
A once-great civilisation is crumbling, teetering on the edge of collapse. The last living colossus, slowly dying, its life force siphoned away. You are sent to end its suffering and perhaps the world it still holds together.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Adventure, Singleplayer, Metroidvania.

A once-great civilisation is crumbling, teetering on the edge of collapse. The last living colossus, slowly dying, its life force siphoned away. You are sent to end its suffering and perhaps the world it still holds together.

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Explore and collect upgrades before the timeloop resets! Collapse Relapse is a 2D platformer where you have to think and plan out your route in order to be able to escape in time, with secrets galore!

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Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
Explore and collect upgrades before the timeloop resets! Collapse Relapse is a 2D platformer where you have to think and plan out your route in order to be able to escape in time, with secrets galore!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 41% ★, Metroidvania 37.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Action 5%, Adventure 3.7%
Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.1% ★, Metroidvania 33.6%, Combat 6.5%, Platformer 4.5%, Fantasy 3.9%
Three days before the Great Flood, and as many loops as you need. Isometric action-adventure inspired by 90s classics like Landstalker and Majora's Mask. The sea rises relentlessly and reshapes the island by the hour.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.7% ★, Metroidvania 27.8%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Mystery 5.8%
For Mercuri, a girl who fell into a fallen kingdom, everything is overwhelming. She digs deeper into the depths of the kingdom with the help of Golem Hando. Take down the enemies in front of you with TAG-ACTION that alternates between two characters and continue your exploration!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Lore-Rich 23.9%, Action 7.2%, Platformer 7%, Fantasy 6.7%
Save the kingdom of Archesis in this unique 2D metroidvania game where you can freeze time! Traverse a vast kingdom packed with exciting encounters, unlock new abilities, and overcome its various obstacles! Skillfully harness the power of time, as time only moves when you move.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.2% ★, Metroidvania 41.7%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 4.5%, Platformer 3.4%
Infiltrate Qamaria tower. Sneak through shadows, observe your surroundings. Gather ability chips to destroy and hack security devices, vanish, teleport past enemies, outsmart them using clones. Combine and upgrade ability chips for the ultimate loadout and bring down a corporate empire.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.4% ★, Immersive Sim 24%, Stealth 16.4%, Third Person 9.8%, Combat 4.2%
The Astaria Research Facility on Pluto was a bastion of humanity's ambition before it went radio silent on October 12th, 2137. Astaria Inc. has sent you to investigate and report back your discoveries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Immersive Sim 23.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Stealth 11%, Action 7%
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Platformer 6.5%, Action 6.1%
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Lore-Rich 26.9%, Nonlinear 13%, Mystery 9.1%, Fantasy 5.6%
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 50.7%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Fantasy 5.8%, Action 4.9%
Sneak Pit is the working title for an EXTREMELY alpha stealth / immersive sim experience. Use a variety of weapons and items to outsmart the enemy and access restricted areas crucial to your mission. More details and features to come.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.4%, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Stealth 14.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Third Person 9.3%
Discover a strange world inhabited by living lights. Liturnian is a 3D-Metroidvania with fluid movement, fights against strange creatures and exciting puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Third Person 10.9%, Platformer 6.4%, Adventure 4.9%
Valden Saga is a first-person action game in which you take on the role of a royal guard sent to unravel the cause of disasters in one of the kingdom's provinces.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.9%, Sandbox 16.2%, Stealth 12.4%, Action 11%, Adventure 9.2%
You are Alex, a time-displaced astronaut unraveling the space station Theia doomed in both the war-torn 2185 and the post-apocalyptic 2385 to find your lost brother. Master an arsenal of time travel abilities and weapons in this sci-fi metroidvania FPS: Tempus Vitae.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 49.4% ★, Metroidvania 37.8%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 3.3%, Story Rich 3.2%
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.7% ★, Metroidvania 24.4%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Nonlinear 8.5%, Mystery 7.7%
Set in the same universe as Cathedral, but with its own story and style, Cathedral: Crow's Curse is an action-adventure with tight combat and a focus on exploration. Parry, dodge and fight your way through numerous enemies in a rich detailed world as you uncover the events leading up to Cathedral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Stealth 24.6%, Combat 7.4%, Mystery 7.3%, Fantasy 6.1%
Star Rover is a Third-Person Action platformer game in Metroidvania style that you as the player can play in various locations on a planet. Upgrade yourself and collect a lot of weapons to prepare for the battle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, Action 14.2%, Third Person 13.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%
Commit crimes without consquences in our brand new indie game DoBad Inc.! You play as Garett the Ferret the newest badguyer around, work your way up the corporate ladder to become one of the worst people to ever live.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.1% ★, Immersive Sim 19.6%, Stealth 19.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Third Person 8.4%
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.1%, Action 9.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 2.5%
A swashbuckling stealth misadventure in which an ambitious alchemist must reclaim his inheritance from a web of intrigue.
Why similar: Stealth 25.4%, Immersive Sim 24.7%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Nonlinear 5.1%
Journey through a kingdom drained of its life. An innocent being locked away from its own kind, longing to be loved and seen. Though it seems to have forgotten one flicker of hope. You, a glimmer of life not yet fallen.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Lore-Rich 19.4%, Combat 6.5%, Action 6.3%, Mystery 5.3%
Chasing the Sky is an epic adventure set on a vast flying island filled with terrifying monsters and mysteries. Explore its world, overcome deadly challenges, and gather a team to survive – all brought to life with classic hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, Lore-Rich 22%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Mystery 4.7%
Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Time Manipulation 35.8% ★, Nonlinear 10.5%, Platformer 5.2%, Combat 3.8%
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 58%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Combat 8.1%, Action 7.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
You can freeze time and do things.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.3% ★, Stealth 22%, Sandbox 11%, Third Person 8%, Combat 6.5%
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Lore-Rich 22.3%, Fantasy 7%, Combat 7%, Platformer 6.8%
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.1%, Fantasy 9.2%, Action 9.2%, Combat 8.7%, Adventure 6.7%
Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Stealth 25.4%, Adventure 8.4%, Nonlinear 5.5%, Platformer 4.7%
FearOfTheFallen blends classic Metroidvania gameplay with the mechanics of an action RPG. Explore diverse biomes, fight your way through a multitude of creatures, solve puzzles, collect items, craft equipment, uncover secrets, and face your fiercest foes in epic boss battles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Time Manipulation 34.2% ★, Nonlinear 9.8%, Action 5.2%, Combat 4.8%
The Tale of LUMI is a fast paced, metroidvania inspired, action game. Collect powers from Gods and Heroes. Upgrade your Skills. Defeat unyielding enemies. Explore LUMI and unveil the secrets that lie within this puzzling Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Fantasy 8.1%, Mystery 7.3%, Platformer 6.5%
A stealthy space opera metroidvania where actions have consequences. The stars call the Chinokitsune a space pirate--& often an assassin--but stranded on a strange alien world after a failed heist, It's up to you to reckon with your own past & motivations to thwart an ancient evil & maybe find love.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Stealth 24.5%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Action 5.3%, Story Rich 5%
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.5%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Action 7.5%, Platformer 7.2%, Mystery 5.2%
A 3D action-adventure/metroidvania about an elephant looking for his herd. Explore a vibrant, decaying world, uncover remnants of humanity, and interact with a quirky cast of evolved intelligent animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.9%, Stealth 13.6%, Third Person 12.1%, Action 7.1%, Mystery 4.2%
The end of time has come - alas, the emperor of the faraway city of Tarnow has managed to avert the natural flow of time, causing the time space continuum to break, slowly decaying into nothingness. Explore the forgotten lands of Tarnow, defeat mighty foes and give the universe a proper death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Lore-Rich 26.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Action 5.4%, Fantasy 2.7%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Fantasy 5.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Platformer 5.6%
Delve into a mysterious world of Gods and magic as the last of the leaf kind. Fight epic battles for revenge against evil forces. Explore fantastical lands inhabited with magical creatures and peculiar allies. Search for the realm of the Gods and stop them from making a grave mistake.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Lore-Rich 25%, Combat 8.3%, Nonlinear 5.6%, Platformer 5.3%
In a world where privacy and trust are a luxury most can’t afford, the agents of NODE are the last line of defence. Combining action-packed sequences and puzzle-solving in immersive missions, command three elite agents with unique skills and manipulate time using the top secret C.A.S.S.E.T.T.E.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.4% ★, Stealth 26.7%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Action 9%, Combat 5.1%
Glyphen is an Immersive Spellcasting Adventure in which you draw mysterious Glyphs to cast spells. Glyphs have meanings and can be combined to invoke complex magic. Draw Glyphs, create spells and become a mage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Immersive Sim 26.9%, Fantasy 6.6%, Nonlinear 6.5%, Combat 6.1%
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 67.6%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Combat 7.7%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 3.1%
Experience the mind bending power of single player cooperation. Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 64.5% ★, Action 12.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Third Person 9%, Indie 4.1%
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 54.5% ★, Metroidvania 37.3%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 2%, Indie 0.7%
BlockBot: Shape-shifting puzzle adventure in a vibrant pixel world. Transform, solve, explore. Each level unlocks new potential. Perfect for quick plays or long sessions, offering unique challenges every time you dive in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Time Manipulation 38.9% ★, Nonlinear 10.9%, Platformer 6.1%, Adventure 1.6%
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Action 7.5%, Platformer 7.2%, Adventure 4.5%
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Action 9.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Nonlinear 6.9%
Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.2%, Action 13.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 3.4%
Flap, Dash, Jump, Glide, Dash, and more, through a vast world full of places to explore, people to talk to, and enemies to fight. Use all of your movement tools in order to both explore and fight, all in chunky 2d pixelart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Lore-Rich 19.9%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Platformer 8.3%
Explore a vast, colorful world in this 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set during the Age of Discoveries. Grab your halberd and become a hero amid the storm!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Combat 6.4%, Story Rich 3.8%
Mihira: The Eternal Arc is a narrative-driven action adventure where time lies broken. Shift between Past and Present, master fierce combat, vanish into crowds, and hunt powerful guardians to reclaim lost fragments of time before fate itself collapses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Stealth 11.6%, Action 11.6%, Third Person 9.4%, Adventure 8.1%
Time retrograde puzzle game
Why similar: Time Manipulation 78% ★, Third Person 9.8%, Action 9.5%, 3D 2%, Indie 0.7%
Time is coming apart. You wake in a clock tower — no memory, a warm pocket watch, and your master's charge: gather time's scattered shards and mend the world. Freeze time, aim your dash, slip past all that wants you dead — then return to the one who sent you, and a truth that rewrites everything.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 53.2% ★, Stealth 17.5%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Mystery 4.7%
Chexie is a teenage girl who, as a result of mysterious events, is transported to the virtual kingdom of Pixgun. There she discovers a magic wand that becomes her key to survival. Your task is to discover the source of corruption in the kingdom and the plight of its inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Lore-Rich 20.6%, Action 12.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Adventure 4.8%
In a colorful archipelago, play as a young thief studying at the Guild. Investigate kidnappings, steer clear of roaming pirates or fight them. Sail the ocean on a cute turtle and climb every island. Cure sick animals, and find the truth during this feel-good journey. Made by a dreamer solo dev.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Stealth 19.5%, Third Person 8.5%, Mystery 7.8%
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.1%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 2.7%
The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.3%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 4.2%
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.2%, Action 11%, Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 6.8%, Fantasy 5.3%
Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 39% ★, Metroidvania 34.4%, Action 5.9%, Mystery 5.1%, Adventure 4.4%
After a devastating fire, Ogfir, a boy left orphaned, is adopted by the Spirit of Fire, who bestows upon him a blazing branch with which he can invoke the power of fire. The boy is tasked with taming the corrupted Children of Fire to prevent humanity from being decimated by the Ancient of Fire.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Action 12.3%, Third Person 9.3%, Adventure 8.7%
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.4% ★, Stealth 26.5%, Immersive Sim 26.4%, Action 6.3%, Story Rich 3.2%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Lore-Rich 21.2%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Combat 7.2%, Platformer 6.1%
Into the Sands is a mystery game set in a desert. As a scrapper, explore the dunes and find interesting treasures. As you explore you may uncover new and interesting secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Mystery 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Story Rich 8.5%