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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 2D, Pixel Graphics, Action, Adventure.

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Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 71% — of 265 reviews
Released: 2017-11-29
Developer: Serkan Bakar
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 42 min
Mean playtime: 3.0 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 46%

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    Dev: Serkan Bakar
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    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Arcade 7.7%

  2. #2 Mahluk:Dark Demon
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    Dev: Tower Up Studios
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    95% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2024
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    94% matchVery Positive83% of 413 reviews2019
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    Windows
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  6. #6 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
    94% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2019
    Dev: Adventure Islands
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    Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?

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    93% matchMostly Positive78% of 144 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

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    92% matchVery Positive88% of 1,361 reviews2015
    Dev: JoyMasher
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 656 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 143 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Dev: Benji
    Windows · Linux

    Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!

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  12. #12 Chasm
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,726 reviews2018
    Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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.

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    Dev: Neofid Studios
    Windows

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  14. #14 Haiku, the Robot
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 3,547 reviews2022
    Dev: Mister Morris Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  15. #15 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,514 reviews2018
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Dev: more8bitPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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  33. #33 Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 293 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 460 reviews2019
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    Median: 54 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    77% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    74% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2021
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    Windows

    Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!

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    71% matchVery Positive80% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: Serkan Bakar
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive98% of 129 reviews2020
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    72% matchVery Positive92% of 307 reviews2021
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    73% matchMixed66% of 372 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2021
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    72% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac

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    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 880 reviews2021
    Dev: Orube Game Studio
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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    65% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
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    71% matchMixed64% of 94 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    69% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2018
    Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
    Windows
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    69% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2022
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    Windows

    Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Retro 8%

  58. #58 Lone Fungus
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,186 reviews2023
    Dev: BASTI GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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: Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10%

  59. #59 Makis Adventure
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2023
    Dev: Zoroarts
    Windows

    Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

  60. #60 Guild of Darksteel
    69% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2021
    Dev: Igor SandmanPub: Digerati
    Windows

    Guild of Darksteel is a story-driven adventure game set in a rich, dark fantasy world. As the immortal Sellsword, you must unearth an evil plot brewing beneath the city of Ravenrock. Only you can discover the true horror lurking under the city’s surface.

    Why similar: Side Scroller 21.1%, Platformer 17.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, RPG 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

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