Games like Unepic
Closest overall match: Rogue Legacy (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Shovel Knight at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Vertical Drop Heroes HD at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Unepic — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Side Scroller, controller support and Metroidvania. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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71%
1. Rogue Legacy
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Roguelike and role-playing and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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69%
2. Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and Exploration and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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65%
3. Salt and Sanctuary
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, role-playing, cooperative and 2D and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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65%
4. Risk of Rain
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics and Online Co-Op and 6 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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64%
5. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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62%
6. Terraria
Shares controller support, role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Online Co-Op and 5 more tags; about 10h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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62%
7. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, role-playing and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
8. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Comedy, Pixel Graphics and Fantasy and 5 more tags; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
9. Broforce
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Includes level editor, Comedy and Pixel Graphics and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
10. Dead Cells
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 3 more tags; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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61%
11. Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Shares controller support, Roguelike, Partial Controller Support, cooperative and 2D and 2 more tags; rated 1.6 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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61%
12. La-Mulana
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Unepic?
On our similarity model, Rogue Legacy is the closest match to Unepic — shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Roguelike and role-playing and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like Unepic is rated highest?
Shovel Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 480 players.
Are there games like Unepic on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Unepic on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Unepic 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.