What are the best PC games similar to the Zelda franchise?

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Best PC games similar to the Zelda franchise	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Evoland	$9.99	Very Positive	RPG
-- Hollow Knight	$14.99	Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania
-- Ittle dew	-	Very Positive	-
-- Cleo - a pirate's tale	$12.49	Very Positive	-
-- Anodyne	$4.99	-	-

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score 2 · Answer 1

Evoland

Top Pro

Offers a good bit of nostalgia

Starting the game one is playing something very reminiscent of a classic Gameboy game, many elements borrowed from famous franchises of the time. As the player advance the game changes it's graphics to match all of the popular consoles from the last 30 years and each change resembles many other popular classic. The game definitely brings back many good gaming memories. See More

Top Con

Too generic

While trying to pay tribute to the great classics in the RPG genre the game itself lacks any feeling of "soul" or personality making for a tale that is just too familiar and obvious. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:RPG

Co-Op:No

Controller Support:Yes(Android)

Top Pro

Seamless switching of game mechanics

The gameplay changes from action based combat resembling Secret of Mana or Zelda to turn based (when fighting bosses) that resembles Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. This switchng back and forth fits with the theme of the game where it covers years of RPG releases of different genres. See More

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Hollow Knight

Top Pro

Large amount of content

Over 10 hours of gameplay. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Metroidvania

Co-Op:Single Player

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Ittle dew

Top Pro

Familiar Zelda feel

With some puns and jokes aimed at the original game. Like "ew are you eating that heart?" See More

Top Con

Puzzles can feel repetitive

While there are a lot of puzzles to solve in the game, there are only three objects that are used to solve them and after a while it can feel repetitive due to how limited the puzzle solving can be. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Tons of puzzles

Lots and lots of puzzles, and multiple ways to finish the game. Comprised of mainly block moving puzzles to progress room to room in the games dungeons. While there are a few other puzzles throughout the game, mainly block moving is what the player will be doing. See More

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Cleo - a pirate's tale

Top Pro

Built-in card game

Kraken Fodder is a nice card and dice game within Cleo. See More

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Now on offer on Steam for only 3,74€ See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Answer 5

Anodyne

Top Pro

Can be played in portrait or landscape view

Depending on what the users preferred rotation scheme is to play games, Anodyne allows for both to be used, portrait and landscape. See More

Top Con

Story feels unresolved when the game is finished

After finishing the game there are still many elements that feel unanswered. See More

Top Pro

Easy to learn how to play

With simple intuitive controls it is easy to get started playing Anodyne. See More

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Ys I & II Chronicles+

Top Pro

Original combat

Ys I and II uses a combat system known as "bump combat" where the player just runs into their enemies in real time, bumping into enemies attacks with ones equipped weapon and has to be done repeatedly in order to defeat them. See More

Top Con

Tons of grinding

Like a lot of old school RPGs, Ys features a lot of grinding in order to defeat boss's. This can become tiresome after some time as it is just doing the same thing over and over again in order to progress. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Updated features over the original

With new features like keyboard controls, user adjustable resolution and screen frame to go around the 4:3 viewing area make for the optimal release of the tile. See More

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score 1 · Answer 7

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

Top Pro

Visually impressive environments

The environments of the game use bright colors and are rendered in a pleasant looking birdseye view 3D. The forest sections of the game stand out with light shining through the trees as well as the water in the sailing sections stand out the most. See More

Top Con

Combat is too easy

The enemies in the game, including bosses have obvious attacks that are easily anticipated making for what is pretty easy combat that does not offer much of a challenge. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Answer 8

Darksiders 2

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Hardland

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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

9 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Evoland

My Recommendation for Evoland

Offers a good bit of nostalgia

Too generic

Seamless switching of game mechanics

My Recommendation for Hollow Knight

My Recommendation for Hollow Knight

Large amount of content

My Recommendation for Ittle dew

My Recommendation for Ittle dew

Familiar Zelda feel

Puzzles can feel repetitive

Tons of puzzles

My Recommendation for Cleo - a pirate's tale

My Recommendation for Cleo - a pirate's tale

Built-in card game

My Recommendation for Anodyne

My Recommendation for Anodyne

Can be played in portrait or landscape view

Story feels unresolved when the game is finished

Easy to learn how to play

My Recommendation for Ys I & II Chronicles+

My Recommendation for Ys I & II Chronicles+

Original combat

Tons of grinding

Updated features over the original

My Recommendation for Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

My Recommendation for Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

Visually impressive environments

Combat is too easy

My Recommendation for Darksiders 2

My Recommendation for Darksiders 2

My Recommendation for Hardland

My Recommendation for Hardland

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