60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, Pixel Graphics, Puzzle Platformer.
Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.
ANIMAL WELL
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.
MONOMOON
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
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 26%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 7.7%, Surreal 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, 2D Platformer 7%, Surreal 6.8%
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 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Surreal 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Nonlinear 10%, Surreal 9.1%, Mystery 7.2%
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8%
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 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Nonlinear 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9%
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 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Nonlinear 12%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 7.4%
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 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 7.1%
You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Surreal 8%, Mystery 7.6%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Surreal 13.7%, Retro 11.5%, Nonlinear 9.3%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Nonlinear 8.7%, Retro 8.2%
A puzzle platformer where you collect Elements and use their powers to move around in various ways. Each Element you collect becomes the next one you use, so pay attention to the order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Mystery 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%
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 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Platformer 9.1%
Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Platformer 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.7%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Surreal 8.2%
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 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Platformer 9%
Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Retro 10%
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 22.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
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 31.7%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Retro 9.9%, Surreal 7.8%
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: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Metroidvania 21.1%, Platformer 15.9%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Retro 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
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 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 10%, Surreal 9%, Puzzle 7.6%
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Nonlinear 7.4%
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 32.7%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Retro 10.7%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
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 15.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Retro 9.2%, Platformer 9%
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Retro 9.9%, Platformer 9.8%
Manipulate colours and solve challenging puzzles in this mysterious 2D platformer set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the overworld, uncover hidden secrets, and bring light to this dark, desolate land
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Retro 9%, Platformer 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
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 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Nonlinear 14%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 9.9%
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 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Retro 8.9%, Platformer 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
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 34.2%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%
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 35.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
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: Metroidvania 22%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Retro 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Exploration 10.1%
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 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
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 28%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Explore an alien ecosystem that reshapes itself each time you die. Mutate to reach new areas and adapt to your surroundings. Find your own way to brave the planet’s dangers and unearth its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Surreal 9.7%
Explore a hand-drawn world of trash with your giant robot, trusty orb, and (lack of) platforming skills! These hostile lands will test your understand of many bizarre mechanics, and a complete exploration can only achieved by the most devoted of players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
The game has about 320 rooms, 10 areas, and 328 upgrade hidden items! Can you find them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Surreal 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Mystery 8%
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 7.2%
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 37.7%, Nonlinear 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 11%, Mystery 6.1%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Mystery 7.1%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 7.9%
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 29%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Retro 8.1%
The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 8%
🔥 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 21.6%, Creature Collector 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Retro 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
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 39.6%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Platformer 8.5%
"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 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8.2%
Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 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 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%
A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 9%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 7.6%
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 37%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Cute 5.5%
