60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 2D Platformer, 2D, Platformer, Action.
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!
Little Ghost
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Xanthiom Zero
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Stylized 10.7%, Retro 9.9%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Retro 10.1%, Aliens 9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Surreal 15.6%, Combat 12.8%, Retro 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Aliens 11.3%, Retro 10.9%
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.9%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Aliens 10.6%
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Aliens 9%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Retro 12.5%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Combat 9.4%
Run, gun, and platform your way through the 4 seasons, shotgunning, freezing, and burning your foes along the way. Light animals on fire, get eaten by flowers, crush baby spiders underfoot, featuring an interactive world, competent physics, and custom death animations for all you freaks out there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Side Scroller 15.2%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Side Scroller 21.2%, 2D Platformer 16%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Aliens 6%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Psychedelic 18.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Sci-fi 9.5%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Linear 6.2%
A fast-paced run-and-gun shooter in the spirit of the classics — shoot, jump, and shred monsters to energetic music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Surreal 7.6%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Retro 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
A charming 2D platformer where you traverse through themed lands of giant fruit, TV dinners, spooky dollhouses, and your cozy, new A-frame cabin. Help Merry Bear find her mascot neighbors (and maybe some chic furniture) in a delightful, hand-drawn world influenced by mid-century illustration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Side Scroller 22.8%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Retro 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9%
Revertices is an action combat sidescroller where you will be forced to fight the corrupted remains of your friends: your duty is to reset the cycle at all costs, but in doing so you doom yourself and your companions to repeat the same horrors.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.2%, 2D Platformer 20%, Surreal 19.2%, Stylized 8.2%, Action 7.3%
Zagu Espionage is a single player, 2D side-scrolling action-adventure game where the player takes on the role of the main character, Zagu, a spy from the Tracha colony, who is traveling to seven different regions to defeat the Rogan empire.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Stylized 8.8%
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Side Scroller 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Combat 6.7%
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 30.5%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
Your Infamous Harp presents OctoQuest, a mash-up of your favorite retro NES games. Play as a highly evolved octopus on an eight-fold quest to retrieve extraterrestrial mushrooms from subterranean caves. Experience a cerebral journey through the ruins of mankind set to a bass-heavy soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Psychedelic 22.9%, Surreal 14.2%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
Throw snowballs and navigate seven challenging levels as Kaito, a young penguin. Master platforming challenges, collect items, and face epic bosses in this 2D adventure.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 17%, Stylized 9.1%, Combat 8.7%
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Combat 8.7%, Side Scroller 6.9%
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Psychedelic 22.1%, Surreal 20.5%, Retro 12.1%, Stylized 9.1%
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, 2D Platformer 15%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Every problem can be solved with a shotgun and every solution can be celebrated with an ice cold beer. Help Cletus quench his thirst after a long hard days work as he platforms his way through the bayou, time and back again in this retro styled, difficult action precision platformer game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, Retro 9.5%
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Combat 11.5%, Stylized 8.2%
Shadows of steel moons is an action-platformer with dark techno-fantasy style. The story of a valiant knight who defeats mechanical gods and monsters.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
Drilly Willis has a drill for a head and mad guitar skills. Save music for eternity by fighting your enemies with a one-of-a-kind drillhead weapon, jam songs on your guitar to grant special powers and abilities, and explore an interconnected world of bizarre creatures!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Psychedelic 22.3%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
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 29%, Side Scroller 15%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Stylized 9%
A short and exciting action platforming adventure! Help Dexter chomp and shoot his way out of the deceptively oppressive Happy Hamster Farms in 6 personality packed levels.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.8%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Surreal 13.9%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Linear 7.2%
A collection of 4 small games by The Voices Games Ascendshaft: A vertical scrolling shootemup Violetti Goottii: A 2d Platformer Dragons in Space: A sidescrolling Shootemup Endless Shaft: A score attack survival game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Side Scroller 19.8%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Aliens 12.8%, Stylized 9.4%
Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one's inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. Prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Linear 8.4%
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Stylized 7.5%, Difficult 6.7%
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Side Scroller 22.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action 6.4%, Retro 5.8%
An exciting and fun platform game. play with a fancy computer head full of dangling wires. I know, it may sound weird, but hey, you're in Freakland bro!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Side Scroller 15.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Retro 9%, Surreal 8.7%
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Stylized 6.5%, Action 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 33.9%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Combat 8.3%
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 29.1%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Combat 10.7%, Stylized 8%
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Aliens 11.2%, Sci-fi 11%, Combat 9.3%
Star Child is an explosive new action-adventure set on a sinister alien planet. Fight numerous aliens and formidable bosses, wield powerful explosives and destructive laser weapons, find secrets and unlock new abilities as you progress. Can you survive your dangerous mission?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Aliens 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%
Dash, slash, and shoot through handcrafted levels across vibrant worlds in a fast-paced action platformer! Stop the forces of evil from stealing your mysterious lunch and uncover the destiny that awaits you!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Side Scroller 25.1%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Action 5.6%
Play as an assassin hired to complete a job in a dark city filled with corrupted beasts. A 2D Action-platformer where each level will test your will, ingenuity, and resourcefulness as you wade through beasts on your journey to complete your job.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Action 12.1%, Linear 6%
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Side Scroller 14.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Action 6.4%
In this side-scrolling fantasy game, originally released in 1987, take on the role of a lone hero, fighting to defeat an evil warlock. Utilise a wide range of magical spells. Collect experience points to upgrade your character, until you are ready to face Zahgrim!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, 2D Platformer 14%, Retro 12.4%
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 44.8%, Side Scroller 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Stylized 5.3%, Combat 5.2%
A retro penguin platformer designed for Gameboy. Perfect for fans of penguins and anyone looking for a moderate challenge in a cold setting!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Action 11%, Retro 9.9%, Platformer 6.8%
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Stylized 5.8%
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Action 11.2%, Platformer 6.3%
A cute, Metroidvania platformer about cats and aliens: you are a cat defending a castle from waves of enemies. When the going gets too tough, head out and explore the world to find powerful artifacts to aid in the castle's defenses. Enjoy a handcrafted world, story, and super-cute kitten NPCs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Side Scroller 20.9%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Aliens 9.9%, Linear 4.8%
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Side Scroller 17.2%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Action 6.1%
An action-packed and bittersweet adventure in a city of endless night. Explore the dying city and try to find your way to the tower that seems to be at the heart of it all. Nothing is quite as it appears to be, and only by facing death can you hope to understand the mysteries of Bound City.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action 6.8%
Bydo Missions in Your Pocket — Beyond Dimensions, the Melody of Two “R”s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Side Scroller 20.3%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Aliens 10.5%, Action 9.8%
A flying saucer chases you all over the galaxy. Run away, defeat enemies, and evolve to avoid getting abducted
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 2D Platformer 18%, Linear 8.6%, Aliens 7.8%
Travel to the Tower in the Sea to avert the apocalypse, in this exploration action-platformer. Join Auria, a retired war hero, as she adventures through a beautiful and dangerous world to save her family and the fabric of reality itself!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Side Scroller 17.6%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Retro 8.7%, Sci-fi 8%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Side Scroller 18.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Stylized 7.3%, Aliens 5.8%
KAON: Fragmented Core is a 2D action-platformer featuring precision combat, fluid movement, and striking hand-crafted animation. Switch between powerful Transformation Forms to break defenses, pierce armor, and unleash explosive abilities as you uncover the truth behind the Fragmented Core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Action 9.8%, Stylized 8.3%
A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Side Scroller 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%
An unknown force from a parallel reality trapped Earth’s energy in three runes. The best resistance fighters have been sent on a critical mission to destroy the runes and seal the dimensional rift.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Action 10.5%, Combat 9.9%
