
Survive on a dreadful planet. Explore a large, interconnected world. Gain new abilities, upgrade your weapons, and uncover secrets. Defeat treacherous bosses and reveal the dark secrets of this dreadful planet.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Adventure, Singleplayer, Action.

Survive on a dreadful planet. Explore a large, interconnected world. Gain new abilities, upgrade your weapons, and uncover secrets. Defeat treacherous bosses and reveal the dark secrets of this dreadful planet.

Behind The Kingdom
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.

Lost Call
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Nonlinear 25.1%, Nature 17.4%, Open World 9.3%, Adventure 4%
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Nonlinear 23.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Open World 8%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
Explore planet 404, battle the Zorgs and local tribes, and hunt for the Eye of Vyr’Nox, the legendary Relic of the Absent God.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Open World 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.8%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, 3D 9.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 2.1%
"Pod's Itty Bitty Adventure" is a short retro-themed open-world Metroidvania platformer that prioritizes movement and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, Nonlinear 22.2%, Open World 14.6%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4.3%
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Open World 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Futuristic 6.4%
Take control of an AI soldier, explore planets, and partake in fast paced combat in The Future Project, a first person metroidvania. Explore distinct worlds, obtain new weapons and abilities, and defeat powerful enemies in humanity's quest to journey the stars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, 3D 5.4%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9%, Adventure 8.3%
Prepare for a brutal metroidvania where a legendary knight battles monsters to save his land. Explore dangerous labyrinths and castles, fight enemies, and craft powerful gear with the help of the Mage, Alchemist, and Treasure Hunter. Ready for epic adventures?
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.8%, Nonlinear 19%, Open World 9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Adventure 5.2%
In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.1%, Nature 20.7%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Adventure 6.1%, Singleplayer 1%
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.3%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
This adventure is about you waking up in this world named Twell. The only thing you can do now is explore what this world has to offer. Explore 8 unique dungeons, discover many secrets and visit many locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Open World 11.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8%
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Steampunk 14% ★, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3.7%
Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.8%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Adventure 5.9%, Action RPG 5.1%, Indie 3.9%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55%, Nonlinear 19%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Open World 8.3%, Adventure 4.6%
Escape from a wide laboratory dominated by battles between rebelling test subjects and armed scientists. Solve puzzles, get into battles, and discover secrets as you progress through this action-packed 2D-Sidescroll-Adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Open World 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Side Scroller 7.7%
《故障与漏洞世界》是一款平台解密游戏。你将探索这个未知且充满危险的世界,获取各种奇妙能力并发掘出意想不到的用法,最终解开这个世界的秘密。
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Nonlinear 24.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Adventure 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
The Castle of Xanxillia is an immersive side-scroller action RPG that captures the Metroidvania genre. Play as Leonel, searching for his brother, Lenoel, in the treacherous Castle , ruled by a Dark Lord and corrupt Bishop. Navigate dangerous areas and battle enemies to save Lenoel from evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Nonlinear 24.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Adventure 5.6%, Action RPG 5.1%
Discover a strange world inhabited by living lights. Liturnian is a 3D-Metroidvania with fluid movement, fights against strange creatures and exciting puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.6%, Nonlinear 20.5%, 3D 8.1%, Adventure 6.3%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Sci-fi 12%, Action 3.2%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 73.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 3.9%, Action 1.9%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Nonlinear 20.4%, Nature 9.2%, Adventure 5.8%, Side Scroller 5.7%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Adventure 5.5%
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 42.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Open World 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
Join forces with ALAN the service bot in this mysterious post-nuclear metroidvania. Explore a deadly mutant wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities that unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Open World 11.2%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
Kaori is a first-person puzzle and adventure game. Explore ancient ruins on a sun-drenched archipelago and uncover the many mysteries of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Nature 15.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Open World 8.2%
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 51.5%, Steampunk 22.5% ★, Side Scroller 7.4%, Adventure 6.1%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Nonlinear 23.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Adventure 5.3%
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Futuristic 5.9%
Embark on an epic adventure full of perils and secrets. Explore distinct forsaken lands of Devetlam and fight your way by jumping on your enemies or showering them with a plethora of magic spells. An open-world platforming action inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Nonlinear 20.9%, Open World 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 1.9%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Open World 9.2%, Side Scroller 7.2%
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 59.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 2.9%
Join Nyana on her quest to both shatter the chains that have shackled her people and rebuild their society back up from the brink of extinction. Nyana is a story rich metroidvania set in an oppressive, yet beautifully hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Open World 10.8%, Action 3.6%
Fall from Space is a non-linear, sci-fi ARPG for the Gameboy. Combining Metroidvanian action with an open world RPG, and an epic story that spans a solar system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Open World 9.7%, Action RPG 5.9%
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Open World 13.9%, Nature 13.4%, Adventure 5.6%
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Nonlinear 21.1%, Action-Adventure 14%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 1.7%
Relax to a story-driven puzzle platforming experience, solving puzzles using quantum entanglement. Entangle objects to find your way through a cave full of mysteries and friends. Embark on your journey through time in search of meaning in a life with no end.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Nature 20.6%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Adventure 1.5%
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 61.1%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 9.5%, RPG 2.6%
TIES: Soul Link is an emotional and brutal 2D metroidvania that combines action RPG with adventure platforming. Explore a decaying world in the year 2097, uncover its secrets, and face savage, bloody battles that will test your endurance and your deepest fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Open World 13.9%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Adventure 6.3%
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Nature 17.9%, Open World 14.9%, Side Scroller 4.5%, Adventure 4.2%
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Side Scroller 7%
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 51.3%, Nature 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Open World 8.2%
Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Open World 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9%
Draw your sword and jump into a dystopian metropolis in this 2D action-exploration game. Hunt down giant robots and use their parts to enhance your abilities as you try to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the neon lights.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Open World 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Sci-fi 8%
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 53.1%, Nonlinear 29.4%, Nature 7.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 2.2%
A cinematic action-adventure of myth and betrayal. Awaken with shattered memories, wield mystical cloning powers, and reclaim lost crystals to restore the floating Land of the Gods. Strategy, skill, and courage will decide your destiny.
Why similar: Nature 26%, Metroidvania 23%, Sci-fi 16%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Adventure 8%
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Nonlinear 26.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 5.2%, Action 1.6%
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Open World 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Nature 10.1%, Adventure 5.4%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Nonlinear 20.3%, Open World 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Fight for your afterlife in this colorful, action-packed 3D top-down Metroidvania-style game! As a ghost on the run in a specter research facility, sneak around interconnected levels, unlock new powers and team up with the local psychic to turn gigantic foes into dust.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, 3D 8.5%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Nonlinear 21.5%, Open World 12.7%, Nature 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
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 60.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Open World 8.5%, Adventure 8.2%, Side Scroller 5.1%
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 58.3%, Nonlinear 21.4%, Open World 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%, Action 1.7%
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 68.7%, Adventure 10%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Side Scroller 5.5%, Indie 5%
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.6%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 2.3%, Indie 2.1%
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Side Scroller 7%, Adventure 4.4%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Open World 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9%, Side Scroller 6.3%