Games Like Crypt Custodian

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Cute 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Crypt Custodian, Islets features charming art and tight metroidvania exploration where you piece together fractured lands with an endearing protagonist.

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 45.6%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric metroidvania shares Crypt Custodian's dense, puzzle-infused world design and mysterious exploration elements.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Cats 22.4%, Platformer 7.6%, Action 5%, Cute 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Both games star a plucky cat navigating a hostile, maze-like environment in a wonderfully compact metroidvania format.

Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Cute 8.1%, Hand-drawn 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same cute creature-collecting exploration and breezy platforming rhythm that makes Crypt Custodian so fun to play.

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 9%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the clean visual style, responsive movement, and classic metroidvania progression found in Crypt Custodian.

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Action RPG 9.1%, Cute 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the delightful illusion of a cute adventure hiding deep exploration, secrets, and rewarding combat challenges.

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Action RPG 13%, Cute 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Both games revolve around afterlife themes, playing as a small animal taking on administrative or custodial roles with isometric action.

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Platformer 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep metroidvania platforming and exploration that will appeal to fans of Crypt Custodian's tight movement mechanics.

Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Cute 9%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends cute aesthetics with metroidvania progression and snappy top-down action similar to Crypt Custodian's combat flow.

8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Action 7.2%, Hand-drawn 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the rich afterlife theme and spirit-cleansing journey of an underdog soul navigating a supernatural realm.

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 45%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similarly atmospheric metroidvania experience focused on intricate environmental traversal and secrets.

Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Platformer 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Cute 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a whimsical, unusual premise with snappy exploration and action gameplay reminiscent of Crypt Custodian.

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%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Platformer 8.2%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid hand-drawn action and a struggling protagonist trying to restore a whimsical yet decaying world.

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.2%, Funny 15.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Action 9.1%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Leans heavily into the comedic bureaucratic afterlife aesthetic featured in Crypt Custodian.

Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers classic metroidvania combat and exploration driven by a charismatic protagonist with a distinct personality.

This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Cute 10.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Another cute animal protagonist-driven metroidvania with brisk combat and vibrant visual styling.

Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Platformer 10.3%, Cute 8.1%, Exploration 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Mixes lighthearted cartoon storytelling with sprawling metroidvania map design and action.

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Platformer 18.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 8%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends grappling hook momentum with intricate metroidvania map design for fans seeking mechanical depth.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Cute 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the same crisp pixel-art aesthetics, responsive combat, and hauntingly beautiful exploration.

Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Cute 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Showcases a vibrant, mythos-inspired world with fast-paced exploration and action-platforming.

Open-world action-RPG in a fantasy realm of cats and dogs. Sequel to the award-winning original, CAT QUEST II lets you play solo or with a friend, as both a cat and dog! Quest in a world filled with magic, defeat monsters and collect loot in a catventure like never before!

Why similar: Cats 29.7%, Action RPG 19.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Cute 11%, Funny 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Satisfies the craving for a lighthearted action-RPG starring charming feline heroes.

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: Metroidvania 43.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines quirky underwater exploration with distinct metroidvania progression and action.

Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Cute 6.9%, Adventure 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly adorable protagonist exploring a vibrant world with unique traversal mechanics.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Platformer 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Cute 7.9%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the emotional storytelling, fluid movement, and breathtaking atmosphere of top-tier metroidvanias.

Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gorgeous hand-drawn platforming metroidvania that captures the whimsical magic of exploring a spiritual realm.

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Platformer 12%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 7%, Exploration 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers vibrant, playful transformation mechanics and classic metroidvania maze exploration.

Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Cute 9.2%, Platformer 8.7%

Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Cats 16%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Platformer 6.9%

Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, Colorful 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends bullet-hell combat with sprawling metroidvania exploration and an anime-infused charm.

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 45.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tougher challenge, but offers deep sprawling map exploration and action for devoted metroidvania fans.

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides punchy combat encounters and rewarding traversal upgrades in a colorful world.

Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Platformer 12%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Exploration 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features chaotic action and fast-paced exploration within a mesmerizing hand-drawn world.

Explore a vast, interconnected dream world full of secrets and collectibles in this metroidvania adventure inspired by classic 2D platformers. Reclaim your lost memories to save Slumberland from the mysterious Oblivion.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Cute 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Platformer 7.5%

SwooshCat is a vibrant precision-platformer adventure. Leap, dash, slash, stab, roll, and ricochet your way through a charming pixel world as you help a brave little cat 🐾 explore and battle!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Cats 17%, Action RPG 14%, Exploration 7.6%, Platformer 6.5%

A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Cats 18%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Cute 7%

Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Cute 7%

A Planet Full of Cats is a hidden object adventure with metroidvania-style exploration in true Devcats fashion. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Cats 30.1%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 4.4%

Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Cute 8.1%

A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Cute 10.8%, Puzzle 6.4%

Gastova is a lighthearted 2D platform adventure game. As the Guardian Witch of Arkana, Gastova must keep the balance of magic, solve a mystery involving the elemental fount guardians, discover hidden truths, and protect the future of her world from ominous forces before it's too late...

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Cats 14%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 7.8%, Cute 6.7%

In this Marioid styled game you can help little cat Bobo. Jump on enemies, run, scratch and spit furballs to fight your way back home. Bobo feels completely powerless and struggles to get in shape at first, but he constantly learns new mechanics and abilities.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Cats 24.1%, Cute 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Cute 7.9%, Puzzle 6.5%

Draw spells on your screen as the Nekomancer! Swap between the realms of life and death, revive ghosts, and uncover Tombstone Tower's haunting truth!

Why similar: Cats 41.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Cute 9.5%, Action 8.3%

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Cats 17.1%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Platformer 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%

A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

Why similar: Platformer 19.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Metroidvania 12.8%, Colorful 11%

A light-hearted, Side-Scroller/ Top-Down hybrid!

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Action 5.7%

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 51.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.4%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Cute 6.3%

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 42.1%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Cute 10.6%, Exploration 6.8%

In Cat Quest III you play as a purrivateer in a freely explorable 2.5D open-world swarming with Pi-rats. You can sail the seas in your ship for treasures galore! But prepare for peril, as the Pirate King aims to hunt you down...

Why similar: Cats 31.6%, Action RPG 18.6%, Cute 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Funny 8.1%

An action adventure about a ghost’s journey through the afterlife. Possess enemies and the environment and fend off hostile spirits in pursuit of starry fragments from a past life.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.9%, Cute 14.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%

A retro-casual platformer game! No matter who you are! Get your cat ears ready, BRING IT ON! Set off on the crazy journey to rescue your sister!

Why similar: Cats 30.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Cute 12%, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Cute 8.7%

Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Cute 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

Explore the wonderful world with baby Ogu! 'Ogu and the Secret Forest' is a 2D adventure game with hand-drawn characters and various types of puzzles. Befriend bouncy characters and defeat strange creatures to unravel the mystery of the charming world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Cute 8.8%

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Why similar: Metroidvania 67.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 9%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.4%

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Story Rich 8.3%

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 12%, Platformer 11.3%, Story Rich 8.7%

Play as a brave cat in Wanderer, a top-down action roguelike. Reclaim your stolen sausages, battle enemies, and upgrade your cat to grow stronger in a heartwarming adventure full of charm and surprises.

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 4%