Games like Dex
Closest overall match: Moon Hunters (★ 3.4). Highest rated: Hyper Light Drifter at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Darkwood at about 2 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Dex — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are controller support, role-playing and overlay. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. Moon Hunters
Shares Kickstarter, overlay, achievements, Captions available and role-playing and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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66%
2. Victor Vran
Shares overlay, achievements, controller support, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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65%
3. Apotheon
Shares Metroidvania, Nudity, Captions available, controller support and Side Scroller and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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65%
4. Mercenary Kings
Shares Kickstarter, Side Scroller, Female Protagonist, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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64%
5. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, Nudity, controller support, Side Scroller and Female Protagonist and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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64%
6. Darkwood
Shares Other, Nudity, role-playing, Open World and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
63%
7. Ghost of a Tale
Shares overlay, controller support, Stealth, role-playing and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
62%
8. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Kickstarter, Metroidvania, controller support, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
62%
9. Hammerwatch
Shares Other, role-playing, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
62%
10. Aragami
Shares overlay, achievements, Captions available, controller support and Stealth and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
61%
11. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and role-playing and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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60%
12. The Final Station
Shares Captions available, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dex?
On our similarity model, Moon Hunters is the closest match to Dex — shares Kickstarter, overlay, achievements, Captions available and role-playing and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Dex is rated highest?
Hyper Light Drifter holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 599 players.
Are there games like Dex on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Dex on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dex on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.