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Squidbit Works · 2024 · Windows

Steam: 81 % positive of 185 reviews, as of Oct 28

Embark on a quest for revenge in Lords of Exile, an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in the far Lands of Exilia. With classic retro mechanics and linear level design in 8-bit graphics.

24 games that play like Lords of Exile and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Hollow Knight, Odallus: The Dark Call and Volgarr the Viking.

Player tags

  • 2D Platformer
  • Platformer
  • Arcade
  • 2D
  • Action
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Retro
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Best matches

Plays and looks like Lords of Exile

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Lords of Exile

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Astalon: Tears of the Earth91 % positive of 1,012Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  2. Abathor88 % positive of 343Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  3. Aggelos76 % positive of 572Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  4. Mago92 % positive of 942Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  5. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon93 % positive of 3,843Shared: Platformer · Arcade · Pixel Graphics
  6. Souldiers69 % positive of 2,352Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  7. Kalinur95 % positive of 473Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  8. Gravity Circuit95 % positive of 3,060Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  9. The Warrior97 % positive of 338Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  10. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment94 % positive of 455Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  11. Primal Light80 % positive of 330Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  12. Berserk Boy86 % positive of 322Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics

By look

Looks like Lords of Exile

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Castlevania Anniversary Collection81 % positive of 1,865
  2. Mina the Hollower87 % positive of 7,825
  3. Odallus: The Dark Call90 % positive of 865
  4. Panzer Paladin76 % positive of 335
  5. Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight92 % positive of 10,568
  6. Castle In The Darkness75 % positive of 1,187
  7. Tearscape90 % positive of 344
  8. Super Cyborg86 % positive of 588
  9. UFO 5093 % positive of 7,196
  10. FLARE NUINUI QUEST93 % positive of 249
  11. Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope93 % positive of 934
  12. Zexion89 % positive of 559

At a glance

What games like Lords of Exile have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Lords of Exile: Platformer (24 of 24), Pixel Graphics (19) and 2D Platformer (16).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2025, one of them after Lords of Exile (2024).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Hollow Knight (96 % positive of 507,562).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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