 · moi rai games
Both: Metroidvania · Exploration
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Creature CollectorPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaTurn-Based TacticsSingleplayerTurn-Based CombatExplorationFantasyAdventureJRPG👍 10,419
$39.99No Rest for the Wicked
Apr 18 · Moon Studios GmbH
Both: Souls-like · Open World · Exploration
From Moon Studios, the award-winning creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, comes No Rest for the Wicked, a unique, visceral Action RPG set in a hand-crafted world with Souls-like combat. Featuring co-op for up to four players.
Early AccessSouls-likeAction RPGOnline Co-OpHack and SlashOpen WorldCombatExplorationRPGIsometric👍 66,144
$11.99Original Journey
Aug 16 · Bonfire Entertainment
Both: Bullet Hell · 2D Platformer · Difficult
Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?
Action RoguelikeBullet Hell2D PlatformerDifficultShooterPlatformerRoguelikeAction-AdventureRPG2D👍 132
$19.99Worldless
Nov 20 · Noname Studios
Both: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Metroidvania
Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.
Stylized2D PlatformerPlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerAction RPGFemale Protagonist2DFantasySci-fi👍 1,558
$19.99Souldiers
Jun 2 · Retro Forge
Both: Metroidvania · Difficult · Souls-like
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
MetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsActionAction-AdventureSingleplayerCombatDifficultAdventureLore-RichSouls-like👍 2,322
$17.99Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams
Mar 12 · Lavadrop Entertainment
Both: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Exploration
A 2D metroidvania where every defeated Archon becomes a summonable power. Claim six ancient beings, use their abilities to fight, move, and unlock hidden paths, and uncover a sinister plot threatening the world.
MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerAction-AdventureMagicExplorationAction RPGControllerMultiple Endings
FreeBloody Hell
Jan 27 · Pun Intended
Both: Bullet Hell · Metroidvania · Souls-like
A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?
Bullet HellMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsIndieTwin Stick ShooterSingleplayerGoreFree to PlaySouls-likeDemons
$19.99Foregone
Mar 1 · Big Blue Bubble
Both: Platformer · Metroidvania · Souls-like
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
ActionIndiePlatformerSide Scroller2DMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsSouls-likeDifficultFemale Protagonist👍 1,329
$29.99TEVI
Nov 29 · CreSpirit, GemaYue, Ein Lee
Both: Metroidvania · Bullet Hell
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
MetroidvaniaAnimePixel GraphicsBullet HellAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist2DStory RichSide ScrollerColorful👍 3,583
FreeVoid Memory
Oct 30 · Gustav
Both: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Difficult
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
RPGActionAdventureIndieMetroidvaniaSouls-likeDifficult2DPlatformerDark Fantasy👍 188
-80%$3.99The Knight Witch
Nov 29 · Super Mega Team
Both: Metroidvania · Bullet Hell
The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistShoot 'Em UpBullet HellBullet HeavenCard BattlerAtmosphericStory RichChoices MatterTwin Stick Shooter👍 644
-60%$7.99Rusted Moss
Apr 11 · Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze
Both: Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
PlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaActionStory RichAdventure2D PlatformerPrecision PlatformerAction-Adventure2D👍 1,583
$4.9920 Minutes Till Dawn
Jun 8 · flanne
Both: Bullet Hell
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellSurvivalRogueliteShoot 'Em UpHorrorTop-Down ShooterCombatPixel GraphicsLovecraftian👍 27,879
$19.99Islets
Aug 24 · Kyle Thompson
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Exploration
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
MetroidvaniaAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericStory RichFantasyCute2DActionExploration👍 1,838
$14.99Soulstone Survivors
Jun 17 · Game Smithing Limited
Both: Bullet Hell
Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteAction RPGRoguelikeCraftingRPGHack and SlashAction👍 25,755
