
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
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A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.

Shards of Memories
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.

Elysian Echoes
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 19.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 21.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Stylized 7%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
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 30.5%, Souls-like 25.1%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Platformer 6.4%
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 26.9%, Combat 6.9%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, 2D Platformer 5.5%
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 26.7%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Platformer 7.2%
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 18.9%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Stylized 8.6%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Souls-like 34.7%, Stylized 11%, Platformer 3.4%, Action 3.2%
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 24.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Platformer 6.6%, Stylized 6.5%
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 23.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Platformer 6.6%, Stylized 5.3%
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 31.5%, Souls-like 26.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, 2D Platformer 5.6%, Platformer 5.3%
An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 25.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, 2D Platformer 5.7%, Stylized 5.2%
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 25.5%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Platformer 6.5%
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 27.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Platformer 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.8%, Metroidvania 34.4%, Action 5.3%, Adventure 4.9%, Platformer 4.9%
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Souls-like 28.9%, 2D Platformer 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Platformer 6.1%
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Souls-like 31.5%, Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 5.8%, Action 4.4%
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Souls-like 26.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Action 4.6%, Adventure 4.4%
Explore the Yomi world with a sacred weapon that can change sword types. Fight different "Yokai" and challenge the "Kami" of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 20.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, 2D Platformer 6.4%, Combat 5.7%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Souls-like 31.9%, Adventure 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Action 4.1%
Lamp Chronicle is a 2D platformer game that tells the story of a little hero who travels to save a kingdom in crisis. Defeat enemies against beautiful backgrounds and enjoy exciting battles with bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 25.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Platformer 7.2%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
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 32.5%, Souls-like 19.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 25.2%, Action 7.1%, Action-Adventure 7%, Adventure 6.4%
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Souls-like 16.3%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Platformer 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 28.4%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Platformer 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%
Embark yourself on an adventure through the Marble Palace and uncover the plentiful secrets it hides! Explore magnificent views and fight through the hostile halls of the palace, all while making use of the innovative plane change mechanics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 24.2%, Precision Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Platformer 5.7%
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Platformer 8.7%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Adventure 7.1%
Aeterna Lucis is the highly anticipated sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Following the gameplay steps of the first entry in the series, Aeterna Lucis is a Metroidvania that combines fast-paced combat, a large interconnected map, secret hunting, optional challenges, and a rich and deep story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 22.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, Precision Platformer 7.2%, Platformer 7%
An exciting classic adventure in the world of dark fantasy with honed game mechanics, memorable enemies, and retro aesthetics.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.4%, Metroidvania 28.3%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Precision Platformer 6.7%, Dark Fantasy 5.8%
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Souls-like 27.9%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Platformer 7.4%, Combat 4.8%
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Souls-like 33.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Action 4.1%, Adventure 3.1%
Templar is a 2D indie platformer and hack and slash game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 24.2%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Platformer 6.6%
You are the last hope, be ready to resist the enemy and eliminate injustice and tyranny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 23.6%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Platformer 7.8%
Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Souls-like 28.9%, 2D Platformer 5.9%, Combat 5.5%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 30%, Platformer 5.6%, Hand-drawn 5.5%, Action 5.1%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Souls-like 24.9%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Platformer 6.4%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
Battle corrupted emissaries, explore a mythical world, and sacrifice health for power in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. With tight, responsive controls, guide Kára on a journey of grief, vengeance, and forgiveness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 21.8%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 5%, Stylized 5%
Revenge against the forces of good! That is the goal of the dark elf Belphora, who wants to avenge the death of her father. Explore the beautiful pixel art world, find items to improve yourself and fight various enemies in this Metroidvania-like game. Fight for glory and revenge!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Souls-like 26.6%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 7.2%, Combat 6.6%
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Souls-like 25.5%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Platformer 6.6%
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Souls-like 28.9%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Platformer 6.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Platformer 7.6%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Precision Platformer 6.9%
A 2D platformer in the vein of Super Mario World, Megaman, and Sonic, play as Roid Chimp, a personification of our collective rage at a terrible system. Run, climb, and punch your way through a world to explore, filled with books that increase both regular stats and elemental upgrades.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Souls-like 22.6%, Beat 'em up 10.6%, Precision Platformer 8.3%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 25.3%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.5%, Platformer 6.5%
Explore an ancient world in The Malice Kingdom. Travel the rich and diverse landscape filled with ancient ruins, foreboding forests, and haunting mansions. Discover powerful weapons, befriend Whimsical characters, and uncover the dormant secret within the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Souls-like 25.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
A realm where two ancient trees have long harbored rival royal bloodlines, each having woven their aerial dominion from spider silk across countless generations. Yet now, dark forces of unknown origin stir, spreading their corruption throughout the silk realm...
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 24.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 6.7%
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 27.9%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
Play as Emlis, a slime, explore an interconnected world, and fight enemies using elemental powers. Recover stolen elemental spirits from invaders to save the corrupted forest Soleen. Uncover secrets, defeat bosses, restore spirits to bring back life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 24.9%, Beat 'em up 14.4%, Stylized 7.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Souls-like 23.7%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
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 36.7%, Souls-like 30.6%, 2D Platformer 6.8%, Platformer 5.4%, Action 4.9%
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Souls-like 28.5%, Stylized 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Explore yet another indie metroidvania as you venture through the Hell University campus. Conquer the demons that infest the essence of Hell University, and save the school from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Souls-like 23.7%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Platformer 7.7%
The Song of Awakening is a 2D action-platformer where you play as a bard with the power to create magic through music. Explore a world once ruled by the Lyramancers, wielders of music-magic, who were extinguished by a mad king. Defeat the malevolent god of silence and restore harmony to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Souls-like 27.6%, Combat 8.5%, 2D Platformer 5.9%, Dark Fantasy 5.3%
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Souls-like 30.9%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Stylized 5%, Action 4.1%
Dimension Drifters is a hand-drawn 2D anime action-platformer that takes players through intense, multi-dimensional combat. Join the protagonist, Ena on her quest to restore the shattered dimensions torn apart by the mysterious 'Dark Drifter.'
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 26.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.1%, Precision Platformer 5.1%
Assume the role of Onchu, a druid boy stranded on an island corrupted by dark magic. Learn new magic and abilities in this 2D Metroidvania and explore a stunning sidescrolling world to save the island from destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 25.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Precision Platformer 8.8%, Souls-like 5.1%, Stylized 4.8%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Souls-like 29.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 6.9%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
Don Memo is a brave bull who embarks on one final journey across Costa Rica to rescue his granddaughter and confront Pisuicas. Fight against legends and shadows of the past in this 2D pixel platformer, while carrying the legacy of a family destined to protect the world from evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 27%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Combat 7.8%, Precision Platformer 7.2%
Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn. Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the Darkness that stole the sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 27.3%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Platformer 6.1%
Forge your destiny in Castleward! Play as Frida, a young witch and her living hat, facing cursed creatures in a dark castle. Explore striking areas in search of a way out and fight your own way in this challenging retro 2D action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Souls-like 20.2%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Action 6.2%
CINCILLA es una aventura metroidvania 2D de fantasía oscura con temática pixel art. Explora un misterioso pueblo con más de 50 niveles interconectados y descubre los misterios que se ocultan entre los Hilos y la Superficie.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Souls-like 30.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 4.9%, Action 4.5%