60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Difficult, 2D, Singleplayer.
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Anokye
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.
Dimension Rift Zero
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.
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 28.9%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 3.8%
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 24%, Souls-like 19.3%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Souls-like 16.8%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Difficult 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 16.3%, Platformer 11%, Difficult 10.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
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 21%, Souls-like 16%, Precision Platformer 14%, Difficult 11.3%, Platformer 8.2%
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 20.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 4.8%
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Hand-drawn 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 26.9%, Souls-like 11.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.2%, Difficult 6.5%
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 22.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Difficult 10.2%, Souls-like 10.2%, Precision Platformer 9.3%
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Platformer 14.2%, Precision Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Difficult 6.1%
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 3.8%
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 20.2%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 4.9%
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Souls-like 17.5%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 9%, Medieval 7.3%
The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Difficult 16%, Souls-like 15.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 20.5%, Difficult 15.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 5.1%
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Precision Platformer 25.4%, Difficult 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 7.5%
In a world where a mysterious energy known as Va flows through and connects all living beings, a child with the power to command this energy was born. As the last of her kind, young Nara must unravel the dark secrets of her power and face the flames and shadows that took someone special from her.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 5.6%
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 30.5%, Souls-like 19.2%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 4.2%
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 27.2%, Souls-like 21.4%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 8%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 21.4%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 4.3%
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 26.4%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
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 21.3%, Souls-like 18.4%, Precision Platformer 14%, Difficult 11.6%, Platformer 9%
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 26.7%, Souls-like 15.2%, Precision Platformer 11%, Difficult 10.7%, Platformer 10.2%
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Platformer 13.6%, Difficult 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
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 24.1%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 7%
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Souls-like 15.7%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 6.1%
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: Souls-like 19.9%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 6.4%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 4.3%
Explore a charmingly beautiful, hand-crafted pixel art world and help Violet on her journey searching for her sister. Uncover its mysteries, face its threatening foes, and run 'n gun your way through this challenging action-metroidvania - which will put your true platforming skills to the test.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 13.7%, Exploration 5.8%, Platformer 5.8%
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 13.6%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 5.4%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 20.2%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 5.1%
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 20%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
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 24.1%, Souls-like 17%, Precision Platformer 15%, Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
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 27.8%, Souls-like 22%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 18.4%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
NO Logic is a puzzle platform game where you have to disable your logic in order to complete this game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Souls-like 18.6%, Precision Platformer 12.8%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 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 21.9%, Souls-like 18.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Platformer 9%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.1%, Souls-like 13.5%, Difficult 10.3%, Platformer 8.3%, Action 6.7%
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 23.9%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 10%, Open World 5.8%
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Souls-like 21.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Difficult 17.6%, Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 6.3%, 2D 4.9%
Embark on a gripping journey through Neon Moon, a dynamic Metroidvania where you confront ancient adversaries, unleash extraordinary abilities, and unearth potent relics, driven by the sole desire to conquer the enigmatic Dark Night haunting Nightlight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.7%, Souls-like 16.3%, Precision Platformer 15%, Difficult 11.3%, Platformer 7.5%
Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Souls-like 21.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 7.4%, Action 4.6%
Neither Day nor Night is a challenging, precision platformer. The Adventure of a girl trying to find her younger sister in a mysterious and bloody world. Use your skills to avoid obstacles, enemies, traps. Make your way through by thinking and doing - exactly in that order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.3%, Souls-like 15.9%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Difficult 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Open World 4.4%
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Difficult 14.8%, Precision Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 17.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Star Hearts: Launch Point is a tight 2D action adventure featuring an 8-bit retro aesthetic in classic NES-fashion. Journey to the galaxy’s edge and discover the origins of Prin - an interstellar revolutionary in the making - as she embarks upon her first space-faring adventure!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26%, Metroidvania 12.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Difficult 6.6%
Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess is a 2D action with metroidvania elements set in a 16th-century fantasy world, drawn with cozy pixels. Explore a mysterious realm, battle ruthless enemies, and uncover powerful weapons and abilities. And remember: beer is the best medicine in these grim times!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 8.7%, Medieval 7.2%
Solve intricate puzzles and evade obstacles with precise, skillful platforming. Collect musical instruments that change your environment with ancient magic, and gain skills and items that enhance your ability to move through that environment. Succeed, and you may just save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Precision Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 6.4%
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 28.5%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, Souls-like 19.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 7.8%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 23.9%, Precision Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
A challenging Classicvania game with an instant death - infinite respawn mechanic (and an "easy" mode). It's tactical: you need to understand each challenge, and time your moves for perfect execution. Easy to learn but hard to master. It's about Vlad the Impaler, the real medieval Dracula.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Precision Platformer 11%, Medieval 9.7%
Explore this foreign world and manipulate time to navigate through the challenges that lie along your path! Meet the inhabitants of this strange realm as they push you towards finding the Timeless Rain...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Difficult 15.9%, Precision Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
EN Little Reaper finds himself lost in grim otherworld. Help him find the way back through treacherous obstacles and threatening foes.Prepare to rely heavily on your reflexes to complete 30+ levels spanning through 6 locations, and beat 3 unique bosses. RU Маленький жнец потерялся в мрачной потустороннем мире.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 19.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.2%
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 19%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.9%, Medieval 6.7%
