# Games like Vigil: The Longest Night

> The closest matches to Vigil: The Longest Night: Salt and Sanctuary, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, Afterimage, and GRIME. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Salt and Sanctuary](https://imho.run/games/283640/salt-and-sanctuary) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 7,119 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/283640/)
2. [Death's Gambit: Afterlife](https://imho.run/games/356650/death-s-gambit-afterlife) — A frequent pick in Vigil: The Longest Night players' libraries, and another RPG. 2,088 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/356650/)
3. [ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights](https://imho.run/games/1369630/ender-lilies-quietus-of-the-knights) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 11,002 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369630/)
4. [Afterimage](https://imho.run/games/1701520/afterimage) — Shares weapon skill trees with Vigil: The Longest Night. 1,349 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701520/)
5. [GRIME](https://imho.run/games/1123050/grime) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 2,198 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123050/)
6. [Blasphemous 2](https://imho.run/games/2114740/blasphemous-2) — A frequent pick in Vigil: The Longest Night players' libraries, and another Action. 5,085 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2114740/)
7. [The Last Faith](https://imho.run/games/1274600/the-last-faith) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 1,713 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274600/)
8. [Foregone](https://imho.run/games/1000760/foregone) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 552 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000760/)
9. [Valdis Story: Abyssal City](https://imho.run/games/252030/valdis-story-abyssal-city) — Also Metroidvania and Side Scroller, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 1,648 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/252030/)
10. [Void Sols](https://imho.run/games/2736690/void-sols) — Also Souls-like and Action RPG, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 260 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2736690/)
11. [ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist](https://imho.run/games/2725260/ender-magnolia-bloom-in-the-mist) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 4,366 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2725260/)
12. [SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption](https://imho.run/games/691280/sinner-sacrifice-for-redemption) — Also Character Action Game and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 246 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/691280/)
13. [Minoria](https://imho.run/games/940910/minoria) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 663 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/940910/)
14. [Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight](https://imho.run/games/428550/momodora-reverie-under-the-moonlight) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 4,102 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/428550/)
15. [Dark Devotion](https://imho.run/games/718590/dark-devotion) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 672 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/718590/)
16. [Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree](https://imho.run/games/1721060/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree) — Also Souls-like and Side Scroller, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 1,099 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1721060/)
17. [Moonscars](https://imho.run/games/1374970/moonscars) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 573 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374970/)
18. [Skautfold: Usurper](https://imho.run/games/603020/skautfold-usurper) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 209 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/603020/)
19. [Hollow Knight: Silksong](https://imho.run/games/1030300/hollow-knight-silksong) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 139,225 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030300/)
20. [Thymesia](https://imho.run/games/1343240/thymesia) — Shares skill respec system with Vigil: The Longest Night. 3,486 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1343240/)
21. [WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers](https://imho.run/games/2277560/wuchang-fallen-feathers) — Also Souls-like and Action RPG, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 5,116 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2277560/)
22. [Watcher Chronicles](https://imho.run/games/1264880/watcher-chronicles) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 61 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1264880/)
23. [Deepening Fire](https://imho.run/games/1642790/deepening-fire) — Also Metroidvania and Souls-like, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 51 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1642790/)
24. [Hunt the Night](https://imho.run/games/1649740/hunt-the-night) — Also Souls-like and Action RPG, like Vigil: The Longest Night. 148 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1649740/)

## Machine-readable

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## About Vigil: The Longest Night

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D Metroidvania from Glass Heart Games, released in 2020. As Leila of the Vigilant Order, players explore a vast interconnected map in a dark world that has lost its daylight, fighting with souls-like combat across four weapon types, each with its own skill tree, toward multiple endings. It carries a Metacritic score of 75, runs 86% positive of 1,329 Steam reviews, and is Verified on Steam Deck. Reviewers describe an atmospheric, mysterious experience and credit the cooldown-based spells that allow experimentation, the time-bending mechanics tied to the plot, and weapon skill trees that let players specialize. Priced at $21.99, it pairs dark fantasy exploration with a cryptic narrative across its sprawling map.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 720560
- **Developer:** Glass Heart Games
- **Publisher:** Glass Heart Games
- **Genres:** Action, Indie, RPG
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Oct 14, 2020
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 75
- **Platforms:** windows, linux

## Links

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