AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeDarkHardcoreHorrorSci-FiExplorationPixel Art2D
Steam👍 95%· 31KIGDB75· 9OC76· 118
Year 2020Dev Phobia Game Studio · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · Linux · Android
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The best games like System Purge on Xbox
21 similar games foundUpdated May 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to System Purge. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeDarkSci-FiHorrorExploration2D
Steam👍 88%· 3.7KIGDB78· 2OC74· 38
Year 2014Dev Over The MoonOn PS4 · Linux · PC
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, shooter and strong narrative focus, while skipping punishing difficulty
It predates System Purge by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Setting77Visuals59
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloSci-FiHorrorExploration2D
Steam👍 94%· 7.5KRAWG👍 63%· 528MC87IGDB88· 10OC85· 33
Year 2013Dev Curve DigitalPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and setting space, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
The Swapper is a classical platform game with several elements of Metroidvania focused on solving puzzles. The game follows a female astronaut stranded on the abandoned space research station in a science-fictional universe.
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: tone.
It predates System Purge by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Progression100Setting65Visuals59Tone0
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiExploration2DPixel Art
Steam👍 94%· 5.1KIGDB76· 5OC75· 47
Year 2019Dev doinksoft · Devolver DigitalOn PC · Xbox · Switch
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping horror tension
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: tone and setting.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Setting45
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreExplorationPixel Art2D
Steam👍 93%· 13KRAWG👍 87%· 334MC84IGDB87· 8OC86· 81
Year 2018Dev Sabotage · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.
≠ Missing: horror tension.
The game moves between 8-bit and 16-bit art styles, allowing the player to move between the two by going forward or backwards in time. As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone60
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreDarkExploration2DPixel Art
Steam👍 97%· 180KRAWG👍 88%· 1.7KMC88IGDB90· 12OC89· 151
Year 2018Dev Plug In DigitalPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, action RPG combat and deep RPG systems, while skipping horror tension
Dead Cells is a roguelike adventure title developed by Motion Twin. ###Story Not much story is present in the game, as only bits of any information are given out to the players. The game takes place at a remote island, where the players take place of the Prisoner.
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: setting.
Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone84Combat73
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiExploration2D
Steam👍 84%· 2.5KIGDB79· 6OC79· 45
Year 2013Dev Rain Games · CIRCLE EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping horror tension
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: setting and tone.
It predates System Purge by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals59Tone47
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreExploration2D
Steam👍 91%· 15KIGDB91· 6OC89· 71
Year 2022Dev Cellar Door GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, roguelike runs and procedural generation, while skipping horror tension
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals59Tone56
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreExploration2DPixel Art
Steam👍 80%· 2.6KRAWG👍 64%· 70MC80OC80· 11
Year 2012Dev NIGORO · AGM PLAYISMPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, open world exploration and fantasy world, while skipping horror tension
In La-Mulana, the player assumes the role of an adventurer archeologist and explores the ruins of a forgotten ancient civilization. ###Plot The game follows an archeologist named Lemeza Kosugi. He continues the research of the lost city of La-Mulana that was started by his father Shorn.
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for System Purge.
It predates System Purge by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone67
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeDarkHardcoreExploration2D
Steam👍 94%· 60KIGDB88· 14OC90· 97
Year 2015Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox · Switch
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping horror tension
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: setting and progression.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone66Visuals59Progression49
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeDarkExploration2D
Steam👍 85%· 3.7KRAWG👍 26%· 297MC64IGDB74· 6
Year 2012Dev Arkedo Studio · SEGAPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and ranged combat, while skipping horror tension
Skeletonized rabbit Ash lives in Hell, he's a prince of that place. Ash is busy recovering his hellish reputation - killing everyone in Hell, who saw his photo with a rubber duckling in the bath. Apparently, among the princes of Hell to play with the duckling is not common.
It predates System Purge by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Progression100Combat72Tone63Visuals59
#12Iconoclasts
69
iRank85
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeSci-FiExplorationPixel Art2D
Steam👍 86%· 4.9KIGDB85· 8OC84· 57
Year 2018Dev Joakim Sandberg · Bifrost EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping horror tension
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: tone and setting.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Setting45
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiExploration
Steam👍 88%· 172KRAWG👍 85%· 2.3KMC80IGDB83· 13OC82· 176
Year 2019Dev Respawn Entertainment · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and puzzle design, while skipping horror tension
Cal Kestis—one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order after the purge of Order 66—is now a Padawan on the run. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game set after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith™.
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: visuals and setting.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Tone55Setting29
#14Axiom Verge
68
iRank87
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeSci-FiExploration2DPixel Art
Steam👍 90%· 6.5KIGDB84· 15OC85· 90
Year 2015Dev Thomas Happ GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus and setting cyberpunk, while skipping horror tension
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: tone and setting.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Setting36
AdventureMetroidvania
SoloMeleeSci-FiExplorationPixel Art2D
Steam👍 84%· 6.1KRAWG👍 74%· 307MC88IGDB89· 13OC88· 98
Year 2016Dev D-Pad StudioPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping horror tension
Owlboy is a pixel-art platformer game about an owl-humanoid boy called Otus. When his homeland was attacked by pirates, Otus starts an adventure to protect his home and reveal the secrets of his race. He makes new friends on the way. Each of them has special powers, useful during fights.
Where it drifts furthest from System Purge: tone and setting.
Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Setting35
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