60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, 2D, Action.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Axiom Verge
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Castle In The Darkness
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61%, Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 8.1%, Action 3.6%
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Retro 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 5%
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Retro 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Platformer 11%, Action 10.6%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Retro 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Platformer 11.5%, Indie 4.9%
Join Jason, Eve, and Fred on an intergalactic journey! The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure title "Blaster Master Zero" returns with its long-awaited sequel! Experience the yet-untold story of Jason and Eve after defeating Earth's mutant scourge in "Blaster Master Zero".
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Retro 17.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Action 10.9%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Retro 10.4%, Action 8.6%, Platformer 6.5%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Retro 10.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Action 5.6%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Retro 12%, Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Action 7.8%
Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Retro 12%, Action 6%, Action-Adventure 5.2%, Demons 4.9%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Platformer 9.4%, Action 5.1%, Indie 4.6%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Retro 7.2%, Action 4.1%
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Platformer 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Retro 7%, Action 4.4%
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Retro 13.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Action 8%
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 62.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Retro 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Exploration 3.8%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 73.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Action 5.7%, Indie 3.5%, 2D 2.5%
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 43.5%, Retro 15.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 4.7%
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71%, Platformer 20.7%, 2D 6.9%, Action 0.6%, Action-Adventure 0.3%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.6%, Retro 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Indie 8.1%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Platformer 16%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Indie 4.7%
Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Retro 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Platformer 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Action 6.6%, Indie 5.8%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.5%, Platformer 21.5%, Action 7.8%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 2.1%
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Retro 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Gore 9%, Dark Fantasy 5.6%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Retro 17.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 4%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Action-Adventure 7%, Action 6%, Platformer 2.3%
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Platformer 14.7%, Action 8.6%, Indie 5.9%, Action-Adventure 4%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.9%, Platformer 16.5%, Action 8.8%, Side Scroller 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Platformer 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 4.6%, 2D 3.9%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
An ancient evil has been set loose, and Jonathan cursed in the process. Jonathan must now collect seven holy grails from around all of Egypt to cleanse himself of the curse of Sehur the First. Be delighted by the quirky humor, charming characters, and the beautifully designed world, in Pharaoh Rebirth+!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Action 16.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Indie 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Why similar: Metroidvania 75.7%, Platformer 7.3%, Action 5.9%, Dark Fantasy 3.6%, Side Scroller 3.5%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Retro 13.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Retro 19.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 6.6%
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Retro 17.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Action 6.3%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Gore 8%, Dark Fantasy 6.6%, Platformer 6.4%
Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Platformer 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 8.7%, Indie 6.8%
Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Indie 6.7%, Action 6.3%, Retro 4.6%
The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Indie 11.4%, Action 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7%
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Platformer 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Side Scroller 5.4%
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.5%, Action 19.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Indie 7.6%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 5.6%
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Action 6%, Indie 4.2%, 2D 2.9%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58%, Retro 15.8%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Indie 3.2%
Tactical RPG about 5 stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show! Cast actors, upgrade your studio, craft Mechas of cardboard and duct tape. Once the cameras are rolling, control your cast of 5 colored-jumpsuit-clad warriors in turn-based battles.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 65.3%, Indie 23.8%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Brand New features!! The Void DLC offers endless gameplay, Online Leaderboards, and a Daily Challenge that allows players to compete worldwide for the top score. Anime inspired 2D space combat simulation at its best! GALAK-Z is a modern, A.I.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Retro 26.5%, Action 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 7.9%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Platformer 23.2%, Retro 6.5%, Indie 5.3%, 2D 4.2%
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Retro 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Platformer 10%, Action 5.9%
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Why similar: Platformer 30.9%, Retro 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Action 10.1%, 2D 7.2%
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 43.2%, Retro 16.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Indie 8.2%
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Action 5.4%, Dark Fantasy 5.4%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 67.4%, Indie 23.6%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.1%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 9.9%, Retro 8.4%, Side Scroller 3.9%
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
Why similar: Retro 37.8%, Platformer 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action 10.4%, Indie 7.6%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 73.2%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D 3.2%, Indie 2.3%, Action 2.1%
Westerado: Double Barreled. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 43.2%, Retro 22.2%, Action 15.5%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 5.8%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Exploration 69.5%, Indie 24.5%, Singleplayer 6%
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Retro 16.2%, Action 9%, Platformer 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
