Games like Nocturnal

Chasing that hand-drawn and atmospheric feeling you got from Nocturnal? Start with these games when you are ready.

Vigil: The Longest Night
A 2D metroidvania about a night that never ends. Leila of the Vigilant Order fights through a hand-painted world of monsters and secrets, with a hundred weapons, arcane spells and nearly twenty bosses between her and the truth about her sister. Dark, tense and built for slow, careful play.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
85% of 3,356 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$21.99
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.
Atmospheric, Retro, Mysterious
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Dust: An Elysian Tail
An amnesiac warrior wakes with a talking sword and a flying sidekick, in a hand-painted world that looks like an animated film. Fast, flashy combat against whole crowds, a big map full of secrets, and a story with real heart. Made almost single-handedly, and it shows in the care.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
95% of 14,290 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.99
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.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
85% of 633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$14.99
Duskfade
A colorful 3D platformer about a boy, his mechanical bird and a Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night. Jump, dash and slash through forests, dunes and underwater realms, collect what they hide, and let a surprisingly tender story about loss sneak up on you.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Story-driven
90% of 912 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$29.99
Strayed Lights
Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system. Shift between colours to repel attacks and strike back. Explore a dreamlike world as you restore your light that was torn by shadows.
Atmospheric, Tense, Story-driven
79% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Dash, parry, and bend time through cursed Mount Qaf in this stylish Persian myth metroidvania. Expect snappy combat with long combos, sharp 2D platforming, time powers that keep stacking, and a big colorful map full of bosses, puzzles, and hidden treasure.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Mysterious
83% of 7,285 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 177$29.99
ITORAH
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
71% of 732 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Flynn: Son of Crimson
Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!
Retro, Story-driven
85% of 376 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hyper Light Drifter
A silent drifter with a deadly illness walks a ruined, vividly beautiful world. Hyper Light Drifter is a tough top-down action RPG where the story is told in images, not words, and every fight asks you to learn its rhythm. Explore, find secrets, upgrade, and piece together what happened here.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
93% of 15,676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$19.99
AWAKEN - Astral Blade
A 2.5D metroidvania where Tania, a bionic warrior, cuts through a land twisted by Karpas energy. Fast, fluid combat built on parries and dashes, a dense world full of hidden paths, and a mystery that only gives up its truth piece by piece.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Mysterious
81% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Moonscars
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.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Retro
82% of 1,250 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$19.99

Cheaper than Nocturnal

Dust: An Elysian Tail

An amnesiac warrior wakes with a talking sword and a flying sidekick, in a hand-painted world that looks like an animated film.

$14.99

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

Divinum

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

$14.99

Strayed Lights

Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system.

$12.99

The Vagrant

Chase a lost father's trail as a sellsword, cutting through monsters and bosses in fast side-scrolling combat with multiple endings.

$3.99

HunterX

HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles.

$14.99

Elypse

Embark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse!

$9.99

Jaded

A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike!

$4.99

Brume

A challenging action-adventure game. Explore a foggy abandoned island, fight knights, slugs and ghosts, and make your way to an old corrupted keep.

$9.99

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.

$1.49

Deepening Fire

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat…

$11.99

Armed with Wings: Rearmed

You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries.

$9.99

Hidden gems like Nocturnal

Duskfade

Race through sunken forests and dunes with your mechanical bird, and let the story about loss find you.

$29.99

Divinum

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

$14.99

Desvelado

Turn off the lights, dodge the ghosts and go to sleep as soon as you can in this hand-crafted 2d platform experience!

$6.99

Mina the Hollower

Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.

$19.99

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

Nightmare: The Lunatic

Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare.

$16.99

Saviorless

Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons.

$12.99

Solar Ash

You play Rei, a Voidrunner racing through a dreamlike void to save her home planet, one giant beast at a time.

$39.99

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.

$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…

$24.99

Nuclear Blaze

A unique 2D firefighting platformer from the creator of Dead Cells, featuring devastating backdrafts, exploding walls, and expected cat rescues.

$9.99

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Fight and platform through a steampunk city as a mercenary whose past hides more than the secrets she hunts.

$19.99

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