
Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.
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Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.

PorBor
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...

Delta's Discs
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Underground 14.7% ★, Nonlinear 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, PvE 7.9%
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Underground 15.5% ★, Nonlinear 12.1%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, PvE 7.5%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Aliens 11.8%, Side Scroller 10.7%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Aliens 11.4%, Side Scroller 8.8%, 2D Platformer 7.4%
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Nonlinear 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, PvE 10.1%, Platformer 8.8%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Nonlinear 20.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 9.2%
We can't reach the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Aliens 9.3%
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Aliens 8.2%, PvE 7.6%
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Side Scroller 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.9%
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Nonlinear 17.7%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, PvE 10.7%, Platformer 9.4%
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.4%
Can you find all 100 pumpkins in this interconnected world? If you do, you will be rewarded based on how many lives you had to use!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 7.7%
Draw your sword and jump into a dystopian metropolis in this 2D action-exploration game. Hunt down giant robots and use their parts to enhance your abilities as you try to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the neon lights.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Nonlinear 17.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Side Scroller 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Aliens 8.8%
A cute, Metroidvania platformer about cats and aliens: you are a cat defending a castle from waves of enemies. When the going gets too tough, head out and explore the world to find powerful artifacts to aid in the castle's defenses. Enjoy a handcrafted world, story, and super-cute kitten NPCs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Aliens 13.4%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, PvE 9.5%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Aliens 14.7%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Platformer 8.3%
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 10.1%
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, PvE 11.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%
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 25.1%, Aliens 15.6%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Side Scroller 12%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
Drive back magic horrors with your star gun and save your cute bunny friends in this 2D metroidvania adventure. Jump and propel yourself with your weapon to navigate the depths of underground rabbit ruins, giant trees and paths in the clouds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Underground 20% ★, Nonlinear 17%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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 31.7%, Nonlinear 24.5%, Underground 12.5% ★, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%
Endure... Evolve... Or Die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Aliens 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Platformer 7.6%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Nonlinear 10%
2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.8%
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.7%, Aliens 14.1%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
A mini metroidvania game about a small but very courageous slime going on an adventure, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Side Scroller 16%, Nonlinear 15.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9.4%
Embark on an epic adventure full of perils and secrets. Explore distinct forsaken lands of Devetlam and fight your way by jumping on your enemies or showering them with a plethora of magic spells. An open-world platforming action inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
The fox princess's great adventure! A story from a little while ago. Tamamo Hime wakes up in the Ayakashi world, ``Kakuriyo.'' She makes her way home, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Explore various stages and move forward with graceful actions! Is this world a dream or...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10.3%
You wake up trapped in a derelict generation ship. It was humanity's last hope. Your only ally is a suit fused to your skin. It's whispering instructions into your ear. Survive and uncover a mystery thousands of years in the making.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Aliens 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Aliens 14.4%, Nonlinear 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
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 31.3%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 17.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Action-Adventure 9%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 9.1%
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Underground 16.4% ★, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Nonlinear 20%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
Without kidney is a shooter metroidvania game with a hero who can hook like spiderman and jump with cannon explosions. Using a grappling hook, a cannon and other bonuses, that can be found on the way, you go forward to the main Capitalist BOSS
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Shooter 8.9%
A 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania platformer with 8-bit NES-style graphics and sound. Find weapon upgrades and other power-ups that allow you to explore an open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Side Scroller 15.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9.6%
Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Nonlinear 18.6%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9.4%, Aliens 7.3%
Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Nonlinear 21.8%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 22.4%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Escape from a wide laboratory dominated by battles between rebelling test subjects and armed scientists. Solve puzzles, get into battles, and discover secrets as you progress through this action-packed 2D-Sidescroll-Adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Nonlinear 11%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 8.4%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Nonlinear 18%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Platformer 6.2%
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 7.8%
Cleanse the infected in Plague of Yamorn, a 2D metroidvania. Explore the ruined town of Yamorn and uncover the secrets behind its downfall. Find and craft new equipment, offensive and defensive items. Exploit the plagues empowering properties to gain new powers and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Side Scroller 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9%, Exploration 9%
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Nonlinear 19.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Discover an enigmatic universe. Explore diverse biomes, face ancient guardians, and uncover hidden secrets in this captivating 2D pixel art platformer. Embark on an unforgettable cosmic odyssey!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%
Clean Energy Creatures is an action packed platformer about cute, disc-golf loving, alien creatures summoned to earth to install solar panels, battle the Coal Chunk Chuckers and survive the impacts of climate disasters along the way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Aliens 17.3%, Side Scroller 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.2%
Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Underground 16.4% ★, Side Scroller 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 6.7%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Nonlinear 16.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, PvE 10.6%, Platformer 9%
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Underground 20% ★, Side Scroller 11.4%, Dystopian 10%, Platformer 8.3%
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, 2D Platformer 9%, Exploration 8.7%
Explore an ancient island that drifts amongst the raging clouds of a gas giant. Collect various guns and items, solve puzzles, and shoot any thugs or monsters that get in your way. Meet the locals and aid them in their quest to take down Skycorps while they aid you with yours: finding your brother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Underground 11.4% ★, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9%
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
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 28.6%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8.6%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Nonlinear 21.8%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Gemaboy Zero X is an action, exploration, and platform Cyberpunk Ploidmania videogame. It is the latest installment in the PLOIDS saga in which Omega will have to travel through time to preserve it and rescue his beloved Alpha!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.7%, Aliens 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Shooter 10.8%
ATARAXIE, in the pure style of retro games, ties itself with the SNES Gaming era and embrace difficulty, for it wishes to give experienced gamers/players the test they are really looking for!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Nonlinear 13%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%
Fly and fight your way through the magically altered tree you once called home! Free your friends from the prison gems that bind them! Find all your friends to open up an escape portal and get to safety!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.6%, Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.6%