60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D, Action, Singleplayer.
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
The Colony: New Haven Chronicles
New Haven is a utopia under a red moon, turned into a dystopian nightmare. You are a prisoner with no name, waking up in the middle of an emergency. Fight for survival guided by an enigmatic voice in your head, explore a falling world, solve puzzles, and unravel dark secrets.
Cryselts
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.
New Haven is a utopia under a red moon, turned into a dystopian nightmare. You are a prisoner with no name, waking up in the middle of an emergency. Fight for survival guided by an enigmatic voice in your head, explore a falling world, solve puzzles, and unravel dark secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Top-Down 7.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
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 39.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 7%
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9%, Top-Down 8.4%
An action metroidbrainia set in a dying dwarf galaxy. Scavenge wrecks, meet strange characters, and fight your way through a cold universe to piece together an interstellar puzzle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Top-Down 12.3%, 2D 6.2%, Action 5%
An apocalyptic sci-fi game where you slay demons with style. Jump, dodge, dash, and parry to avoid incoming fire. Use Rewires to shape your build, level up to put points into Attributes and Perks, and progress through the world to unlock more Abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Top-Down Shooter 26%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Top-Down 6.9%, Action 3.9%
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 57.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Lore-Rich 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Action 5.2%
Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.5%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Action 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, 2D 6.7%
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Top-Down 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Action 6.5%
Top down retro adventure game including 4 different stories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Top-Down 8.4%
Follow the Void Guardian as she inspects a space station after receiving a distress beacon from it and help her vanquish the hidden evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action 7.9%, 2D 6.8%
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Exploration 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
Tribe of the Accord is a pixel-art action game where you play as Adira, a young huntress on a quest to rescue her father. Throughout your journey, you'll gain new abilities, form alliances, and discover your place in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Top-Down 9.7%
An exploration-type action game in which "Fluffy Girl Doge" is the main character. Get the skills of "Doge" and explore the unknown ancient ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.4%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, Action 13.5%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 62%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Action 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%, 2D 6%
Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 15.2%, Top-Down 13%, Action 5.8%
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Top-Down 6.3%, Action 5%
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 8%, Multiple Endings 6%
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 60%, Exploration 13.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Top-Down 9.9%, 2D 5.2%
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Top-Down 8.1%, Futuristic 6.2%
Shadowed Journey is a Metroidvania-like game, where the player plays a sword-cultivating disciple of a fairy sect, who secretly goes down the mountain to return home. However, in this Dharma-ending age, what awaits you is a journey to hell, and all you can rely on is your flying sword and your heart
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Exploration 11%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Action 6.8%, 2D 5.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.2%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 13%, Action 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Top-Down 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, 2D 5%
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 48.7%, Exploration 17.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Action 6.1%
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-driven, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games like Star Control, Solar Winds, and Lightspeed. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat; build out modular, upgradable ships; and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Top-Down 7.7%
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Top-Down 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Exploration 6%
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Exploration 18.4%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, 2D 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Discover 4 short metroidvania sci-fi adventures! Explore a submerged city, a lost world reclaimed by machines and a mysterious temple on an alien planet. Unlock new abilities to reach more places and battle deadly foes. Piece together the story of those places and discover how they’re all connected.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Futuristic 6.3%
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9%
Maverick is an action-packed metroidvania with tight and deliberate controls. Run, jump, and shoot your way through a post-modern Earth under siege by alien-androids. Conquer dynamic enemies and bosses as you evolve your xeno-armor with enhancements and unlock unique abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
90s-style shooter meets Metroidvania. Step through a portal to a mysterious alien world, and discover the fate of the Lost Expedition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.3%, Exploration 15%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action 6.3%, 2D 3.9%
For Mercuri, a girl who fell into a fallen kingdom, everything is overwhelming. She digs deeper into the depths of the kingdom with the help of Golem Hando. Take down the enemies in front of you with TAG-ACTION that alternates between two characters and continue your exploration!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Lore-Rich 19.9%, Action 6.9%, 2D 5.9%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Erandique the indigenous hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Exploration 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Action 11.1%
Scales is a story-driven action-adventure RPG about a human-reptile hybrid. Players devour reptiles to absorb their DNA, and evolve through a corrupt world, where player choices ultimately determine the outcome of the story, blending combat with a darkly comedic narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Top-Down 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Action 7.1%
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Action 6.2%, 2D 5.2%
Eggventure is a 2D Metroidvania platformer where you play as Egbert, an egg on a mission to rescue his friends from becoming breakfast.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Action 11.4%, 2D 5.9%
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 54.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Lore-Rich 7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Action 6.5%
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 54.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Action 6.7%
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 57.1%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Futuristic 7.1%, Action 6.4%, Sci-fi 5.9%
After an experiment gone wrong, the world finds itself split in two! Swap between similar but slightly different versions of the world to explore the remnants of the mysterious company that caused it all. Unlock various abilities, weapons, and upgrades to navigate your way through this broken world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Exploration 15%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Top-Down 11.4%, Action 5.6%
Follow Klain's mythical adventures in this top-down Action-RPG mixing combat, exploration, puzzles and platforming. Travel through the New World, explore forgotten dungeons, confront terrible foes and... become a Godslayer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Top-Down 8.6%
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Top-Down 14.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Fly to hope is a platformer action game. Use your shotgun and machete to overcome enemies. Fight with strong bosses and collect 3 missing part of your aircraft.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Action 6.1%
《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 64.6%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Action 8.1%, Combat 5.3%, 2D 3.5%
Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.6%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
Resolutiion is a zelda-like action-adventure, where an old killer and his AI explore a vast, mysterious world, full of mighty weapons, surreal abilities and gruesome bossfights.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
A pinball horror adventure game. You will bounce and ping your way through a nonlinear world in hopes to get back to the life you were living before.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
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 56.3%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Action 8%, Futuristic 6.2%, 2D 5.6%
YOU are a living bullet in a dungeon dashing through rooms trying to escape the dungeon.Breach is a top down action game that requires YOU to use your limited amount of abilities to max efficiency
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.8%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Action 8.4%, 2D 7.2%
A boy and an android girl wake up without their memories in a world where deadly robots roam the streets. With the boy's powers, they can leave their bodies to walk through walls or possess enemies. The two follow the trail of the intentions left behind by those who once perished above the ground.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Action 8.5%
Combine four Augment types to transform your gun, movement, and traversal in a 2D sci-fi metroidvania. Explore interconnected environments from flooded ruins to abandoned bunkers, fight biomechanical threats, and rebuild the last human settlement.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Action 4.4%
The freedom here, or beyond the window.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Exploration 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 6.5%, 2D 5%
Volatile is a space exploration adventure game which, at its core, plays with the importance of actions and consequences.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Top-Down 8.5%
