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

Axiom Verge
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.

Iconoclasts
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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 60.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Action 5.2%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Platformer 10%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Action 7.5%
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 36%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%
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 35.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Nonlinear 6.6%
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 34.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Side Scroller 13.4%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
Join Jason, Eve, and Fred on an intergalactic journey! The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure title "Blaster Master Zero" returns with its long-awaited sequel! Experience the yet-untold story of Jason and Eve after defeating Earth's mutant scourge in "Blaster Master Zero".
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Platformer 19.4%, Action 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, 2D 3.8%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Action 7.6%
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 39.1%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 10%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
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 57.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Adventure 5.7%, Action 4.7%
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8%, Platformer 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
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 40%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action 8.8%, Platformer 8.7%, Side Scroller 7.6%
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: Metroidvania 34.4%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Action 8.5%, Female Protagonist 6.3%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Side Scroller 7.3%, Action 6.9%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Action-Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%
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 60%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 4.4%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Platformer 17.6%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 10.6%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.6%, Action 11.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 9.8%, 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 38.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Nonlinear 6.5%
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Action 13.9%, Platformer 13%, Female Protagonist 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
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 37.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 13%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Action 7.2%
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Action 15.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Side Scroller 8%, Platformer 7.4%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning Action RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19.5%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Action 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Adventure 13.6%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Action 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 76.7%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Action 8.6%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Action 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.9%
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Adventure 7.9%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Adventure 6.4%, Action 5.8%
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 37.6%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 13%, Action 8.2%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Sci-fi 5.9%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
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 28%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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 35.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Nonlinear 7.3%
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Hack and Slash 11.7%, Action 11.5%
Janosik 2 is a retro action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Get ready to jump, slash, dodge roll, dive, smash and bash your way through deadly traps, mischievous villains and bosses, and more in this sequel to Janosik.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Action 9.5%, Adventure 7.7%
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Platformer 14%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 6.7%, 2D Platformer 6%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
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 48.4%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 8%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 6.9%
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: Metroidvania 39.3%, Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
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 40.9%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Action 7.1%
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
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 31.5%, Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Platformer 15.7%, Action 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Adventure 5.8%
Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
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 36.5%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Nonlinear 7.6%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Side Scroller 7.6%
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.6%, Action 29.3%, Female Protagonist 25.8%, Story Rich 7.4%, Indie 3.8%
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: Metroidvania 55.7%, Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 8.2%, Adventure 6.1%
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Sci-fi 6.6%