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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 32.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Precision Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 9.4%, 2D Platformer 7.8%

Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action 8.5%

Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Precision Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Adventure 5.5%

A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Precision Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Minimalist 8.1%

Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Precision Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Capitalism 10.1%

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: Metroidvania 29.7%, Precision Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Minimalist 7.4%

An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Precision Platformer 24%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 12%, Action 4.6%

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 38.4%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Cute 5.2%

Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Precision Platformer 23%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 8%, Cute 5.7%

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 31.3%, Precision Platformer 22.8%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 8.3%, Cute 6.4%

Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Precision Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 7.9%

Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Precision Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Precision Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 6.8%

A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Precision Platformer 23%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%

Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 5.7%

In a magical land ruled by an ancient evil, a prophecy says that salvation will come with the awakening of a new hero. Explore different maps, fight evil creatures and decide the fate of Maya Star.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Philosophical 11.6%, Action 9.7%

A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Minimalist 8%

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Precision Platformer 26.2%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 7.1%

Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Precision Platformer 18%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Action 8.6%

Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Precision Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8.7%

That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Precision Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

Play as a newly born Small Cell trying to understand the purpose of its existence in this puzzle platformer. Guide this mini-hero through an environment populated by many other cells and many secrets.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.9%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Minimalist 10.7%, Exploration 8.6%

Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 16%, Action 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%

Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Cute 6.3%

Dust and Shadow lets you shift between multiple time dimensions, altering the map in real time. Face enemies, traps, and the environment to uncover the mystery. Unlock powerful abilities as you progress through the adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9.4%

Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Precision Platformer 25%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 8.5%

Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Precision Platformer 29.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 5.1%

FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!

Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Precision Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Adventure 9.6%

Big Butt Bobby is a fun 2D platform game set in a grotesque fantasy world that should satisfy both casual players wanting to enjoy relaxing gameplay and those who want to challenge themselves.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Precision Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Action 7.6%

AYIN, a surreal speedrun-rage-troll-platformer where you platform across many tough levels and uncover secrets of a world that hates you.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.6%, Abstract 16.7%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 8.2%

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 23.3%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Minimalist 11%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Abstract 10.2%

A dying planet in energy chaos, dangerous districts and challenging combats. Your only chance to escape the planet is through inconsistent portal! Gain energy crystals by slaying enemies. Improve your abilities and acquire drones. Complete your escape quest in this challenging rouge-lite gameplay.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Precision Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Action 6.2%

Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 9.5%

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 40.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 6.4%

House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Precision Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Platformer 7.6%

Journey through a kingdom drained of its life. An innocent being locked away from its own kind, longing to be loved and seen. Though it seems to have forgotten one flicker of hope. You, a glimmer of life not yet fallen.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Minimalist 13.7%, Precision Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 6.8%

A 2D action-platformer with a minimalist style but with a lot of atmosphere. Control a rocket through the levels and reach the goal.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 15.3%, Minimalist 10.8%, Exploration 8.7%

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: Precision Platformer 35.7%, Metroidvania 27.1%, Platformer 17.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Jump into a colorful world of business demons, risky high-height platforming, and full-on epic adventure in Hellopoly: the world's greatest corporate demon adventure platformer!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 10.4%

Song of Yosef is a Metroidvania platformer with wacky enemies and fun physics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8%

Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Action 9%, Adventure 6.7%

Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Precision Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

A lesson in momentum and it's consequences. BOINKGAME is a precision platformer where walls make you rage.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Minimalist 10.6%, Action 9.2%

On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Precision Platformer 24.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 8.6%, Minimalist 8.1%

Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Action 4.3%

A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27%, Metroidvania 21.3%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Cute 6.7%

Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Without kidney is a shooter metroidvania game with a hero who can hook like spiderman and jump with cannon explosions. Using a grappling hook, a cannon and other bonuses, that can be found on the way, you go forward to the main Capitalist BOSS

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Capitalism 13.3%, Exploration 9.2%

The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 7.1%

Pulse Jumper is a Precision-Platformer where you can jump with guns!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Precision Platformer 24.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Action 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Precision Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Adventure 5.9%

The Slacker Dungeon is a is a 2D side-scrolling metroidvania action game. You have to play as a guy who found an enchanted intelligent sword and went on an adventure in search of wealth and an easy life.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Comedy 7.2%

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Precision Platformer 25%, Platformer 13.6%, Cute 7.5%, Exploration 5.9%

Stick Out! is a precision platformer where you must use a spear to overcome obstacles by sticking yourself to walls and surfaces. Collect coins, buy skins, earn stars, and break time records! Can you complete every level?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 16.5%, Abstract 15.2%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%

Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Action 11%, Adventure 10.5%

A 2D platformer Metroidvania with deep movement and no jump button. Upgrade your umbrella to explore an abandoned planet and ascend to the moon.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Minimalist 9.6%, Platformer 9.3%

Janosik 2 is a retro action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Get ready to jump, slash, dodge roll, dive, smash and bash your way through deadly traps, mischievous villains and bosses, and more in this sequel to Janosik.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Precision Platformer 20%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 7.8%