60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, Adventure, Side Scroller.
Fight against vicious creatures and discover the secrets of a dangerous world as a bounty hunter in Endbloom, a sci-fi metroidvania combining stunning 3D graphics with exciting 2D gameplay.
Shadow Complex Remastered
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
S.P.L.I.C.E.D.
S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, 2.5D 17.1%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, 2.5D 16.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Platformer 7.1%
Immerse yourself in an exciting anime-style metroidvania, where each skill unlocks new areas and secrets on the vast map. Face powerful bosses, acquire unique abilities, and uncover hidden mysteries in this ever-evolving world, all with traditional anime-inspired animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Side Scroller 17.5%, 2.5D 15%, Exploration 8.1%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
Discover the Omega-Verse, a captivating multiverse crafted by a dedicated solo developer. Omega Mouse Zero introduces innovative 2.5D Metroid-Vania platforming and exploration. Dive into hidden depths, uncover secrets, and immerse yourself in thrilling action as you explore this vibrant realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, 2.5D 17.4%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
In a shadowed parallel universe, 8-year-old Marta navigates desolate landscapes ruled by mechanical overlords and nightmarish creatures, desperately seeking her lost family while survival becomes a relentless test of wits and willpower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, 2.5D 19.8%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 7.5%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, 2.5D 21.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 6.9%, Action-Adventure 6%
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, 2.5D 16.4%, Platformer 12%, Combat 4.9%, Action 4.9%
Signal is an immersive action-adventure game made as a student project where you attempt to uncover the mystery behind your old mentor's distress message. To succeed in your mission, you will have to use your martial arts skills and fight off hostile creatures that are trying to stop you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, 2.5D 15.3%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 7.2%, Futuristic 5.8%
Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Side Scroller 24.7%, 2.5D 17.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action 9.7%
Explore the vast abandoned V.I.R.U.S. Compound corrupted by machines. Restore order to the facility with a full arsenal of customizable weapons and armory acquired around the debris of this forgotten world. Can you uncover the mystery behind the Soul Cipher?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, 2.5D 19.5%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Platformer 7.3%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, 2.5D 12.9%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Platformer 5.1%
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, 2.5D 23.3%, Action 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Combat 6.4%
In a future ruled by silence, your playlist is your weapon. In this Rhythm Metroidvania you fight to the beat, explore a dark interconnected world, and use forgotten songs to ignite the resistance. Every beat, a rebellion. Every song, a revolution.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, 2.5D 14.3%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Combat 9.3%, Platformer 7.6%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8%, Action 7.3%
Explore this immersive 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world to uncover its mysteries along with forgotten secrets. Slay monsters with visceral combat skills to survive. Unlock striking abilities and upgrade existing ones to overcome challenges. Befriend odd characters or demolish existing friendships.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, 2.5D 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Combat 10.9%, Exploration 8.5%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Side Scroller 13%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 7.3%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 5.3%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Action 7.4%
Stand in Keziah’s footsteps and heed the Divine Order. Jump your way through, reclaim your goddess’s temple, obliterate enemies, and find the Tear of Creation in this beautiful platformer game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Side Scroller 17.5%, 2.5D 10.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Platformer 7.7%
When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 2.5D 15.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 9%, Sci-fi 6.5%
A gore action and adventure game where you'll learn about the Mayan culture while you explore, obtain new abilities and defeat enemies to save Zaya's lands from the curse that ravages humankind and deities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 2.5D 16.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Combat 9.5%, Exploration 7.2%
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 30.2%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 10%, Combat 8.7%, Futuristic 8.1%
A 2.5D action-adventure platformer set in a land of forgotten gods. Armed with a bayonet and bound to a goddess you can't trust, fight through a single connected world, learn the bosses the hard way, and take back the throne the gods above her stole.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2.5D 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Action 8.4%
Step into a world where nature has reclaimed what was always hers. Explore a disturbing dystopia as the first successful human-plant symbiosis. Extract abilities from corpses, reshape your essence, and decide the fate of both species.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, 2.5D 21.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, 2.5D 11.5%, Combat 7.6%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Action 6.4%
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Combat 6.1%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2.5D 14.4%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Platformer 7.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Futuristic 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
A Metroidvania set in a dark fantasy world where Raed, a knight resurrected under mysterious circumstances, uses her new heart as a weapon to recover her lost memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, 2.5D 13.5%, Combat 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Action 5.9%
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, 2.5D 18.3%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
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 34.7%, 2.5D 22.5%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 7.4%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
Yora Emerald is a mature 2.5D sci-fi action-platformer and Metroidvania. Play as Yora, a prototype operative tasked with rescuing her sister-clone, Hana, from a clandestine base. Stop the mad scientist from executing the "Emerald Ascension," a forced genetic transformation of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2.5D 21.8%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, 2.5D 18.6%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Platformer 6.9%
《Kingless Dungeon》 is a 2D hack and slash platformer where you control the Shadow Prince, a warrior with no memory. Fight undead enemies, discover your skills, and explore this deep dungeons filled with traps and secrets. Can you reclaim your memories and escape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Action 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Discover a metroidvania with a huge world, platform-fighter dynamic combat, smart bosses, deep lore, and original music, all made by two brothers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, 2.5D 17.6%, Combat 14.4%, Platformer 7.2%, Action-Adventure 5.5%
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Combat 8%, Action 7.8%
Join the Asguardian mercenaries to save the Niddhog Sector from a corporate take over! Run, jump, and shoot in this action adventure game. Find sweet guns and armor and put your skills to the test in Identity Sector!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Action 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Platformer 10.5%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 5.1%, Combat 5.1%
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
STU, the First AI is a Metroidvania set in the digital world of computers and the internet. Exploration is the heart of the game. Discover a vast world with new forms of digital life and humans struggling to control them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2.5D 19.5%, Futuristic 8.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Combat 8%
Delve into the Master Dungeon as you explore the unyielding tunnels from a top-down view or hop and bop through expansive caverns in 2d-sidescrolling action! Danger and discovery are to be found wherever you are in this retro-style adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Combat 8.1%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Platformer 6.3%
Destinesia is a sci-fi metroidvania which you are looking for a new home for humanity. Parkour your way through most dangerous jungles and explore the ancient dungeons. Upgrade your suit with the remains of your ancestors. Reveal the oldest secrets of Homo Sapiens.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Combat 9.7%, Platformer 9%, Exploration 8.8%
Take command of the galaxy's newest search and rescue ship, the Rescue Hornet, and venture into this metroidvania set on a hostile alien world. Use all your tools including your powerful claw arm to defend yourself from dangerous creatures, solve puzzles and search for survivors of an alien attack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Action 6.7%
"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 34.7%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Combat 8.8%, Platformer 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
The Abandoned Presence is a gritty and challenging Metroidvania set in a world heavily inspired by India's urban heritage and industrial core. Search for answers as Zoe; wield industrial weapons, traverse city skylines, and take on elite enemies to uncover the secrets of The Abandoned Presence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9%, Exploration 5.9%
"The Throne" is a medieval adventure in true Metroidvania style. Get lost in a huge castle with 2.5D pixel art environments and increase your power with new abilities you find along the way. Fight fearsome bosses and navigate dangerous traps to make your way to the throne room!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, 2.5D 23.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Action 7%
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Action 4.9%
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 45.2%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Platformer 6%
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, 2.5D 18%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Exploration 8%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Action 5.6%
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 45.4%, Combat 13.6%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8%
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Action 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
Navigate the heart of a war-ravaged world, discovering hidden truths about those around you and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, 2.5D 20%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
Fight through the neon ruins of Verenna as Nova, a genetically engineered young woman hunted for her extraordinary powers. Master fast side-scrolling combat, battle the mechanized Reavers, and uncover the truth behind her creation before General Khardek claims her power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%
