Games like Odallus: The Dark Call
If Odallus: The Dark Call is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Malleus Maleficarum and Castlevania Advance Collection — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its classic inspirations feel fresh, dense secrets reward exploration and pixel art presentation excels. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Odallus: The Dark Call: The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
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Top pick for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Malleus Maleficarum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
Castlevania Advance Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Third-strongest match for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!
Kalinur
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Shares a retro mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Ranked #4 for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
Slain: Back from Hell
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Ranked #5 for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
GRIME
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Ranked #6 for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
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.
Touhou Luna Nights
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Shares a challenging mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Ranked #7 for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Ranked #8 for Odallus: The Dark Call fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
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.
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Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
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Shares a retro mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Reviewers of Odallus: The Dark Call cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
Berserker
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Reviewers of Odallus: The Dark Call cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Side scroller game with story-driven elements, based in old Viking age before all known written sagas and scripts, we follow Asbjorn as he must save and protect what he cares the most for.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
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Shares a retro mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Reviewers of Odallus: The Dark Call cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge
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Reviewers of Odallus: The Dark Call cross-mention this title as a similar play.
"The Battle of the Bulge" continues the epic saga of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Close Combat series. Whether you command American or German troops, you decide when and where they will be deployed. History in the making is in your hands!
Castle of Vania
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Reviewers of Odallus: The Dark Call cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Odallus: The Dark Call at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Odallus: The Dark Call on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Blazing Chrome
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Shares a retro mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Odallus: The Dark Call. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Odallus: The Dark Call. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Odallus: The Dark Call. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Spooky Station
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Odallus: The Dark Call. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!
Frequently asked about Odallus: The Dark Call
- Does Odallus: The Dark Call work on Steam Deck?
- Odallus: The Dark Call is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Odallus: The Dark Call cost?
- Odallus: The Dark Call is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Odallus: The Dark Call?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Odallus: The Dark Call are Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Malleus Maleficarum, Castlevania Advance Collection.
- Who developed Odallus: The Dark Call?
- Odallus: The Dark Call was developed by JoyMasher.
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