Games like Vigil: The Longest Night

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

86% positive from 3,597 · 2020 · 15% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · $21.99 $8.79 -60% · Lowest ever $8.79 (2025-12-18)

MetroidvaniaSide ScrollerSouls-likeFemale Protagonist Difficult Platformer

Six games like Vigil: The Longest Night

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 Souls-like, Side Scroller and Metroidvania.

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La-Mulana 2

86% positive from 1,065 reviews201824% finish itDeck Verified

This is a Metroidvania-style action-adventure game focused on non-linear exploration and puzzle-solving within ancient ruins. Players decipher cryptic clues to uncover secrets and overcome challenges.

What players likedPlayers praise La-Mulana 2 as a challenging Metroidvania with improved puzzles, combat, and design compared to its predecessor.

The catchMovement is stiff and janky, with knockback bouncing you back several screens.

Both are tagged Souls-like, Metroidvania and Difficult.

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Touhou Luna Nights

97% positive from 4,775 reviews2019Deck Playable

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

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

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

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania 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 Female Protagonist.

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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune

83% positive from 2,065 reviews202414% finish itDeck Playable

A Metroidvania action-adventure game with smooth combat and exploration. Players fight monsters, solve mysteries, and develop their character.

What players likedPlayers praise this fun anime-humor Metroidvania RPG for its engaging character builds, combos, and magic, which can make players fall in love with the genre.

The catchMovement and combos feel janky, with inputs that often fail to register cleanly.

Both are tagged Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Female Protagonist.

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Blue Fire

81% positive from 3,066 reviews202116% finish itDeck Verified

This is a 3D metroidvania platformer focused on fast-paced combat and precision movement. Players explore a fallen kingdom, overcome platforming challenges, and upgrade their abilities.

What players likedPlayers praise Blue Fire as a fun and challenging 3D platformer, often compared to a Soulslike with enjoyable movement.

The catchThe combat is shallow and unsatisfying, mostly mashing attack on trivial enemies.

Both are tagged Souls-like, Metroidvania and Action.

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More about Vigil: The Longest Night

What players liked

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

The catch

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

Reviews: 86% positive from 3,597
Released: 2020
Finish it: 15% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: $21.99 $8.79 -60% · Lowest ever $8.79 (2025-12-18)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 86% positive, but with 3,597 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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