Top Down Action-Adventures - Zelda, Mana, Startropics, Terranigma, Alundra, CrossCode, Tunic and other takes on the formula.

[Sparky Lurker]

Demos:
Ballad of Bellum:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3219390/The_Ballad_of_Bellum/

Memoria Wake:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3240610/Memoria_Wake/

Lelu:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3131340/Lelu/

Emery Hearts:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2732480/Emery_Hearts/

Gloomveil:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156020/Gloomveil/

Cyberpunk Diablo-like, Carbon:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3012300/Carbon/

Roguelites:
Cinderia:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3214610/Cinderia/

Cursed Blood:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3382290/Cursed_Blood/

Echoes of Mystralia:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974480/Echoes_of_Mystralia

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Damon and Baby release:

 

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Tombwater release:

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Svarog's Dream, an ARPG with the focus of possessing people after dying and an active Mount and Blade style world:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2004640/Svarogs_Dream/

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Mentioned on the Quirky RPGs thread, the Skautfold series, the first, third and fourth entries:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/444590/Skautfold_Shrouded_in_Sanity

https://store.steampowered.com/app/893610/Skautfold_Into_the_Fray

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1029170/Skautfold_Moonless_Knight

(Second game is sidescroller and fifth game is turn-based.)

 

[The Last Stand]

I want to count GTA: Advance since it's a top down GTA 3D era game on the Game Boy Advance.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

I want to count GTA: Advance since it's a top down GTA 3D era game on the Game Boy Advance.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jD7-Hgbacw8

The Henchmen is an upcoming top down GTA/Hotline Miami hybrid game:

 

[clickbait]

pipistrello

Got it on the switch the other day, can't put it down. Holy fuck is this game amazing. Bought the other two titles from the dev team just to try them out.

Looking forward to more of their work.

Will try crosscode. But pipistrello is just incredible.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Town of Zoz release:

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

I'm late here but if anyone likes really tight zelda-puzzle-room style design, Prodigal cause is better than zelda at it and really gets that nog joggin.

The allure of Zelda, from the first game and onwards, was never being locked into dungeons all the time. I don't know if Prodigal is like that but Zelda was about having to go from the world into the "underworld" to progress in the normal environment. Dungeons were the challenge that opened up the game. That applies to Zelda 1 and onwards!!!

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Emberville and Romestead are 2 upcoming city building ARPGs, Romestead is coming to Early Access on May 26:

 

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Bylina release:

 

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Legend of Oasis style game, The Myth of a Godslayer:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3817260/The_Myth_of_a_Godslayer/

 

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Elementallis release:

 

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Magical Blush trailer:

 

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Alabaster Dawn on Early Access:

 

[Nico Nico Nikola]

PSA Mina the Hollower, which was developed by the same company as Shovel Knight, is finally getting released May 29. Shovel Knight was a very good game, and this looks good too, so I would highly recommend at least checking it out.

 

[funwithshemales69]

Its a limited format but I feel like this type of game is the best for "mystery adventure" games cause the world feels nice. Thats one of the things which feels annoying in 3d zeldas and zelda likes, the world traversal and secret hunting feels like shit whereas in these kinda games, it feels good. I wish they make more of these not in the zelda format, theres too many zelda ones, they should try to make a resident evil style game or Goof Troop style game in this formula. That would feel really good to play.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Roadout release:

resident evil style game

I think the game that most fits said description is Conscript:

There is derivatives like Darkwood and Tunguska, but these are more focused on surviving while scavenging for resources rather than the classical RE-style experience.
One upcoming game that might be more like classical RE is Void Martyrs:

 

[Nico Nico Nikola]

Any thoughts on this game? It's called Titan Souls.