Games like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
If Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are Heretic + Hexen, Salt and Sacrifice and Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its classic mode remasters nostalgia, endless equipment experimentation and fan service adds personality. 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 →Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action RPG developed by ArtPlay, released in 2019 at $9.99. Players control Miriam, an orphan fighting against a crystallizing curse, as she explores a demon-infested gothic castle. The game features weapon crafting and shard customization systems that create varied combat approaches. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with a vast interconnected map to navigate. Reviewers highlight that secrets feel rewarding to uncover and that weapon techniques feel essential to combat. The game includes a classic mode toggle, a familiar pet companion, randomized item placement, and a speedrun mode. It runs Playable on Steam Deck and holds a 93% positive rating from over 10,900 Steam reviews. The game is solo-only, challenging, and long.
About Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
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Heretic + Hexen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Top pick for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Third-strongest match for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Take control of the demon sisters Kirika and Masha as they attempt to revive their Demon Lord Maxim and rebuild their castle in this 2D action Metroidvania adventure!
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Ranked #5 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Ranked #6 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Ranked #7 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Ranked #8 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
“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.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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!
Symphony of the Stars
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Explore a vast fantasy world in this top-down RPG. Sneak past enemies with overworld skills or engage them in strategic, turn-based combat. Solve puzzles and build the strength of your characters as an epic adventure unfolds!
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Reviewers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
“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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Priced ~50% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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 Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Heretic + Hexen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Frequently asked about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Does Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night run on Steam Deck?
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cost?
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night are Heretic + Hexen, Salt and Sacrifice, Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark.
- Who developed Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night?
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was developed by ArtPlay and published by 505 Games.
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