5 Hardcore games like Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe that you should try

What brings it close to Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe is puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and an anime aesthetic, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and setting. To that it adds single-player focus and 2D presentation. They part company on tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel.

What carries over from Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe is puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.

Same family as Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe: puzzle design, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: a casual, approachable feel and an isometric view.

With Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe it shares puzzle design, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone: this one brings melee combat.

With Helltaker: Artbook + Pancake Recipe it shares puzzle design, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.