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36 Great Games Like Knight of Exile

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Knight of Exile is a running, jumping and combat game where you play Cormac, the commander of the royal guard fighting to return from exile to restore order to the kingdom. It's unusual because of the combat mechanics that require players to react quickly and combine attacks.

Unfortunately, Knight of Exile is not available on Android, Mac, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Knight of Exile

Game Details

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 7

Players: 1

Genres: Fighting, Traversal (Action and Platform)

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Developer: Don Xuglo Games (@DonXugloGames)

Costs: Purchase cost

6 Similar Games Short List

Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Knight of Exile. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Knight of Exile.

Battle Princess Madelyn

Release Date: 05/12/2018, updated in 2020

Platforms: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Wii U and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Battle Princess Madelyn is a running and jumping game where you defeat hordes of enemies like the classic arcade game Ghosts 'n' Goblins. It's similarly fast-paced and difficult, here though you have to pick your way through labyrinthine levels, and use...

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Release Date: 12/01/2023

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5 and Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a running, jumping and fighting game like 90s classics Shinobi and Hagane: The Final Conflict. You play the Moonrider guardian that was created to defend a totalitarian state, racing through levels, attacking enemies and...

Pizza Tower

Release Date: 26/01/2023

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Pizza Tower is a fast-paced running and jumping game where you play an overweight yet agile Italian, reminiscent of the whacky-yet-appealing Wario Land games. You traverse each level on a mission to destroy the Pizza Tower that threatens to undermine...

Metroid

Release Date: 06/08/1986, updated in 2017

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GBA, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Components: 3D First-Person

Metroid is a series of running, jumping and exploration games where you play bounty hunter Samus Aran who protects the galaxy from the Space Pirates. It includes the platforming of a Mario game, but the focus is more on fighting enemies, finding new...

Steamworld Dig

Steamworld Dig (Series)

Release Date: 31/08/2017

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Mac, PC, PS Vita and PS4

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

The SteamWorld Dig series are action platform games where you play steam-powered robots trying to recover their lost civilisation. The two games in the series draws on classics like Dig Dug, Rick Dangerous, Repton and Boulderdash.

Haiku, The Robot

Release Date: 28/04/2022, updated in 2022

Platforms: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Haiku the Robot is a running and jumping game set in a world full of corrupt robots and machinery. You explore, fight fierce machines, befriend quirky robots as you search for answers to the mysteries of the world around you. It's a really well made...

17 Similar Games Long List

Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Knight of Exile. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Knight of Exile.

Eagle Island

Release Date: 18/07/2019, updated in 2021

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Eagle Island is a running and jumping adventure where you play Quill and his owl companion Koji as they uncover the secrets of Eagle Island. You work your way through levels using falconry-inspired attacks to take down enemies.

Castle Crashers

Release Date: 08/09/2015, updated in 2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made

Castle Crashers is a cartoon looking fighting game, like Golden Axe, The Simpsons or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games, set in a medieval universe where a dark wizard steals a mystical gem and captures four princesses. Four knights are charged...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Series)

Release Date: 11/03/2015, updated in 2020

Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Both Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps place you in control of a diminutive elfish spirit called Ori. You run, jump and solve platforming challenges to progress through the world. As you do new powers are unlocked that allow you...

Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight (Series)

Release Date: 12/06/2018, updated in 2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Hollow Knight is a game where you run, jump, and battle your way through the underground kingdom of Hallownest. It’s not uncommon for platform games to invest in the environments through which you pass, but the haunting depths in this game contain...

Teacup

Release Date: 23/09/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Teacup is a narrative adventure about a shy young frog who loves drinking tea and reading. You explore the Wind In The Willows world and make choices that change the direction of the story. It's a gentle game about friendship, stepping out into the...

Oceanhorn

Oceanhorn (Series)

Release Date: 14/11/2013

Platforms: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead

Oceanhorn is an adventure game series that brings Zelda-style exploration, battling and dungeon-solving to non-Nintendo platforms. You play as a boy on a quest to find his lost father and defeat the living fortress, Oceanhorn. You explore dungeons,...

Unruly Heroes

Release Date: 23/01/2019

Platforms: Android, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Unruly Heroes is a hectic martial arts running, jumping and hitting game. You play one of four heroes on a quest to collect all the scroll fragments and restore balance.

Jump King

Release Date: 03/05/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Jump King is a high stakes jumping game, where you control a character ascending a series of increasingly spread out platforms. You can control how high each jump is by the length of your button press. This enables you to judge difficult and long jumps...

Noita

Release Date: 05/10/2020

Platforms: PC

Components: 2D Side-On, Open World and Pixels

Noita is platform adventure game in a world where each and every pixel is physically simulated. This means that the tiny elements that make up the landscape and characters have their own properties that: melt, burn, evaporate, explode, flow, float,...

Aurascope

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Aurascope is a retro running and jumping game that combines elements from other genres. The platform action is central but you also have a lot of collecting and exploration to do. As much as the gameplay, the game stands out for its fast skill-based...

Red and the Phantom Castle

Red and the Phantom Castle (Dreams)

Release Date: 15/01/2021, updated in 2021

Platforms: PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

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Release Date: 21/01/2021, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Components: 2D Side-On

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Release Date: 03/10/2017

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Rogue Legacy

Rogue Legacy (Series)

Release Date: 27/06/2013, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Release Date: 02/11/2018

Platforms: iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Release Date: 11/05/2014, updated in 2018

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Release Date: 20/10/2021, updated in 2022

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Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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5 Younger Content Rating than Knight of Exile

If Knight of Exile is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.

16 Video Games Like Knight of Exile Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Knight of Exile. This includes games from the Fighting, Action, Platform and Traversal genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

Planet of Lana

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Battle Princess Madelyn

Guacamelee 2

Bravery and Greed

Risk of Rain

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Mina The Hollower

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Lego Brawls

Crash Team Rumble

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