Melee combat games

Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors

Blasphemous 2

A parry turns a tell into a spark, and the pilgrimage stays on the map you already walked.

Brotato

The shop between waves is where a run is won: which weapons to combine, which item to lock for later, and when to spend on armour.

DAWN ONE

Dead Cells

The 2D combat is readable at speed, and the meta unlocks rewrite later runs.

Fresh Tracks VR

Genokids

Grim Dawn

A dual-class tree you respec, and co-op on a world that does not wipe when you fall.

Hades

Death is a cutscene trigger. That inverts the usual roguelike punishment fantasy without removing difficulty.

Hades II

Magical tools and a different family politics. The loop remains: die, talk, alter the next run.

Halls of Torment

Presentation and itemization lean ARPG, while the loop stays 'last until the clock'.

Helvetii

The storefront looks 'finished'. That contrast is the page.

Katana ZERO

Rewind sits on a scripted night.

Lumione

Mahou Arms

Maki: Paw of Fury