60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D Platformer, 2D, Platformer.
Drilly Willis has a drill for a head and mad guitar skills. Save music for eternity by fighting your enemies with a one-of-a-kind drillhead weapon, jam songs on your guitar to grant special powers and abilities, and explore an interconnected world of bizarre creatures!
Cold Lazarus
Embark on a thrilling odyssey with Lazarus amidst Nimbranumbra's asteroid islands. Encounter charismatic characters, explore ancient ruins, quaint villages, and brave the eerie 'Frameworks.' Battle foes, complete quests, and solve puzzles in this captivating hand-drawn fantasy epic!
Troupe
Find your way in Troupe! An adventure plaforming game inside a castle filled with traps and evil beings. Explore the secrets of the castle while searching for your not-so-fond-of troupe and realize that happiness is not always so simple, even if you're officially a clown.
Embark on a thrilling odyssey with Lazarus amidst Nimbranumbra's asteroid islands. Encounter charismatic characters, explore ancient ruins, quaint villages, and brave the eerie 'Frameworks.' Battle foes, complete quests, and solve puzzles in this captivating hand-drawn fantasy epic!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Nonlinear 7.3%, 2D Platformer 7%
Find your way in Troupe! An adventure plaforming game inside a castle filled with traps and evil beings. Explore the secrets of the castle while searching for your not-so-fond-of troupe and realize that happiness is not always so simple, even if you're officially a clown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Character Action Game 21.5% ★, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Cartoony 9.1%
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Colorful 8.7%, Exploration 7%
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Cartoony 7.7%
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 34.5%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9%, Exploration 8.4%
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 36.8%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Exploration 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
A mini metroidvania game about a small but very courageous slime going on an adventure, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 17%, Nonlinear 13.3%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
Help Fuller on his odyssey through the back streets of England in 2003, as he tries to get to school against the clock. The game contains 5 distinct sections, each with a unique gameplay mechanic. WARNING: This title is famously difficult. Only intended for highly skilled players.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.9%, Character Action Game 22.9% ★, Side Scroller 10.1%, Cartoony 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Cartoony 9.7%
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%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Exploration 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
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 39.8%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Cartoony 8%, Exploration 7.4%, Action-Adventure 6%
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Hand-drawn 19%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Colorful 7.9%
Akita: King Pig Thinks Pink is a 2D adventure-platformer metroidvania with hand-drawn animations, for 1-2 player local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Side Scroller 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 8.4%
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Hand-drawn 20.6%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Story Rich 7.8%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
Escape from a laboratory house in this unique puzzling platformer with a twist! All important objects are randomly placed in the world before the start of the game. Each playthrough will take a different path through the house, but can always be completed. A perfect introduction to Randomizers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8%, Exploration 7.7%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Nonlinear 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 7.6%
Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Nonlinear 17%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Exploration 7.4%
A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 15%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
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 43.2%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 6.9%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Psychedelic 24.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 7%
Nightmare Boy is a metroidvania, action/adventure 2D game where you'll meet weird and unique friends and foes. But tread carefully: Quirky characters and their reactions can have game-changing consequences. Be prepared to collect rare items, vanquish enemies, and eventually face your deepest fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Cartoony 10.3%, Exploration 8.6%
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 7%
An adventure game where you play musical instruments instead of swinging swords. Explore the Wilds to gather adorable Sound Sprites, cut through the looming Silence, and rebuild the soundtrack of this hand-illustrated world in whatever way you see fit. No musical ability required!
Why similar: Psychedelic 32.5%, Metroidvania 27.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Story Rich 7.3%, Colorful 6.1%
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 44.6%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Exploration 6%, Platformer 5.2%
"Sondro Gomez: A Sunova Story" is an action-adventure platformer following the story of a failing musician named Sondro, who must seek and recover the wish-granting Mystic Orbs to repay his debt to the mysterious Masked Man. Can he find them before the many rogues of Sunova beat him to the punch?
Why similar: Character Action Game 37.3% ★, Side Scroller 15.5%, Cartoony 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Cartoony 11.8%, Exploration 9.5%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
A non-linear Metroidvania platformer that's cute but also a bit creepy. Find upgrades, learn spells and banish the spirits who have become twisted by The Duchess's curse!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Nonlinear 15.3%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%, Cartoony 8.6%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Exploration 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Side Scroller 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 7.8%
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
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 29.5%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Side Scroller 12%, Exploration 7.1%
An exhilarating action-adventure game set in a vibrant retro-futuristic universe. Embark on daring interstellar journeys, uncovering new worlds, and battling formidable alien adversaries. Upgrade your ship and abilities as you explore the vastness of space to save the Galaxy from a hidden threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Side Scroller 12%, Cartoony 8.4%, Exploration 8.3%
Gnomad is an offbeat, hand-drawn, bouncing-ball platformer. Play as a gnome exploring a whimsical, sunken forest while engaging in fast-paced combat by spiking, ricocheting, and redirecting oddball enemies and bouncy projectiles. Chain together pogo bounces with volley attacks for unique combos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Cartoony 7.8%
Dive into colourful and surreal dreamscapes in a traditional 2D side-scrolling platformer. Master different skills to help you traverse and battle your way through a horde of strange enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Psychedelic 19.5%, Side Scroller 16%, Cartoony 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Nonlinear 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Side Scroller 9%
Your Infamous Harp presents OctoQuest, a mash-up of your favorite retro NES games. Play as a highly evolved octopus on an eight-fold quest to retrieve extraterrestrial mushrooms from subterranean caves. Experience a cerebral journey through the ruins of mankind set to a bass-heavy soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Psychedelic 30.2%, Side Scroller 11.1%, 2D Platformer 6.9%, Exploration 5.2%
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Psychedelic 22.3%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 7.4%
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 38.6%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Exploration 9.2%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
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 37.2%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Nonlinear 18.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 4.6%
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Story Rich 5.8%
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 40%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Stylized 8.7%
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 41.9%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Exploration 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Colorful 6.9%
Dreeg is a multi-dimensional Metroidvania adventure. Shift between three parallel dimensions to explore, solve puzzles, and battle fierce enemies. Upgrade your Pulsar Suit and Forge to unlock unique abilities. Unravel the mysteries, avenge your fallen companion, and save the multiverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 7.9%
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 29%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Cartoony 11.8%, Exploration 7.6%, Colorful 7.1%
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 32.8%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Exploration 7.1%, Stylized 5.7%
Embark on a journey through a hand-drawn world of Bleeding Deities inspired by ancient tribes and their beliefs. Unveil dark secrets, face ruthless challenges, and confront evil deities as you search for the Legendary Baktun Stone. Will you restore peace to your people?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, 2D Platformer 7%
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Colorful 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Cartoony 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Exploration 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8%
Enter the world of a stick man named Stickman who, reluctantly compelled by the winds of destiny, must save the land from an evil stick man named Evil Stickman! Stickman's Bad Luck is a story-rich 2D Metroidvania Platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Funny 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Nonlinear 15%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Funny 6.4%
Embark on an epic adventure full of perils and secrets. Explore distinct forsaken lands of Devetlam and fight your way by jumping on your enemies or showering them with a plethora of magic spells. An open-world platforming action inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Side Scroller 15.2%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 7.7%
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 44%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Colorful 6.6%
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 48.1%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 8.3%, Platformer 5.2%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Colorful 6.5%
Run, gun, and platform your way through the 4 seasons, shotgunning, freezing, and burning your foes along the way. Light animals on fire, get eaten by flowers, crush baby spiders underfoot, featuring an interactive world, competent physics, and custom death animations for all you freaks out there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Exploration 12.1%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
