Games Like The Shaman's Ark

The Shaman's Ark

A dark metroidvania where your shaman drum is the only weapon against the Abyss. The music of the ancients becomes your blade, and every battle is a ritual on the edge of death.

★ SALT AND SANCTUARY ★ DEATH'S GAMBIT: AFTERLIFE ★ SOLATERIA ★ DEEPENING FIRE ★ UNWORTHY ★ GRIME ★ ENDER MAGNOLIA: BLOOM IN THE MIST ★ SEKIRO™: SHADOWS DIE TWICE - GOTY EDITION ★ ENDER LILIES: QUIETUS OF THE KNIGHTS ★ MANDRAGORA: WHISPERS OF THE WITCH TREE ★ SLASH OR DIE ★ HOLLOW KNIGHT ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Salt and Sanctuary

89% 👍 OF 21K
About This Game

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

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Solateria

84% 👍 OF 706
About This Game

Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.

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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.

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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?

In this game, 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.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

95% 👍 OF 354K
About This Game

Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

In this game, you can…

  • …come back to life mid-fight and keep swinging.
  • …stomp a spear thrust by stepping on the attacker's weapon.
  • …get ambushed by a giant ape that grabs its own poop and throws it at you.
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

94% 👍 OF 45K
About This Game

ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.

In this game, you can…

  • …fight by calling purified spirits and fallen knights to attack for you.
  • …chain six different spirit abilities, cancel into other attacks, and swap loadouts mid-fight to keep combos going.
  • …get a new boss ability like a grappling hook or double jump, then zip back through old areas to reach secrets you saw hours ago.
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Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

76% 👍 OF 3.6K
About This Game

Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.

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Hollow Knight

97% 👍 OF 557K
About This Game

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

In this game, you can…

  • …jump into the minds of characters and enemies to hear their thoughts and dig up secrets that aren't told in normal dialogue
  • …learn boss fights with no health bar, reading their patterns until you can tell you're winning just from how they move
  • …take on a near-mythic platforming gauntlet of saws and spikes that can take hours, then reach a hidden payoff at the end