Games Like Salt and Sanctuary

Salt and Sanctuary

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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GRIME

85% 👍 OF 6.6K
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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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?

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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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Skelethrone: The Prey

75% 👍 OF 448
About This Game

This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.

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Solateria

84% 👍 OF 646
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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Void Memory

67% 👍 OF 231
About This Game

You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?

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