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Games like 198X and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 1 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

198X
198X
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

1 games close to two or more of 198X and ELDEN RING

  1. 1

    FIGHT KNIGHT

    198X, but a dungeon crawler, and four times the hours

    Loved · 92%Beat 'em up · RetroAlso like ELDEN RING

More like 198X

24 games closest to 198X of your picks

  1. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as 198X

    Loved · 90%1980s · Retro

  2. 3

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

    198X, but in space

    Loved · 91%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  3. 4

    Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition

    198X, but side-scrolling, and harder

    Loved · 90%1980s · Beat 'em up

  4. 5

    1982

    198X, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 94%1980s · Retro

  5. 6

    Distant Space

    198X, but in space, and half the hours

    Liked · 82%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  6. 7

    Double Dragon Neon

    198X, but co-op, and three times the hours

    Mixed · 77%1980s · Beat 'em up

  7. 8

    Capcom Arcade Stadium

    198X, but free to play, and a 2D platformer

    Divisive · 56%1980s · Beat 'em up

  8. 9

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    198X, but PvP

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  9. 10

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

    198X, but a 2D platformer, and twice the hours

    Liked · 88%Beat 'em up · Retro

  10. 11

    Contra Anniversary Collection

    198X, but side-scrolling, and couch co-op

    Mixed · 76%Retro · 1980s

  11. 12

    Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

    198X, but a top-down shooter, and seven times the hours

    Loved · 94%1980s · Retro

  12. 13

    METAL SLUG X

    198X, but a 2D platformer, and co-op

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  13. 14

    METAL SLUG 3

    198X, but couch co-op, and side-scrolling

    Loved · 90%Arcade · Retro

  14. 15

    SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics

    198X, but three times the hours

    Mixed · 79%Retro · Beat 'em up

  15. 16

    UFO 50

    198X, but 11 times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  16. 17

    Atari Vault

    198X, but a racing game

    Liked · 83%1980s · Retro

  17. 18

    Yakuza 0

    198X, but open world, and 24 times the hours

    Loved · 95%Beat 'em up · 1980s

  18. 19

    Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    198X, but co-op, and twice the hours

    Mixed · 75%Beat 'em up · Arcade

  19. 20

    Retrowave

    198X, but a racing game, and relaxing

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  20. 21

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

    198X, but top-down, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Retro

  21. 22

    Polygoneer

    198X, but harder, and half the hours

    Liked · 80%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  22. 23

    Huntdown

    198X, but cyberpunk, and four times the hours

    Loved · 95%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  23. 24

    Crossing Souls

    198X, but funny, and five times the hours

    Mixed · 79%1980s · Retro

  24. 25

    Distant Space 2

    Much the same as 198X

    Liked · 81%Shoot 'Em Up · Beat 'em up

More like ELDEN RING

5 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 26

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 27

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 28

    Nioh 3

    ELDEN RING, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%Souls-like · Action RPG

  4. 29

    Lunacid

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 90%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  5. 30

    Black Myth: Wukong

    ELDEN RING, but steeped in myth, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Souls-like · Action RPG

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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