60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, 2D, Singleplayer.
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.
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.
Environmental Station Alpha
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
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 59.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Platformer 7.9%, Retro 4.7%, Indie 3.7%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Platformer 8.5%, Retro 4.1%, Indie 3.8%
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 52.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Retro 7.6%, Indie 5.2%
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 55.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Retro 5.8%, Indie 4.6%
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 55.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Platformer 7.2%, Retro 6.9%, Action 6.7%
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 57.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Platformer 7.9%, Indie 4.8%, Action 4.3%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Retro 10.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Action 5.6%
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 53.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Retro 10.5%, Action 10.2%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.8%, Platformer 9.8%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Indie 3.6%
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 60.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action 7.6%, Retro 6.1%, Platformer 5.7%
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.9%, Platformer 10%, Indie 9.7%, Action 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
"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 49.8%, Retro 9.6%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Platformer 7.1%
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 41.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 8.6%, Side Scroller 4.4%
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 49.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Indie 5.9%, Action 5.4%
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 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Platformer 13%, Retro 11.2%, Action 10.6%
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 51.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 6%
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 50.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Platformer 7.4%
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 71.3%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 4.8%, Indie 3.7%, 2D 3%
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 59.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Difficult 5.5%, Indie 3.8%, Retro 3.8%
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 46.5%, Action 12.9%, Indie 11.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Platformer 10.4%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 5.7%, Indie 5.2%
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 50.6%, Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Retro 4%, Action 3.7%
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 71.5%, Platformer 18.2%, 2D 8.5%, Action 0.5%, Side Scroller 0.4%
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 40.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action 7.1%, Indie 7%
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 66.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Action 5.3%, Difficult 4.6%, Adventure 2.9%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Platformer 10.1%, Retro 6.2%, Side Scroller 6.2%
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 52.3%, Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 2D 4.4%, Action 3.6%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Retro 4.8%, Exploration 4.2%
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 65.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 4.5%, Cute 3.9%, Female Protagonist 3.6%
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
Why similar: Cats 36.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Action 6.7%, Indie 6.3%
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 72.3%, Platformer 6.1%, Side Scroller 6.1%, Action 4.9%, Adventure 3.2%
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Cute 4.9%
Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.3%, Platformer 8.3%, Action 7.2%, Indie 6.8%, Adventure 5.8%
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 45.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Retro 10.9%, 2D 5.2%
Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 5.5%, Cute 5.3%
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 37.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Retro 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 6%
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 50.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Action 4.1%
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 47.1%, Platformer 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Retro 8.4%, Cute 4.3%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Action 13.8%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Platformer 8.1%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Cute 5.6%, Adventure 5.5%, 2D 5.2%
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 36.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Retro 10.2%, Side Scroller 7.4%
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 58.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Action 8.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Side Scroller 6.7%
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 66.6%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 5.2%, Indie 4.5%, 2D 3.5%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Cats 20.5%, Platformer 9.7%, Difficult 4.9%, 2D 4.7%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%, 2D 5.1%
One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Action 6.9%
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 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 9.8%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Retro 7.1%
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Why similar: Action 100%
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 50.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Retro 10%, Side Scroller 6.8%, Action 5.6%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Retro 11.6%, Platformer 11%, 2D 5.4%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 6.4%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.9%, Platformer 20.8%, Difficult 11.4%, Indie 9.6%, 2D 6.4%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 49.3%, Indie 26.8%, 2D 19.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Why similar: Metroidvania 79.5%, 2D 5%, Difficult 4.2%, Indie 3.6%, Female Protagonist 3.5%
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Why similar: Platformer 33.7%, Adventure 27.1%, Exploration 22%, Action 17.2%
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Retro 17.5%, 2D 8%, Indie 7.2%
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Exploration 31.1%, Sci-fi 25.3%
Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
Why similar: Platformer 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Indie 12.6%, Retro 10.8%, 2D 8.9%
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 66.6%, Retro 9%, Action 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, 2D 4.1%
