Games like Hades

The purest expression of the run-based build-crafting Hades wraps in story.

Both are permadeath run-based games about assembling a powerful synergy from randomized offerings.

Swaps the run structure for one huge world but keeps the soulslike stakes and build depth.

Shared action combat with meaningful death penalties and deep loadout crafting.

A kinder difficulty curve that shares the loop of rehearsing a hard thing until it flows.

Both make repeated failure feel generative rather than punishing.