
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Adventure, Platformer, 2D.

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

Islets
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.

Lost Tribe
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
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 34.6%, Platformer 12.7%, Open World 8%, Exploration 6.4%, Family Friendly 6.2%
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Open World 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Nature 7.9%
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 39.6%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Platformer 7.4%
Explore, solve enigmas and fight mutated creatures in a 2D narrative-driven metroidvania with pets, set on the rooftops and the undergrounds of a flooded countryside, enriched by cinematic cutscenes, diverse scenography and memorable characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Platformer 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
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 29.7%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Open World 10.2%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Platformer 9.7%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Platformer 7.1%
For Mercuri, a girl who fell into a fallen kingdom, everything is overwhelming. She digs deeper into the depths of the kingdom with the help of Golem Hando. Take down the enemies in front of you with TAG-ACTION that alternates between two characters and continue your exploration!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Platformer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Adventure 5.2%
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Cute 6.2%
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 39.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Open World 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Cute 6.3%
Something’s rotten in New Dino City, and it’s up to you to solve the mystery in GNAW. In this metroidvania, explore a pre-apocalyptic saurian civilization hurtling toward self-annihilation. Meet strange characters, fight off twisted critters, and rescue your beloved city from extinction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Dinosaurs 18.8% ★, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 7.2%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Platformer 14%, Exploration 10.3%, Open World 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Explore a non-linear tower filled with secrets in a pixel-art Metroidvania. Awaken as a slime, master elemental powers, and progress as each new ability reveals previously impossible paths, leading you to discover your true purpose.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 9.7%, Funny 7.5%
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 40.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Exploration 10.1%
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Dinosaurs 20% ★, Nonlinear 12%, Platformer 11.6%, Funny 7.5%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Platformer 15.6%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Lore-Rich 6.6%, Exploration 5.7%
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Nature 10.3%, Open World 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
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 37.6%, Nonlinear 19.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Open World 9.5%
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Platformer 15.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Story Rich 6.4%, Cute 5.7%
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Open World 9%, Family Friendly 4.8%
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Platformer 15.4%, Open World 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 7.9%
Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Nature 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 7.8%
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 36.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Erandique the indigenous hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Platformer 15.6%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 8.7%
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Platformer 14.4%, Exploration 12.1%, Family Friendly 7.1%
Eggventure is a 2D Metroidvania platformer where you play as Egbert, an egg on a mission to rescue his friends from becoming breakfast.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
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 32.9%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Family Friendly 10%, Platformer 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 9%, Family Friendly 6.9%
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Platformer 18.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Cute 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Platformer 14.4%, Open World 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Platformer 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 4.1%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Platformer 24.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 5.4%, Action 5.4%
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Cute 7.3%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.7%
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Platformer 7.4%, Nonlinear 7.3%, Adventure 5.4%
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Open World 10.3%, Exploration 8.9%
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 32.7%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Open World 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.1%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 4.7%, Exploration 3.8%
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%, Platformer 17.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Adventure 6%
A pinball horror adventure game. You will bounce and ping your way through a nonlinear world in hopes to get back to the life you were living before.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 9.1%
Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Platformer 14.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Exploration 7.2%
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 33.4%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Open World 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
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 38.2%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 9%, Open World 8.2%
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Open World 7.1%
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Open World 12.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Story Rich 7.6%
A 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania platformer with 8-bit NES-style graphics and sound. Find weapon upgrades and other power-ups that allow you to explore an open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Open World 8.5%
Chexie is a teenage girl who, as a result of mysterious events, is transported to the virtual kingdom of Pixgun. There she discovers a magic wand that becomes her key to survival. Your task is to discover the source of corruption in the kingdom and the plight of its inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Platformer 17.5%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Action 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
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 33.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Cute 7.5%
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Open World 10.6%, Exploration 9%
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 31.1%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Delve into a mysterious world of Gods and magic as the last of the leaf kind. Fight epic battles for revenge against evil forces. Explore fantastical lands inhabited with magical creatures and peculiar allies. Search for the realm of the Gods and stop them from making a grave mistake.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Nature 8%
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
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 45.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Exploration 7%, Adventure 5.1%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Open World 10.3%, Funny 8.5%
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Platformer 17.1%, Story Rich 7.7%, Cute 7%, Adventure 5.5%
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Family Friendly 12%, Exploration 11.2%, Platformer 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%
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 30.2%, Nonlinear 15%, Platformer 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Exploration 7.2%