5 Games with a medieval setting like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. Its own ground is Metroidvania exploration and open world exploration.

If Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera.

If Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat: magic-based combat.

With Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: puzzle design.

What carries over from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is historical setting.