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:

 

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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:

 

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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.