HD-2D, as in, the artwork that resembles the style of Octopath Traveller, Triangle Strategy and Bravely Default series? I would love to see something that resembles the gameplay of the Mana series in that art-style.
The recent star ocean remake reminds me of that, I think it’s got action combat
It’s not pixel art, but does Muramasa: The Demon Blade count?
Not sure if it’s RPG-y enough, but Katana Zero does sort of match that kind of style
Both of them are side-scrollers, so they probably have more in common with Silksong and Metroid. Think of a 2.5D non turn-based game, where you can move your characters all around, similar to Dark Souls or Witcher, but in pixel or 2D hand-drawn style, in an open-world setting. You should check out the Sword of Mana gameplay to see what I’m talking about - unfortunately, most Mana series games don’t resemble the original series in any way, and look more like DmC-meets-Zelda. especially the new Vision of Mana.
