
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
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The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.

Spright
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.

Necrowave
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.
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 39.5%, Souls-like 22.8%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Action 4.2%
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 28.9%, Souls-like 20.7%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 6.8%
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 37.3%, Souls-like 19.6%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Platformer 6.2%
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 29%, Souls-like 22.5%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
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 31.3%, Souls-like 25.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 4.9%
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 34.9%, Souls-like 26%, Platformer 6.6%, Nonlinear 5.8%, Hand-drawn 5.3%
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 42.1%, Souls-like 29.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Nonlinear 5.6%, Action 3.8%
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 37.6%, Souls-like 26.5%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Exploration 6.5%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
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 31.3%, Souls-like 18.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Nonlinear 6%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Souls-like 29.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 4.9%, Action-Adventure 4.3%
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 35.5%, Souls-like 26.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Platformer 6.4%, Action-Adventure 4%
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 32.5%, Souls-like 25.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Exploration 6.8%
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 33.4%, Souls-like 25.9%, Hand-drawn 12%, Platformer 7%, Exploration 6%
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 39.4%, Souls-like 29%, Platformer 8.8%, Hand-drawn 6.7%, Exploration 4.6%
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 37.4%, Souls-like 27.5%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 4.9%, Nonlinear 4.8%
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 41.1%, Souls-like 29.4%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Action 4.4%
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%, Souls-like 25.9%, Platformer 7.4%, Hand-drawn 6.6%, Exploration 5.2%
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 33.7%, Souls-like 26.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 5.3%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 12.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Nonlinear 9.5%
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 39.3%, Souls-like 19.8%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7%
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 34.6%, Souls-like 27.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
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 35%, Souls-like 26.4%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 4.3%
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 30.3%, Souls-like 24.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 6.1%
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 31.6%, Souls-like 23.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Hand-drawn 9%, Exploration 6.5%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Souls-like 26.7%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Platformer 8.5%
Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 18.8%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.2%, Platformer 7.3%
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 36.3%, Souls-like 15.6%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 6.5%
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: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 33.8%, Platformer 6.5%, Action 5.5%, Action-Adventure 5%
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 25.4%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7.2%
Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 19.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Platformer 9.3%
Parry, Slash and Survive! Soul Devourer is a metroidvania action-platformer with a striking anime horror art style. Explore the cursed Sakuradoki High School, master powerful abilities, battle twisted monsters, and uncover the long-buried dark secrets hidden beneath the school.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 19.5%, Hand-drawn 9%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 6.6%
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 29.8%, Souls-like 23.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
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 47.5%, Souls-like 36.9%, Platformer 5%, Action 3.6%, Adventure 3.3%
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
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 31.8%, Souls-like 24.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
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 37.6%, Souls-like 23.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 7.2%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
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 40.4%, Souls-like 25%, Platformer 9.5%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Exploration 5.5%
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 36.1%, Souls-like 29.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Platformer 5.9%, Hand-drawn 4.6%
Phantom Rend is an intense Action-Adventure! Where you Find Your Ways through a Vast phantom Infested Island nation, wage Epic battles against formidable foes, Upgrade your skills and items, Uncover ancient secrets, Meet and befriend creatures of all walks of life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Souls-like 19.4%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 5.6%
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 32.8%, Souls-like 26.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%
Endless Night Sonata is a hand drawn metroidvania with classic style animation. Follow the quest of Nicodemos in the "Worlds-in-middle", an unforgiving and dangerous land controlled by demonic forces on a epic mission to find his purpose...
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Souls-like 29.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Platformer 6.9%, Action 3.9%
Phosfi is an atmospheric, metroidvania style action-platformer. Explore and fight your way through a dark and dangerous coastal world full of mysteries and ancient treasures. Discover long buried temples and fend off Eldritch monstrosities in this beautiful 2D hand drawn and animated adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 26.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Multiple Endings 4.9%, Adventure 3.9%
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 36.4%, Souls-like 19.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%
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 37.2%, Souls-like 28.4%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 6.8%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
『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 40.4%, Souls-like 23%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.9%
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 31.7%, Souls-like 22%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 6.9%
Under the tyranny of the four-throated, magic collapsed and darkness fell. Irang embarks on a journey to find her missing family and uncover her birth's secret. In a Metroidvania-style adventure, she explores a decayed world, enhances envoy powers, and aims to restore the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Souls-like 11.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 6.8%
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 38.8%, Souls-like 28.7%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Action-Adventure 4.8%, Platformer 4.1%
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Action 7%
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 38.7%, Souls-like 30.2%, Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 4.1%
Mysterious is a dark mythical metroidvania, where you travel between physical and astral worlds in order to explore the source of dark matter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Souls-like 24.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 6.1%
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 30.9%, Souls-like 21.3%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Platformer 7.5%, Exploration 6.8%
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Nonlinear 7.8%, Action-Adventure 5.5%, Action 5%
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 36%, Souls-like 26%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Action 7.9%
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 39.9%, Souls-like 21.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 8.3%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Souls-like 30%, Platformer 11%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
Recover scattered gem shards in this puzzle-filled, exploration-driven Metroidvania to restore balance and return home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 24.1%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Exploration 7.5%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
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 36.1%, Souls-like 28.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 6.9%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
"Ends" is a classic 2D horizontal board action game. In the game, you will play a dead soldier. In the chaotic order, you will pick up the broken weapons again, explore the broken world, challenge the changing creatures, and find your final destination.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.8%, Metroidvania 27.9%, Action 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8%, Adventure 7.9%