
You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Adventure, 2D, Singleplayer.

You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !

Limos' Lair
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.

Only Sliding
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Puzzle 14%, Top-Down 12.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.9%, Adventure 6.6%
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Grid-Based Movement 25.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Nature 7.2%, Top-Down 7%
Wilbur's Quest is a puzzle metroidvania about a worm. You've woken up in a strange land and need to discover what lies beyond the surface. Throughout your journey you'll need to push blocks, unlock doors, grow, and discover new abilities in order to escape this subterranean labyrinth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Grid-Based Movement 16.6%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 12.2%, 2D 5.4%
A meta puzzle-adventure where nothing is set in stone. Unlock features to watch the world evolve, and think outside the box to complete missions. But as you change the world to your whims, the world might have ideas of its own...
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Top-Down 10.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Grid-Based Movement 8.6%
Mindbreak is an exploration driven tile-based puzzle adventure game about the escape from a corrupted insane asylum. Play as the supernaturally gifted asylum patients as you build and combine their unique abilities to explore and master the vast interconnected asylum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Grid-Based Movement 16.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Open World 8.2%
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.5%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 14.8%
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.3%, Top-Down 15.9%, Adventure 12.3%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 1.3%
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 45.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Nature 6.9%, Nonlinear 5.7%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, 2D 6%, Indie 2.8%
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Medieval 11.9%, Nature 11.1%, Adventure 6.6%
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Top-Down 11.9%, Open World 5%
A light-hearted, Side-Scroller/ Top-Down hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Puzzle 14.1%, Top-Down 12.7%, Adventure 8.9%, 2D 5.5%
Kaori is a first-person puzzle and adventure game. Explore ancient ruins on a sun-drenched archipelago and uncover the many mysteries of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Puzzle 17.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Nature 9%, Nonlinear 5.5%
Slime Well is a Metroidvania-style puzzle game where players take control of a slime, skillfully using its abilities to solve puzzles, explore, and ultimately uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 18%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Indie 1.6%
In a world of eternal darkness, navigate the unknown with only the glow of your companion, Spark. Craft arrows from the environment to survive, uncover lost secrets of an ancient world, and push forward through the shadows into hope. Will you find your way, or will the dark consume you?
Why similar: Metroidvania 54%, Puzzle 11.7%, Nature 9.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Cute 7.2%
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Top-Down 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Medieval 6.7%
A boy, home alone, wanders into a shadowy underworld of knights and skeletons. Navigate a cunning labyrinth, find keys, solve color puzzles, and dodge foes in this gripping side-scroller. Uncover secrets in a haunting, nonlinear adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Puzzle 19.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Medieval 7.4%, Open World 4.5%
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Puzzle 16.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Top-Down 11.6%, Medieval 6.2%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Cute 8.1%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 6.5%
Embark on a quest to unlock the secrets of the Spirit World. Challenge mysterious ruins and face intimidating bosses to gain new powers that will aid your exploration in this retro top-down action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Top-Down 14.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Cute 5.7%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Medieval 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%
Follow the Void Guardian as she inspects a space station after receiving a distress beacon from it and help her vanquish the hidden evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Top-Down 14.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, 2D 8.7%
Go Ape-bit with this fast-paced retro platformer, in which you work to recover a stolen magical artifact in the labyrinth of an ancient temple!
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.9%, Adventure 23.3%, Indie 6.9%
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.8%, Puzzle 18.3%, Open World 7.5%, 2D 4.1%, Adventure 4.1%
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Puzzle 19.9%, Nature 7.2%, Nonlinear 6.6%, Adventure 6.3%
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 71.9%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 5.6%
Dispersio 2 is a retro-style metroidvania. As you progress through the game, you will gain new abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players. Can you beat the game with only 1 HP?
Why similar: Metroidvania 68%, Adventure 17.1%, Medieval 12.5%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 82.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 3.7%
You are an inspiration-seeking wandering artist who mysteriously ends up in a faraway Valley. Will you find the inspiration you crave, or will you be lost to the mysteries of the Valley?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, Top-Down 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.5%, 2D 6%
A top-down adventure game about a doggy in a world of dreams, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Dog 28.2% ★, Puzzle 12%, Top-Down 11.5%, Cute 6.2%
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 82.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 3.7%
Lured by a vengeful spirit of a defeated witch, our 16-bit hero, and his friends, find themselves trapped on a mysterious island full of deadly sorceresses! What heinous plans does this gruesome Witch have for him? And what is the true origin of the island?
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.9%, Adventure 25.1%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 6.3%
EmBARK on an all-new adventure with Patch, a one-eyed Shiba Inu dog in search of a new family. Travel with Patch and his new friend, Pumpkin, on this exciting 2D Metroidvania to battle dangerous bosses, explore the Hollowed Lands, and gain fun new abilities!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Dog 25.6% ★, Adventure 12.9%, Cute 3.6%, 2D 3.4%
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Dog 26.3% ★, Cute 7.3%, 2D 6.1%, Adventure 5.2%
Dark Cooking - A colorful 3D puzzle game for logic and thinking! The little witch asks you for help! You have to take on the role of the most dexterous and clever assistant and go to her pumpkin garden for pumpkins!
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.6%, Puzzle 20.2%, Cute 8.8%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Due to engine failure, the ship crashes onto an uninhabited planet. During his research, the captain finds out that the area is inhabited by angry creatures, and the ship was shot down by someone. These mysteries of the dreadful planet will lead the researcher to terrible discoveries
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Nature 13.7%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Open World 8.4%
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Puzzle 15.8%, Top-Down 13.9%, Cute 7.7%, 2D 6.7%
Help your doggy friends relax after playing and find a perfect nap spot!
Why similar: Dog 42.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.8%, Puzzle 18.8%, Cute 9.7%, 2D 7.2%
A pixel-art Metroidvania with challenging platformer mechanics, set in a medieval magical world. Discover a great variety of spells and abilities to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Find mythical charms and items to help Ineth fight her way out of her prison.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.5%, Adventure 16%, 2D 9.6%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Dog 20.8% ★, Nonlinear 12.7%, Cute 6.4%, Nature 4.4%
Guide Kairo throughout this exciting and challenging metroidvania adventure. Defeat enemies, solve mysteries, learn skills and restore peace back to the kingdom of Haamit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Medieval 14.1%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 5.9%
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 77.4%, Adventure 14.8%, 2D 4%, Indie 3.8%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.5%, Puzzle 17.5%, Top-Down 15.5%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 0.7%
2d platformer, action, adventure - "Metroidvania" set in fantasy world filled with ancient magic and monsters. Pixel art graphic with anime style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 79.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Cute 8.4%, Nature 7.7%, Open World 6.7%
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Cute 7%, Nature 6.3%, Indie 3.4%
Control the heroine—who’s controlling a Chihuahua—and take on various challenges! How long and how far you can go depends entirely on your fingers! With the arrows coming at you faster and faster, can you handle the Chihuahua?
Why similar: Dog 48.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 18%, Puzzle 13.7%, Top-Down 9.2%, Cute 5.2%
Help the little ghost Jericho explore an ancient temple in the middle of the desert, so it can bring a rare flower to its grandma. Find a variety of magical trinkets and unexpected companions to help you solve the mysteries of the temple's maze-like corridors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle 17.3%, Top-Down 15.8%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Open World 10.3%
Clover's world is thrown into disarray when it starts to snow during the summer cider festival. A sense of curosity will help clover to understand the mystery behind the changing weather patterns, and through skill and mindful exploration maybe even bring magic to their world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Dog 24.1% ★, Puzzle 11.8%, Adventure 7.4%, Cute 5.6%
Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Grid-Based Movement 11%, Top-Down 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.2%
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 56.6%, Puzzle 15.9%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 5.3%
Retrieve your weapons, face bosses to save your dog in a retro adventure focused on 3 dungeons. Finish the Story mode to unlock the Survivor mode: a 50-floor "Death Tower". You'll enjoy classic mechanics, charming visual style, and an enchanting soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Dog 33.6% ★, Top-Down 12.8%, Adventure 5.1%, 2D 5.1%
Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Adventure 8%, Top-Down 6.7%
Prepare for a brutal metroidvania where a legendary knight battles monsters to save his land. Explore dangerous labyrinths and castles, fight enemies, and craft powerful gear with the help of the Mage, Alchemist, and Treasure Hunter. Ready for epic adventures?
Why similar: Metroidvania 65%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Adventure 9%, 2D 6.6%, Open World 6%
Help the wizard break free from a tricky dungeon in this puzzle game. Use your staff to make enemies mimic your actions, guiding them into traps to get rid of them!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 32.7%, Puzzle 24.6%, Top-Down 20.5%, 2D 9.4%, Medieval 8.2%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Cute 5.9%, Indie 4%, 2D 3.6%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.9%, Adventure 21.4%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 5.1%
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.9%, Adventure 17.3%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 4.3%
In Me With Me you control 2 cats at the same time going through levels with puzzles. A very cool 2D platform game to pass the time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Adventure 23%, Puzzle 21.9%, 2D 6.2%, Indie 1.8%
Gravy the gravedigger is a great journey of Gravy the frog through an unknown and mysterious cemetery. However, what brings our hero to such a strange place? Even the little cemetery caretaker doesn't know the reason, and it's up to us to help him in exploring this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Puzzle 13.1%, Adventure 10.8%, 2D 7%, Open World 6.4%