Games like Bard's Gold
Looking for games like Bard's Gold? Here are top arcade role playing recommendations with a fantasy and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Master Spy, Diehard Dungeon or 8BitBoy.
1 79%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, replayability80% User Score 348 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsThrow on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
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2 71%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, story71% User Score 280 reviewsCombining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time.Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels. Armed with a sword and a ‘hand cannon’, all manner of nasty dung…
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3 68%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability, stability68% User Score 943 reviewsCritic Score 65%1 reviewsBig classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming.
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4 76%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, replayability78% User Score 850 reviewsCritic Score 75%12 reviewsIn Alwa's Awakening you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. Equipped only with a magic staff she awakens in a distant land and must set out to help the people. Traverse dangerous dungeons, meet interesting and fun characters and explore the world in this 8-bit adventure game. Just like the old classics you won't have a flashing arrow telling you exact…
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5 87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, character development96% User Score 1,344 reviewsCritic Score 75%8 reviewsA classically-styled 2D side scrolling action game packed with adventure. You are a bipedal frog and a master of the Custodial Sciences, charged with the unenviable task of ridding your company's teleporters of strange black creatures. Fight for your life through a menagerie of unique monsters while getting your hands on exciting new tools of the trade.
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6 88%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, stability92% User Score 12,008 reviewsCritic Score 85%21 reviewsYou control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an assassin who is fighting for the gays, or a miner who wants to collect gold! Traits are randomized each time upon death, leading to multiple playthroughs with 3…
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7 86%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding86% User Score 222 reviewsInhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
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8 71%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, optimization71% User Score 335 reviewsCritic Score 75%1 reviewsA Wizard's Lizard is an ever-changing medieval fantasy hack 'n slash game from independent game developers, Lost Decade Games. Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac and Linux. Explore ever-changing dungeons, filled with valuable treasure and powerful items, while battling back the hordes of evil. Rescue townsfolk to improve your town and aid your next tr…
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9 85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, stability93% User Score 7,806 reviewsCritic Score 77%21 reviewsMomodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series. Focusing on gameplay, melee combos, dodge mechanics, travel forwards in the search to save everyone. With your trusty leave, find a variety of items and spells to use to assist you on your journey. This game is a prequel to the previous Momodora games.
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10 98%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding98% User Score 636 reviewsBZZZT is a fast-paced "jump-dash-run" platformer game combining a nostalgic pixel-art look with a modern gameplay design. It was almost single-handedly made by one developer – Karel Matejka, known as Ko.dll, as a tribute to beloved classic games. Inspired by the 80's tech revolution, this insanely detailed, pixel-art precision platformer transports you back in time, where you’ll get to …
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