Games like Dust: An Elysian Tail
Closest overall match: Rogue Legacy (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Hollow Knight at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: FEZ at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Dust: An Elysian Tail? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Metroidvania, controller support and Side Scroller. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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72%
1. Rogue Legacy
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and Controller and 7 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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69%
2. Unepic
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and Exploration and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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68%
3. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Cute and role-playing and 11 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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67%
4. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Cute and Anime and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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65%
5. Salt and Sanctuary
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Action RPG, role-playing and 2D and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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64%
6. Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Shares Metroidvania, Beat 'em up, controller support, Side Scroller and Action RPG and 9 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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63%
7. La-Mulana
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Controller and Exploration and 7 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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63%
8. Dead Cells
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Hack and Slash, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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62%
9. Hollow Knight
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Cute and Controller and 8 more tags; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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62%
10. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Hack and Slash, Action RPG and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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61%
11. Freedom Planet
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Cute, Anime and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
12. FEZ
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Cute, Controller and Exploration and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dust: An Elysian Tail?
On our similarity model, Rogue Legacy is the closest match to Dust: An Elysian Tail — shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and Controller and 7 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Dust: An Elysian Tail is rated highest?
Hollow Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,778 players.
Are there games like Dust: An Elysian Tail on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Dust: An Elysian Tail on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dust: An Elysian Tail 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.
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