60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Platformer, Action, Singleplayer, Metroidvania.
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Custodian: Beginning of the End
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!
Unbound: Worlds Apart
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.
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 33%, Difficult 15.7%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Platformer 8.3%
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: Metroidvania 25.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Difficult 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Platformer 9.6%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Difficult 15%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Action 7.2%
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 44.7%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Difficult 11.6%, Platformer 6.5%, Side Scroller 4.9%
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 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Difficult 13.5%, Surreal 10.1%, Side Scroller 8.3%
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 58.1%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 8%, Adventure 7.8%
Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Difficult 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%
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: Metroidvania 41.3%, Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Atmospheric 4.4%
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: Metroidvania 27.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Platformer 8.2%
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Difficult 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 5.2%
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 40.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Side Scroller 8%, Difficult 7.6%
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.4%, Difficult 28.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Adventure 3.8%, Action 3.1%
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: Metroidvania 24.6%, Precision Platformer 13.4%, Difficult 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.4%
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 42.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Difficult 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Platformer 8.8%, Side Scroller 7%
A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.2%, Metroidvania 27.9%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 8.1%, Action 7.1%
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.8%, Difficult 31.3%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Action 7.5%
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 31.1%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 16.2%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Platformer 8.6%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Nonlinear 12%, Surreal 11.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 7.8%
Uros is a 2.5D metroidvania-style action platformer. Enter the nightmares, upgrade your skills, fight against creepy creatures and face the evil god of nightmares in your mission to restore stability to the dream world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 10.1%, 2.5D 6.2%
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 38.8%, Difficult 18.6%, Side Scroller 16%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Platformer 10.1%
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 6.7%
When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning
Why similar: Surreal 35.3%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Platformer 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 6.3%
Metroidvania dungeon crawler about Death & Grief full of puzzles, secrets & challenges. Inspired by old GameBoy Color games with Retro Pixel Art Aesthetics but with challenging boss fights & Lore-Rich
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Dark Fantasy 27.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Action 4.9%, Adventure 4.4%
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Side Scroller 8.3%
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 33.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 8.3%
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 50.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Action 5.3%, Adventure 4.3%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Difficult 8.2%, Action 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 48%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Difficult 6.8%, Dark Fantasy 6.2%
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: Metroidvania 26%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Difficult 13.5%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 7.3%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Precision Platformer 22.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 6.4%
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 50.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Difficult 8.1%
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 45.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Nonlinear 15.1%, 2.5D 9.4%, Exploration 7.5%
Experience the altered memories of a dying man, reliving his entire life as a little boy while lying on his deathbed. Explore the profound depths of his subconscious as you assist Griffin to shed the remains of his miserable life before his impending demise.
Why similar: Surreal 26.9%, Platformer 20.2%, 2.5D 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 10.4%
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 29%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Difficult 15.6%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Platformer 9%
Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!
Why similar: Difficult 22%, Precision Platformer 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 11.5%
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
Why similar: Difficult 25.1%, Nonlinear 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 8.1%
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 10.1%, 2.5D 7.6%
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Open World 9.2%, Platformer 8.4%
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%, Exploration 6.5%
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 50.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 6.1%, Side Scroller 5.3%
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 29.3%, Difficult 18.5%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Platformer 8.8%
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 40.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 6.9%
Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Difficult 14.9%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 7.8%
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Difficult 12.1%, Open World 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
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: Platformer 36.2%, Adventure 27.6%, Action 25%, Indie 11.2%
Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Difficult 23.4%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
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 36.9%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 7.3%, Open World 6.8%
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling. The story follows an Inquisitor who has lost his memory, searching for his forgotten past along with his regrets.
Why similar: Difficult 36.7%, Side Scroller 31.5%, Dark Fantasy 21.3%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 3.9%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Side Scroller 10.8%
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 7.6%
Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons. The seasoned narrator has shared this story countless times, yet none have graced the miraculous land. Can you seize your narrative and ascend as a Savior?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 38%, Surreal 25%, Platformer 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 5.4%
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 5.1%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Dark Fantasy 20%, Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.2%, Difficult 11.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Adventure 4.5%, Action 3.8%
Selfloss is an emotional exploration game filled with rich lore, set in a whale-worshipping, Slavic-inspired world. Embark on the journey of the healer, Kazimir, and his magical staff as he fights a mysterious Miasma in search of a ritual to cure his wounded soul.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Dark Fantasy 32.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 7.1%
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 66.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Difficult 4.6%, Side Scroller 3.9%, Action 3.6%
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 44.5%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 4.6%
An action adventure about a ghost’s journey through the afterlife. Possess enemies and the environment and fend off hostile spirits in pursuit of starry fragments from a past life.
Why similar: Surreal 42%, Exploration 17.7%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.8%
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: Metroidvania 40.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Difficult 18.7%, Platformer 7.2%, Side Scroller 5.4%
