Aggelos similar games & best alternatives

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Aggelos

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

What works

  • Nostalgic retro pixel art and music
  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Engaging combat and platforming
  • Interesting puzzles and exploration
  • Fairly balanced difficulty with leveling options

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor or no native d-pad/controller support
  • Backtracking can be tedious due to save point placement
  • Lack of map detail makes navigation confusing
  • Some difficulty spikes and frustrating platforming sections
  • Limited story depth and character customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Astalon: Tears of the Earth

  • Pharaoh Rebirth+

  • Blaster Master Zero 2

  • Cathedral

  • Castle of no Escape 2

  • Alwa's Awakening

More expressive

Games that feels like Aggelos but with more self-expression and customization

  • Rogue Legacy

  • Dunjungle

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

  • Castlevania Advance Collection

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

More intense

Games that feels like Aggelos but with a more intense feel

  • Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

  • Castle In The Darkness

  • Cyber Shadow

  • Terrian Saga: KR-17

  • Zexion

  • Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Aggelos: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Leadership, Status.

Last update: 03/08/2026