Games Like CARRION

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Violent 11%, Action 7.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like CARRION, it stars an escaped organism navigating a hostile facility through fluid 2D movement, environmental puzzles, and unsettling sci-fi horror.

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 45.5%, Horror 16%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This grotesque metroidvania is the closest match to CARRION's alien-monster vibe, with a tentacled creature protagonist, eerie world design, and ability-based exploration.

Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.4% ★, Lovecraftian 15%, Gore 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is another true reverse-horror game where you unleash eldritch creatures on panicked humans, just from a more strategic top-down angle.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 42.6%, Horror 15.4%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Violent 10.6%, Puzzle 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although slower and first-person, its commitment to visceral body horror and hostile biomechanical spaces makes it a natural tonal companion.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Puzzle 15%, Action 11.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same oppressive lab-escape atmosphere and biological horror feel, culminating in one of Steam's most memorable monstrous power shifts.

Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Gore 16.6%, Horror 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Violent 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It translates fleshy body-horror aesthetics into a metroidvania structure, making it a strong pick if you want more organic, grotesque exploration.

A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.4%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Action 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its whole appeal is playing as a hostile lifeform hijacking bodies and turning humans into tools, which nails CARRION's predatory reverse-horror fantasy.

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Physics 21.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Action 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The side-view sci-fi horror, underground facility setting, and constant alien threat give it a very similar claustrophobic research-base feel.

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 37.4%, Gore 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Violent 10.1%, Horror 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim pixel-art violence, oppressive atmosphere, and exploration-heavy 2D combat make it a great fit for players who loved CARRION's dark metroidvania side.

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.4% ★, Gore 21.7%, Violent 11.7%, Action 2.5%, Adventure 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best modern predator simulators on Steam, channeling CARRION's thrill of evolving by feeding on helpless victims.

A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Gore 25.4%, Violent 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its Metroid-style progression, biotech horror, and squirming flesh-infested environments echo the exploration and organic menace that make CARRION memorable.

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 69.4%, Platformer 8%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 4.9%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Absorbing enemies to grow stronger in a bleak body-horror world makes this a strong thematic follow-up despite its heavier soulslike combat.

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 31.8% ★, Gore 31.6%, Violent 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades exploration for pure slaughter, but the pixel-art gore, relentless violence, and industrial hellscape feel align well with CARRION's brutality.

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Physics 8.4%, 2D 7%, Platformer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its ecosystem-driven design and emphasis on moving like an animal through hostile spaces appeal to the same players who enjoyed CARRION's creature movement.

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 58.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Platformer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: If the interconnected sci-fi exploration was your favorite part of CARRION, this is one of the strongest biomechanical metroidvanias to jump to next.

The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet.

Why similar: Indie 33.7%, Action 33%, Platformer 18.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Cute 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Controlling a creature that devours everything in its path and mutates into something deadlier taps directly into CARRION's consumption-and-growth appeal.

An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

Why similar: Gore 60.4%, Violent 13.2%, Horror 12.7%, Action 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal tentacle-based combat and gleefully gory power fantasy capture a lot of the same monstrous aggression, even in a first-person format.

Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 79.7% ★, Violent 13.8%, Action 3.2%, Adventure 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a playful version of the same fantasy of being the unstoppable monster while turning terrified humans into prey.

Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Lovecraftian 24.9%, Horror 5.5%, Platformer 4.7%, 2D 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its writhing eldritch visuals, frantic side-scrolling combat, and corruption-driven power growth hit a similar flesh-horror action sweet spot.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Gore 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Violent 9.1%, 2D 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While stealthier and less monstrous, it shares CARRION's fast, compact 2D brutality and satisfaction of clearing spaces with ruthless efficiency.

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.7%, Physics 28.8%, 2D 11.8%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its emergent physics chaos and hostile subterranean exploration reward the same kind of improvisational violence and discovery that CARRION does.

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.7% ★, Gore 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Horror 9.3%, Puzzle 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Directing an infectious outbreak and turning humans into disposable biomass captures the same reverse-horror pleasure from a tactical perspective.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great pick if what you want most is the suffocating dread, grotesque horror, and sense of being trapped in a hostile living nightmare.

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 49.4%, Horror 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%, 2D 6.2%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers lonely alien-world exploration and unsettling sci-fi atmosphere in a slow-burn metroidvania package that overlaps with CARRION's mood.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Gore 49.3%, Violent 26.5%, Action 6.3%, Indie 4.9%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like CARRION, it is fundamentally about violently breaking out of confinement as a terrifying force while humans scramble to contain you.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Lovecraftian 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Horror 6.6%, Platformer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: The combination of pixelated carnage, writhing horror imagery, and aggressive 2D movement makes it a strong aesthetic cousin to CARRION.

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.6%, Horror 19.2%, Indie 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its moody pixel-art horror and oppressive, experiment-gone-wrong atmosphere make it a good fit for anyone drawn to CARRION's darker narrative tone.

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 57.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 9%, Adventure 5.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This horror-tinged action metroidvania offers tense exploration, dangerous creature encounters, and a strong sense of stalking through a contaminated world.

Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54.3% ★, Gore 20.9%, Indie 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Playing as aliens defending their base from human invaders is a strong thematic mirror to CARRION's role-reversal premise.

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.5%, Physics 21.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, 2D 9.9%, Platformer 8.6%

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Gore 23.8%, Horror 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Violent 10.4%, Puzzle 5.4%

Kill. Eat. Evolve. METAL! \m/

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.1% ★, Gore 17.7%, Violent 8.7%, Lovecraftian 6.3%, Horror 3.6%

Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 62.3%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Action 10.9%, Platformer 7.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its side-scrolling exploration, facility setting, and body-snatching protagonist make it an offbeat but surprisingly relevant follow-up.

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.7% ★, Gore 32.7%, Violent 16.5%, Action 2.8%, Horror 2.5%

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 83% ★, Puzzle 4.7%, Physics 3.8%, Indie 2.5%, Action 1.9%

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Gore 24%, Violent 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Action 7.5%

Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.1% ★, Gore 17.1%, Horror 11.6%, Violent 3.4%, Puzzle 2.7%

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Gore 26.5%, Horror 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Violent 12.2%, Lovecraftian 10.6%

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42% ★, Metroidvania 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Action 7.3%, Indie 5.4%

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 50.2% ★, Gore 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Violent 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 2.6%

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

Why similar: Gore 53%, Violent 28.3%, Action 7.5%, Indie 6.1%, Adventure 5.2%

After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

Why similar: Gore 39.9%, Horror 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%, 2D 4.3%

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 70.1% ★, Gore 12.2%, Action 5.7%, Violent 4.2%, Adventure 3.6%

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Gore 44.2%, Violent 21.4%, Action 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%, Indie 5%

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 62.2% ★, Gore 20.7%, Violent 8.9%, Horror 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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 45.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, 2D 4.3%

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.6%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Action 12.8%, 2D 11.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47% ★, Gore 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Horror 6.5%, Violent 5.7%

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Horror 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, 2D 6.3%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Lovecraftian 20.2%, Horror 17.5%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Puzzle 5.9%

Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 50% ★, Gore 24.8%, Violent 11.8%, Horror 7.3%, Action 3.3%

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Metroidvania 16.8%, Action 14.4%, Horror 12.4%, Indie 10.4%

Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.1% ★, Gore 29.4%, Violent 15.7%, Horror 5.3%, Action 4.4%

Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Horror 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, 2D 8.1%

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Metroidvania 65.6%, Action 16%, Adventure 11%, Indie 6%, Cute 1.5%

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Gore 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Violent 9.5%, Horror 9.1%

Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Indie 5.6%

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Gore 42.2%, Violent 24.2%, Action 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 87%, Indie 13%

Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 85.6% ★, Action 4.4%, Indie 3.7%, Adventure 3.4%, Platformer 2.9%