Games Like Droian

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

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 21.2%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Aliens 11.4%, Side Scroller 8.8%, 2D Platformer 7.4%

Can you find all 100 pumpkins in this interconnected world? If you do, you will be rewarded based on how many lives you had to use!

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.6%, Collectathon 13.7%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Platformer 8.2%

Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Side Scroller 13.3%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8%

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Nonlinear 14%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Aliens 8.8%, Horror 7.4%

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 27.9%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.4%

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 29.9%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 9.8%

A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Collectathon 13.5%, Aliens 9.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%

Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Aliens 10%, Platformer 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%

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 30%, Platformer 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Nonlinear 18.4%, Collectathon 13.9%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

The game has about 320 rooms, 10 areas, and 328 upgrade hidden items! Can you find them all?

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Nonlinear 14%, Aliens 10.4%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.6%

Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Aliens 8.4%

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 29.6%, Nonlinear 20.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Nonlinear 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 31.7%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

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 35.4%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.5%

Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Aliens 10.1%, Platformer 9%, Sci-fi 7.9%

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 32%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 8.3%

Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Aliens 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%

The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.7%

Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 20%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.1%

Nixie is a 2D story-driven exploration game about a robot’s search for a missing human lost in an android space colony. Slash, fling, and glide your way through an eclectic world, while enjoying colorful 16-bit pixel art and an infectious soundtrack!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Collectathon 16.1%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.4%

Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Platformer 7.9%, Side Scroller 7.2%

Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.1%

Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Sci-fi 7%

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 27.5%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Horror 8.8%, Platformer 8.6%

SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

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 31.1%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Platformer 12%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%

Poor Windy has come to search for the treasure hidden on the island. The queens who protect the island are not afraid of her as long as she doesn't do anything unnecessary.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Collectathon 18.4%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 9.1%

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 24.9%, Metroidvania 21.7%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7%

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.9%

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 37%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Aliens 10.9%, Exploration 7.7%

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 27.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.5%

Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 8.5%

Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Collectathon 16.3%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.7%

Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 8.1%

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 36.6%, Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 10%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Puzzle Platformer 5.7%

We can't reach the moon.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Nonlinear 16%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 10.2%

You wake up trapped in a derelict generation ship. It was humanity's last hope. Your only ally is a suit fused to your skin. It's whispering instructions into your ear. Survive and uncover a mystery thousands of years in the making.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Sci-fi 11%, Horror 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

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 39.1%, Nonlinear 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 13%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Collectathon 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.5%

Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.6%

Explore, jump, and golf your way through a haunted fantasy world filled with challenges and nefarious monsters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Exploration 7.3%

Succubus Successor is a seductive-themed Metroidvania. Play as a succubus on a mission to hunt down the demon lord. Use your powers of seduction to charm enemies and engage in intimate encounters. Explore a vast world and solve tricky puzzles to uncover dark secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Collectathon 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%

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 33.2%, Nonlinear 17%, Side Scroller 14.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.8%

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 39.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Nonlinear 13.2%, 2D Platformer 5.5%, Exploration 5.4%

Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Nonlinear 20%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!

Why similar: Metroidvania 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Dark Comedy 9.9%, Platformer 8.9%

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 26.9%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9%

Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%

Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 7.3%

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 30.1%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 8.4%

BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Dark Comedy 15.3%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Exploration 7.2%