Games like Touhou Luna Nights

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania action game featuring time manipulation and a tense graze system. Explore a unique world with attractive dot graphics.

97% positive from 4,775 · 2019 · Steam Deck Playable · $17.99 $10.79 -40% · Lowest ever $9.59 (2018-08-20)

MetroidvaniaDifficultSide ScrollerExploration Bullet Hell Platformer

Six games like Touhou Luna Nights

Deepening Fire

72% positive from 635 reviews202322% finish itDeck Playable

This is an action RPG with a focus on challenging combat, character customization, and exploration. Players can expect a dark, lore-rich experience with a unique werewolf transformation mechanic.

The catchCombat forces parrying on nearly everything, and the parry timing feels janky.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Difficult.

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Vigil: The Longest Night

86% positive from 3,597 reviews202015% finish itDeck Verified

A side-scrolling Metroidvania action game with deep combat and gear customization. Explore a dark world, fight monsters, and uncover mysteries.

What players likedPlayers praise its good graphics, music, atmosphere, and varied weapons/skills, making it a unique and mesmerizing experience.

The catchThe map is broken and unreadable, which leaves you lost in a large metroidvania.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Difficult.

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Will Glow the Wisp

82% positive from 1,649 reviews2017Deck Playable

A competitive arcade shooter where players race against recordings of opponents and developers. Its core loop involves navigating bullet-hell levels and achieving high scores.

What players likedPlayers describe it as a challenging bullet-hell obstacle course, similar to a mobile game, praised for its fair price and doable 100% completion.

The catchThe controls are slippery and imprecise, which makes the tight levels frustrating.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Bullet Hell and Difficult.

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Timespinner

86% positive from 3,131 reviews201848% finish itDeck Verified

This is a 2D action-adventure platformer with time manipulation mechanics. It features pixel art, magic orbs, and familiar companions in a story-driven quest.

What players likedPlayers praise Timespinner as a charming, responsive Metroidvania, often compared to Symphony of the Night and DS Castlevanias, with good world-building and a coherent story.

The catchThe story is dialogue heavy and the writing is juvenile enough to skip outright.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Exploration.

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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

84% positive from 1,649 reviews202413% finish itDeck Verified

This is a 2.5D action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. Players use a shapeshifting staff with a move-and-reset mechanic in a hand-drawn, folklore-inspired world.

What players likedPlayers praise its gorgeous art, fluid aerial movement, and accessible platforming, often comparing it favorably to Hollow Knight and Ori.

The catchThe controls feel clunky and unresponsive, with the grapple hooking the wrong points.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Exploration.

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BLADECHIMERA

89% positive from 1,403 reviews202523% finish itDeck Verified

Action metroidvania with a demon companion sword that manipulates time and objects. Explore a dangerous world, fight demons, and unlock skills.

What players likedPlayers praise BLADECHIMERA as a polished, modern Metroidvania with tight controls, engaging combat, and beautiful pixel art, reminiscent of Castlevania.

The catchLevel design leans on long straight hallways lined with the same repeated enemies.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Exploration.

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More about Touhou Luna Nights

What players liked

Players praise this challenging Metroidvania for its unique time-stop mechanics, rewarding gameplay, and beautiful pixel art.

The catch

Sold as a metroidvania but the map is small, linear and barely worth exploring.

Reviews: 97% positive from 4,775
Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: $17.99 $10.79 -40% · Lowest ever $9.59 (2018-08-20)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 97% positive, but with 4,775 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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