Games Like Angel's Gear

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Horror 6.9%

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Nonlinear 7%

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 73.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Side Scroller 6.2%, 2D 4.6%, Sci-fi 3.8%

Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Souls-like 25.9%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Steampunk 8.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 4.2%

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 24.8%, Souls-like 18.5%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Nonlinear 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.5%

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Side Scroller 22%, Lovecraftian 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8%

Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Steampunk 31.9% ★, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Story Rich 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

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 44.4%, Souls-like 32.9%, Side Scroller 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Horror 4.1%

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 56.3%, Souls-like 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, 2D Platformer 4.1%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Side Scroller 14.3%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Horror 8.1%, Action 4.9%

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 30.2%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, 2D 4.2%

Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 26.1%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

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 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, 2D 4.9%

Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 27.9%, Side Scroller 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

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 30.9%, Souls-like 22.4%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%

Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Side Scroller 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.4%

UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Souls-like 43.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Action 3.4%, 2D 3.3%

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: Metroidvania 34.7%, Souls-like 29.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Side Scroller 10%, Demons 5.4%

Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Souls-like 29%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.6%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Horror 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

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 55%, Metroidvania 30.1%, Side Scroller 5.8%, 2D 3.6%, Horror 2.2%

A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, 2D 4.7%

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 49.1%, Metroidvania 33.7%, Side Scroller 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, 2D 3.5%

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: Side Scroller 31.1%, 2D Platformer 25.4%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 6.9%

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Horror 20.7%, Action 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, 2D 9.1%

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Steampunk 32% ★, 2D Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 5%

Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Mechs 19.4% ★, Side Scroller 14.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

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 37.6%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Action-Adventure 6.1%

Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 65.2%, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Action 6.6%, 2D 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%

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 36%, Souls-like 32.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Horror 9.5%, Sci-fi 3.5%

Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Souls-like 26.6%, Side Scroller 18.7%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Souls-like 15.6%, Action-Adventure 14%, Side Scroller 9.4%

Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...

Why similar: Side Scroller 35.3%, Metroidvania 31.3%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 8.2%, Action 7.7%

Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Lovecraftian 16.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Horror 7.4%

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 28.8%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Demons 7.1%

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 26.9%, Nonlinear 11.5%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Action-Adventure 5.9%

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 74.5%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Action 3.8%, 2D 1.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Side Scroller 20.2%, 2D Platformer 17%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Souls-like 26.5%, Side Scroller 6%, 2D 5.3%, Story Rich 2.3%

Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 25.2%, Side Scroller 21.2%, 2D 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"

Why similar: 2D Platformer 39.9%, Horror 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, 2D 10.8%, Action 8.6%

REDO! is a game about a girl trying to find another human in a dystopian world overrun by biomachines. It's a lonely and evocative game about exploring the unknown and overcoming obstacles to see what is left.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

A simple 2D action game centered on themes of masochistic tendencies, yearning for death, as well as despair at being attacked by terrifying beings.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Souls-like 21.2%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Souls-like 25.6%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Horror 6.8%

Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Side Scroller 21.8%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Demons 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Souls-like 24.1%, Horror 15.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 7.5%

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 83%, Side Scroller 6.2%, Action 4.2%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A 2D action/platforming adventure with a healthy dose of RPG elements set in the hostile world of Lor, a classic sword and sorcery setting. The slave-hungry Argeshii empire dominates the known world, old and false gods conspire; brutal combat is the only means of survival!

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Souls-like 37.3%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, 2D 4.1%

CALAMITY CREATURES is a 2D action game in boss rush format. Mechanical creatures of overwhelming stature stand before you. Gadgets in the prosthetic hands, the terrain, and the enemies' habits...use all the elements to dismantle the living calamity.

Why similar: Mechs 29.2% ★, Steampunk 27.7% ★, 2D Platformer 22%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, 2D 4.9%

Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Souls-like 39.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, 2D 4.8%, Action 3.5%

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Souls-like 21.6%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Nonlinear 8.5%

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 36%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9%

ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.6%, Action-Adventure 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%

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 37.1%, Souls-like 33.5%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Action 2.3%

Cage an angel. Ransack Heaven. In a far-flung dystopian future, the Angel Engine Initiative carries on as the last hope for humanity. Seal yourself in your operating room, perform surgery on comatose test subjects, and pray you make it out alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 55.7%, Horror 23.2%, Demons 11.5%, Story Rich 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Nonlinear 4.9%, Action 4.4%

Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.2%, Horror 19.6%, 2D 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 10.3%

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Lovecraftian 11%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Horror 6.5%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 79.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 3.7%, 2D 3.3%, Sci-fi 2%