Games Like Golftroidvania

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Exploration 10%, 2D Platformer 8.2%

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 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 15.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 6.2%

Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 14.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8%

Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Side Scroller 16%, Exploration 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.2%

The Bold Bogey is a 3D golf adventure that combines open exploration with satisfying platforming. Explore a vast world filled with dungeons to dive into, bosses to fight, and new ways to upgrade your ball in a golf game unlike any other. Do you have what it takes to become the Boldest Bogey?

Why similar: Golf 42.5% ★, Metroidvania 23.9%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Exploration 7.3%, Platformer 5.9%

The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Exploration 8.6%, 2D Platformer 7.7%

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 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Platformer 7.1%

Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Nonlinear 16.7%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 8.3%

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 37%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Puzzle 6.6%

In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Exploration 7.7%, 2D Platformer 6.4%

Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.9%

Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Exploration 7.3%

Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 7.2%

Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Exploration 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.1%

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 39.6%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Exploration 10%, Side Scroller 9.7%, 2D Platformer 6.1%

Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Exploration 7.7%, Puzzle 5.2%

Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Nonlinear 20.8%, Side Scroller 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.9%

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 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.1%

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 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Nonlinear 17%, Exploration 10%, Platformer 7.6%

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 37.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Exploration 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10%, Puzzle 6.1%

Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Exploration 12.4%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.6%

A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Exploration 10%, Platformer 8.8%

Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Platformer 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.2%

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 34.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%

"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 6.8%

Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Nonlinear 13.5%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.1%

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 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Nonlinear 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 6.8%

The fox princess's great adventure! A story from a little while ago. Tamamo Hime wakes up in the Ayakashi world, ``Kakuriyo.'' She makes her way home, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Explore various stages and move forward with graceful actions! Is this world a dream or...

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 9.1%

Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Metroidvania 24.3%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Platformer 14.8%, Adventure 8.2%

Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Exploration 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.2%

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 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Nonlinear 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%

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 27.2%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Exploration 7.6%

After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Exploration 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.6%

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 32%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Exploration 9.3%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 8.1%

A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Exploration 8.1%, 2D Platformer 8%

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 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Nonlinear 14.8%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 6.6%

Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Side Scroller 15.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 6.8%

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 35.3%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Exploration 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 6.5%

Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Exploration 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.2%

Crown Of Silence is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with Souls-like mechanics set in a gothic world. Forge your own combat style with diverse equipment, challenge ruthless bosses, and uncover the dark secrets of a silenced kingdom through environmental storytelling.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.3%

Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8.2%

Embark on an unforgettable adventure. Explore a mysterious world, uncover the secrets of the Zoodiacs, and face a threat that could destroy everything. Save your village as you dive into a story where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 6.4%

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 38%, Nonlinear 24.2%, Exploration 10%, Platformer 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%

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 41.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 6.9%

Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 6.8%

Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Nonlinear 20.7%, Exploration 12%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.3%

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

Embark on a thrilling journey to redemption in this metroidvania style action platformer. Explore a multitude of locations, battle a variety of enemies and solve small puzzles to retrieve collectibles for your trophy room. Unlock new areas by upgrading your weapons and abilities.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 13.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 9.3%

You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Exploration 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.7%

Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 8.1%

Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Adventure 8.9%

Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Nonlinear 21.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Adventure 4.5%

Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Platformer 8.6%

Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Platformer 7.8%

A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Exploration 8.2%

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 45.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Platformer 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.7%

A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Nonlinear 12%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Exploration 8.3%

A puzzle Metroidvania game!

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Platformer 6.7%