Grimvalor

Grimvalor is a knife-slick blend of Soulsborne grit and side-scrolling finesse, boiled down into a mobile RPG that refuses to treat your thumbs like second-class citizens. It’s what happens when a classic hack-and-slash hits the gym, studies enemy patterns, and learns how to dodge-roll through trauma.

You begin as a nameless warrior tossed into the rotting guts of Vallaris, a fallen kingdom swallowed by darkness and lousy with blade-happy monsters. No intro monologue. No drawn-out tutorial. Just you, a sword, and a lesson in humility delivered by the first boss if you get too cocky. Movement is buttery-smooth: jump, dash, wall-run, chain attacks midair, it’s all responsive, satisfying, and clean enough to slice armor off a lich.

What really elevates Grimvalor, though, is the rhythm. Combat has that delicious loop of wind-up, punish, and evade, think Dead Cells with a little more weight behind the hits. You’ll juggle soul-powered slashes and double-jump your way into (and often out of) increasingly complex skirmishes. Add in crisp touch controls or full controller support, and you’ve got a system that feels handcrafted for either frantic commutes or long, brooding grind sessions.

Despite its mobile home, Grimvalor plays like a premium console experience, no ads, no IAP, no nonsense. Just five sprawling acts of deadly dungeons, hidden loot, epic boss fights, and one oddly polite merchant who definitely doesn’t pay taxes.

If you’re hungry for action and don’t mind earning your victories the hard way, Grimvalor carves out a spot among the best mobile action games, and then guards that spot with a flaming sword and a smug dodge roll.