Games Like Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.

★ BLOODSTAINED: CURSE OF THE MOON ★ SHOVEL KNIGHT: SHOVEL OF HOPE ★ CATHEDRAL ★ GAL GUARDIANS: DEMON PURGE ★ SHOVEL KNIGHT: SPECTER OF TORMENT ★ OUTBUDDIES DX ★ BLOOD OF THE WEREWOLF ★ KALINUR ★ VOLGARR THE VIKING ★ BLASTER MASTER ZERO ★ SHOVEL KNIGHT: TREASURE TROVE ★ ODALLUS: THE DARK CALL ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

94% 👍 OF 4.5K
About This Game

Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

In this game, you can…

  • …freeze enemies and even candles, then walk on them as platforms to reach places you couldn't otherwise.
  • …kill your allies to power up and gain moves like double jump, air dash, and mid-air slashes.
  • …cast a fire shield, switch to another character, and keep the shield effect active.
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

94% 👍 OF 995
About This Game

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!

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Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

80% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.

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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

94% 👍 OF 492
About This Game

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

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Volgarr the Viking

81% 👍 OF 2.5K
About This Game

Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

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Blaster Master Zero

93% 👍 OF 1.1K
About This Game

Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.

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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

96% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

In this game, you can…

  • …play four full campaigns where each protagonist has totally different movement and combat, and even the stages get rebuilt around them.
  • …jump into a local four-player mode where everyone brawls and scrambles for gems across tons of stages and items.
  • …run into surprise crossover boss fights like Battletoads on PC/Xbox or Kratos on PlayStation.
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Odallus: The Dark Call

88% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.