Games like Breaking Gates
Games like Breaking Gates include Dust: An Elysian Tail, The Vagrant, ICEY, Black Myth: Wukong, and Afterimage. We matched them by the tags players give Breaking Gates on Steam (Action, 2D, Hack and Slash, Side Scroller, and Action RPG): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Action · 2D · Metroidvania

The Vagrant
Shared: Action · 2D · Side Scroller

ICEY
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · Side Scroller

Black Myth: Wukong
Shared: Action · Action RPG · Action-Adventure

Afterimage
Shared: Side Scroller · Metroidvania · Hack and Slash

Eastern Exorcist
Shared: Action · 2D · Side Scroller

Blasphemous 2
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Hack and Slash

Hollow Knight
Shared: 2D · Metroidvania · Platformer

ASTLIBRA Revision
Shared: 2D · Action RPG · Side Scroller

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Shared: Action · Side Scroller · Exploration

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · 2D · Indie

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Platformer

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Side Scroller

Bladed fury
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · 2D

9 Years of Shadows
Shared: Side Scroller · Metroidvania · Action RPG

God of War Ragnarök
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · Action-Adventure

God of War
Shared: Action · Hack and Slash · Adventure

Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Shared: Action · 2D · Metroidvania

PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY
Shared: Action · Action RPG · Beat 'em up

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Shared: Action · 2D · Side Scroller

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: 2D · Metroidvania · Exploration

Touhou Luna Nights
Shared: Side Scroller · Metroidvania · Exploration

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Action RPG

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Shared: Hack and Slash · Action RPG · Action