- '
- anime
- dungeon
- boss
- metroidvania
- 2d
- underwater
- action
- cute
- adventure
- hack-and-slash
- crafting
- fantasy
- pixel
- park
Astalon: Tears Of The Earth (2021)
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Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game full of challenging platforming, epic bosses, and captivating storytelling. Control a party of three heroes with unique skills and abilities, explore a tower full of secrets and hidden artifacts, and embrace death as an opportunity to upgrade your characters and progress further. With retro graphics and music that nail the 8-bit vibe, Astalon delivers an unforgettable journey that will appeal to fans of classic NES-era games and modern side-scrollers alike.
- Smooth gameplay
- Retro graphic style and music
- Interesting map full of shortcuts and secrets
- Fun to switch between different characters
- Captivating story
- Forced backtracking every time you die
- QOL upgrades earned too late in the game
- Items in shop have no description
- Dungeons feel repetitive
- Bosses are mostly easy
- platform
- retro
- metroidvania
- fantasy
- exploration
- 2d
- pixel
- boss
- post-apocalyptic
- chiptune
- action-adventure
- old-school
- anime
- magic
- demons
- metroidvania
- platform
- precision
- scroller
- action-adventure
- 2d
- exploration
- rooms
- mythological
- controller-support
- action
Blaster Master Zero 3 (2021)
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Blaster Master Zero 3 is the ultimate mutant blasting action game that will leave you on the edge of your seat! This hybrid side-scrolling and top-down action game will take you on an epic journey through various dimensions. With a variety of new abilities and weapons at your disposal, you can travel through super-dimensional space and reverse the situation with the VRV system. Don't miss the epic conclusion of the Jason Saga!
- Continuation of the storyline from the first 2 games
- Compatible with controllers
- Retro graphics style
- Retro music
- Multiple endings
- High difficulty curve
- Confusing storyline if the first 2 games are not played
- PC version has weird technical issues
- platform
- top-down
- retro
- metroidvania
- boss
- dungeon
- side-scrolling
- pixel
- boss-fight
- classic
- anime
- 2d
- old-school
- action
- futuristic
Infernax (2022)
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Embark on an epic, bloodthirsty adventure in Infernax! With challenging castle-dungeons, multiple endings, and the option to play with friends, this retro side-scrolling platformer keeps you on the edge of your seat. Upgrade your character and unlock new skills to defeat demons and reverse the curse on your homeland. With secret areas to discover and a unique morality system, Infernax offers hours of exciting gameplay.
- Fun co-op
- Multiple fun endings
- Multiple playable characters
- Lots of replayability
- Incredible music
- Lots of instadeath pits
- Weird morality system
- Some metroid-esque elements but not a true metroidvania
- dungeon
- retro
- gore
- boss
- metroidvania
- platform
- old-school
- demons
- dark
- pixel
- classic
- violent
- side-scrolling
- fantasy
- castle-dungeon
DOOMBLADE (2023)
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Take on the role of Gloom Girl as you join forces with a talking sentient sword, Doomblade, to exact vengeance on the Dread Lords. Explore interconnecting worlds, slaying monsters with the sword's brutal wrath. With memorable boss design, good graphics, and catchy music, prepare to teach your enemies fear with the Doom Drop, Wicked Wind, and the Nightmare Onion abilities. Are you ready for the quest?
- Refreshing movement mechanics
- Engaging exploration
- Great art
- Fun boss fights
- Nuanced gameplay
- Sluggish player movement
- Lack of guidance
- Challenging environmental hazards
- Frustrating difficulty spike
- dark
- nonlinear
- metroidvania
- humor
- 2d
- scroller
- multiple-endings
- platform
- action-adventure
- exploration
- souls
- colourful
- atmospheric
- soundtrack
- fantasy
Monster Sanctuary (2020)
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Monster Sanctuary is a retro-inspired RPG where you collect over 100 unique monsters to fight alongside you in strategic turn-based combat. The game offers a huge world to explore and highly customizable equipment for each monster. With free DLCs and alternate music tracks, there's always something new to experience. Jump in and start your journey as a Monster Keeper now!
- Intricate teambuilding and turn-based gameplay
- Huge map with many secret locations and over 100 monsters
- No required grind, relies mostly on monster synergy and tactics
- Highly customizable equipment and skill trees for each monster
- Generous amount of content, including free DLCs and alternate music tracks
- Game may be too difficult for players expecting a Pokemon-like experience
- Story and general progression may not do a great job of directing players towards building monster synergies
- Sudden difficulty spike relative to the rest of the story may turn some players off
- Plot is basic and nothing breathtaking
- turn-based
- metroidvania
- rpg
- battle
- japanese
- pixel
- exploration
- collector
- creature
- jrpg
- combat
- platform
- fight
- tactical
- 2d
- metroidvania
- action-adventure
- pixel
- 2d
- platform
- combat
Venture to the Vile (2024)
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Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
- metroidvania
- dark
- 2.5d
- lore
- platform
- gothic
- scroller
- multiple-endings
- horror
- narrative
- atmospheric
- action-adventure
- colourful
- open-world
- 2d
Blasphemous (2019)
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"Blasphemous" is a gripping game that transports you to a twisted world of religion and horror. You play as The Penitent One, the last survivor of the massacre of the 'Silent Sorrow', and must use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite grotesque monsters and titanic bosses. With non-linear gameplay and a variety of different landscapes to explore, you must uncover the many secrets hidden deep inside this nightmarish world to find redemption and break your eternal damnation.
- Great graphics and artistic design
- Challenging and rewarding combat
- Immersive and gruesome enemy character design
- Obscure and difficult progression
- Hieroglyphic map design
- Unpractical fast travel system
- Alleviating penalty for dying required to hunt out each individual location at which you died and recover all of your corpses
- platform
- metroidvania
- pixel
- souls
- gore
- boss
- boss-fight
- gothic
- difficult
- fight
- 2d
- combat
- action
- violent