Games like Descent
Looking for games like Descent? Here are top platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with HooperVania, Courier of the Crypts or Grapple Dog.
1 46%Game Brain Score46% User Score 2 reviewsWelcome to HooperVania, a free and non-profit French fan game celebrating Castlevania, the French videomaker Hooper, his community, and video games as a whole! Navigate through various stages using the famous Vampire Killer to defeat numerous enemies, and large bosses and ultimately vanquish Dracula himself!
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92%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsgrinding94% User Score 49 reviewsCourier of the Crypts is a 2D puzzle adventure game where you have to survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Main tool to achieve the mission is a Magic Torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles - it must never run out!
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84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, optimization89% User Score 359 reviewsCritic Score 79%19 reviewsGrapple Dog is an exhilarating 2D pixel-art platformer. Use your awesome grappling hook to clear tricky challenges as Pablo, the Grapple Dog! Sail across 6 colourful worlds with a crew of fearless adventurers to stop the robotic overlord Nul from destroying the world!
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72%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, grinding64% User Score 3,811 reviewsCritic Score 80%20 reviewsDO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
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72%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability80% User Score 74 reviewsCritic Score 30%5 reviewsJoin Battle Princess Madelyn and her ghostly canine companion, Fritzy, as they set out on a quest to save her family and rid the land of an evil wizard--in this retro arcade action packed epic!
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93%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability93% User Score 2,760 reviewsDeath Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
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58%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability60% User Score 673 reviewsCritic Score 55%5 reviewsBEDLAM is a strategic turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Now with more battle strategy!!
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39%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsmusic, stability40% User Score 42 reviewsCritic Score 42%9 reviewsRed Goddess is an action adventure platformer. Explore an epic magical world. Unlock new powers, and fight deadly enemies in action brawl red & blue combat system.
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, optimization86% User Score 192 reviewsCritic Score 69%7 reviewsShadow Blade: Reload is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
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90%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, stability90% User Score 496 reviewsTowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
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