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A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Puzzle Platformer 33%, Adventure 20.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Indie 1.6%

A character collecting puzzle Metroidvania about potato cats on the Isle of Moar.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Adventure 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 29.7%

Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Puzzle Platformer 36%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 2.9%

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 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 4.7%

Turner is a 2D platformer puzzle game set in an insane asylum where you take the role of Turner, a man with a troubled past and an unstable state of mind. Complete over 500 levels by rotating the world around you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 36.4%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 4.7%

Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.4%, Metroidvania 34.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 3.3%, 2D 2.4%

SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 3.3%

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 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 6.3%

A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 3%

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 44.8%, Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 10%, 2D 3.1%

Escape from Pleasure Planet is a gay-themed science-fiction adventure game with bright colourful graphics, a fun story and character art by Joe Phillips.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 69%, Adventure 31%

Discover forbidden lore which warps your body and reality itself. The more you know, the worse it gets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 2.9%, Indie 2%

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 46.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, 2D 3.5%

A 2D platformer set in a world of floating islands where gravity acts with strange properties and can point in any direction. Join one of 4 characters in their own story venturing through these strange and wonderful environments that twist and turn in all directions.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Metroidvania 21.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 7%

Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 5.1%, 2D 4.3%

'Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire' is a 2D, action-platformer with Metroidvania twists. Play as Gerel, a mother on a mission to face the evil Corvus Empire and save her children. Engage in a heartfelt tale of resilience and redemption, in a visually stunning, Mongolian-inspired pixel art world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Cute 7.6%

Navigate a surreal, dreamlike world in this atmospheric 2D puzzlevania. Manipulate light and shadow to cast solid platforms out of thin air, solve intricate room puzzles, and uncover the mysteries hidden within the high-contrast darkness. Master the eclipse to survive.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Puzzle Platformer 38.5%, Adventure 13%, 2D 2.6%, Indie 1.2%

Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Emotional 7.4%

Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Cute 5.8%, Colorful 4.6%

Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Adventure 13.2%, Cute 7.1%, 2D 4%

After a mysterious flash of light, Jennifer, a magic student, finds herself trapped in a cursed floating castle. Explore the castle’s interiors in search of a way to escape...

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 10%, Exploration 8%

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 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, Adventure 18.3%, Cute 3.6%, Colorful 3%

Defrost - a 3D third-person metroidvania. Jump, climb, explore, collect coins, and upgrade your abilities. Fight, help strange characters survive, and use the world in creative ways. Discover why the fridge is defrosting before it's too late.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Story Rich 3.5%

EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 5.1%

A quite difficult and quite original platform adventure game, die and retry.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.2%, Adventure 25.4%, Metroidvania 24.6%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 1.8%

Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 32%, Story Rich 11.7%, Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.9%

J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.5%, Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Emotional 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 8.1%

A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 9.6%, Colorful 4.4%

Explore, solve enigmas and fight mutated creatures in a 2D narrative-driven metroidvania with pets, set on the rooftops and the undergrounds of a flooded countryside, enriched by cinematic cutscenes, diverse scenography and memorable characters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Story Rich 8.6%

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 45.4%, Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 6.9%, Cute 4%

In Joseon, a kingdom honoring the Four Deities, chaos reigns. Nobles have unleashed sealed evils in a power grab, causing calamities. Join Irang and Haru on a journey to liberate the Deities and reclaim Joseon's last hope.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Emotional 7.9%, Cute 4.9%

Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Indie 1.1%

Browse social media at the speed of light. Watch your friends grow old in the blink of an eye. Realise there's nothing you can do about it. Tell your friends you love them one last time.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 60.5%, Adventure 31.7%, Indie 7.9%

2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.2%, Adventure 27.2%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 6.5%

As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 6.9%, Cute 5.9%

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Cute 6.9%

As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 3.6%

Join this dynamic duo in a lighthearted quest to collect music sheets around a lively world!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.2%, LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%

The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Metroidvania 31.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Cute 5.2%

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 44.3%, Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Adventure 19.5%, Colorful 4.3%, 2D 3.7%

A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Story Rich 5.1%

Wander a whimsical world full of danger and surprise. Outsmart your environment as you punch, grab, and throw enemies and objects in this action-puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Adventure 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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 39.1%, Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Exploration 8.2%, Cute 6.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Entelechy - захватывающее приключение в альтернативной вселенной, где развитие технологий привело к возможности отделить душу человека от его тела. На что способна душа без тела? Вам предстоит ответить на этот вопрос!

Why similar: Adventure 26.8%, Metroidvania 25.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Story Rich 8.6%, Indie 6.1%

Accompany Armin, a young apprentice, on the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime to discover the fate of his lost father, learn the magical arts of blacksmithing, and rise to meet a destructive force threatening his homeland before time runs out.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Adventure 14%, Indie 4.6%, Story Rich 4.6%

Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Cute 5.9%, Story Rich 5.3%

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Why similar: Metroidvania 68%, Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 7.8%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 3.4%

Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Adventure 18.6%, 2D 3.1%, Indie 1.2%

An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 74.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Roll-and-ride contraptions, clockwork puzzles and steampunk stealth await in this puzzle-platforming adventure set in a mechanical ecosystem. You play as Cognito, whose duty to maintain the lifecycle of this captivating world leads him on an epic journey to heart of the machine in order to save it.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 7.2%

In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Puzzle Platformer 40%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D 3.1%, Indie 2%

In Bakeborough, a Bakery RPG, you can take out your eye to see less.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Cute 8.3%, Story Rich 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%

This is an action role-playing game set in a medieval world, where you can complete quests, defeat monsters, discover new lands and romance many handsome male NPCs, including characters such as humans, demons, angels, giants, orcs, bearfolk, tigerfolk, werewolves, elves, and more.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 52.2%, Metroidvania 32.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 3.8%, 2D 2.4%

Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Adventure 9.1%, 2D 6%, Exploration 5.2%

Explore a cute futuristic metroidvania world and solve challenging puzzles with your robot girlfriend. Along the way, gather useful upgrades, encounter quirky characters, and restore power to the city!

Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Cute 4.2%

In this relaxing puzzle game, destroy blocks and reach the heart block, which can't be destroyed. Clear tougher blocks and use crystals to break special "domino" blocks. With charming art and a soothing soundtrack, help the main characters meet while you unwind and enjoy the chill vibes!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.9%, LGBTQ+ 29.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Cute 6.4%, 2D 4.6%

Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Cute 4.6%

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Emotional 14.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 7.6%

BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Colorful 4.9%

The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 6.4%