Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection similar games & best alternatives

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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

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

Should you play it?

Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.

What works

  • Faithful to classic ghosts 'n goblins gameplay and difficulty
  • Modern quality of life features like checkpoints and unlimited lives
  • Challenging but rewarding skill-based progression
  • Beautiful storybook art style and nostalgic music
  • Optional co-op mode adds teamwork element

Things to keep in mind

  • Extreme difficulty and occasional unfair enemy spawns
  • Slow and stiff character movement
  • Random weapon pickups can disrupt strategy
  • Some players dislike art style and animation
  • Menu design can cause accidental loss of progress

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Baconing

  • Sundered®: Eldritch Edition

  • Rampage Knights

  • Golden Light

  • Lost Castle / 失落城堡

  • Contra: Operation Galuga

Less social

Games that feels like Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • MindSeize

  • Dust: An Elysian Tail

  • Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)

  • Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

  • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

  • Aeterna Noctis

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

  • Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition

  • Resident Evil Revelations

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

  • Bionic Commando

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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).

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026