60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Singleplayer, Platformer, Adventure.
Dive into a stylized 2.5D metroidvania world. Beat enemies, find and collect items as you progress through a struggling world to finally escape the simulation. Are you ready for this journey?
Escape Zolstar
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Shadow Complex Remastered
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 22%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Difficult 8.4%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2.5D 17.1%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Action 3.7%
Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.
Why similar: Underwater 31.2% ★, Metroidvania 26.4%, Difficult 14%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 9.1%
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Nonlinear 25.5%, Underground 14.9% ★, Retro 10.5%, Platformer 10.4%
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Difficult 16.9%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 9.2%
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 34.4%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Retro 10.1%, Platformer 8.8%
Face these daddy issues and watch your world burn. No more running!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Difficult 16.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Retro 7.4%
This is an exploration action game in which you travel around the vast underwater world wearing manta-shaped diving suit, defeating the enemies that stand in your way. Dig up lost technology sunk by the rising sea level and proceed to the deep sea where the truth of the world awaits you.
Why similar: Underwater 39.2% ★, Metroidvania 35.2%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Action 2.5%
Submerge into the ancient ocean of the Cambrian period! Encounter mysterious creatures of times past in this short-and-sweet platforming adventure. Treat yourself to colorful SNES-inspired graphics and an extensive world to explore. Who knows what awaits you?
Why similar: Underwater 40.4% ★, Metroidvania 27.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Retro 8.9%, 1990's 8.4%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 9.8%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Difficult 18.1%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Platformer 8%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Platformer 14.4%, Retro 14.2%, Difficult 11.6%, Side Scroller 2.8%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Nonlinear 5.4%
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 35.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 12.8%, Retro 12.6%, Side Scroller 11%
A 2D platformer Metroidvania with deep movement and no jump button. Upgrade your umbrella to explore an abandoned planet and ascend to the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Nonlinear 21%, Difficult 16.9%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 9%
Embark on an epic adventure as a sword-wielding fish and restore order to the kingdom's depths. Explore an ocean world full of adorable characters, menacing foes, and hidden wonders.
Why similar: Underwater 36.2% ★, Metroidvania 29.1%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Atmospheric 2.2%
Embark on a buoyant 2D platform action-adventure journey in Axolotl Shaman! Utilize the axolotl aquatic movement abilities and unique spells to engage in battles, Explore as a shaman in a world of geometric totems mixed with wasteland and reconnect with nature! Tribute to the late axolotl pet。
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Underwater 29.3% ★, Side Scroller 19.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Action 4.8%
Dive Hard Dave is an atmospheric action-adventure stealth game, set in a post-apocalyptic world shattered by massive tsunami and rise in sea levels. You play as Dave, a deep-sea diver who is forced into an unexpected adventure that will unravel mysteries of Earth's past. Made by a Solo Dev!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Underwater 24.9% ★, 2.5D 15.9%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 9.3%
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 15.2%, Action 3.4%
The Castle of Xanxillia is an immersive side-scroller action RPG that captures the Metroidvania genre. Play as Leonel, searching for his brother, Lenoel, in the treacherous Castle , ruled by a Dark Lord and corrupt Bishop. Navigate dangerous areas and battle enemies to save Lenoel from evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Nonlinear 25.4%, Side Scroller 20.9%, 2.5D 15.5%, Singleplayer 3%
Juno’s Darkest Hour is a simple but challenging 2D action adventure platformer game inspired by the side-scrollers of the past. Explore the secrets of a vast monochromatic world. Will you succeed against all odds, or will you die over and over again?
Why similar: Nonlinear 29%, Difficult 22.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Metroidvania 11.9%, Retro 9.4%
Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, 2.5D 17.4%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 10.9%
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, 2.5D 23%, Retro 7.7%, Old School 6.9%, Stylized 6.5%
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Nonlinear 20%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.7%
Blooming is a 2D action platformer where you wield a bow that transforms into dual blades. Explore interconnected areas in any order, defeat powerful bosses, and absorb their abilities to grow stronger.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 14.9%, Retro 12.6%, Side Scroller 10.9%
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, 2.5D 11%, Retro 8.5%, Old School 7.4%, Platformer 7.4%
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 31.9%, Nonlinear 23.6%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 9.8%
Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 27.5%, Difficult 20.4%, Minimalist 8.3%, Abstract 7%
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 39.3%, Underground 23.3% ★, Difficult 19.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 2.8%
Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Nonlinear 22.7%, Underground 21.5% ★, Side Scroller 14.9%, Platformer 10%
Lantern Bearer is a tough platformer about a small bear that falls into a dark and mysterious well. Choose your own path and claw your way back to the surface.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.2%, Underground 18.6% ★, Difficult 17%, Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 9.5%
Venture into an unusual, alien world full of danger and mysteries in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Grab your gear and face the challenge of sustaining a once-thriving space colony. Can you bring this place back to life? Are you ready to uncover all the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Side Scroller 19%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Atmospheric 4.5%
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Side Scroller 22.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Action 2.6%
A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.
Why similar: Nonlinear 32.2%, Metroidvania 25.4%, Platformer 18.6%, Retro 13.9%, 1990's 5.6%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Underwater 50.4% ★, Metroidvania 38.5%, Difficult 6.2%, Action 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
Endure... Evolve... Or Die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Difficult 13.6%, Side Scroller 11%, Platformer 10.8%
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 16.7%, Retro 9.1%, Action 3%
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Nonlinear 27.9%, Platformer 14.7%, Retro 8.6%, Old School 8%
From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.
Why similar: Underwater 50.8% ★, Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 7.5%, Action 1.8%
Explore the vast abandoned V.I.R.U.S. Compound corrupted by machines. Restore order to the facility with a full arsenal of customizable weapons and armory acquired around the debris of this forgotten world. Can you uncover the mystery behind the Soul Cipher?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, 2.5D 20.1%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 10.8%
HeroSquare is a minimalist metroidvania where you must find your missing heart friend in a strange and colorful world full of danger. Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you will face formiddable bosses, discover cryptic secrets and explore for new powers!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Retro 12.1%, Abstract 11.4%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Difficult 22.6%, Platformer 16%, Retro 5.5%, Side Scroller 2.5%
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Retro 6.3%, Old School 5.7%
Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 17%, Retro 15.7%, Old School 7.6%
The fox princess's great adventure! A story from a little while ago. Tamamo Hime wakes up in the Ayakashi world, ``Kakuriyo.'' She makes her way home, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Explore various stages and move forward with graceful actions! Is this world a dream or...
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 2.5%
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Difficult 15.3%, Retro 9.7%, Platformer 9.1%
A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 21.3%, Difficult 15.3%, Retro 10.8%, Platformer 8.4%
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 50.4%, Difficult 22.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 3.8%, Atmospheric 2.3%
Mole Maiden is a quirky 2D Action Adventure, featuring 360-degree drilling fun! Dig into the colorful world of R&D Mine as Penny faces her sister to become the next Burrow League Champion.
Why similar: Underwater 23.8% ★, Underground 22% ★, 2.5D 21.4%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Retro 9%
Discover the Omega-Verse, a captivating multiverse crafted by a dedicated solo developer. Omega Mouse Zero introduces innovative 2.5D Metroid-Vania platforming and exploration. Dive into hidden depths, uncover secrets, and immerse yourself in thrilling action as you explore this vibrant realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, 2.5D 19.5%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Platformer 14.2%, Nonlinear 10.4%
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, 2.5D 16.9%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 12.6%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Retro 11.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Space 8.7%
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Side Scroller 20%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Retro 5.6%
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Nonlinear 22.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Retro 12.6%, Difficult 12.3%
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 40.6%, Difficult 19%, Platformer 14.8%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Side Scroller 5%
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Underground 26.1% ★, Nonlinear 17.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 3%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Difficult 12%, Retro 10.3%
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Nonlinear 20.4%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 11.2%
In Tomba! Special Edition, leap, bite, and throw your way across stunning 2.5D landscapes in this vastly-enhanced update to a platforming classic!
Why similar: 2.5D 27.2%, Platformer 20.6%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Retro 13%, Old School 10%
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 15.6%, Retro 13.3%, Action 5.1%
