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Games Like Anew: The Distant Light

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Platformer, Souls-like, Action.

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Discover a mysterious, interconnected alien world in this sci-fi action-exploration game. Earn game-changing equipment through skillful combat and solving puzzles. Customize your gear, pilot insane vehicles, and repair your powerful home ship for the ultimate advantage.

Reviews: Mixed — 47% — of 17 reviews
Released: 2021-08-09
Developer: Resonator Interactive LLC
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Connor Ullmann
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Test your limits against a brutal and mysterious world as Parvus, a curious warrior with a heavy burden. Raise your spear and cast ancient spells as you battle hostile creatures and towering bosses in procedurally-generated 2D landscapes. Answer the call. Break the cycle. Change your destiny.

    Why similar: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 27.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 11.8%, Action 4.5%

  2. #2 Lotus Knight
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
    Windows · Mac

    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: Souls-like 39.7%, Platformer 27.2%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Indie 4.5%

  3. #3 Unfair Souls: Darkest Grind
    96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
    Dev: SpellSoft StudioPub: Dimitrios Gkaltsidis
    Windows

    A 2D Souls-Like Pixel Art Platformer.

    Why similar: Souls-like 44.6%, Platformer 31%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

  4. #4 Crownless
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Wallnut
    Windows

    Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.

    Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Platformer 26%, Metroidvania 19.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 3%

  5. #5 Lightward
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wolfbit Games
    Windows · Mac

    Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.

    Why similar: Souls-like 40.2%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 18.2%, Adventure 7%, Indie 4.1%

  6. #6 DREIFRAME
    94% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
    Dev: MrDrone
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 37.6%, Platformer 21.9%, Metroidvania 16.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 5.9%

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    93% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2019
    Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.

    Why similar: Souls-like 30.5%, Platformer 17%, Metroidvania 12%, 2.5D 9.4%, Adventure 6.2%

  8. #8 SHADE Protocol
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Little Legendary
    Windows · Linux

    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: Souls-like 37%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 15.7%, Adventure 5.4%, Indie 4.5%

  9. #9 GRIME
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
    Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Souls-like 32.4%, Platformer 18.3%, Metroidvania 13%, 2.5D 9.2%, Surreal 8.4%

  10. #10 Anokye
    91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Mills Media
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 36.8%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Platformer 17%, Indie 8.1%, Adventure 7.9%

  11. #11 Mother's Sword
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Monsitle
    Windows

    Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.

    Why similar: Souls-like 47.4%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 3.1%

  12. #12 Hollow Knight
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 534,538 reviews2017
    Dev: Team Cherry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Souls-like 34.1%, Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Indie 4.6%

  13. #13 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
    Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    Why similar: Souls-like 59%, Metroidvania 14.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 3.7%

  14. #14 Children of Birch
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: UvuikSmoniti
    Windows

    "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: Souls-like 38%, Platformer 22.3%, Metroidvania 16.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 5.8%

  15. #15 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
    Dev: Innocent Soul
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 37.5%, Platformer 22.7%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.7%

  16. #16 Tairo: Lost In Time
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Philuma
    Windows

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    Why similar: Souls-like 51.3%, Metroidvania 21.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 7%, Indie 5.1%

  17. #17 Dimension Rift Zero
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MrDyvik
    Windows

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    85% matchMixed59% of 63 reviews2021
    Dev: Oniric KittensPub: ESAT
    Windows

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    Dev: VoidNode
    Windows · Mac

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    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Sploot
    Windows

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    Why similar: Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Metroidvania 11%, Indie 10.6%

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    82% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
    Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
    Windows

    HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.

    Why similar: Souls-like 33.6%, Platformer 22.4%, Metroidvania 14%, 2.5D 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%

  22. #22 Steel Flood
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Egobounds
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 39.3%, Platformer 23.5%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.2%

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    82% matchVery Positive89% of 21,497 reviews2016
    Dev: Ska Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 65.9%, Metroidvania 13%, Platformer 11.8%, Indie 2%, Atmospheric 1.6%

  24. #24 Void Memory
    81% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
    Dev: Gustav
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Souls-like 37%, Metroidvania 14.4%, Platformer 14.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 8.9%

  25. #25 Anatine
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pixel TrashPub: Astrolabe Games
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Souls-like 41%, Platformer 19%, Metroidvania 17.1%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%

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    80% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
    Dev: Bazzucco Entertainment
    Windows

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    Why similar: Souls-like 37.8%, Platformer 22.6%, Metroidvania 15.5%, Side Scroller 4.5%, Indie 4.3%

  27. #27 GINSHA
    79% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
    Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
    Windows · Linux

    GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.

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  28. #28 Foregone
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,393 reviews2021
    Dev: Big Blue Bubble
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Souls-like 33%, Platformer 25.8%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Indie 6.4%, Side Scroller 5.5%

  29. #29 DEVIATOR
    78% matchMixed68% of 988 reviews2024
    Dev: Gami Studio
    Windows

    Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.

    Why similar: Souls-like 39.3%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 16.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Atmospheric 3.4%

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    77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
    Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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    Why similar: Platformer 27.6%, Souls-like 19.9%, Metroidvania 14.7%, Adventure 10%, Indie 7.7%

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive84% of 719 reviews2022
    Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.

    Why similar: Souls-like 38.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Metroidvania 15.5%, 2.5D 11.2%, Adventure 6.5%

  33. #33 Fading Light
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Punica Games
    Windows

    In a world of eternal darkness, navigate the unknown with only the glow of your companion, Spark. Craft arrows from the environment to survive, uncover lost secrets of an ancient world, and push forward through the shadows into hope. Will you find your way, or will the dark consume you?

    Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Souls-like 27.1%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 4.9%

  34. #34 WarriOrb: Prologue
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
    Dev: Not Yet
    Windows · Linux

    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: Souls-like 36%, Platformer 21.6%, Metroidvania 14.3%, Adventure 5.4%, Side Scroller 4.4%

  35. #35 Todd's Spider Dream
    75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
    Dev: Out Of The Gutter Gaming
    Windows

    A 2D platformer where you control Todd, a boy who must punch, slide, and jump his way through waves of spiders, only for his dream to worsen at it's end.

    Why similar: Souls-like 32.4%, Platformer 31.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Surreal 7.9%, Action 4.9%

  36. #36 Undone Mind
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Albar
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 34.3%, Platformer 21.2%, Metroidvania 14%, Surreal 9%, Adventure 4.9%

  37. #37 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,409 reviews2019
    Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!

    Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Adventure 21.3%, 2.5D 15.3%, Indie 15%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

  38. #38 Kaiyos Castle
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: UDFTStudios
    Windows

    Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.

    Why similar: Souls-like 40.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 4.7%

  39. #39 Sideway™ New York
    73% matchMixed59% of 123 reviews2011
    Dev: Playbrains
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!

    Why similar: Platformer 54%, Adventure 27%, Indie 19.1%

  40. #40 Last Souls
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ruben Wihler
    Windows · Mac

    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: Souls-like 37.2%, Platformer 22%, Metroidvania 15.6%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 4.3%

  41. #41 Fly'N
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
    Dev: Ankama Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!

    Why similar: Platformer 64.6%, Indie 14%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%

  42. #42 Midpoint
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frandy
    Windows

    Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.

    Why similar: Souls-like 38.9%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 15.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Side Scroller 4.5%

  43. #43 Runic Curse Remastered
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Alexey Suslin
    Windows

    Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.

    Why similar: Souls-like 42.2%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 3.1%

  44. #44 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MadMoa
    Windows

    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: Souls-like 39.7%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 5.2%

  45. #45 Mask of Soul
    69% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2026
    Dev: XION ENTERTAINMENTPub: XIONPLUS
    Windows

    Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.

    Why similar: Souls-like 41.7%, Platformer 24.6%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Indie 5.4%, Side Scroller 4.3%

  46. #46 SpellTome
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
    Windows

    SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.

    Why similar: Souls-like 42.6%, Platformer 25.4%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.4%

  47. #47 Hollow Knight: Silksong
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 400,178 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Cherry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 35.1 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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: Souls-like 35.4%, Platformer 18.9%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%, Indie 5.2%

  48. #48 Exodus
    71% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2014
    Dev: Galhmac Game StudioPub: Multi-Form
    Windows

    Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).

    Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Metroidvania 22.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 15.5%

  49. #49 Shieldbound
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Bangers
    Windows

    Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!

    Why similar: Souls-like 37.6%, Platformer 22.5%, Metroidvania 15.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Side Scroller 4.1%

  50. #50 Mr. Bree+
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2014
    Dev: TawStudio Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.

    Why similar: Platformer 58.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 17.5%, Action 5.3%

  51. #51 Bacuri
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bad Kid Games
    Windows

    Plunge into Bacuri's journey. Discovering himself, friends, habilities, lands, challenges and enemies. Draft your own path in this 2D platformer crafted in modern pixel art style.

    Why similar: Souls-like 35.5%, Platformer 26.6%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Surreal 6.9%

  52. #52 Gedda Cake
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Flannel Bear Games
    Windows · Mac

    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: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 23.3%, Metroidvania 15.8%, Adventure 6%, Atmospheric 4.4%

  53. #53 21 Steps to Soul
    69% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2016
    Dev: Grigory Everstov
    Windows

    Classic old-school hardcore two dimensional horror platformer. Following Daniel in this God forsaken world, the players are going to collect the elements to open doors, run for their dear lives from the evil monsters and make their way further and further into the darkness.

    Why similar: Platformer 51.9%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 20.3%

  54. #54 Being and Becoming
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IchthysPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows

    Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.

    Why similar: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 18%, Side Scroller 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%

  55. #55 Castle of Heart: Retold
    66% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: 7Levels
    Windows

    Embark on a challenging quest to defeat the evil sorcerer as a cursed warrior in this dark-fantasy action platformer inspired by the Slavic mythology. Vanquish blood-thirsty creatures, overcome lethal traps, and master demanding action sequences—before the curse will turn your stone body into dust.

    Why similar: Souls-like 39.8%, Platformer 27.1%, 2.5D 12%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 4.1%

  56. #56 WarriOrb
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2020
    Dev: Not Yet
    Windows · Linux

    Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?

    Why similar: Souls-like 35.6%, Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Side Scroller 4.5%

  57. #57 Jomp The Jumper
    68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: SGStudio Games
    Windows · Linux

    A wicked wizard is trying to dominate the world and only you can save everyone

    Why similar: Platformer 49.6%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 21.9%

  58. #58 Zack Zero
    67% matchMixed64% of 419 reviews2013
    Dev: Crocodile Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain the powerful substance that will allow him to travel back in time.

    Why similar: Platformer 57.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 15.5%, Action 6.3%

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