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Looking for games like Cold Shell? Here are top arcade hack and slash recommendations with a violence and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with RUINER, Defragmented or Mr. Shifty.

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  1. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 5,742 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    Ruiner is a top-down action shooter created in the spirit of cult cyberpunk anime and game classics. Ruiner is quick and brutal but sophisticated gameplay, original world with mature storyline and unique visual style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RUINER.

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  2. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    68% User Score Based on 38 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

    Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defragmented.

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  3. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 980 reviews

    Shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty! Mr. Shifty follows a teleportation-fueled heist to break into the world's most secure facility. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr. Shifty.

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  4. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    84% User Score Based on 2,868 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 11 reviews

    Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off. How will you play your part in the story? Explore the futuristic city of Harbor Prime and meet its many inhabitants, answer the challenges the city has to offer, roam the neon-lit stre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dex.

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  5. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 70,504 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 8 reviews

    A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, as he stumbles through unreal visions and inconsistencies without any answers to how, why or who. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hotline Miami.

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  6. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 571 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelike with mech customization. Guide multiple classes of Exos through a variety of missions filled with enemy robots that are as buggy as they are angry. This is at least as bad as it sounds. Explore for loot, destroy key robotic facilities, and brace yourself for the final attack by your enemies... just as soon as they can pull it together. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bionic Dues.

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  7. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 1,432 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 17 reviews

    In addition to the full game, the Valfaris Digital Deluxe Edition includes the following content: - Valfaris - Digital OST - Valfaris - Digital Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valfaris.

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  8. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 337 reviews

    In Castle of Alchemists, a tower defense/top-down action hybrid game with amazing pixel art graphics, play as the Bellator, alchemically enhanced defender, to fight against invaders from other worlds. Delve into the castle, set your traps, equip powerful weapons and gears, and reclaim the castle piece by piece. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Castle Of Alchemists.

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  9. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    95% User Score Based on 2,626 reviews

    2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Akane.

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  10. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 3,145 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Reynardo the Fox is a clever rogue, but he’s not as clever as he thinks. He's got himself sucked into a Rebellion against the mad Emperor, and now he’s got fateful choices to make. Should he rescue his oldest friend, the shiftless Lapino; wield a gem cursed by a dead god; or resurrect a weapon lost at the beginning of time? Worse, he’s still in love with the Emperor’s adopted daughter, who he met … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories: The Path of Destinies.

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  12. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 34,090 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bastion.

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  13. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    88% User Score Based on 4,480 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 17 reviews

    Project Warlock is a first person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non stop action packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Warlock.

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  14. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 539 reviews

    Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood.

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  15. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    Dark Light is a Sci-fi 2D action-platformer, metroidvania, souls-like inspired game. Explore apocalypse cyberpunk world full of supernatural beings. Encounter and defeat creatures of darkness which are invisible to the naked eye, detected only with the light source of your drone. Experience the horror and feel their presence as they surround you. As a Dark-Hunter you were dropped into a wrecked wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Light.

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  16. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 2,905 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 11 reviews

    It is 1873. An escaped slave is slowly walking through the desert, making his way from Mexico to Texas. He keeps a revolver close and is wearing the sombrero stolen from a dead man. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 12 is Better Than 6.

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  17. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 426 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 5 reviews

    Sparklite is an action-adventure set in the whimsical and ever-changing land of Geodia. Battle foes in top-down action using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, and gear. Explore dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, and harness the power of Sparklite! Key Features • Stunning visuals - Intricate pixel art aesthetic inspired by retro classics • … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sparklite.

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  18. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 7,404 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 32 reviews

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axiom Verge.

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  19. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 278 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 4 reviews

    Plunge into a retro-style action-adventure game that combines a fast, skilled gameplay with dark fantasy and lore. Play as Vesper, a virtuous member of 'The Stalkers,' and explore the vast world of Medhram, filled with ruins and horrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hunt the Night.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 2,904 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 7 reviews

    OTXO is a fast, brutal, violent roguelite, filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OTXO.

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  22. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 610 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider to end this eternal war. Play it coop with up to 4 friends, or go alone in an adventure of hack'n'slash rampage, w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeuroVoider.

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  23. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 2,576 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 2 reviews

    Elderborn is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ELDERBORN.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    70% User Score Based on 1,246 reviews

    Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halfway.

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  25. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 13,089 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 26 reviews

    Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16­bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyper Light Drifter.

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  27. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 600 reviews

    Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Trench Attack!.

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  28. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 2,228 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 23 reviews

    River City Girls stars Kyoko and Misako, two street-tough high-schoolers who must fight their way through the six regions of River City to rescue their kidnapped boyfriends, series mainstays Kunio and Riki. Along the way, they’ll utilize an arsenal of combos, counters, throws, and special attacks; battle an assortment of enemies; accept numerous side quests; level up with experience points; intera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to River City Girls.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 853 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BUTCHER.

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  31. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 406 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Experience a Lovecraftian inspired story-driven action RPG game with skill-based combat. Explore and Fight in a dreadful world rich in treasures and deadly creatures. Elderand is a love letter to Castlevania with modern elements. Make your own path as you unveil the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elderand.

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  33. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,270 reviews

    "StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StarCrawlers.

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  34. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 422 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    There Is No Light is a brutal action-adventure set in a grim underground world ruled by the mysterious Church of the Great Hand. Blast your way through the hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to There’s no Light.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    82% User Score Based on 170 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    The game is set in a dark pixel fantasy world. Destroy hordes of monsters ruling over what once was a prosperous land. 10 levels filled with various enemies await, you, each requiring a different approach to defeat. Like in any RPG, leveling up is the core element of the game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Diabolic.

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  36. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 18,051 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 34 reviews

    An unconventional tactical action RPG in which after a powerful group called the Camerata cause measureless destruction through the ambiguous settlement of Cloudbank, Red, a famous singer in the city, goes on a journey along with her lover who is trapped inside the Transistor, a powerful machine with mysterious properties, to get to the bottom of the situation and get her lost voice back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transistor.

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  37. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 108 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 23 reviews

    Disjunction is an upcoming single-player, cyberpunk, stealth-action RPG set in the dystopian underworld of New York City in the year 2048. The game follows the interconnected narratives of three characters as they unravel a mystery that will change the fate of their city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disjunction.

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  38. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    46% User Score Based on 235 reviews

    Hack ‘n slash your way through this science-fiction-themed action/RPG. In the futuristic universe of GREED, the discovery of new interstellar travel possibilities has led to a new age of colonialization. The five largest colonial powers are entangled in a full-scale war over a new element called Ikarium, the recently discovered rare source of nearly unlimited energy. As a former member of an elite… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greed: Black Border.

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  39. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 460 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    It's a metroidvania-style action RPG with fishbowl-powered medieval robots! Explore a huge medieval world, improve your combat skills by smashing a lot of mechanic creatures and talk to other robots using unique animated dialogues. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feudal Alloy.

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  40. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 226 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 4 reviews

    Young Souls combines the beat'em up and RPG genres in a world created with stunning art direction. Explore the world of humans and that of the goblins, both teeming with enemies but also full of unexpected and friendly encounters waiting to be discovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Young Souls.

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  41. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    83% User Score Based on 2,602 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 9 reviews

    Strider Hiryu, the original assassin that inspired many third person action titles returns in a completely new game for a new generation of gamers as he takes on the Grand Master Meio. Use an arsenal of moves and weapons against your enemies whilst slicing your way through a massive interconnected game world. From scorching enemies to freezing them in their tracks or deflecting a host of bullets, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strider.

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  43. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 4,860 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 13 reviews

    Hammerwatch is an hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment! Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch! Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hammerwatch.

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  44. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    85% User Score Based on 372 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 5 reviews

    STORY Bionic girl Tania is assigned by her creator, Dr. Herveus to search and rescue a missing Investigation team in the rainforest of Horace Islands where mysterious Karpas energy turns local animals and plants into aggressive mutants. Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will embark on an adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AWAKEN - Astral Blade.

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  45. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 14,984 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 49 reviews

    Buy The Ascent on PlayStation Store. The Ascent is a solo and co-op action-shooter RPG, set on Veles, a packed cyberpunk world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ascent.

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  46. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 25,547 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 28 reviews

    Katana Zero is a fast paced neo-noir action platformer, focusing on tight, instant-death acrobatic combat, and a dark 80's neon aesthetic. Aided with your trusty katana, the time manipulation drug Chronos and the rest of your assassin's arsenal, fight your way through a fractured city, and take back what's rightfully yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Katana ZERO.

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  48. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 4,374 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 27 reviews

    Othercide is a horror themed tactical turn-based game set in an esoteric world beyond our reality. The game will place the player in control of female warriors, in a desperate struggle to push back nightmarish creatures and prevent reality from shattering. Using only black, white and touch of red, the game will drag players into a whole new universe for the genre, to experience a journey through … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Othercide.

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  49. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    69% User Score Based on 268 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 4 reviews

    Undungeon is an action role-playing experience that brings back the spirit of old school action/RPGs wrapped in modern design. Restore the order in all dimensions, influence and determine the fate of the worlds, create and decide what will happen in the new Multiverse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undungeon.

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  50. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    83% User Score Based on 664 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 13 reviews

    Heart&Slash is a 3D brawler that is set in a world where machines are all that remains from the Human civilization. You play as Heart, an innocent robot fighting to escape the grip of the evil and all seeing machine QuAsSy (Quality Assurance Systems). But make no mistake Heart&Slash is a hard game. Every death is permanent and means a new randomly generated level for you to start over with a diffe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart&Slash.

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