Games Like Faeland

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, RPG 21.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the retro 2D action-RPG feel with its non-linear world and character progression.

Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 4.9%, RPG 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same sense of a vast, interconnected world filled with secrets and classic action-adventure combat.

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 73.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Adventure 5.4%, 2D Platformer 3.1%, 2D 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a challenging and polished action-adventure experience with distinct character classes and deep combat.

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 65.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to 8-bit classics that focuses on clever environmental puzzles and exploration.

Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.4%, RPG 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines procedural generation with a classic action-RPG feel, ensuring a fresh experience every time you play.

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.2%, RPG 17.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the RPG elements of the Metroidvania genre with its focus on loot and character builds.

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Why similar: Metroidvania 71%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality adventure that emphasizes exploration and ability-based progression in a vibrant, colorful world.

Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 69.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 9.4%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: As a direct inspiration for many games in this genre, it offers the quintessential retro-adventure experience.

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: 2D Platformer 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 28.5%, Adventure 20%, Metroidvania 16.1%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy platformer that rewards curiosity with a vast world and deep movement mechanics.

Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, RPG 21.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward and charming 2D action-RPG that focuses on classic combat and platforming.

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, RPG 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features beautiful pixel art and a compelling story that blends RPG stats with tight platforming action.

Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, RPG 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a sprawling, non-linear adventure that feels like a direct homage to early 8-bit exploration titles.

A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.1%, RPG 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully animated fantasy adventure that captures the spirit of classic 2D exploration games.

FOX n FORESTS is a 16-bit style action platformer with RPG elements! Switch seasons on the fly and wield your crossbow to unveil the mystery of the 5th season.

Why similar: RPG 34.8%, Adventure 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Indie 16.3%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique seasonal mechanic that adds a layer of puzzle-solving to its retro-styled action.

Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.7%, RPG 19.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique action-Metroidvania featuring hand-drawn art and a focus on exploration in a world of robots.

Fantasy metroidvania with a moral choice and hunting the bosses who are not going to patiently wait for you in their lair. Study the monsters. Track'em. Kill'em. Exploration of the vast interconnected fairytale world, an acrobatic combat system and weird locals are what awaits you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 76%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends fast-paced hack-and-slash combat with a sprawling world map inspired by folklore.

Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D Platformer 12%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired gem that excels at interconnected level design and character-swapping mechanics.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 62%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a deeply personal story with high-quality platforming and unique boss encounters.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 27.9%, Adventure 13.7%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more top-down, it shares the atmospheric, cryptic, and exploration-focused DNA of the best action-RPGs.

Welcome to Kingsgrave, a dark fantasy adventure RPG. Gain more power and obtain new combat skills as you explore the fractured land, slay foes created by plague, solve puzzles and rebuild villages. Reclaim your realm!

Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, RPG 18.5%, Adventure 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a 2D world that rewards the player for uncovering hidden paths.

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 76.9%, RPG 15.6%, Adventure 5.7%, 2D 1.1%, Indie 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive modern Metroidvania that emphasizes deep RPG systems, loot, and massive world exploration.

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 64.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, atmospheric action-adventure game with gorgeous pixel art and challenging combat.

Rush to Adventure is a retro fantasy speedrunning adventure. Inspired by classic NES titles like Zelda, Mario and Castlevania. You awaken on the shore of a cursed island. Your only way off the island is to fight the monsters and lift the curse.

Why similar: RPG 40.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Indie 16.1%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: A smaller-scale action-RPG that captures the simple joy of exploring a fantasy world.

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: Metroidvania 71%, RPG 17.2%, 2D 5%, Indie 3.8%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A darker, more punishing take on the 2D action-RPG that emphasizes build variety and exploration.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Metroidvania 61%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: Starts as a linear platformer before opening up into a complex, time-traveling Metroidvania experience.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 70.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 5.5%, 2D 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist but deep exploration game that focuses on uncovering secrets in a mysterious alien facility.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 38.7%, Indie 16.1%, Adventure 16%, Metroidvania 13.6%, 2D 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more linear, it is the gold standard for retro-inspired platforming and world-building.

Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.

Why similar: RPG 34.9%, Adventure 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Indie 13%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox-style adventure that blends RPG progression with crafting and exploration.

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 44.5%, RPG 19.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Adventure 5.8%

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Adventure 12.1%, RPG 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 65.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 8.3%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: A compact and punchy Metroidvania that focuses on tight controls and environmental discovery.

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 76%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 5%, 2D 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that focuses on uncovering weird, alien secrets through exploration.

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 57.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Adventure 9%, Indie 5.5%

A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.

Why similar: Metroidvania 59.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 9.1%, 2D 3.2%

This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield? It's time to decide! In this journey full of magic, you will also meet a variety of characters, who may become your allies, or your partners...

Why similar: RPG 49.1%, Adventure 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Indie 8.6%

Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨

Why similar: Metroidvania 66.4%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 6.9%

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: RPG 53.9%, Pixel Graphics 40.4%, 2D 5.7%

✨A language learning adventure where you must learn and communicate in a second language to save the kingdom and befriend its people! 🎮

Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Pixel Graphics 29.6%, Indie 14.7%, 2D 10.9%

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 51.1%, RPG 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Adventure 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 59.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 2.4%

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 73%, Adventure 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, 2D 4.7%

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.

Why similar: RPG 54.8%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, 2D 2.2%

Everpath is a roguelite RPG with hand-crafted pixel art, explore a procedural generated world with the combat and item system of the classics action RPGs. Embark yourself as a member of the Northbarrow army, choose and personalize your class to find what is lurking in the wilderness of Northbarrow

Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%

Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, RPG 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 6%

Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!

Why similar: RPG 54%, Adventure 22.8%, Indie 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 1.8%

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.1%, RPG 31.4%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 9.5%, 2D 7.4%

The world needs you Adventurer! Embark on an RPG pixel adventure where you’ll play as Baelin the humble fisherman, who must rise-up to become the hero of Honeywood. Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.

Why similar: RPG 43.9%, Adventure 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, 2D 8.3%

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 57.5%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 5.7%

See a world from a new perspective in this animal-ear themed constructive action RPG!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 47.5%, RPG 31.3%, Indie 21.2%

Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.

Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Adventure 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Indie 13.5%, 2D 6.7%

Paper Animal Adventure is a cute roguelike game where you can explore a colorful world, fight scary enemies, and relax with your friends at the campfire! Will you be the one to seal the timelines and find the missing king?

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, RPG 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 4.7%

Metamorfose S is a 2D action-adventure game with RPG elements.

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Adventure 22.8%, Indie 18.4%

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 62.4%, RPG 17.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 7.4%, 2D 4.1%

Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Adventure 7.8%

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 61.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 6.9%, 2D 3.4%

Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37%, Adventure 24%, Indie 21.1%, RPG 15.1%, 2D 2.7%

Save the world by fishing! This is a brand new action RPG game where you stand on an adventure to fish the Sea'Az, the marine life of this world, in a vast pixel world. This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent....

Why similar: RPG 34.1%, 2D Platformer 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Adventure 10.6%, 2D 7.7%

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 58.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 4.8%