60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Difficult, Singleplayer, 2D.
Carry the Divine Child. Bend the laws of physics and uncover the mystery of the Doors of Birth. The fate of a world where artificial intelligence has learned to believe lies in your hands.
Lost Wish: In the desperate world
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...
Intertwined
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.
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 25.7%, Souls-like 17.1%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.2%
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 27.9%, Difficult 18.1%, Souls-like 17.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Platformer 6.7%
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 32.6%, Souls-like 20.1%, Difficult 18.4%, Platformer 7%, Surreal 4.9%
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 29%, Souls-like 14.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
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 28.5%, Souls-like 17.9%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
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 25.1%, Difficult 16.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Souls-like 12.7%, Exploration 6.6%
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 33.1%, Difficult 20.1%, Souls-like 18%, Platformer 5.9%, Exploration 5%
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 31.2%, Souls-like 19.2%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 8%, Atmospheric 5.3%
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 27.4%, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 16%, Platformer 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
The world is a corpse, unable to even support it's own anatomy. You are sure to perish. Your only hope is to feed of the ashes and scraps left behind, in hopes that you may endure just a little longer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.7%, Surreal 14%, Difficult 13.6%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
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 28.5%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 17.8%, Story Rich 6.6%, Platformer 5.9%
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
In a world where a mysterious energy known as Va flows through and connects all living beings, a child with the power to command this energy was born. As the last of her kind, young Nara must unravel the dark secrets of her power and face the flames and shadows that took someone special from her.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 15.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Platformer 6.8%
Alumbra is a suspenseful and surreal Metroidvania. Play as Vince, a frightened child trapped in a nightmare shaped by his fears and imagination. Armed with a lantern, master the light, explore haunting dreamscapes, overcome terrifying creatures, and face your fears to wake up.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Surreal 10.3%, Platformer 9.3%, Difficult 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
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 28.4%, Souls-like 18.9%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Souls-like 16%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Platformer 6.2%
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Difficult 20.5%, Surreal 15%, Exploration 9%, Platformer 8.4%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Difficult 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Dark 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 16.8%, Difficult 14.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%
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 34.7%, Souls-like 17.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Difficult 10.2%, Dark 5.9%
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 33.3%, Souls-like 17.2%, Difficult 16.8%, Platformer 7.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%
Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 16%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Exploration 7%
Mysterious is a dark mythical metroidvania, where you travel between physical and astral worlds in order to explore the source of dark matter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Souls-like 16.4%, Surreal 11.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Dark 8.2%
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 17.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Exploration 8%
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Difficult 16.6%, Souls-like 14.4%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 17.6%, Difficult 16.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Platformer 7.5%
Phosfi is an atmospheric, metroidvania style action-platformer. Explore and fight your way through a dark and dangerous coastal world full of mysteries and ancient treasures. Discover long buried temples and fend off Eldritch monstrosities in this beautiful 2D hand drawn and animated adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 18.9%, Difficult 16.4%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
A deep wordless metroidvania with 20+ hours of exploration through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Gain new abilities, uncover hidden paths and discover meaning without dialogue or guidance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Difficult 15.6%, Cyberpunk 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Mystery 8.2%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 17.4%, Difficult 15.5%, Surreal 13.4%, Dark 8%
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Difficult 18.4%, Souls-like 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Exploration 8.7%
"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 32.1%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 17.1%, Platformer 8.4%, Atmospheric 6%
Storm Babylon in a brutal 2.5D action RPG with fast-paced combat, set in a vast vertical open world. Claim weapons from the Asuras. Build deadly combos. Fight your way through realms where ideas become monsters. Reach the Source. Remember who you really are.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Difficult 17.6%, Souls-like 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 7%
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Difficult 17.3%, Souls-like 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
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 28.4%, Souls-like 18.4%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Souls-like 18.5%, Cyberpunk 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Dark 8%
Embark on an exciting journey through the long forgotten kingdom of Corestate. Collect and master various abilities, upgrade your gear, customize how you want to play and defeat powerful opponents. Decide about the world’s fate in this mysterious pixel-art Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Difficult 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Platformer 8.9%
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 28.3%, Souls-like 18.4%, Difficult 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Mystery 7%
"ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Souls-like 18.3%, Difficult 17%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Exploration 8%
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 18.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 8.4%
Enter a psychological horror experience where a young psychologist must navigate a surreal world shaped by forgotten memories and fears – both her own and those she once tried to heal. Face what was buried. Reclaim what was lost. Escape – before it’s too late.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Metroidvania 19%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 9%
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Dark 4.7%
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 17.8%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 8.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Difficult 17.5%, Souls-like 15.5%, Platformer 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Why similar: Difficult 25%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Souls-like 8.6%
Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 18.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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 28.9%, Difficult 18.3%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Platformer 8.3%
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 31.7%, Souls-like 20.6%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 8.6%, Physics 6.6%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Platformer 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Souls-like 12%, Platformer 9.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
Trust your soul. Astra: Fading Stars is a challenging, 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania where corruption is spreading across the universe. Explore and uncover secrets, confront deadly bosses and master Astra Call, a power from within your soul, to help you every step of the way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Difficult 17.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
Spright is an epic 2D metroidvania about descending into a vast abyss that twists against you the deeper you go. Equipped with only your diving helm and a longswordm, you will dive head-on into a world that refuses to give way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Souls-like 19.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Dark 7.8%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Souls-like 15%, Difficult 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Parry, Slash and Survive! Soul Devourer is a metroidvania action-platformer with a striking anime horror art style. Explore the cursed Sakuradoki High School, master powerful abilities, battle twisted monsters, and uncover the long-buried dark secrets hidden beneath the school.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 14.9%, Dark 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Difficult 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
The crazy plan to revive an ancient spirit has finally succeeded. The Chaos Rider is here to restore an age of magic to this fallen world. With a powerful adaptive robotic body and ancient powers, explore, forge alliances, conquer foes and challenges, and uncover countless secrets and wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Difficult 22.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Difficult 14.9%, Souls-like 10.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%
