Games Like Afterimage

Afterimage

Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.

★ DEEPENING FIRE ★ VIGIL: THE LONGEST NIGHT ★ MAID OF SALVATION ★ BLASPHEMOUS 2 ★ FOUNTAINS ★ AWAKEN - ASTRAL BLADE ★ WATCHER CHRONICLES ★ PHARAONIC ★ GRIME ★ TUNIC ★ ENDER MAGNOLIA: BLOOM IN THE MIST ★ TOMBWATER ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Deepening Fire

72% 👍 OF 639
About This Game

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Parry Enemy Strikes
  • …Explore Hidden Routes
  • …Switch Combat Classes
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Vigil: The Longest Night

86% 👍 OF 3.6K
About This Game

Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Darkened Regions
  • …Unlock Hidden Routes
  • …Master Four Weapon Styles
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Blasphemous 2

91% 👍 OF 21K
About This Game

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

Player reviews say you can…

  • …use your weapons as traversal tools, like ringing a bell to reveal hidden platforms or teleporting through mirrors to cross gaps
  • …stumble onto a dark chariot that ferries you to parts of the map you otherwise can't reach
  • …pick one of three starting weapons and get routed through different early areas because each one opens different paths
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FOUNTAINS

83% 👍 OF 519
About This Game

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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Heal by Striking
  • …Open Paths with Tools
  • …Leave Player Messages
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AWAKEN - Astral Blade

82% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

AWAKEN - Astral Blade is a 2.5D action-adventure metroidvania where you play as Tania, a bionic warrior fighting through a world twisted by Karpas energy. Master parries, upgrade your abilities, and survive relentless enemies and bosses. Is there any chance of survival in such a desperate place?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Chain Weapon Combos
  • …Parry Into Counters
  • …Dash To Slow Time
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GRIME

85% 👍 OF 6.7K
About This Game

Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Absorb Foes to Evolve
  • …Parry to Strike
  • …Wield Living Weapons
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TUNIC

91% 👍 OF 18K
About This Game

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …collect an in-game instruction booklet page by page, then use its pictures like a map, a guide, and a riddle.
  • …discover that key moves were available all along by finding a manual page that explains them later.
  • …hunt down a late-game golden-path puzzle by tracing lines, numbers, and patterns spread across the whole world.
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ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

95% 👍 OF 18K
About This Game

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …walk straight through enemies and only dodge their actual attacks.
  • …use a map that marks explored rooms, cleared areas, and even hints at hidden or incomplete sections so you always know where secrets are.
  • …toggle custom difficulty modifiers all the way up to no healing and no-hit, then take the same bosses on with totally different rules.