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Apotheon vs Sundered

Apotheon and Sundered overlap on Metroidvania, controller support and Side Scroller, which is why players keep weighing one against the other. It is a dead heat: 2 metrics each.

MetricApotheonSunderedEdge
Player rating ★ 3.20 ★ 3.43 Sundered by 0.23 (7%)
Metacritic 78 76 Apotheon by 2 (3%)
Catalog popularity 2,404 adds 1,754 adds Apotheon by 650 (27%)
Avg. playtime 4h 3h Apotheon is longer
Platform families 2 3 Sundered
Release year 2015 2017 Sundered is newer by 2 yr

Platform exclusives

  • Sundered only: Nintendo

Verdict

The data splits evenly. Both lean on Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and 2D, so whichever you pick, the core feel carries over.

See every match for each: games like Apotheon · games like Sundered

Base game data via RAWG. Comparison computed by us.