Death's Gambit is a hardcore, pixel-level 2D action RPG small game produced by White Rabbit and released by Adult Swim Games. It had been under development for four years before it was finally released in 2018. The inspiration of this game mainly comes from Dark Souls series. For example, its sword and shield design, endurance value system, and monster settings are all similar to the latter. Or, we can also regard it as a combination work of Dark Souls series and Shadow of the Colossus.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a 8-bit, 2D action adventure small video game with retro style, developed by Koji Igarashi & Inti Creates video game development company from Japan and published in 2018, regarded as an unofficial successor of the original Castlevania. It makes a lot of references from the official Castlevania works (primarily the Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) released on the Nintendo NES game console.

Endless Fluff's Valdis Story: Abyssal City is a castlevania-like side scrolling indie game mainly inspired from two classic games: (offline game) Castlevania from Japan and (online game) Dungeon & Fighter (DNF for short) from Korea.

Akuji The Demon (魔王のアクジ) is a classic side-scrolling small indie game from Japan, whose pixel and lovely styles are very similar to the "Cave Story". In many similar games, players are always playing the hero, but in Akuji The Demon you will be a big villain.