60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, Singleplayer, Souls-like.
Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.
Solateria
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.
Foregone
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.
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 28.7%, Souls-like 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Difficult 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
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 25.9%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Souls-like 16%, Difficult 8%, Hack and Slash 7.8%
As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Souls-like 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
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 48.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Difficult 10.4%, Souls-like 9.1%, Combat 6.2%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Souls-like 15.9%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
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 29.5%, Souls-like 19.7%, Mythology 11.4%, Difficult 10%, Dark Fantasy 9%
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 19.9%, Side Scroller 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Hack and Slash 6.9%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.9%, Metroidvania 28.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Difficult 4.9%
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Souls-like 19.3%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Difficult 8.6%
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Souls-like 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9%
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 20.5%, Hack and Slash 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Exploration 5.6%
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 22.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Difficult 6.6%
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 27.6%, Souls-like 18.5%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Side Scroller 7.7%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Souls-like 19.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Difficult 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 9.1%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Platformer 9.9%, Character Action Game 9.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Combat 9%
Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Souls-like 14.6%, Mythology 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Souls-like 14.8%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Hack and Slash 10.8%
Top-down action-adventure with elemental magic gameplay. Guided by guilt, you embark on a journey to restore the elements in a dying world. Harness and master elemental powers to fight enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a vast world filled with ancient temples.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Exploration 11%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 8.4%, Combat 7%
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 28.1%, Souls-like 20.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Difficult 8.5%
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Souls-like 14.1%, Difficult 11%, Hack and Slash 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.6%
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Souls-like 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
A hero resurrected. A new Adventure. With stunning, 2D pixel art, Adventure of Samsara combines classic gameplay, a deeply connected world, and a heady, twisting narrative of death, rebirth and memory. Become the Solar Champion and restore balance to the multiverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 21.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 6.6%, Platformer 6.5%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Souls-like 14.4%, Hack and Slash 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 9.3%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Souls-like 28.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Difficult 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 21.5%, Side Scroller 17.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%
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 31.9%, Souls-like 21.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 6.4%
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Souls-like 13.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Souls-like 22%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Difficult 6.1%
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling. The story follows an Inquisitor who has lost his memory, searching for his forgotten past along with his regrets.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.5%, Side Scroller 21.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Difficult 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Platformer 7.2%
Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Hack and Slash 15.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Exploration 6.1%
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 35.2%, Souls-like 24.6%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 8%, Platformer 7.2%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 21.4%, Hack and Slash 18.7%, Platformer 6.4%, Exploration 6.4%
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Why similar: Souls-like 19.7%, Side Scroller 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Difficult 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
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 21.5%, Souls-like 15.6%, Hack and Slash 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
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 38.6%, Metroidvania 26.5%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Difficult 8.2%, Side Scroller 5%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, 2D Platformer 14%, Mythology 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%, Exploration 6.4%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 15.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Difficult 9.7%, Platformer 7.5%, Exploration 6.6%
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 35.8%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 10%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%, Platformer 6%
A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Mythology 19.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 5.9%
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Character Action Game 17.8% ★, Souls-like 16%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Difficult 7.4%
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis! A short, epic 2D action platformer that will put you against powerful enemies in a hand-drawn universe. A short-form souls like game about vengeance and creation.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.5%, Hack and Slash 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Mythology 10.6%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Souls-like 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Platformer 8.6%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.4%, Adventure 5.1%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Platformer 7%, Story Rich 6.9%
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Souls-like 16.5%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Hack and Slash 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Platformer 7.4%, Action 5.5%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Souls-like 10.4%, Difficult 7.7%
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Souls-like 22.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Hack and Slash 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Carve your path through hordes of enemies, defying the gods to seize the power of Morrigan, Goddess of Death, and retrieve the soul of your beloved! SoulQuest combines amazing gameplay with the unique Celtic mythology into one, action-packed mixture!
Why similar: Character Action Game 27.5% ★, Hack and Slash 15.9%, Mythology 13.9%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
A 2D action/platforming adventure with a healthy dose of RPG elements set in the hostile world of Lor, a classic sword and sorcery setting. The slave-hungry Argeshii empire dominates the known world, old and false gods conspire; brutal combat is the only means of survival!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 20%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, Difficult 7.8%
Drova is an Action-RPG that marries the dark grim tones of its genre with the mysticism of Celtic mythology. Encounter a society where ancient restless spirits and divided factions battle for dominance. Uncover forgotten abilities and unravel the secrets of a past shrouded in mystery.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Souls-like 15.4%, Side Scroller 13.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Difficult 7.8%
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 40.3%, Dark Fantasy 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Combat 8.2%, Action 5.7%
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Difficult 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Metroidvania dungeon crawler about Death & Grief full of puzzles, secrets & challenges. Inspired by old GameBoy Color games with Retro Pixel Art Aesthetics but with challenging boss fights & Lore-Rich
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 25.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Story Rich 7.1%, Exploration 6.9%
