Games like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse · Find similar →
More about this game →We filtered the 49 games similar to Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse down to the 30 that fit the “Action RPG” category. Guacamelee!, Apotheon and Dust: An Elysian Tail top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse.
Did you find what you were looking for?
Quick answer
Within the “Action RPG” category, the closest game to Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse is Guacamelee! — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Apotheon and Dust: An Elysian Tail follow close behind.
Help us build the best rankings
Community poweredVote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Shared with Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, while skipping roguelike runs
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and Metroidvania exploration
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design
The Gods of Olympus have abandoned humanity, leaving you to perish without their benevolence. Take up arms against the Gods, climb Mount Olympus, and take their divine powers for yourself to ensure mankind’s survival!
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: setting.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Shared with Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: fighting mechanics, strong narrative focus and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design
Dust: an Elysian Tale is an action role-playing game with metroidvania elements set in an imaginary world called Falana. Dust, the main character, with his sentient sword called Blade of Ahrah and guardian Fidget explores the “2D” side-scrolled environments.
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: game mode.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Shared with Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and Metroidvania exploration
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, punishing difficulty and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design
STORYSet in the Land of Fumes, this prosperous magical superpower is home to vast quantities of magical resources lurking underneath the surface. In hopes of advancing their kingdom's development, artificial life forms known as Homunculi came into being.
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: game mode.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with real-time strategy, deep simulation and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design
June 11, 2009 - Update Two new playable Orc classes: Lord (Warrior) or Shaman. Expanded gameplay: Orcs consume twice as much food, learn martial skills faster, manufacture items slower, and the Shaman uses totems to summon creatures. Several new items regardless of character class.
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: progression and game mode.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: game mode.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 40 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.
≠ Missing: puzzle design.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 35 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and historical setting, while skipping puzzle design
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 38 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: MOBA team gameplay, sports simulation and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design
Featured DLC About the GameTeam up Gladiators! New volunteers are incoming. Bloodsports.TV is a co-op top-down Hero Defense game. In this spin-off set in the world of Krater, take on waves of incoming enemies and bosses in this old school, fast-paced approach to strategic co-op games.
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: setting.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with melee combat, setting scifi and setting cyberpunk, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: setting.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 35 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: combat magic, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: setting.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 36 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: offline, while skipping puzzle design
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 33 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: offline, while skipping puzzle design
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 36 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Shared with Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with setting scifi and offline, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse: setting.
It predates Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse by 35 years, with what that implies technically.
The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.
Shinobi
RPG · Action RPG
Mega Man Zero 2
RPG · Action RPG
Mega Man Zero 3
RPG · Action RPG
BloodRayne (Legacy)
RPG · Action RPG
Spellsworn
RPG · Action RPG
Ninja Gaiden
RPG · Action RPG
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
RPG · Action RPG
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
RPG · Action RPG
The Simpsons Arcade Game
RPG · Action RPG
Dragon's Crown
RPG · Action RPG
Dungeon Siege III
RPG · Action RPG
Final Fight 3
RPG · Action RPG
Spartan X
RPG · Action RPG
Rampage
RPG · Action RPG
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist
RPG · Action RPG