Games like XEL

If XEL scratched a colorful and mysterious itch for you, keep reading. These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

CrossCode
A 2D action RPG with 16-bit pixel art, fast combat and clever puzzles, set inside a fictional MMO. A gripping sci-fi story, a charming cast and 30 to 80 hours of secrets, bosses and treasure hunting. Bring patience: the dungeons are long, and the puzzles mean it.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
91% of 16,522 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 133$19.99
Peregrin
Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation. Seeking to fulfil an ancient prophecy, she will have to use her arcane powers to solve puzzles and survive battles - if she is to find a way to restore the fallen world of Peregrin.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
77% of 225 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Zelle
Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
95% of 476 Steam reviews are positive$9.80
Elementallis
A top-down action-adventure where guilt sends you out to fix a dying world. You gather elemental powers, clear 8 temples across 8 biomes, and swing a sword when talking it out fails. Familiar in the best way, with enough fire, ice, and lightning to keep it yours.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
89% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$13.49
Eternal Edge +
Eternal Edge + is a casual Action-Adventure role-playing game following Cross, an Age-old warrior who is trying to wake his lost Wife from an Eternal slumber. Only together can they defeat the Skeleton King.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
69% of 595 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Flatworld
Explore a world full of magic, puzzles and enemies in which the main character is the weakest of the game.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
96% of 874 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Baldo: The Guardian Owls
The prophecy is coming true, a pure-heart child has been born. The no-heart creature sealed in the underworld by the wise owls is destined to rise again.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
66% of 187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Broken Pieces
Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
72% of 406 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Under The Island
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
92% of 470 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Area-X
is a blend between Visual Novel and Adventure Game. Follow the story of Elcia as she time travels and solves the mysteries of her surroundings.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Surreal
100% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Illusion
It was only after I and my buddies escaped from the terrifying laboratory that I realized that there might be a bigger conspiracy behind it. The adventure is far from over, But don't forget, what's happening here is just the beginning.
Colorful, Mysterious, Story-driven
88% of 194 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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. Fight through a world built from Iceland's fire and ice with sword, spells and a scholar at your side, solve puzzles in ruins and gravity-bent volcanic chambers, and follow a story that actually lands. A cinematic action-adventure with real heart.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
78% of 1,721 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$39.99

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Peregrin

Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation.

$9.99

Elementallis

A top-down action-adventure where guilt sends you out to fix a dying world.

$13.49

Zelle

Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with…

$9.80

Broken Pieces

Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time.

$9.99

Eastward

Travel the rails with an unlikely pair, brawl with a frying pan, cook odd meals and meet the strange souls left behind.

$12.49

Super Drift Blade

Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore…

$6.99

Astor: Blade of the Monolith

Rip through hordes of enemies with fury and style in this fast-paced action RPG.

$4.99

Noch

Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world.

$9.99

Blades of Time

A treasure hunter carves through a Chaos-cursed island with swords, guns and a time-rewind trick that turns one fighter into an army.

$9.99

Forward to the Sky

A small princess, a sky tower full of traps and puzzles, and a story told in crystal pieces.

$7.99

Prodigal

Journey through a vibrant world fighting vicious monsters, exploring puzzling dungeons, and collecting magical artifacts.

$1.34

DragonLoop

Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design.

$8.99

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Moss: The Forgotten Relic

Guide a small, brave mouse through a quiet, beautiful world, solving puzzles and fighting beside her as her story unfolds.

$19.99

Under The Island

Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce…

$14.99

Elementallis

A top-down action-adventure where guilt sends you out to fix a dying world.

$13.49

Super Drift Blade

Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore…

$6.99

Fading Echo

Fading Echo is a fast-paced elemental action-adventure RPG where creativity fuels combat.

$19.99

EXD - Extra Dimensional

A delivery guy. A dimensional rift. A quest across another world.

$19.49

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

Flatworld

Explore a world full of magic, puzzles and enemies in which the main character is the weakest of the game.

$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.

$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

After Us

Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.

$29.99

Faeland

Begin your journey in Faeland, a handcrafted 2D action-adventure RPG set in a beautiful fantasy world inspired by the 8-bit classics.

$19.99

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