Games Like Aritana and the Harpy's Feather

The rhythm of nature is in danger! You are Áilu, a young Sámi whose ordinary reindeer herding day turns into an adventure. Learn the old ways of the Noaidis, Sámi Healers. Harness the powers of the Noaidi Drum and the Familiar Spirits to fight against a disorder spreading across the land!

Why similar: Adventure 45.9%, Indie 31.5%, Platformer 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on indigenous mythology and storytelling, mirroring the cultural focus found in Aritana.

Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.

Why similar: Platformer 39.5%, Adventure 31.4%, Indie 29.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the high-quality, fast-paced 2D platforming feel that fans of Aritana's movement will appreciate.

Dive into northern Mexico's breathtaking landscapes with Mulaka, a 3D action-adventure game based on the rich indigenous culture of the Tarahumara.

Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 35.3%, Platformer 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: This action-adventure game focuses on indigenous Tarahumara culture, offering a similar thematic depth and exploration of mythology.

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Platformer 42%, Indie 30.4%, Adventure 27.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Aritana, this game is deeply rooted in indigenous folklore and features atmospheric platforming that honors cultural storytelling.

Aaru's Awakening is a hand drawn 2D action platformer set in the mythical world of Lumenox. Travel through the mysterious world while the story of the four gods unravels.

Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Indie 32%, Platformer 27.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers unique movement mechanics and a distinct art style that aligns with the experimental nature of Aritana.

Set out on a mystical adventure of self-discovery against the backdrop of fantastical landscapes of The Tower. Meet its dwellers and unravel their stories. Manipulate spirits to solve puzzles, and lead Ina on her path to freedom.

Why similar: Platformer 44.6%, Adventure 38.2%, Indie 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer shares the surreal, story-driven adventure qualities found in Aritana.

Red Goddess is an action adventure platformer. Explore an epic magical world. Unlock powers of Rage and Fear, and fight deadly enemies in fast paced red & blue combat system

Why similar: Adventure 60.4%, Indie 39.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines metroidvania exploration with a stance-switching combat system that is very similar to Aritana's core gameplay.

Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!

Why similar: Platformer 57.7%, Adventure 42.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a robust combo-based combat system and platforming challenges that feel like a natural evolution of Aritana's mechanics.

Ruthless bird versus bird action. Wild animals and the artefacts of a mysterious ancient culture. A game full of challenge and discovery – unlike anything you've played before.

Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 45.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes nature-based exploration and a unique, artistic approach to the adventure genre.

Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?

Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on momentum-based platforming mechanics that require the same level of precision as Aritana's more difficult sections.

Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.

Why similar: Platformer 100%

Why You'll Like It: It blends prehistoric themes with action-platforming mechanics, providing a similar lighthearted yet challenging adventure.

Michel Ancel, the celebrated creator of Rayman®, Beyond Good & Evil®, and the Raving Rabbids®, returns to unleash his innovative creativity on this new entry into the Rayman® franchise.When Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies discover a mysterious tent filled with captivating paintings, they are suddenly transported to a series of...

Why similar: Platformer 65.6%, Adventure 34.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a gold standard for 2.5D platforming, offering the fluid movement and rhythmic gameplay that Aritana strives for.

Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. Can you save the flying islands from the evil?

Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Platformer 30.4%, Indie 29.8%

Why You'll Like It: This indie platformer shares the tribal and indigenous-inspired aesthetic that defines the world of Aritana.

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: Platformer 56.8%, Indie 29.4%, Adventure 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides tight, responsive action-platforming controls and a sense of progression that feels rewarding and polished.

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Platformer 43%, Adventure 33.5%, Indie 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoyed the platforming challenges of Aritana, this game offers pure, high-stakes precision platforming.

You are Hidalgo Bladewing, a bird with a beef. Hack, slash, platform, and soar through a beautifully chaotic pixel-art neonscape in your quest to save your feathered friends. Challenging retro-inspired platforming gameplay, transforming weapons, and fowl Ninja action await.

Why similar: Platformer 59.4%, Adventure 40.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced precision platformer that provides the same level of mechanical intensity found in Aritana's harder levels.

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Why similar: Adventure 71.2%, Indie 28.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on mythological exploration and boss-focused combat, capturing the epic scale of Aritana's forest spirits.

Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.

Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses platforming as a metaphor for internal struggle, echoing the thematic depth of Aritana's journey.

A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...

Why similar: Platformer 42%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on speed and precision, appealing to players who enjoyed the time-sensitive challenges in Aritana.

Avenger Bird is a platform side-scroller game with pixel-art graphics, but your hero isn't just a regular hero. You are playing a bird that can flap it's tiny wings to fly and glide for a limited distances. It's a retro inspired 16-bit era game with innovative and challenging fly/glide mechanic.

Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual platforming experience that serves as a lighter alternative for those who enjoyed the core mechanics of Aritana.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Adventure 37.4%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly atmospheric world and fluid movement mechanics that set the bar for modern indie platformers.

Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique art style and combat-heavy gameplay that rewards players for mastering specific attack patterns.

Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer

Why similar: Adventure 39.2%, Platformer 30.9%, Indie 30%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style platformer that emphasizes tight controls and varied level design similar to the core loop of Aritana.

Dragon Perception - 2.5D platformer, in which you will need to play for a small dragon, on whose lands attacked aggressive robots.

Why similar: Adventure 40.5%, Indie 32.5%, Platformer 26.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features platforming and puzzle elements that test the player's spatial awareness and timing.

Lup is a 2D platformer with heart, throughout the game you'll have to overcome enemies and challenges using weapons and items.

Why similar: Indie 87.8%, Platformer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action-platformer that provides a classic experience for fans of the genre.

Unrooted is a vibrant and eye-catching precision platformer with lush environments and a stunning musical score. Take up your courage and squash your fear of heights. Travel upwards to lands no sapling has dared to explore before. But heed with caution, the higher you journey, the more you risk.

Why similar: Platformer 50.3%, Adventure 33.1%, Indie 16.6%

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: Adventure 43.3%, Indie 30.6%, Platformer 26.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging, action-oriented platforming experience with a focus on overcoming formidable bosses.

Aero's Quest is a fast paced side scroller puzzle-platformer where the player have to lead Aero in his quest to save Ariella from the evil Andraus by solving puzzles throughout more than 100 colorful and challenging levels.

Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Indie 48.7%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer offers a variety of mechanics that require the same quick thinking and adaptability as Aritana.

At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.

Why similar: Platformer 45.5%, Adventure 33.3%, Indie 21.3%

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 37.3%, Adventure 32%, Indie 30.6%

Why You'll Like It: A solid indie platformer that focuses on overcoming obstacles through trial and error, much like Aritana.

You are drastically separated from your family in a scary forest with dangerous creatures, and you have to find them again! Ratyrinth is a cute and challenging precision platformer.

Why similar: Adventure 51.8%, Platformer 35.9%, Indie 12.2%

Boarding on this adventure with Guazu in a wide forest of dangers, where you will rescue your friends who have been captured.

Why similar: Platformer 45.9%, Adventure 38%, Indie 16.1%

Adventure in the Tower of Flight is a retro-styled platformer in which you fly instead of jump! You are Wing, a young adventurer. Wing must climb a seeming endless the tower and collect all five known relics held within to become the ruler of the known world.

Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a nostalgic pixel-art adventure that captures the spirit of exploration found in Aritana.

Jump through boiling lava; run from perilous traps and saw blades; glide and climb through catacombs; fall into the abyss and overcome gravity. And don't forget to switch to a parallel dimension in time, because it’s Alteric!

Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Indie 31.8%, Platformer 29.9%

Pulut Adventure is a 2D platform game with over 30 different stylistic levels and exciting mechanics. Defeat the enemy and collect different of weapon to advance your abilities. You can use the summon skills and flying mode to explore the world.

Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Featherfall is a soulslike RPG adventure about a bird leaving its nest.

Why similar: Adventure 56.4%, Indie 43.6%

Manairons is a 3D action platformer game inspired by the legends of little creatures living in the Pyrenees. Help Nai face off against the landowner who has taken control of a charming village using the power of the "canut," with magic, flute, and plenty of chaos.

Why similar: Adventure 83%, Platformer 17%

Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!

Why similar: Platformer 56.1%, Adventure 43.9%

Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!

Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 27.3%

Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.

Why similar: Platformer 45%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 22.8%

Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose.

Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Indie 42.3%

A frantic adventure platformer - control twin sisters at the same time as they navigate intense, hand-crafted parallel worlds!

Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, Indie 45.7%

Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

Why similar: Adventure 38%, Platformer 34.4%, Indie 27.6%

Amaterasu and her yokai army rule over feudal Japan. Switch in real time between Kensei and Ayame to defeat the goddess in this intense, 16-bit action platformer with Metroidvania elements and gorgeous pixel art.

Why similar: Platformer 43.8%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 27.1%

The Deer God is a breathtaking 3D pixel art adventure that will challenge your religion and your platforming skills. It's a game about survival, reincarnation, and karma; all set in a breathtaking and unique 3D pixelized world. Feast your eyes on the beautiful lighting, day and night system, and vast landscapes.

Why similar: Platformer 42.5%, Indie 31.5%, Adventure 26.1%

Vestige is a third-person Action Platformer student-made game in which you play as a small adventurer, eager to uncover forgotten secrets. Jump and dash through various challenges and experience an exciting and fast-paced combat against a variety of enemies.

Why similar: Platformer 56.3%, Adventure 39.9%, Indie 3.8%

A story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine. Help free the spirits trapped in a forgotten village with the help of the Rot, her adorable (yet powerful) spirit companions.

Why similar: Adventure 86.7%, Indie 13.3%

Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.

Why similar: Adventure 37%, Platformer 33.5%, Indie 29.5%

Cavegirl adventures is a game for platformer fans. Jump across vibrant levels and collect giant eggs to feed your tribe. Watch out for sharp thorns and dangerous plants on your way to victory!

Why similar: Adventure 66.2%, Indie 33.8%

Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Adventure 36%, Platformer 33.3%, Indie 30.8%

A platforming adventure game with a new take on combos, dare you adventure into the world of Filly Astray and face the monsters and mayhem within?!

Why similar: Platformer 100%

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: Platformer 41.9%, Adventure 38.1%, Indie 20%

Duck Souls is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission: find all the lost eggs in order to save his species.

Why similar: Adventure 55.1%, Indie 44.9%

Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.

Why similar: Platformer 35.5%, Indie 35.5%, Adventure 29%

Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.

Why similar: Adventure 60.1%, Platformer 39.9%

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: Platformer 36.9%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 28.2%

Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.

Why similar: Adventure 49%, Platformer 36.7%, Indie 14.3%

Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.

Why similar: Adventure 100%