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Games like 9 Years of Shadows, Garry's Mod and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 19 of them like more than one.

9 Years of Shadows
9 Years of Shadows
Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

19 games close to two or more of 9 Years of Shadows, Garry's Mod and ELDEN RING

  1. 1

    ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

    9 Years of Shadows, but dark fantasy, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Metroidvania · Action RPGAlso like ELDEN RING

  2. 2

    DARK SOULS: REMASTERED

    ELDEN RING, but not open world, and darker

    Loved · 92%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  3. 3

    Hollow Knight

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  4. 4

    Enshrouded

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and an action RPG

    Liked · 86%Building · SandboxAlso like ELDEN RING

  5. 5

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

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

    Loved · 95%Open world · RPGAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  6. 6

    Salt and Sanctuary

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and couch co-op

    Liked · 89%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  7. 7

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and dark fantasy

    Liked · 81%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  8. 8

    Lords of the Fallen

    ELDEN RING, but a quarter of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 68%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  9. 9

    Blasphemous 2

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and harder

    Loved · 91%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  10. 10

    Afterimage

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder, and twice the hours

    Mixed · 77%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  11. 11

    AWAKEN - Astral Blade

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and harder

    Liked · 82%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  12. 12

    The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

    9 Years of Shadows, but open world, and first-person

    Loved · 95%Fantasy · Action RPGAlso like ELDEN RING

  13. 13

    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder

    Loved · 93%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  14. 14

    Tails of Iron

    ELDEN RING, but 2D, and a tenth of the hours

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Action RPGAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  15. 15

    GRIME

    9 Years of Shadows, but 2.5D, and surreal

    Liked · 85%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  16. 16

    Dread Delusion

    9 Years of Shadows, but open world, and 3D

    Loved · 90%Metroidvania · ExplorationAlso like ELDEN RING

  17. 17

    Ashen

    ELDEN RING, but a tenth of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 67%Souls-like · Action RPGAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  18. 18

    Blasphemous

    9 Years of Shadows, but gorier, and dark fantasy

    Loved · 90%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  19. 19

    Hogwarts Legacy

    9 Years of Shadows, but third-person, and open world

    Loved · 90%Fantasy · MagicAlso like ELDEN RING

More like 9 Years of Shadows

5 games closest to 9 Years of Shadows of your picks

  1. 20

    Unepic

    9 Years of Shadows, but funny, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%Metroidvania · Platformer

  2. 21

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    9 Years of Shadows, but cute, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Metroidvania · Platformer

  3. 22

    Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

    Much the same as 9 Years of Shadows

    Loved · 92%Metroidvania · Side Scroller

  4. 23

    Dust: An Elysian Tail

    9 Years of Shadows, but a hack and slash game, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Metroidvania · Platformer

  5. 24

    Ori and the Blind Forest

    9 Years of Shadows, but cute

    Loved · 94%Metroidvania · Platformer

More like Garry's Mod

4 games closest to Garry's Mod of your picks

  1. 25

    Goat Simulator 3

    Garry's Mod, but open world, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 98%Physics · Sandbox

  2. 26

    Scrap Mechanic

    Garry's Mod, but about survival, and with crafting

    Loved · 92%Building · Physics

  3. 27

    Space Engineers

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and with base building

    Liked · 89%Building · Sandbox

  4. 28

    PEAK

    Garry's Mod, but a 3D platformer, and a survival game

    Loved · 94%Physics · Online Co-Op

More like ELDEN RING

2 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 29

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 30

    FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich, and half the hours

    Liked · 83%Open world · Action RPG

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.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.