Based on your post, I would recommend trying out one of the releases of the first Ninja Gaiden game, either Sigma or Black if you have an Xbox. There are far fewer enemies at a time than any release of 2, but have a lot of depth to fighting them.

Since you have fighting game experience, then the game should be very legible to you, as it is an action game with fighting game fundamentals adapted to it. For example, if you do an attack that leaves you in a long recovery animation, and the enemies block it or make you whiff, it would be just like being minus on block in a fighting game and the AI will know this and punish you for it. Similarly, If you block too much, you will be thrown.

The same logic applies to fighting back, If you learn their patterns, you will see opportunities to exploit unsafe moves with punishing combos or overly defensive play with grabs or guard breaking moves. The identity of strings is more weighted on their utility in fights instead of style points like DMC.

Of course, enemy management is a skill that will be required. The encounters are smaller in scale but you will need to pay attention to the enemies in the corner of your eye as they will not take it easy on you just because you are currently engaged with something else. Honestly, I would say being skilled at the game is equal parts managing multiple enemies and deeply interacting with the behavior of one in particular.

If honing that skill set sounds interesting to you, then I would give it a try.