
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
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Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.

Vesuvius
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.

Anokye
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.
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Hand-drawn 4.5%
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 32.4%, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 4.4%
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 24.3%, Souls-like 22.1%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
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 27.1%, Souls-like 24.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 10.5%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
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 29.8%, Souls-like 20.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Difficult 10.5%, Exploration 4.2%
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 25.2%, Difficult 13.2%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Platformer 7.8%
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 34.4%, Souls-like 20.4%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Platformer 7.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 3.1%
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 33.7%, Souls-like 26.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 5.3%
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 28.4%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 25.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 4.1%
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Souls-like 25.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 5.6%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
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 34.1%, Souls-like 23.9%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 4.5%
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 31.8%, Souls-like 15.4%, Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Difficult 6.6%
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Souls-like 30.1%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, 2D 3.3%
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Souls-like 31.3%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D 4.4%, Action 2.5%
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 31.2%, Souls-like 26.7%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 4.2%
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 29.8%, Souls-like 18.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Difficult 10.3%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 27.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Hand-drawn 6.6%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Souls-like 26.9%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 3.5%
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 28.1%, Souls-like 24.5%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 19.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Combat 5.9%
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 26.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Difficult 5.3%
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Souls-like 27.9%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Platformer 7.5%, Combat 4.8%
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 29.5%, Souls-like 26.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 4.2%
Explore the Yomi world with a sacred weapon that can change sword types. Fight different "Yokai" and challenge the "Kami" of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9%, Platformer 7.8%
Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 8.2%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 26.1%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 6.6%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 15.1%, Combat 6.3%, Exploration 4.2%
A cute dreamworld hides a growing darkness. Explore, fight, and steal the powers of your enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Souls-like 28%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 4.8%
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 25.7%, Metroidvania 20%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 24%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 9%, Hand-drawn 5.2%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Souls-like 32%, Exploration 5.8%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Adventure 4.8%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D 3.9%
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 29.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Combat 6.9%, Platformer 6.7%
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 34.8%, Souls-like 29.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Action-Adventure 4.6%, Hand-drawn 4.4%
"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 29%, Souls-like 21%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Difficult 5.3%
Phosfi is an atmospheric, metroidvania style action-platformer. Explore and fight your way through a dark and dangerous coastal world full of mysteries and ancient treasures. Discover long buried temples and fend off Eldritch monstrosities in this beautiful 2D hand drawn and animated adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 27.1%, Difficult 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Combat 4.5%
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 29.2%, Souls-like 24.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8%
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Souls-like 38.3%, Platformer 5.8%, Action-Adventure 3.6%, Adventure 3%
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 28.4%, Souls-like 22.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Souls-like 24.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 26.7%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 4.4%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%
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 45.9%, Difficult 17.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Exploration 5.4%, 2D 4.6%
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 27.8%, Souls-like 23.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
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 28.5%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 5%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Difficult 13.9%, Souls-like 11.6%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Combat 6.5%
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 31.9%, Souls-like 25.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 6.3%
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Souls-like 22%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
EN Little Reaper finds himself lost in grim otherworld. Help him find the way back through treacherous obstacles and threatening foes.Prepare to rely heavily on your reflexes to complete 30+ levels spanning through 6 locations, and beat 3 unique bosses. RU Маленький жнец потерялся в мрачной потустороннем мире.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 24.7%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
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 30.6%, Souls-like 25.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 29.8%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 28%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
AWAKEN - Astral Blade is a 2.5D action-adventure metroidvania where you play as Tania, a bionic warrior fighting through a world twisted by Karpas energy. Master parries, upgrade your abilities, and survive relentless enemies and bosses. Is there any chance of survival in such a desperate place?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 23.2%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 25.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 5.4%
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 28.4%, Souls-like 18.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 5%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 49.1%, Metroidvania 26.5%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 6.1%, 2D 2.8%