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  1. #1 ARO: Tales In The Dome
    97% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 60K Interactive Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Souls-like 18.9%, Side Scroller 13%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

  2. #2 Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: The Island Games
    Windows

    Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, Souls-like 18.8%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Action-Adventure 6.1%

  3. #3 Misspell
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
    Windows

    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 26.8%, Souls-like 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11%, Open World 6%, Action-Adventure 5.7%

  4. #4 Dimension Rift Zero
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MrDyvik
    Windows

    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 25.6%, Souls-like 22.5%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Open World 6.2%, Exploration 5.9%

  5. #5 Awita: Journey of Hope
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
    Dev: ant_game_projects
    Windows · Linux

    Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 17.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%

  6. #6 Akatori
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Contrast GamesPub: Games Harbor
    Windows

    Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.

    Why similar: Souls-like 21.3%, Metroidvania 16.9%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

  7. #7 Lamp Chronicle
    93% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixellica Corp.
    Windows

    Lamp Chronicle is a 2D platformer game that tells the story of a little hero who travels to save a kingdom in crisis. Defeat enemies against beautiful backgrounds and enjoy exciting battles with bosses.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Action-Adventure 5.4%

  8. #8 Benders of Moona
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
    Windows

    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 28.4%, Souls-like 19.4%, Fantasy 7.3%, Story Rich 6.1%, Exploration 5.9%

  9. #9 Midpoint
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frandy
    Windows

    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 24.7%, Souls-like 22.4%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Hand-drawn 7.2%, Open World 6.1%

  10. #10 Shieldbound
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Bangers
    Windows

    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 24.1%, Souls-like 21.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Action-Adventure 5.9%

  11. #11 Cliff Kingdom
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
    Windows · Mac

    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.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 24.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Exploration 7.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

  12. #12 Last Souls
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ruben Wihler
    Windows · Mac

    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 25.3%, Souls-like 21.7%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Open World 5.6%

  13. #13 Eden's Guardian
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Voragine Game Studio
    Windows

    Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 20.2%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Open World 6.6%, Hand-drawn 6.5%

  14. #14 Sinweaver
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jitterbug Games
    Windows · Linux

    Sinweaver is a 2D Metroidvania Lite that has you cutting your way through fallen angels and cultists alike as you fight your way through hell to escape a grim afterlife. Explore levels and an interactive overworld map to uncover the worlds secrets and why heavens mightiest have fallen to darkness.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 22.5%, Side Scroller 12%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

  15. #15 WarriOrb: Prologue
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 400 reviews2019
    Dev: Not Yet
    Windows · Linux

    WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Souls-like 21.2%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Open World 8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

  16. #16 Linkisa
    86% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Lzerogas Game Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Linkisa is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world inspired by Malagasy folklore and steampunk aesthetics. Play as General Linkisa, stripped of his memories, and explore the rain-soaked regions of the Empire of Orana in search of your past and the restoration of order. Masina ny orana.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Souls-like 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Colorful 5.5%

  17. #17 Elysian Echoes
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Grinding Crow
    Windows

    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 24.7%, Souls-like 21.1%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

  18. #18 Enemies Within
    84% matchNo user reviews2028
    Dev: BoomSqueak
    Windows

    Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Souls-like 21%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6.2%

  19. #19 Onchu
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Banana Moon Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 23.5%, Souls-like 20.5%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Open World 5.8%

  20. #20 Stoatman
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frostum
    Windows

    Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Fantasy 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Family Friendly 5.9%

  21. #21 Steel Flood
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Egobounds
    Windows

    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 27.2%, Souls-like 24.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

  22. #22 Fatal Claw
    80% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2025
    Dev: NDEV GAMESPub: Com2us Holdings
    Windows

    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 21.2%, Souls-like 19.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7%

  23. #23 Astra: Fading Stars
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
    Windows · Linux

    It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Open World 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

  24. #24 Unbound: Worlds Apart
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,316 reviews2021
    Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Souls-like 12.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Atmospheric 6%

  25. #25 The Guise
    82% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2020
    Dev: Rasul MonoPub: GameNet
    Windows

    The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Souls-like 20.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

  26. #26 SHADE Protocol
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Little Legendary
    Windows · Linux

    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 29.1%, Souls-like 24.3%, Side Scroller 6.6%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Exploration 5.8%

  27. #27 PlayBound
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Sploot
    Windows

    PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 19.1%, Souls-like 14.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Open World 6.9%

  28. #28 Runic Curse Remastered
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Alexey Suslin
    Windows

    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 30.7%, Souls-like 25.5%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Fantasy 6.5%, Hand-drawn 5.6%

  29. #29 Fox Wanderer
    78% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Ninth Dream
    Windows

    Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Souls-like 23.4%, Exploration 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Female Protagonist 6.5%

  30. #30 The Steps of Divynia
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ice Spark Studios
    Windows

    Clash with tainted beasts as Divynia changes from the mundane to the unknown. As Aylidia, forge your destiny in a tale about courage and holding on to your beliefs. Will you unearth magic's greatest question, or are some mysteries better left untouched? Find out in this epic 2D Adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 24.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Story Rich 6.2%, Female Protagonist 6%

  31. #31 Shards of Memories
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Iron Twelve Games
    Windows

    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 33.8%, Souls-like 19.8%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 5.1%

  32. #32 Anokye
    75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Mills Media
    Windows

    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 34%, Souls-like 24.5%, Hand-drawn 6.7%, Exploration 4.9%, Open World 4.2%

  33. #33 Florarium
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Melting Caramel
    Windows

    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 37%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

  34. #34 Mysterious
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IVA team
    Windows · Mac

    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 23.6%, Souls-like 20.8%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Open World 7%, Female Protagonist 5.9%

  35. #35 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,179 reviews2024
    Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    "Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 18.6%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

  36. #36 Star Fable
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Ogre Burp
    Windows · Mac

    Play as the last Star Princess in a magical Metroidvania adventure. Explore the quiet and strange aftermath of a land where every wish came true. Gain star powers, summon companion creatures, and listen to the world to set things right.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Puzzle 7%, Family Friendly 7%, Action-Adventure 6.7%

  37. #37 Constance
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,685 reviews2025
    Dev: Blue Backpack
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 24.2%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Open World 7.6%

  38. #38 Mendacium
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
    Windows

    An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 24.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Action-Adventure 5.9%, Fantasy 5.2%

  39. #39 Slime Cores
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Echo Lotus Games
    Windows

    A shape-shifting, pixel-art, story-rich action adventure metroidvania for PC

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Open World 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

  40. #40 Crowsworn
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mongoose Rodeo
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 27%, Souls-like 22%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

  41. #41 GINSHA
    73% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2023
    Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
    Windows · Linux

    GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Souls-like 22.1%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Open World 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7.1%

  42. #42 Volkolak: The Will of Gods
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 252 reviews2025
    Dev: Volk TeamPub: Progamefactoryllc
    Windows

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 22.7%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

  43. #43 Alchemonium
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nox Solis Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    What really is alchemy?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Souls-like 22.9%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8%, Open World 7.8%

  44. #44 Nara: Facing Fire
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Glowing Glade Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a world where a mysterious energy known as Va flows through and connects all living beings, a child with the power to command this energy was born. As the last of her kind, young Nara must unravel the dark secrets of her power and face the flames and shadows that took someone special from her.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 22.4%, Open World 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Exploration 6.6%

  45. #45 DOOMBLADE
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 373 reviews2023
    Dev: Muro StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Souls-like 18.7%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7%, Female Protagonist 7%

  46. #46 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
    Dev: Innocent Soul
    Windows

    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 28%, Souls-like 24.7%, Side Scroller 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Exploration 5.9%

  47. #47 Isadora's Edge
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: InboundShovel Games
    Windows

    Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 15.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Open World 7.9%, Exploration 6.3%

  48. #48 Lightwood
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Unfixed Brain
    Windows

    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 34.2%, Souls-like 26.8%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 6.5%, Story Rich 4.6%

  49. #49 White Flame Inna: Daughter of the Void
    69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Ongar Studio
    Windows

    2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Souls-like 24.1%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 6.7%

  50. #50 Spright
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Wallnut
    Windows

    Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Souls-like 24.7%, Exploration 8.3%, Action-Adventure 5.8%, Open World 4.9%

  51. #51 Hollow Knight
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 549,733 reviews2017
    Dev: Team Cherry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 33.3%, Souls-like 23%, Hand-drawn 6.4%, Exploration 5%, Multiple Endings 4.6%

  52. #52 Ashen Daughter
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blue Bichon Game Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Battle corrupted emissaries, explore a mythical world, and sacrifice health for power in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. With tight, responsive controls, guide Kára on a journey of grief, vengeance, and forgiveness.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Souls-like 19.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

  53. #53 Aeterna Lucis
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
    Windows

    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 25.9%, Souls-like 20%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

  54. #54 The Sacred Acorn
    67% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2024
    Dev: A Few Dragons
    Windows

    A cozy souls-lite adventure about a small squirrel embarking on an epic quest to save her tribe from the corruption threatening to destroy their world. Upgrade your magical abilities, battle legendary guardians, and explore a dangerous, enchanted land in this 2D action-adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Souls-like 22.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Female Protagonist 6.5%

  55. #55 Sutra Pilgrim
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SvenFish Games
    Windows

    Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim! Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 28.1%, Exploration 7%, Action-Adventure 6.1%, Puzzle 5.3%

  56. #56 Goo Keeper
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
    Dev: Oria Games Inc.
    Windows

    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 31.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%

  57. #57 Peaky Circus
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xod Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Open World 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Exploration 6.7%

  58. #58 Phantom Rend
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonmixer Studios
    Windows

    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 35.9%, Souls-like 18.1%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%, Atmospheric 6%

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