60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Pixel Graphics, Singleplayer, 2D.
Step into the boots of a forgotten space legend. In this retro top-down shooter, stop a galactic villain from corrupting ancient wisdom into ultimate power. Correct your past mistake, rescue the Keepers, and rewrite destiny.
Gears of Dissent
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Amo
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.
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Top-Down 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
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 51.6%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Top-Down 11.7%, 2D 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
New Haven is a utopia under a red moon, turned into a dystopian nightmare. You are a prisoner with no name, waking up in the middle of an emergency. Fight for survival guided by an enigmatic voice in your head, explore a falling world, solve puzzles, and unravel dark secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Top-Down 7.9%, Linear 6.9%
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 40.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Top-Down 10.1%, 2D 6.5%, Action 6.3%
Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, PvE 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9%, Action 4.6%
"Little Droid 2: Escape" is a classic 2D (Metroidvania) side-scrolling pixel art adventure where you need to find a way to escape a mysterious planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Arcade 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Linear 5.2%, Retro 5.2%
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Top-Down 8.6%, Arcade 6.1%
Retro adventure game including 4 different stories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
Escape the Maze of Malice in this frantic 2D top-down shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Top-Down 12.1%, Arcade 8.9%, Linear 7.7%
Slimestoppers is a top down horde shooter that pits the technology of man against a relentless army of sentient slimes from space. Choose from an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, abilities, perks, and equipment to forge the perfect Slimestopper. Supports multiplayer up to 4 players!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, PvE 14.2%, Top-Down 10.4%, Arcade 10.3%, Aliens 9.1%
You are last humanity hope to bring down the greatest threat mankind has been deal with it. Gears up your arsenal, face hordes of enemies and deadly bosses in this new verticall shoot em up.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Arcade 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Aliens 8.1%, Action 7.9%
Once Upon a Slime will be the game that starts my career as a solo game developer. This game is an adventure / bossbeater game about a little slime trying to escape a dungeon full of bosses. Beat them all to solve the mysteries of these dark dungeons!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Top-Down 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 16%, PvE 14.2%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
RE∀IVE is a 2D action metroidvania set on the war-torn artificial island of Atrificia. Switch between a former soldier and his damaged AI companion, Lily, unlock new abilities, and uncover the city’s hidden truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, 2D 6.1%, Action 5.5%
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 55%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 6.6%
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%, PvE 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Top-Down 6.9%
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Aliens 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Top-Down 9.8%
Become the Messenger of God and descend into the endless abyss to defeat powerful enemies and bosses while fulfilling the divine command in this 2D Metroidvania action adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Action 6.9%, 2D 6.6%
Fight through enemy-filled arenas in Bulletbound Brigade, a colorful single-player action shooter. Dodge incoming fire, let your weapons do the shooting, collect rewards, and upgrade your heroes and arsenal as you push through each area.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41%, PvE 18.2%, Arcade 11.6%, Top-Down 9.4%, Linear 8%
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 41.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Top-Down 10%, Linear 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, 2D 6.8%, Fantasy 6.2%
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Top-Down 6.5%, Retro 6.5%
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.8%, Top-Down 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Arcade 8.9%, PvE 7.6%
Just a Little Longer is a punishing top-down shooter with the staples of classic action horror games, with a brutal permadeath gambling twist: whenever you die in the recurring nightmare the game takes place in, your save file is instantly deleted.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Action 8.2%, Top-Down 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 6.3%, 2D 5.1%
You will zoom past hordes of zombies, kill the ones you need to, and find keys to unlock passageways in this retro top-down shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.8%, PvE 15.6%, Top-Down 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Linear 9%
《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 59.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Fantasy 7.1%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 5.4%
Garden of the Atom is a combat-focused Metroidvania where you hold nothing back. Start with every movement ability unlocked and play as 'Prodigy,' an exiled genius infiltrating a futuristic dictatorship to stop a tyrant from harnessing a cataclysmic meteor shower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, PvE 14.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Action 5.1%
Hexagonal Explods is a vertical shoot 'em up game where you need to defend the earth from aliens. Collect power ups, fight funny bosses and... well... SHOOT THEM UP!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, PvE 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Top-Down 9.2%, Arcade 9.2%
Naru-Morph! is a 2D action platformer featuring a morphing gimmick.Utilize various abilities unique to each morph to explore the world, defeat fierce enemies, and to reach the Heavens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, PvE 18%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Action 6%, 2D 5.7%
Play as Kaila, a young girl determined to rescue her mother from the clutches of Graygar, the Grey Soul. Explore a vast world, uncover secrets, unlock powerful abilities, and face challenging bosses on a journey to the Underworld. Are you ready to defy Death itself?
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Futuristic 7.4%, Fantasy 6.4%
Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, PvE 7.5%
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, PvE 10.9%, Action 9.2%, 2D 6.3%
An open-world platform RPG where you take on the role of Katsuo in a quest to save his beloved, Sayuri. The game features various mechanics such as jumping, wall climbing, a wide array of combat weapons, trading with NPCs, experience progression, and stat development.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Romance 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, PvE 5.2%
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Fantasy 7.5%, Top-Down 7.2%
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, 2D 6%, Action 5.5%
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 7.6%, Aliens 6.8%
Retro pixel-art top-down space shooter. Battle waves of alien invaders across world landmarks, upgrade your ship, collect power-ups, tackle events & missions, defeat epic bosses, and chase high scores.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43%, Top-Down 14.5%, Arcade 7.2%, 2D 7.2%, Action 7.1%
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 61.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Combat 4.8%, Action 4.7%
Engage in an intense space shooter that you can play in single-player or multiplayer with up to 6 players. Play a variety of different spaceships, each with their own unique stats, components, and playstyles!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.6%, Top-Down 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Futuristic 10.6%, PvE 9.6%
A hand-crafted action-adventure that pays tribute to the 8-bit golden era. Explore, fight, experience different genres of classic gameplay and grow stronger in a world built one screen at a time by a solo first-time developer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Retro 6.9%, Adventure 6%
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 46.3%, PvE 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, 2D 6%, Fantasy 5.9%
Maelstrom is a licensed open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh by Ambrosia Software, Inc. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Arcade 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Top-Down 10.6%, PvE 9%
You are Hemwick, ex-witch hunter, chasing an ancient artifact: the Grim Heart. Ready your arsenal and survive brutal encounters in a handcrafted 2D pixel-art world. Your expertise is your greatest weapon and, ultimately, the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, 2D 6.5%, Action 5.7%
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Retro 6.1%, 2D 5.9%
A challenging, short, colorful, and high-energy arcade game. Move your character, shoot and teleport. You will pass between lasers, cross portals and color the levels as you succeed. A difficult challenge in an experience of just under an hour.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40%, Arcade 16.4%, Top-Down 10.9%, Action 10.8%, Linear 8.3%
Roscarian Defenders is a 2D top-down twin-stick shooter where your goal is to survive as many rounds as possible. To progress to the next round, you must kill every enemy. As the rounds progress, enemies become tougher and more dangerous.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, PvE 16.3%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 9%, Aliens 8.7%
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Arcade 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 6%
In this a Metroidvania style game made in crispy pixel art, Join Rhea , a bounty huntress with a task to save some people who have been kidnapped and taken to an old abandoned castle where there are many dangers, she needs your help to rescue these people and to bring peace to the city of Vaunard
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 6.3%
An exploration-type action game in which "Fluffy Girl Doge" is the main character. Get the skills of "Doge" and explore the unknown ancient ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.6%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Action 12.2%, 2D 7.9%
A momentum-heavy 2D Metroidvania where you dash, double-jump and wall-cling beneath Goen, the last city on earth, chaining whip combos and parrying to bank Maia essence for permanent rituals or short-lived upgrades you drop on death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, PvE 18.6%, Action 6.2%, 2D 5.9%, Adventure 5.2%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Action 8%, Adventure 5.8%, Retro 4.9%
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 48.9%, Top-Down 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 6%
A retro maze shooting game with a weird and wacky menagerie of enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.1%, Arcade 15.1%, PvE 10.1%, Top-Down 8.8%, 2D 8.5%
Crow has to defeat enemies and collect coins and others.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Linear 8.9%, Colorful 4.5%
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, 2D 11.2%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 9.8%
Control Talus in this challenging boss rush where you'll face increasingly stronger enemies
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Top-Down 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 5.8%
CHROMATIC CRISIS is a colorful metroidvania with unique mechanics! Try to get out of these artificial biomes and save the colors of the real world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Action 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Adventure 7.3%
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, Top-Down 13.4%, Linear 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D 6.7%
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, 2D 5.8%, Fantasy 5.8%
