Games Like Shovel Knight: King of Cards (2026)

Shared: tier:aaa, Precision Platformer

If you can survive the humbling that comes with your first hundred deaths on a single level, Geometry Dash will hand you one of the most satisfying feedback loops in the rhythm-platformer genre.

Shared: Precision Platformer

Co-op climbing survival on a deadly mystery island. One wrong move sends your whole scout squad back to square one.

Shared: New Game Plus

FromSoftware stripped out the build variety and handed you one katana. If you can handle that trade, what remains might be the sharpest action combat ever put in a video game.

Shared: tier:aaa

Four years in early access forged something genuinely worth your time: a co-op survival builder that starts punishing and ends with you proudly steering a multi-story floating fortress. Solo players, brace for a rough first two hours.

Shared: New Game Plus

Lordran at 60fps and 4K with the Artorias DLC bundled in - the cleanest entry point into the Souls lineage, though veterans will notice the remaster stopped short of fixing the game's actual rough edges.