Mana Spark similar games & best alternatives

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Mana Spark

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.

What works

  • Engaging and skill-based combat
  • Unique enemy ai and synergy
  • Multiple distinct characters
  • Good pixel art and sound design
  • Meta progression and camp upgrades

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and replay variety
  • Short game length
  • Some control and camera issues
  • Boss fights can be repetitive
  • Occasional bugs and performance hiccups

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Archvale

  • Neon Chrome

  • Tearscape

  • Songbringer

  • Forge Quest

  • Wizard of Legend

More intimate

Games that feels like Mana Spark but with more focus on close relationships

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Hammerwatch

  • Core Keeper

  • Ember Knights

  • Sephiria

  • Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition

Less social

Games that feels like Mana Spark but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Deathstate: Abyssal Edition

  • Into the Necrovale

  • UnderMine

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • FOUNTAINS

  • ZERO Sievert

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Mana Spark. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mana Spark: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026