The Best Boss-fight Games - Page 5

Update : South of Midnight added at rank #36.
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9 Years of Shadows (2023)

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(Nintendo Switch) Nintendo Switch PC Windows (Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Xbox One)

9 Years of Shadows is a metroidvania game with a good plot and beautiful graphics. You play as Europa, exploring Talos Castle to remove the curse that caused the world to lose its color and emotions. With elemental armors and escalating complexity in Europa's powers, the game is a delightful experience for fans of the genre.


What we like:
  • Solid mechanics
  • Beautiful graphics and music
  • Escalating complexity in Europa's powers
  • Unique elemental armors
  • Good plot
What could be improved:
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Environmental puzzles lack intricacy
  • No fast travel
  • Unskippable cutscenes
  • Game might be too easy

  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • boss-fight
  • platform
  • underwater
  • action-adventure
  • scroller
  • story
  • adventure
  • lore
  • atmospheric
  • redwall
  • action

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Moonscars (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Moonscars is a 2D souls-like, non-linear platformer that marks the debut of developer, Black Mermaid. Play as Grey Irma, a "Clayborn" with a head full of questions and an eyeful of stunning pixel art. Experience the mystery of Moonscars while exploring themes of identity. Enjoy fluid and gratifying combat with melee moves, special attacks, witcheries and amulet stones.


What we like:
  • Beautiful pixel art
  • Well written story
  • Excellent voice work
  • Satisfying parry system
  • Great use of light to create silhouette-like foregrounds
  • Unique enemies with visual cues
  • Stunning soundtrack with choir vocals
  • Replay value through side quests and trophy hunting
What could be improved:
  • Trial and error approach can make some boss fights difficult

  • souls
  • boss-fight
  • platform
  • boss
  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • combat
  • pixel
  • gothic
  • fight
  • action
  • challenging
  • difficult

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Strayed Lights (2023)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Dive into Strayed Lights, an immersive action adventure where you battle emotion-deformed creatures in a dreamlike world. With a vibrant color palette, stunning visuals, and a strong soundtrack, you'll be captivated. Master the innovative combat mechanics, face memorable bosses, and explore beautifully crafted levels. Will you restore light and face your inner demons?


What we like:
  • Vibrant, wild color palette
  • Captivating soundtrack
  • Innovative and challenging combat mechanics
  • Memorable boss encounters
  • Beautifully crafted world
What could be improved:
  • Minimal and confusing story
  • Some upgrades feel less helpful
  • Lack of enemy variation

  • action-adventure
  • combat
  • boss
  • soundtrack
  • atmospheric
  • souls
  • boss-fight
  • story
  • fantasy
  • cinematic
  • philosophical
  • dark
  • emotional
  • fight
  • stylized

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Soulstice (2022)

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Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Explore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age dark fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights.


  • combat
  • hack-and-slash
  • combo
  • action
  • platform
  • fight
  • fantasy
  • boss-fight
  • battle
  • exploration
  • boss
  • gothic
  • demons
  • third-person
  • fast-paced

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No Straight Roads (2020)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Welcome to Vinyl City! Play with Mayday and Zuke for the Musical Revolution in this action adventure game created by Wan Hazmer, one of the lead game designer of FF XV and Daim Dziauddin, SFV's concept artist.

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  • boss-fight
  • rhythm
  • boss
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • fight
  • combat
  • music
  • battle

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Evertale (2019)

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Mac OS Android IOS iPhone

Discover legendary weapons, accessories, and equipment to boost your warriors and gain the upper hand on your opponents. Join two young heroes and the allies they befriend along the way, as you embark on a perilous quest to uncover the secret to ending this ancient curse and saving their homeland once and for all!.

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  • open-world
  • rpg
  • battle
  • boss-fight
  • platform
  • fantasy
  • fight
  • puzzle
  • good-looking
  • boss
  • combat
  • horror
  • mystery
  • controller-support
  • arpg

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Gripper (2023)

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Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Gripper is a story-driven action game with boss fights on wheels. Tear your enemies apart with a grappling hook. Rip out their metal hearts to gain abilities. Rescue your family and uncover the secrets of the collapsing world.


  • boss-fight
  • bullet-hell
  • boss
  • top-down
  • quick-time-event
  • cyberpunk
  • arena
  • emotional
  • rush
  • futuristic
  • dystopian
  • soundtrack
  • rpg
  • twin-stick
  • rogue-like

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Divine Dynamo Flamefrit (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch j

"Divine Dynamo Flamefrit" is bringing back classic 2D action! Play as the hero Yuto in top-down slashing adventure stages, and pilot the magical robot Flamefrit for first-person boss battles! Master both styles of gameplay to restore peace to the parallel world of Hologard!

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  • mech
  • boss-fight
  • top-down
  • anime
  • first-person
  • free-flowing
  • dungeon
  • zelda-type
  • action-adventure
  • battle
  • fight
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • combo
  • adventure

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Sonic Mania Plus - NETFLIX (2024)

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Android IOS iPhone

Sonic Mania Plus was developed by notable designers and longtime Sonic fans Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest Games in collaboration with Sonic Team. Perfect for longtime fans and newcomers alike.

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  • privacy-policy
  • retro
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • fight
  • classic
  • platform
  • puzzle

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TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK Expedition (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Battle and explore as courageous Autobot, Bumblebee, in an exciting action adventure to stop his nemesis, Mandroid, from becoming the ultimate evil cyborg.


  • robots
  • combat
  • open-world
  • family-friendly
  • boss-fight
  • vehicle
  • cartoony
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • sorts
  • action
  • mini
  • 3d
  • single-player
  • mech

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