Games Like Full Bore

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 29.9%, Puzzle 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dense, atmospheric metroidvania that relies heavily on environmental puzzles and hidden secrets similar to the exploratory nature of Full Bore.

SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Platformer 27.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 5%

Why You'll Like It: The original game that defined the mining-exploration genre with its tight controls and rewarding progression.

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Platformer 19.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the satisfying loop of mining, upgrading, and exploring an interconnected underground world.

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 27.8%, Puzzle 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Indie 15.5%, Casual 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A block-based puzzle-platformer that shares the same focus on tight, room-by-room logic challenges.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 23.5%, Puzzle 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Indie 11%, Exploration 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A perspective-shifting puzzle-platformer that emphasizes curiosity and uncovering hidden layers within a charming, interconnected world.

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 15%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging metroidvania that rewards players for their curiosity and ability to solve environmental mysteries.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Metroidvania 23.3%, Puzzle 16%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based puzzle mechanics with metroidvania exploration in a beautifully crafted 2D world.

Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Puzzle 16.5%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-ended puzzle-platformer where exploration and environmental interaction are the primary tools for progression.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 26%, Platformer 20.2%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational indie metroidvania that balances exploration, platforming, and a distinct retro aesthetic.

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, puzzle-heavy metroidvania that demands exploration and careful observation to uncover the secrets of ancient ruins.

Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where the player can deform the environment itself, offering a unique twist on traditional block-based navigation.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.6%, Platformer 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Metroidvania 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cerebral puzzle-platformer that uses unique cloning mechanics to navigate and explore a mysterious, atmospheric environment.

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 29.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features intricate environmental puzzles alongside fluid platforming and a strong sense of world-building.

A gripping, retro-inspired 2D cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian future where AI has taken over humanity. A short game in handcrafted pixel art, to experience in a film-like journey. Play as a young teenager, alone in a run-down world, relying only on your hacking skills to survive.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 13%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer with a strong focus on atmospheric storytelling and environmental interaction in a dystopian setting.

Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Platformer 19.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Metroidvania 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses environmental manipulation to navigate and explore a lush, interconnected forest.

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Platformer 23%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive, non-linear exploration game that prioritizes atmosphere and movement over traditional combat.

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 41.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Platformer 14%, Indie 7.6%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style metroidvania that excels at rewarding players for exploring every corner of its mysterious map.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Indie 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-focused, its vertical mining aesthetic and tight platforming feel share a similar spirit to Full Bore.

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 19.6%, Platformer 13%, Casual 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and discovery in a mysterious, mechanical world.

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Platformer 13%, Indie 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky puzzle-platformer that encourages exploration and creative interaction with its vibrant, interconnected world.

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 42.8%, Platformer 16%, Indie 13.7%, Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A compact metroidvania that focuses on tight exploration and clever use of abilities to navigate its environment.

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle 17%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Indie 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses color-based environmental manipulation to overcome obstacles and explore.

In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Indie 20.4%, Platformer 18%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Pixel Graphics 5%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania with a unique movement system that turns every room into a spatial puzzle to be solved.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Indie 16%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A clever exploration game where the world is a puzzle that must be solved within a strict time limit.

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.2%, Platformer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania that focuses on exploration and ability-based progression within a mysterious, interconnected world.

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 22.4%, Metroidvania 21.3%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 15%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that focuses on lighting up the environment to reveal new paths and secrets.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.8%, Platformer 25.8%, Indie 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Metroidvania 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that treats gravity-flipping as a core puzzle mechanic to navigate its interconnected world.

Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.

Why similar: Exploration 39%, Casual 32%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, 2D 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 56.2%, Indie 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, 2D 5.6%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive mining and exploration game that emphasizes procedural discovery and environmental hazards.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Puzzle 20.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to create complex, logic-based challenges.

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.2%, Great Soundtrack 35.3%, Indie 16.1%, Casual 6.8%, 2D 3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires creative structural thinking to navigate through various environments.

Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.

Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%

You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.

Why similar: Adventure 60.2%, Exploration 26.4%, Indie 13.5%

An open-world adventure with puzzle elements and a minimalist aesthetic. Bokida takes place on a dormant, seemingly monochromatic world of light that gradually reveals its beauty. Experience freedom while exploring a peaceful, intriguing environment.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 19%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 4%

A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Exploration 15.1%, Indie 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 9.5%, Exploration 6.8%

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.9%, Indie 16%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%

Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Indie 9.6%

Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.

Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Indie 28.3%, Adventure 27.2%

Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?

Why similar: Platformer 28.1%, Puzzle 17.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 15%, Casual 13.4%

Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.

Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 10%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%, Indie 7.8%

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Puzzle 21.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Casual 8.6%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%

Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 15.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 10.2%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Indie 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 10.7%

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 9%

Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.

Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Indie 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, Casual 3.6%

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.8%, Puzzle 18%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Platformer 16.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 11.5%

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.1%, Platformer 26.5%, Indie 20.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, Casual 3.2%

A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Puzzle 27.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Indie 6.3%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 13.9%

An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Platformer 16.2%, Indie 14.9%, Exploration 11.4%

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Indie 17.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 11%

Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.

Why similar: Platformer 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Casual 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 9.3%

Dig deep, unearth treasures. Upgrade your tools to uncover the secrets of the mystical caves. This is also an inner journey of relaxation, where your intuition can guide you as you dig deeper into the mysteries.

Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Casual 34.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%

The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.

Why similar: Platformer 20%, Indie 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Puzzle 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%

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 28.3%, Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 9.6%