60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Metroidvania, 2D, Singleplayer.
Escape your subconscious in this psychological puzzle adventure. Explore a surreal, non-linear dreamworld filled with deadly traps and mind-bending puzzles. Navigate your way back to consciousness to reclaim your life... before it slips away forever.
Our Metal Bowl
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
ProtoDungeon: Episode III
A bite-sized, 2D top-down exploration adventure in an interconnected world. Fall into a lonely seaside cove, find a magic leaf beneath a shriveled lotus tree, summon sacred fire, and learn to jump, swim, and dash your way toward the chapel. No map or quest markers here; the way through is up to you.
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Top-Down 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%
A bite-sized, 2D top-down exploration adventure in an interconnected world. Fall into a lonely seaside cove, find a magic leaf beneath a shriveled lotus tree, summon sacred fire, and learn to jump, swim, and dash your way toward the chapel. No map or quest markers here; the way through is up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Top-Down 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Exploration 9%
Chart your own path through a fog-shrouded dungeon in INK MAZE! Design cryptic treasure maps to solve puzzles, outsmart traps, and collect loot hidden within the mist. But when you reach the depths of the maze, will you still be able to decipher the symbols you charted long ago?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, Logic 7.5%, Nonlinear 7%
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Nonlinear 13%, Logic 12.9%, Surreal 11%, Exploration 9.7%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Psychological 18.6%, Emotional 13%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Explore a world made entirely of particles. Use special abilities to manipulate those particles, solve puzzles, avoid detection, and uncover the role you play in this sinister and beautiful land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Psychological 17.3%, Surreal 10.7%, Emotional 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
“ Elmer is a Metroidvania-style adventure game. ” AltroQuando is a place for those with a forgotten past, an illusionary present, and a future held only as a promise. Your presence here is the proof that you are seeking your own original sin, your own mask.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological 12%, Surreal 8.5%
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Surreal 15.2%, Action-Adventure 11%, Top-Down 10.7%
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Logic 10.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, Top-Down 13.6%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
A story-driven Sudoku adventure by puzzle setter Nurator, featured on Cracking the Cryptic. Explore a mysterious mansion of handcrafted Sudoku variants, master increasingly intricate puzzles, and uncover the secret hidden beyond the grid.
Why similar: Logic 25.9%, Metroidvania 22.4%, Puzzle 14.7%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Surreal 7.4%
2D metroidvania action with a unique control scheme. Forever chase and protect your cursor--but don't ever touch it. Explore the mysterious Forsaken World, navigate through its decay, and learn to fight in a completely new way. Persevere and destroy the Wall that's always been holding you back.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Psychological 31.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Nonlinear 7%
Laser Maze is a puzzle game that takes place in an abandoned space station where you solve puzzles by redirecting lasers, moving boxes, and navigating through computer terminals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Logic 19.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Top-Down 9.6%
Solve the titan’s riddle, uncovering more hidden rules and connections each time you try
Why similar: Logic 31.8%, Psychological 19.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 13%
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Top-Down 10.6%
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Exploration 13%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
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 43.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle 11%, Nonlinear 10%, Surreal 9.7%
A non-linear pure puzzle game where you solve various puzzles using logical reasoning. Explore unknown puzzles in the game world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Logic 26%, Puzzle 13.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Dive into a small, dense open world with cryptic puzzles, weird interactions and interesting characters. Will you fit in? Join in divine communion? Or become something of your own!
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Logic 17.4%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Surreal 11.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 8.4%
Welcome to the desert of Naména, a world sinking into nothingness. Equipped with flask, compass, spyglass, you brave the relentless sun and track the myth of the Distant Meadows—the last refuge of humanity. Explore, solve puzzles, and connect the dots until everything clicks in this Metroidbrainia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 12.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 9%
A rule-discovery puzzle game where you place alien symbols on a grid. Uncover their logic as you journey through an atmospheric solar system.
Why similar: Logic 32.6%, Puzzle 17.7%, Exploration 15%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Surreal 12.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 10.2%
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Psychological 23.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%
Locked in the white room and you are slowly losing your mind. Not sure what is real anymore and you must escape.
Why similar: Psychological 29.8%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Puzzle 16.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Mystery 6.3%
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
Why similar: Psychological 27.2%, Logic 21.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Surreal 15.2%, Puzzle 11.3%
There Will Be Light is a top-down puzzle adventure in a gloomy but cozy environment. To progress, you have to solve tricky logic puzzles, while defending yourself against enemies. Dive into this cozy but challenging puzzle adventure as you solve riddles and fight your way back to the light.
Why similar: Emotional 16.3%, Psychological 15.4%, Logic 14.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Top-Down 9.7%
In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Surreal 10.9%
After an experiment gone wrong, the world finds itself split in two! Swap between similar but slightly different versions of the world to explore the remnants of the mysterious company that caused it all. Unlock various abilities, weapons, and upgrades to navigate your way through this broken world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Level Editor 23.3%, Logic 12.1%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Surreal 16.6%, Exploration 14.1%, Logic 8%, Puzzle 7.8%
Deep in an ancient forest bound by a bitter spell, a tiny fairy wanders. Wielding a spool of thread and a bladeless sword, weave through twisting paths to unearth enchanted trinkets, evading monsters and collecting stars to free their hearts from hatred in this ink-illustrated pacifist bullet-hell.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Surreal 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%
Wandersky is a skybound top-down adventure with a single arrow and a flying house. Kuu and her companion Tama are on a mission to restore the land of Hyndara. Explore a huge world filled with puzzles, enemies and quests: the sky always carries those who dare to wander…
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Emotional 16.1%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 12.2%
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Top-Down 11.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.6%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Adventure 6.9%, 3D 1.3%
Join Noctus in a top-down action-adventure and wield the power of the moon as you explore, fight the darkness, restore lost souls, and bring life back to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Top-Down 13.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
Maya might be a bit stressed, but strange things are starting to happen in her apartment, and the line between reality and illusion is beginning to blur. If you want to uncover the truth, you must explore a house that shifts over time. Recover what has been lost in the white noise.
Why similar: Psychological 37.5%, Emotional 20.3%, Exploration 13.2%, Surreal 9%, Adventure 8.4%
Discover what it means when you draw the attention of Mr.Moon in this small and bite-sized Metroidvania full of moon cheese. But dont get caught, because death is permanent.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Psychological 18.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 6.4%, Emotional 6.1%
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Logic 13.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 3.9%
Top-down 3D action-adventure with the spirit of 90s classics. Tight combat, handcrafted dungeons, clever puzzles, and modern pacing. Collect enchanted masks to channel primal powers, brave ancient alien trials, and awaken the island’s lost protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Top-Down 16.9%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 12.3%
Responding to a call to help an old man, a police officer discovers a hidden elevator leading to Resonance Laboratories. Trapped in a subterranean hell where sound experiments shattered reality, what lies within is unknown, but remember: please, (Don't) Hear.
Why similar: Psychological 15.3%, Logic 15.1%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Emotional 12.7%
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Psychological 24.2%, Surreal 16%, Level Editor 14.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.5%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Top-Down 15.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Nuktedan is the story of a bird with Alzheimer's searching for its emotions and memories. Deep within its own mind, it feels seven forgotten emotions again. Every emotion is a color, every color a power. Guide the lasers, solve puzzles, bring color back to the world.
Why similar: Psychological 26%, Emotional 18%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Surreal 11.5%, Top-Down 11%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with a microwave stuck on his butt. 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 39%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Emotional 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 10.8%
A top-down action-adventure inspired by the classics. Master physics-based combat, solve intricate environmental puzzles, and explore a non-linear island full of magic and mystery. Free demo includes the entire first chapter!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Top-Down 15.6%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 12.1%
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 35.5%, Psychological 24.7%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
A psychological and atmospheric 2D puzzle-platform adventure. Solve puzzles, explore shifting environments, and follow the traces of your own story among forgotten memories.
Why similar: Psychological 40.8%, Emotional 21%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
Identifier = ZERO. Localization = unknown system. Objectives = survive, decrypt, escape. Codes are key. Death is protocol. The sequence begins now.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Logic 18.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Puzzle 12%, Mystery 7.1%
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Nonlinear 15%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Surreal 9.9%
Enter a psychological horror experience where a young psychologist must navigate a surreal world shaped by forgotten memories and fears – both her own and those she once tried to heal. Face what was buried. Reclaim what was lost. Escape – before it’s too late.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Surreal 18.4%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Symbols have never had such an impact on a person’s fate. Meet a new part of a fascinating mystical doors puzzle. This time you will have to face the ruins of the past, hiding the secret of a vanished civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Logic 21.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Rattle Spring is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. When your cousin vanishes from her family’s desert health resort, you must explore unsettling spaces, mind-bending puzzles, and confront generational trauma to uncover the truth—and escape a gloomy fate.
Why similar: Psychological 34.5%, Puzzle 16.2%, Surreal 15%, Emotional 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Alec Orbusier, a none-too-organized university archaeologist, sets off to recover a priceless artifact from a forgotten tomb. Nothing too difficult, really... A 2D puzzle-adventure full of rooms, devious traps, and secrets for the curious.
Why similar: Nonlinear 17.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 15.8%, Top-Down 15.6%, Exploration 14.8%
A fast-paced 3D third-person combat game featuring dynamic weapon combos, wave-based challenges, and character customization. Adapt, fight, and conquer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Emotional 16.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Top-Down 12.6%, Exploration 8.7%
Kaori is a first-person puzzle and adventure game. Explore ancient ruins on a sun-drenched archipelago and uncover the many mysteries of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Nonlinear 7.7%
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Logic 9.2%
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10%
