Games like Custodian: Beginning of the End
If Custodian: Beginning of the End is your kind of game, the closest matches are Minoria, Death's Gambit: Afterlife and Blasphemous 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Minoria
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Top pick for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Second-strongest match for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Blasphemous 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Third-strongest match for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
HunterX
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ranked #4 for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Afterimage
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ranked #5 for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ranked #6 for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
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Shares a challenging mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ranked #7 for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
GRIME
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Ranked #8 for Custodian: Beginning of the End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Reviewers of Custodian: Beginning of the End cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Hollow Knight
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Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Reviewers of Custodian: Beginning of the End cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Reviewers of Custodian: Beginning of the End cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
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Minoria
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
HunterX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Afterimage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Custodian: Beginning of the End.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Frequently asked about Custodian: Beginning of the End
- Is Custodian: Beginning of the End free to play?
- Yes — Custodian: Beginning of the End is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Custodian: Beginning of the End?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Custodian: Beginning of the End are Minoria, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Blasphemous 2.
- Who developed Custodian: Beginning of the End?
- Custodian: Beginning of the End was developed by Red-Pixel.
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