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Games like 9 Years of Shadows, Left 4 Dead 2 and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 18 of them like more than one.

9 Years of Shadows
9 Years of Shadows
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

18 games close to two or more of 9 Years of Shadows, Left 4 Dead 2 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

    Salt and Sanctuary

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and harder

    Liked · 89%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  4. 4

    Blasphemous 2

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and harder

    Loved · 91%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  5. 5

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

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

    Liked · 81%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  6. 6

    Hollow Knight

    9 Years of Shadows, but four times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  7. 7

    ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

    ELDEN RING, but a metroidvania, and a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows

  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

    9 Years of Shadows, but gorier, and harder

    Loved · 90%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  10. 10

    Afterimage

    9 Years of Shadows, but 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

    Tails of Iron

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

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

  13. 13

    Vigil: The Longest Night

    9 Years of Shadows, but your choices matter

    Liked · 86%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  14. 14

    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder

    Loved · 93%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  15. 15

    Dread Delusion

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

    Loved · 90%Metroidvania · ExplorationAlso like ELDEN RING

  16. 16

    Ashen

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

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

  17. 17

    GRIME

    9 Years of Shadows, but 2.5D, and surreal

    Liked · 85%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  18. 18

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

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

    Mixed · 75%Fantasy · Action RPGAlso like ELDEN RING

More like 9 Years of Shadows

5 games closest to 9 Years of Shadows of your picks

  1. 19

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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

    Loved · 96%Metroidvania · Platformer

  2. 20

    Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

    Much the same as 9 Years of Shadows

    Loved · 92%Metroidvania · Side Scroller

  3. 21

    Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

    Loved · 95%Metroidvania · Platformer

  4. 22

    Ori and the Blind Forest

    9 Years of Shadows, but cute

    Loved · 94%Metroidvania · Platformer

  5. 23

    Unepic

    9 Years of Shadows, but funny, and co-op

    Loved · 91%Metroidvania · Platformer

More like Left 4 Dead 2

4 games closest to Left 4 Dead 2 of your picks

  1. 24

    Killing Floor 2

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  2. 25

    Killing Floor

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  3. 26

    No More Room in Hell

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · Survival

  4. 27

    GTFO

    Left 4 Dead 2, but harder, and more divisive

    Liked · 84%FPS · Zombies

More like ELDEN RING

3 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 28

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 29

    CODE VEIN

    ELDEN RING, but anime, and a third of the hours

    Liked · 83%Souls-like · Action RPG

  3. 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.