Games Like Alpha Particle

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Souls-like 19.2%, Space 12.3%, Difficult 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.4%

Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 25.2%, Difficult 14.3%, Nonlinear 6.4%, Robots 6.3%

Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 20%, Difficult 15.5%, Nonlinear 7.2%, Top-Down 6.7%

Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Difficult 16.9%, Stealth 11.6%, Puzzle 7.3%

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 17.9%, Robots 11.8%, Difficult 11.4%, Futuristic 7.7%

A sci-fi action-adventure platformer. Travel the Inu System and talk to a colorful cast of NPCs across various worlds. Explore maze-like levels by running, double jumping, and dashing. Fight off various robotic enemies using special melee attacks, and eventually take down the boss of each dungeon.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Souls-like 21%, Space 12.3%, Robots 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%

Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Difficult 14.5%, Robots 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%

Laser Maze is a puzzle game that takes place in an abandoned space station where you solve puzzles by redirecting lasers, moving boxes, and navigating through computer terminals.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Logic 13.5%, Space 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Top-Down 7.6%

Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Robots 10.8%, Difficult 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 26.1%, Difficult 18.8%, Exploration 5.4%, Indie 4.3%

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Souls-like 23.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Exploration 9.8%

Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 23.8%, Difficult 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Exploration 7.6%

Top-down 3D action-adventure with the spirit of 90s classics. Tight combat, handcrafted dungeons, clever puzzles, and modern pacing. Collect enchanted masks to channel primal powers, brave ancient alien trials, and awaken the island’s lost protectors.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Souls-like 21.9%, Difficult 12.8%, Top-Down 12.6%, Exploration 9.5%

Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 24.7%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Difficult 14.2%, Exploration 5.8%

Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Souls-like 30.4%, Difficult 17.9%, Exploration 4.9%, 2D 3.6%

SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 27.1%, Difficult 15.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Exploration 6.6%

Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 23.1%, Difficult 14.3%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.4%

The Xerran Dominion is one step from becoming unstoppable. Your machines won’t survive - but you will. Control the environment and use their tech to your advantage. In this brutal sci-fi action RPG, the world is your weapon - and you are the trigger.

Why similar: Souls-like 28.3%, Metroidvania 25.6%, Difficult 16.4%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Top-Down 6.1%

Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Souls-like 28.7%, Nonlinear 19.2%, Exploration 7.2%, Action 3.9%

Pilot your starfighter through a human-inhabited starsystem in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Battle fierce enemies, solve physics-based puzzles, and explore ancient ruins and intricate dungeons. Liberate Illustris and repel the invaders in a decisive final showdown!

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Space 15.5%, Sci-fi 8%, Futuristic 7.6%

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Difficult 12.3%, Retro 9.9%, Space 9.9%

Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 27%, Difficult 16.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Exploration 8%

A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 27.5%, Difficult 18.6%, Exploration 7.1%, 2D 3.6%

CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens!

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Space 12.3%, Robots 11.9%, Retro 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Souls-like 33.7%, Nonlinear 9.3%, 2D 4.8%, Action 4.2%

From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Exploration 8.7%

The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 20%, Exploration 7.8%, Action 5.3%

Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Futuristic 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Space 7.9%

Samurai Yokai is a 2D souls-like metroidvania inspired by Sekiro and Japanese myth. Fight cursed samurai and yokai using deflections and lightning powers. Ascend on cloud platforms, reflect the bullets of foes, explore lush forests, frozen tundras, and uncover secrets deep within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 23.8%, Difficult 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Stealth 7.6%

UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Souls-like 37.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Action 4.1%, Indie 3.6%

Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 29.2%, Difficult 18.1%, Exploration 7.9%, 2D 3.4%

Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Souls-like 29.3%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Retro 8.5%, Action 3.1%

Wake up in a war torn city, as you are hunted by formidable robotic invaders and desperate survivors alike. Prevail against powerful foes by discovering new abilities and testing your skills in a challenging 2-D metroidvania, all while learning the truth behind the mysterious Red Sun.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 26.5%, Difficult 14%, Futuristic 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%

The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Souls-like 30%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Action 3.9%

Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Robots 10.2%, Space 9.8%, Futuristic 7.5%

"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Souls-like 29.5%, Difficult 16.3%, Exploration 6.1%, 2D 3.7%

The Will of Our Fathers is a top-down 2D action-exploration game with an old-school design philosophy. Explore a large, interconnected world full of traps and treasure, delve into challenging and mysterious dungeons, and uncover secret schemes against The Will of Our Fathers.

Why similar: Souls-like 30.4%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Top-Down 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Metroidvania 9.6%

Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Space 20.1%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Retro 11.6%, Action 6.7%

Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Souls-like 29.8%, Difficult 16.6%, Exploration 6%, Sci-fi 4.2%

Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 29.9%, Difficult 18.5%, Exploration 7%, 2D 3.6%

Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Retro 12.8%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Difficult 6%

A Collection of Bad Moments is an adventure game where the player discovers themselves in various tough situations and must use their wits to figure a way out! The moments vary from a deadly asteroid mission and mysterious virtual reality simulation to an airship duel!

Why similar: Space 15.4%, Futuristic 15%, Difficult 14.9%, Logic 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%

Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 24.7%, Difficult 14.8%, Exploration 7.8%, Puzzle 5.2%

Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Souls-like 20.9%, Difficult 17.5%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Exploration 8.1%

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Souls-like 27%, Difficult 16.8%, Exploration 6.1%, 2D 3.6%

Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 24.4%, Difficult 16.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Futuristic 8.2%

Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Souls-like 29.3%, Difficult 18.1%, Exploration 7.3%, 2D 3.7%

Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 27.1%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Top-Down 7.5%

Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Robots 13.9%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 13%, Futuristic 10.7%

The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 25.9%, Difficult 16.4%, Exploration 7.1%, Puzzle 6%

Pavu is an action RPG with lots of exploration and challenging combat. You’ll explore a dystopian world where nature and technology coexist in harmony, until the arrival of Kurumi, the last human.

Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Metroidvania 23.3%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Difficult 14%, Exploration 8%

Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Souls-like 30.2%, Difficult 17%, Exploration 6.3%, 2D 3.3%

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: Souls-like 51.2%, Metroidvania 28.6%, Difficult 13.4%, 2D 2.9%, Action 2.1%

The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Space 17.3%, Futuristic 13.5%, Retro 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%

Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Retro 9.3%

Signiverux is a Metroidvania-inspired action adventure with fluid gameplay and detailed graphics. Explore the depths of a mysterious castle in search for a way back home, enjoy fast ability progressions, search for powerful magic upgrades and grow your character by expanding the skill tree.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Souls-like 22.6%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Exploration 7.2%

Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Souls-like 14.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.6%

A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Nonlinear 24.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Retro 9.8%, Space 6.9%

Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 27.1%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Difficult 22.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 6%, Retro 4.4%