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Games like Pandora's Tower

2011PEGI 12

As Aeron you fight through thirteen towers with a magic chain and sword to save the cursed Elena. A ticking curse timer and feeding her monster flesh create an intimate, emotional bond at the heart of the game.

  • Emotional impact
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Fantasy setting

In short: Games like Pandora's Tower

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Pandora's Tower special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Alundra

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1997USK 6PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Pandora's Tower: melee combat with weapons or fists, gripping boss fights and a fantasy setting.

A Zelda-style 2D action adventure in which you play the dreamwalker Alundra, entering villagers' nightmares. Tough dungeon puzzles and a surprisingly dark story set it apart.

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A dark gothic action-adventure where you alternate between the vampire Kain and the wraith Raziel. Brutal melee combat, environmental puzzles and a dense, layered tale of fate and vengeance define the experience.

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree

Emotional impact

A 2D action adventure steeped in Norse mythology, where you play Estra across four seasonal chapters seeking the truth about her father's death. Combat, puzzles and a painterly world come together in a mostly linear, story-driven journey.

Oninaki

Emotional impact

A dark action RPG from the makers of I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, in which you play a Watcher guiding departed souls. You swap between weapon-based Daemons in real-time combat while following a melancholic story about life and death.

NieR

Emotional impact

A bleak action RPG about a father who will do anything to save his sick daughter. It mixes hack-and-slash, bullet-hell and text-adventure moments, carried by a moving story, multiple endings and an outstanding soundtrack.

Threads of Fate

Strong, story-driven narrative

You alternate between Rue and Mint, two characters with very different motives who are chasing the same powerful relic. The game mixes real-time sword combat and platforming sections with a story told from two perspectives.

Jade Empire

Melee combat with weapons or fists

BioWare's martial-arts RPG set in a mythical China-inspired world, where you switch between fighting styles, make moral choices and follow a cinematic hero's journey.

God of War

Emotional impact

An older Kratos travels through Norse mythology with his son Atreus. Weighty axe combat, an emotional father-son story and a seamless single-shot camera make it stand out.

Pankapu

Emotional impact

A hand-drawn 2D platform action game in which a tiny warrior fights nightmares in a dream world. The fable-like tale quietly deals with a traumatized child's mental health.

God of War

Boss fights as highlights

As the vengeful Spartan Kratos, you carve through mythic Greece with chained blades to kill Ares. Fast, brutal combat, epic boss fights and light puzzles define this linear adventure.

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