Games like Avernus

If Avernus scratched a dark and tense itch for you, keep reading. You might settle into these games easily.

Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner. Prepare to leave camp and journey into the castle’s lonely halls by collecting resources and equipment to make it out alive.
Dark, Atmospheric, Mysterious
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Divinum
Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration. Master devastating combos and craft unique builds to repel mysterious invaders and uncover your island's hidden truth.
Tense, Atmospheric, Mysterious
85% of 633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
False Hero
False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where every enemy you kill teaches you its attack. Steal dozens of combat arts, chain them into your own combos, and carve through a corrupted kingdom of dying gods. Choose: fulfill the prophecy, or become Death's apostle.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
89% of 385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$15.99
FOUNTAINS
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors. Carve your way through a gritty souls-like RPG set in a sprawling, interconnected world.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
85% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Death's Door
You are a small crow with office hours for reaping souls, until your assigned soul is stolen and you chase the thief into a realm where nothing dies properly. Expect sharp melee, arrows and magic, strange bosses with their own stories, and a bleak world told with dry, dark comedy.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Atmospheric, Brutal
92% of 20,620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 352$19.99
Grim Axiom
Enter a dark underground world in this soulslike adventure-horror game where undead monsters lurk around every corner, and uncover the mystery behind the ancient machines operating in its depths.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
66% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
A lost holy city, two warring goddesses and a lot of things that want you dead. Valdis Story is a fast 2D action platformer with deep combat, four playable characters and a story that goes to strange places. Demanding, but the kind of demanding that makes you better.
Dark, Mysterious, Fast-paced
83% of 2,276 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hell is Us
A war-torn country, a supernatural calamity, and not a single map or quest marker to help you. Hell is Us is a third-person action adventure where you track down your own past through Hadea, a land torn apart by civil war and haunted by creatures no modern weapon can touch. Sword and drone in hand, you explore, read, listen and fight your way to answers the game refuses to simply hand you.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
83% of 4,748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 121$49.99
Dark Devotion
A 2D dark fantasy pilgrimage through a fallen temple, where heavy, deliberate combat meets a roguelite twist: die and you lose your gear, but every boss and secret you uncover stays yours. Dozens of weapons, blessings, curses and one-way doors make each run a fresh act of devotion.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
74% of 1,939 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.99
Curse of the Dead Gods
You came for riches, eternal life, divine powers. You got a cursed temple full of traps, monsters and gods who do not like visitors. Fight through the dark with sword, spear and torch, manage the corruption growing in you, and turn its curses to your advantage. Die, rise, delve deeper.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
84% of 7,823 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$19.99
Unworthy
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.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
79% of 768 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Back To Ashes
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
74% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

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Veritus

Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.

$6.99

Avernum: Escape From the Pit

Banished to a vast underground nation of exiles, you build a party of up to four adventurers and decide what to fight for: safety, escape, or…

$9.99

Grim Axiom

Enter a dark underground world in this soulslike adventure-horror game where undead monsters lurk around every corner, and uncover the mystery…

$7.99

Curse of the Dead Gods

Carve through a cursed temple with blade and torch, dodge what the gods throw at you, and turn every death into progress.

$19.99

Back To Ashes

Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation.

$11.99

Dark Devotion

Fight your way down through a cursed temple, lose everything on death, and keep just enough to try again.

$1.99

Lost God

Experience atmospheric exploration gameplay on your journey through several breathtaking areas, from a vibrant forest to overgrown ruins and dark…

$9.99

Gravethorn

Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling.

$4.99

Last Night of Winter

Wake up and walk, Warden! Because the siege continues. We must find the Heir... And finally put an end to this cursed night.

$9.99

Voidwrought

A fast 2D Metroidvania where you hunt the blood of gods beneath a star-scorched sky.

$4.99

Depths of Fear :: Knossos

Depths of Fear :: Knossos, a Greek-themed, 1st Person, Roguelike stealthy action-adventure where you play as Theseus out to kill the rampaging…

$2.99

Shattered Divinities

Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!

$9.99

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Shattered Divinities

Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!

$9.99

False Hero

False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where every enemy you kill teaches you its attack.

$15.99

Divinum

Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration.

$14.99

Void Sols

Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow!

$14.99

FOUNTAINS

Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors.

$14.99

AWAKEN - Astral Blade

Guide the bionic warrior Tania through a hand-drawn dark fantasy world, where fast, demanding combat and hidden paths lead to a mystery told piece…

$19.99

Hell is Us

Fight through a war-torn land haunted by supernatural creatures and piece together your own story from clues the game never spells out.

$49.99

Somber Echoes

Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister.

$14.99

Voidwrought

A fast 2D Metroidvania where you hunt the blood of gods beneath a star-scorched sky.

$4.99

Veritus

Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.

$6.99

Moonscars

Hunt the Sculptor through a painterly dark fantasy world, dying, learning and piecing the truth together one fight at a time.

$19.99

The Last Faith

Fight through a cursed, crumbling world as Eryk, whose fading memory is as fragile as your health bar.

$27.99

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