Games Like Dutch's Chickens

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 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 8.2%

A Metroidvania 2D platformer focused on exploration, puzzles and collection, with creative puzzles and well-designed maps.

Why similar: Metroidvania 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Hidden Object 9.5%

In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10%

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 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 9.6%

RGB Platform is a Metroidvania focused on pure platforming action — move, jump, dash, and attack. Explore the interior of a massive robot, switch between three characters with unique abilities, collect every hidden alphabet, and escape.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, Hidden Object 15.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Adventure 8.9%

Dodge enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and chain your growing moveset in true Metroidvania style as you unravel the temple’s deadly mysteries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Hidden Object 11%, Side Scroller 9.2%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers

Why similar: Metroidvania 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 8%, Family Friendly 7.6%

Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Side Scroller 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 7%

A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Platformer 9.5%

A Cozy puzzle platformer with fast sections to keep you on your toes. Not trying to be the greatest platformer or innovate something incredible but give a charming experience using comedy and stylized characters with hand drawn graphics.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Hidden Object 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Side Scroller 9.3%

FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.6%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 8%

Our Bee-Man's hives are scattered all over the place. Help it collect all of the hives in each level and travel to the next level in the bubble!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Family Friendly 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Hidden Object 9.1%

You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 7.3%

Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 6.8%

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 27.4%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Exploration 7.3%

Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 9.7%

A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 7%

🔥 Are you ready to face the flames and become a hero? 🔥 Dive into the flames to rescue civilians and cute pets trapped in buildings, then escape before everything collapses. Travel through different worlds and stop these mysterious events before the fire consumes you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.4%

Embark on an unforgettable adventure. Explore a mysterious world, uncover the secrets of the Zoodiacs, and face a threat that could destroy everything. Save your village as you dive into a story where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%, Hidden Object 8.8%

Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Cartoony 5.4%

You play as the dwarf Sumble. The hero's great curiosity gets him involved in a completely unimaginable and dangerous adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Hidden Object 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.9%

In this 2D pixel art co-op puzzle platformer, play as Freddie the cat and Squeak the mouse trying to escape a cosy block of flats. Work together to gather keys from various apartments in the block, and work your way down to the bottom floor, while avoiding being caught by the residents.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Hidden Object 14.7%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Cartoony 6.8%

Absorb the DNA of other creatures to gain their unique abilities. Solve handcrafted pixel-art puzzles. Switch forms strategically, your last DNA is your only power until you die and choose again.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Adventure 8%

After Hue is a charming puzzle platformer starring an adorable chameleon on a grand adventure! Shift colors, phase through obstacles, and unravel the mysteries hidden within every hue!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Metroidvania 15.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 7.7%

Wake up in a world where stories come to life. In this enchanted 8-bit musical adventure, use the power of song to explore whimsical book-inspired realms, solve puzzles, and help Rhapsody find her way home from a library that doesn't want to let her go.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 6.6%

Little Nemo is a tiny 2D Open World game inspired by good Retro titles. Talk, Run, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Magic World full of Mistery and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Keys before your Time runs out?

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 9.9%

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 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12%, Cartoony 4.8%

Once again approaching the refrigerator, Chefy magically finds himself in new worlds in which he has to find the ingredients for his favorite dish!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 7.1%, Family Friendly 6.7%

A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 7.6%

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 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 8.1%

Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Retro 7.1%

A boy, home alone, wanders into a shadowy underworld of knights and skeletons. Navigate a cunning labyrinth, find keys, solve color puzzles, and dodge foes in this gripping side-scroller. Uncover secrets in a haunting, nonlinear adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Puzzle 9.2%

A free cute puzzle game from the Butterfly series of games. You can choose any level to pass through. The caterpillar can't jump on its own! It can fly from place to place bouncing off various game objects in its path. It also moves around the level on pipes. Use logic and have fun!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Retro 8.7%

Fadin's Vacation in the Parallel Kingdom is a 2D action-platformer that combines elements of Shoot 'em up, Beat'em up, and Metroidvania to challenge players. Explore the parallel realm with Fadin and embark on exciting adventures while facing formidable enemies and uncovering hidden secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Hidden Object 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Cartoony 7%

This is the story of an adventurous little witch and her cat in the paper world. The puzzle mainly tests the player's observation of the stage and the application of elements. Use the cat to eat the elements and use them in the right place to open the channel or get new elements.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 6.9%

From the Shadows is a cooperative puzzle platformer game where players have to work their way through a mysterious mansion by resolving puzzles that revolve around the mechanics of light and shadow.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Hidden Object 13.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.4%, 2D Platformer 10%

"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 7.2%

Don your spacesuit to teleport and super-jump your way through 90 brain-teasing platform puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 8.4%, Cartoony 5.3%

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Side Scroller 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 8.4%

Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Retro 10.3%

After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%

Pixel art metroidvania platformer about the adventures of a white kitten. Jumps, coins, keys, funny opponents, secret doors - all that. There is even dialogue and a plot.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 7.3%

Island Treasures: 2D pixel action-adventure.Play as Jack. Slash or throw daggers.Collect gold & Golden Skulls.Find keys & chests for map fragments. Each world ends with escape: saws, monsters, gunboats, magma. Search hidden walls. Grab 1-ups. Score soars! Golden Skull whispers: treasure or death.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Cartoony 5.5%

GumBall Warrior is a 2d shooter puzzle adventure game inspired by the Mega Man games and other tiles. Choose your own path, travel through several strange worlds, as you defeat each of the bosses on each world unlocking new powers and expanding your kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 9.9%

Control two very different characters, Death and the Fly. Each character has special skills that must be used to navigate the many traps and puzzles contained in each level.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 11.1%

Help Zozo find his way home in this cartoon-inspired Metroidvania platformer. Pillow-fight sentient pastries, train under an octopus master, and brave a cybernetic jungle as you explore the vibrant landscapes of Zozo's dreams.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Adventure 4.9%

A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 8.1%

A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 12%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 10.4%

Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 8.7%

Beau & Bow! A game about two sweethearts going on a lighthearted adventure. Best platforming challenges and solve puzzles! This game is inspired by handheld platformers from the late '80s and early '90s. Beau & Bow! A great introduction for those new to the platforming genre.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Side Scroller 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Retro 8.1%

A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 18.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.9%

Deathplane is a 2D puzzle-platformer game about moving the actual deathplane below the level up and down to kill enemies and find solutions and secrets.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Cartoony 6.1%

WetBread is a 2.5D Metroidvania Platformer, where you gain control of the Dry Rusk, travel through the store shelves of various departments, solve puzzles and fight enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.2%

A charming 2D platformer where you traverse through themed lands of giant fruit, TV dinners, spooky dollhouses, and your cozy, new A-frame cabin. Help Merry Bear find her mascot neighbors (and maybe some chic furniture) in a delightful, hand-drawn world influenced by mid-century illustration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 16%, Retro 8.9%, Platformer 6.9%

Experience a unique 2D pixel art platformer where satisfying pounding mechanics meet brain-teasing puzzles. Step into Homam’s shoes, a skilled hero with a powerful fist, and help the legendary inventor Al-Jazari on a time-traveling quest. Solve puzzles, and conquer challenges with agility and wit

Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11%, 2D Platformer 10.3%

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 35.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%

A thrilling 2D platformer, with cute and minimal pixel art style! Enjoy 24 challenging levels and a couple boss battles, all wrapped in a short but intense story with animated cinematics. A compact and intense experience that’s sure to keep you hooked!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 15.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Adventure 9.4%

Navigate a surreal, dreamlike world in this atmospheric 2D puzzlevania. Manipulate light and shadow to cast solid platforms out of thin air, solve intricate room puzzles, and uncover the mysteries hidden within the high-contrast darkness. Master the eclipse to survive.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 7.1%, Adventure 5.8%