Games like Windmills

If Windmills left you wanting something retro and story-driven, you have options. These games are a good place to start.

Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Also in Soulslike · Story-driven, Tense, Atmospheric
77% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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 · Retro, Story-driven, Tense
85% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
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 enemies by heart, and turns their attacks back on them. Tough bosses, a big map to explore in any order, and a story that ends in choices.
Also in Soulslike · Retro, Story-driven, Tense
82% of 769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$13.99
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.
Also in Soulslike · Retro, Story-driven, Tense
82% of 1,250 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$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.
Also in Soulslike · Story-driven, Tense, Atmospheric
81% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
A handcrafted steampunk metroidvania: play Aletheia, a mercenary with a sword and pistol, as she uncovers the buried secrets of the Steam City of Canaan. Gorgeous pixel art, a twist-laden story and fast platforming through furnaces, black markets and the depths of the Scrap Sea.
Retro, Story-driven, Atmospheric
79% of 1,934 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Ato
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Retro, Story-driven, Tense
97% of 343 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
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.
Retro, Story-driven, Atmospheric
95% of 14,290 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$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 · Story-driven, Tense, Atmospheric
89% of 398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$15.99
Souldiers
Souldiers drops you, a soldier who never actually died, into Terragaya, a land on the fringe of the afterlife. Pick a class, slash and parry through a huge 16-bit world, solve puzzles and hunt secret paths. Gorgeous pixel art, a great soundtrack and combat that makes you earn every win.
Also in Soulslike · Retro, Tense, Atmospheric
69% of 2,356 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$19.99
Stray Blade
Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.
Also in Soulslike · Story-driven, Tense, Atmospheric
69% of 308 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Blade & Bones
A Combat driven metroidvania experience. Discover a tale long lost in our past. Seven swords need to be found in this world where you will discover ancient secrets and fight with an intense combat system that rewards players for their skills and knowledge.
Also in Soulslike · Story-driven, Tense, Atmospheric
39% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$10.99

Cheaper than Windmills

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

Overbowed

Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.

$0.80

Whirlwind Magician

Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based!

$2.99

Disillusion

A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

$2.99

Dark Devotion

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

$1.99

pear potion🍐

a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐

$1.99

Underhero

Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero.

$2.99

Pseudoregalia

Sybil wakes inside Castle Sansa, a dream castle gone rotten, and the only way through is up, over and around it.

$4.49

Way of the Red

Way of the Red is a 2d action platformer with a focus on fun combat, satisfying kills, and fluid movement.

$1.99

The Spirit of the Samurai

A village in peril. A samurai reanimated. An Oni advancing. Fight an army of undead warriors and Japanese monsters as a human, a Kodama, and a cat…

$3.99

Kalinur

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

$1.99

Stone 4 Souls

Stone 4 Souls is a side-scrolling game with Metroidvania, Soulslike, medieval fantasy, and RPG elements.

$0.99

Hidden gems like Windmills

Fatal Claw

A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.

$24.99

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

Crimson Capes

Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure.

$14.99

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…

$13.99

VOIN

A first-person hack-and-slash from a solo developer. Dash through a broken dark fantasy world, carve through hordes with elemental fury, build wild…

$19.99

FOUNTAINS

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

$14.99

Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

Ryn's brother is captured, war is coming, and the last scraps of an ancient magic live in her.

$39.99

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

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

Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer.

$12.99

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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