Games Like 3000th Duel (2026)

Shared: Souls-lite, Metroidvania

Respawn took Dark Souls, Metroid, and Uncharted, threw them in a blender with a lightsaber, and somehow the result is the best Jedi game in years - if you have the patience for a slow burn.

Shared: Metroidvania

Few two-person studios have conjured a world this dense and this lonely. Hollow Knight is 40-plus hours of hand-drawn melancholy that will humble you, haunt you, and refuse to let go.

Shared: Metroidvania

Six years of memes and broken promises evaporated the moment I dropped into Pharloom. Hornet is a razor-sharp upgrade in every direction, and Team Cherry somehow delivered on the hype.

Shared: Build Variety

Fifteen years on, Obsidian's Mojave masterwork still sets the bar for faction politics, skill-gated dialogue, and choices that feel like they cost you something real.

Shared: Build Variety

Fromsoft's open-world pivot could have been a gimmick. Instead it produced something that holds up past hour 100 and still sparks arguments about build theory in 2025.