Foregone similar games & best alternatives

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Foregone

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

What works

  • Fluid and satisfying combat
  • Varied weapons and abilities for customization
  • Beautiful pixel art and sound design
  • Good value for price
  • Accessible difficulty with challenge modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear level design with limited exploration
  • Basic and predictable story
  • Some grind and costly respec mechanics
  • Repetitive enemies and bosses
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Berserk Boy

  • Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-

  • BLADECHIMERA

  • Vernal Edge

  • Metal Unit

  • Exit the Gungeon

Less expressive

Games that feels like Foregone but with less self-expression and customization

  • Volgarr the Viking

  • Gunbrella

  • DOOMBLADE

  • Pharaoh Rebirth+

  • The Mummy Demastered

  • HAAK

More intense

Games that feels like Foregone but with a more intense feel

  • Nine Sols

  • Elderand

  • Nightmare: The Lunatic

  • Hunt the Night

  • Chronicles of the Wolf

  • Blade Assault

Choose your own criteria ->

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).

Foregone: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Strategy.

Last update: 03/08/2026