60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D, Adventure, Action-Adventure.
HeroSquare is a minimalist metroidvania where you must find your missing heart friend in a strange and colorful world full of danger. Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you will face formiddable bosses, discover cryptic secrets and explore for new powers!
Escape Zolstar
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Master Key
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Side Scroller 11%, Minimalist 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Minimalist 12.5%, 1980s 11.5%, Retro 11.2%, Nonlinear 8.4%
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 34.1%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Nonlinear 7.3%
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.2%
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. But this time, he's going to hell. Explore the underworld, face its horrors, and fight to bring peace to the tortured souls of your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Action 8.9%
A hand-crafted action-adventure that pays tribute to the 8-bit golden era. Explore, fight, experience different genres of classic gameplay and grow stronger in a world built one screen at a time by a solo first-time developer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Retro 13.1%, Adventure 6.9%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Retro 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%
What awaits you in the depths of this ancient tomb? Get ready to explore and discover the secrets of the dungeon of the draugr kings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 1980s 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Retro 13.5%, Nonlinear 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 7.7%
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 1980s 11.2%, Retro 8.2%, Action-Adventure 8%
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10%, Retro 10%, Exploration 7.6%
Iliad is an adventure Metroidvania that borrows new powers and area unlocks from it's retro origins and weave classic map design mechanic in the gameplay. Travel through two worlds tightly linked together each growing as you discover new secrets and defeat bosses towards one of the two endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Retro 10.4%, 1980s 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 7.8%
A fairytale-like atmospheric game about a little foal lost in a dark forest. Find food, hide from the night, meet strange creatures, and slowly grow up - leaving hoofprints along your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Abstract 14.9%, Minimalist 10.6%, Exploration 8.9%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Retro 8.5%, Exploration 8%
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 40.3%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Action 6.3%
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 8%
Linkisa is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world inspired by Malagasy folklore and steampunk aesthetics. Play as General Linkisa, stripped of his memories, and explore the rain-soaked regions of the Empire of Orana in search of your past and the restoration of order. Masina ny orana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Minimalist 6.4%, 2D Platformer 6.4%, Action 6.2%
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 8.4%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
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%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Exploration 9.4%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
Explore a tight classic sidescrolling action-adventure and become the Guardian of the Chalklands. Explore, fight, collect, uncover new paths, hoard powerful gear and items, and forge your own legend of Chalkvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9%, Retro 8.7%
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 42.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Retro 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
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 31.5%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Retro 11%, Minimalist 9.7%
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 40.5%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 7.5%
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Retro 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Nonlinear 11%
Nakawak is a handheld style Metroidvania. Explore! Power Up! Escape! This is a retro game displaced in time. Now features expanded content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Side Scroller 14%, Retro 10.1%, 1980s 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
It's a 2D action shooting adventure game where you switch between multiple guns and use interchangeable gimmicks to try to break through the stages! What awaits you in a mysterious facility in a corner of the universe?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, 1980s 15.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Action 10.8%, Retro 10.3%
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 14%, 1980s 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
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 34.5%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Retro 12.8%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.2%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Side Scroller 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9%, Action 8.3%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Side Scroller 14.6%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
Destinesia is a sci-fi metroidvania which you are looking for a new home for humanity. Parkour your way through most dangerous jungles and explore the ancient dungeons. Upgrade your suit with the remains of your ancestors. Reveal the oldest secrets of Homo Sapiens.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
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 34.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, 1980s 11.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
A minimalistic free-exploration metroidvania with quick, responsive movement and an extremely diverse cast of bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%
Hop on a flying crab and go on an adventure that blends exploring intricate branching stages with blistering shoot 'em up action. Gather upgrade materials, escape with the goods, discover hidden areas, and take down 15 unique bosses to save Crater City.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Retro 9.5%
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 34.9%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 8.8%
A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Retro 14.3%, 1980s 11%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Retro 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Action 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Protagonist 'Ed' lives in Kakariko village. He wants to become an adventurer who explore this great world. You can join Ed's adventure... find out a secret of the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Side Scroller 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Adventure 10.4%
BeatBox Runner is a retro platformer with a twist: switch states to survive its unique series of traps and challenges.
Why similar: 1980s 19.2%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Retro 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Side Scroller 11.2%
Embark on an epic action adventure by unraveling the mystery of the Elder Seed and save the world from falling into chaos. Journey with Milo through colorful handcrafted lands, forests, caves and dungeons. Forge new weapons and encounter strange creatures who will help you throughout your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Side Scroller 14.8%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 8.7%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Retro 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Nonlinear 8.8%
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 33.3%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Nonlinear 13%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
In this a Metroidvania style game made in crispy pixel art, Join Rhea , a bounty huntress with a task to save some people who have been kidnapped and taken to an old abandoned castle where there are many dangers, she needs your help to rescue these people and to bring peace to the city of Vaunard
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 7.7%
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Retro 12%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
The 1988 classic action-RPG returns! The original creators are rebuilding the code and redrawing the pixel art for a handcrafted Steam remake of a mythic journey across ancient Greece. Support development in Early Access.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Retro 8.1%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8%
Explore planet 404, battle the Zorgs and local tribes, and hunt for the Eye of Vyr’Nox, the legendary Relic of the Absent God.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action 11.6%, Nonlinear 11.4%
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Side Scroller 16%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Retro 13.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Embark on an epic adventure as a sword-wielding fish and restore order to the kingdom's depths. Explore an ocean world full of adorable characters, menacing foes, and hidden wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Nonlinear 9.1%, Retro 8.5%
Juan's been banished to the prototype version of his game! He’s gone from a colorful 16-bit hero to a tiny 1-bit homie. Help him platform his way back in this narrative action-platformer—with Juan himself teaching you how to control him through this mini-metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, 1980s 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Minimalist 11%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Side Scroller 12.9%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Beneath their goofy long-faced looks lies a surprisingly serious action-adventure. Awaken as Akim and Very Long Leelee after 10,000 years of slumber, recover your lost memories, rouse your fallen comrades, and rise to defeat a great evil!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 10%, Retro 8.7%
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Nonlinear 6.1%
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Retro 13.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Action 5.1%
A game about saving a dying planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 9.2%, Exploration 8.2%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Retro 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.4%
