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Games like Apotheon

30 games alike in Metroidvania, Side Scroller and Platformer, with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Dust: An Elysian Tail and Nine Sols closest.

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ClosestOri and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Apotheon, but story-rich, and even better loved

12 hoursLoved · 95%Its page

MetroidvaniaPlatformer

19 games that share both with Apotheon

  1. 1Closest

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    Apotheon, but story-rich, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  2. 2

    Dust: An Elysian Tail

    Apotheon, but an action RPG, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  3. 4

    Blasphemous

    Apotheon, but a soulslike, and pixel art

    Loved · 90%

  4. 6Best loved

    Hollow Knight

    Apotheon, but story-rich, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%

  5. 7

    Valdis Story: Abyssal City

    Apotheon, but an action RPG

    Liked · 84%

  6. 8

    Lost Ruins

    Apotheon, but a survival game, and anime

    Liked · 85%

  7. 9

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Apotheon, but cute, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  8. 12

    Iconoclasts

    Apotheon, but pixel art, and story-rich

    Liked · 86%

  9. 13Hidden gem

    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

    Apotheon, but pixel art, and cute

    Loved · 93%

  10. 14

    Axiom Verge

    Apotheon, but sci-fi, and retro

    Loved · 90%

  11. 17

    Chasm

    Apotheon, but procedurally generated, and more divisive

    Mixed · 74%

  12. 18

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    Apotheon, but a soulslike, and dark fantasy

    Liked · 81%

  13. 19

    Salt and Sanctuary

    Apotheon, but couch co-op, and dark fantasy

    Liked · 89%

  14. 22

    Aggelos

    Apotheon, but retro, and more divisive

    Mixed · 77%

  15. 23

    Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

    Apotheon, but a shoot 'em up, and more divisive

    Mixed · 77%

  16. 24

    Rogue Legacy 2

    Apotheon, but an action roguelike

    Loved · 91%

  17. 25

    Skul: The Hero Slayer

    Apotheon, but an action roguelike

    Loved · 93%

  18. 28

    Unepic

    Apotheon, but funny, and co-op

    Loved · 91%

  19. 30

    Foregone

    Apotheon, but an action RPG, and pixel art

    Liked · 82%

MetroidvaniaSide Scroller

7 games that share both with Apotheon

  1. 5

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    Apotheon, but an action RPG, and twice the hours

    Loved · 93%

  2. 10Shortest

    Bladed Fury

    Apotheon, but anime, and a third of the hours

    Liked · 87%

  3. 11

    Touhou Luna Nights

    Apotheon, but even better loved

    Loved · 97%

  4. 15

    ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

    Apotheon, but dark fantasy, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%

  5. 16

    Dex

    Apotheon, but cyberpunk, and sci-fi

    Liked · 87%

  6. 21

    The Vagrant

    Apotheon, but anime

    Loved · 90%

  7. 29

    ICEY

    Apotheon, but cyberpunk, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%

And more like Apotheon

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 3

    Nine Sols

    Apotheon, but a soulslike, and three times the hours

    Loved · 94%Metroidvania · Mythology

  2. 20

    Eastern Exorcist

    Much the same as Apotheon

    Liked · 84%Side Scroller · Platformer

  3. 26

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    Apotheon, but retro

    Loved · 95%Platformer · Side Scroller

  4. 27

    God of War

    Apotheon, but third-person, and open world

    Loved · 96%Mythology · Hack and Slash

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Apotheon's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Apotheon's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Apotheon stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Apotheon: a kind of game it is that Apotheon is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Apotheon's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Apotheon, and how its reviewers feel beside Apotheon's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.