The Vagrant
Chase a lost father's trail as a sellsword, cutting through monsters and bosses in fast side-scrolling combat with multiple endings.
89% of 8,324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$3.99
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Want something that feels dark and story-driven the way Gravethorn does? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
GRIME
Parry attacks to absorb your enemies, wield weapons that are living creatures, and grow stronger with every kill. A demanding metroidvania with souls-like combat, strange civilizations and bosses many times your size.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
85% of 4,704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$24.99Death'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, Story-driven, Mysterious
92% of 20,676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 352$19.99Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
77% of 284 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The Last Faith
A gothic metroidvania with soulslike teeth. Eryk wakes with no memory in a cursed world, and his mind is running out. Carve your own path with swords, guns and spells, learn every boss the hard way, and let the gorgeous pixel art haunt you.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
83% of 4,767 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$27.99Moonscars
A grim 2D soulslike where you fight as Grey Irma, a clayborne warrior hunting the Sculptor who made her. Fast swordplay, parries and spells, a painterly pixel world, and a mystery told in fragments. Every death teaches you something, and the story is worth the bruises.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
82% of 1,250 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Mysterious, Brutal
75% of 976 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Foregone
Foregone is a fast 2D action-platformer with legendary loot and hand-crafted pixel art. As Calagan's strongest super-soldier, you slash through the Harrow's reanimated hordes, collect an arsenal of weapons, upgrade a branching skill tree and unravel a story of regret and conspiracy. A campaign with an ending, not an endless loop.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
81% of 1,342 Steam reviews are positive$19.99GRAVEN
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
54% of 1,076 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99Fatal Claw
Kisha, a cat brought back from the dead, claws through a fallen underworld where Ancients and Commoners collide. Absorb powers from infected enemies, blink through attacks, and fuse skills into wild new ones. A fast, hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania with secrets, bosses and more than one ending.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
90% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
An Inquisitor's faith cracks, and a decaying world opens up. Mandragora is a dark fantasy action RPG and metroidvania: six classes, brutal timed combat, hundreds of crafted weapons, and a vast interconnected Faelduum hiding 60 quests and 75 locations. Painterly art, a haunting orchestra, and bosses that will take more than one try.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
75% of 3,126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 119$39.99Blasphemous
Blasphemous is a brutal 2D action-platformer set in Cvstodia, a nightmare land cursed by something called The Miracle. As The Penitent One, you carve through grotesque monsters with a sword born from guilt, explore a non-linear gothic world, and piece together its secrets one tormented soul at a time.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
90% of 55,769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 511$24.99Salt and Sanctuary
A doomed sailor washes up on a cursed island, and everything on it wants you dead. Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D soulslike metroidvania with fast, gory combat, more than 600 weapons, spells and armor to find, and a grim hand-drawn world of forgotten cities and blood-soaked dungeons. Die, lose your salt, learn, and go deeper.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Mysterious, Brutal
89% of 20,186 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Cheaper than Gravethorn
Dark Devotion
Fight your way down through a cursed temple, lose everything on death, and keep just enough to try again.
74% of 1,940 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.99
Possessor(s)
Luca and a demon named Rhem share one body and one goal: survive a flooded, quarantined city torn apart by an interdimensional disaster.
75% of 788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$1.49
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Overbowed
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
91% of 96 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$0.80
THE DARK DWELLERS
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS.
68% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Roots of the mind
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
76% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Excrawlers
Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.
86% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$0.90
Inexistence
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
63% of 305 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Neversong
Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma.
86% of 789 Steam reviews are positive$4.49
Alchemist's Castle
Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself…
83% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
CONCRETE BURIAL
Equipped only with a weapon that consumes your own blood, explore an ancient brutalist catacomb. Beware the Eyes of The Whispering Crypt.
84% of 213 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Hidden gems like Gravethorn
Shattered Divinities
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!
94% of 984 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
False Hero
False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where every enemy you kill teaches you its attack.
89% of 400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$15.99
Tombwater
Fight through a mad Wild West mining town with guns, blades and spells, one gruesome boss at a time.
91% of 316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$24.99
Divinum
Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration.
85% of 633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
GRIME II
Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.
86% of 1,980 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$20.99
Solateria
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania where parrying is everything. A small fire warrior with no memories crosses a land ruined by the Shadow Plague, learns…
82% of 769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$13.99
FOUNTAINS
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors.
85% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$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…
81% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
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.
81% of 284 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Possessor(s)
Luca and a demon named Rhem share one body and one goal: survive a flooded, quarantined city torn apart by an interdimensional disaster.
75% of 788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$1.49
The Devil Within: Satgat
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil…
78% of 803 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
Newest games like Gravethorn
False Hero
False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where every enemy you kill teaches you its attack.
89% of 400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$15.99
Divinum
Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration.
85% of 633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
Akatori
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles.
71% of 335 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Shattered Divinities
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!
94% of 984 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Crimson Oath
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world.
82% of 771 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
GRIME II
Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.
86% of 1,980 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$20.99
Tombwater
Fight through a mad Wild West mining town with guns, blades and spells, one gruesome boss at a time.
91% of 316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$24.99
Solateria
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania where parrying is everything. A small fire warrior with no memories crosses a land ruined by the Shadow Plague, learns…
82% of 769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$13.99
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse
Fight shifting dungeons with sword, magic or a stolen body, then rebuild your village between runs.
72% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$16.99
Possessor(s)
Luca and a demon named Rhem share one body and one goal: survive a flooded, quarantined city torn apart by an interdimensional disaster.
75% of 788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$1.49
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Cross a decaying dark fantasy world as an Inquisitor, fighting through brutal timed combat to uncover what hides in Faelduum.
75% of 3,126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 119$39.99