
Higher: The Last Dream is an immersive 2D platformer where you play as Starlight, a hero of light thrown into lost worlds, drained of all color and joy. But behind every world he crosses lies a truth he no longer remembers.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, 2D, Action.

Higher: The Last Dream is an immersive 2D platformer where you play as Starlight, a hero of light thrown into lost worlds, drained of all color and joy. But behind every world he crosses lies a truth he no longer remembers.

Constance
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

Twinland
Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 10%
Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 12%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 12%, Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 11%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Platformer 12.8%, Demons 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
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 31.9%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Face your fears in this chilling 2D survival horror action game about understanding and overcoming mental health struggles. Explore twisted nightmares, engage in challenging fast-paced combat and survive encounters with terrifying stalker enemies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Side Scroller 16%, Demons 12.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Exploration 9.5%
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 32.9%, Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Platformer 7.4%
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 25.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Colorful 9.6%, Exploration 8%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Psychological 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Nonlinear 12%, Exploration 7.3%
Break the time loop, save your world! A combat-focused metroidvania that lets you capture enemy souls and turn their powers against them. Explore a corrupted timeline in a fractured world where death isn't the end. Rewind your choices, change your path, and prevent the Mainasutto.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
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 28.8%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 7.7%
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 34.8%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Demons 10.8%
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Nonlinear 7.3%
Tactical combat powered by combo-based spellcasting and elemental reactions. Explore, grow stronger, and unlock sealed-off areas.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 7.4%
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Psychological 18.9%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 6.6%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Colorful 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
《Kingless Dungeon》 is a 2D hack and slash platformer where you control the Shadow Prince, a warrior with no memory. Fight undead enemies, discover your skills, and explore this deep dungeons filled with traps and secrets. Can you reclaim your memories and escape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 8.2%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 8%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Platformer 13%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
Come discover a world full of Brazilian cultural personalities, with several exclusive powers to be used strategically, play win and try to be the best by entering the world rank!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.1%
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Side Scroller 14%, Nonlinear 12%, Platformer 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
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 36.5%, Nonlinear 18.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Colorful 5.3%
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Exploration 6.5%, Adventure 6.3%
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 30.9%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Platformer 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Side Scroller 6.5%
Egregor Indoctrination tells an intriguing story in an episodic and laconic manner, combining elements of Metroidvania and Visual Novel genres.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Demons 12.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 9.1%
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 44.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Colorful 9.5%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Action-Adventure 5%
It is a simple game. Help Chibisi make a pie. Simply collect five apples and the victory is yours. But you must not think if there is something hidden there...
Why similar: Metroidvania 19%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Dark 10.9%
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
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 29.6%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Colorful 7.7%
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 36.2%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Demons 7%
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 10%, Multiple Endings 8%
Explore a tight classic styled sidescrolling action-adventure RPG 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 36.7%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Awaken to a realm where dreams and reality blur beyond recognition. As the Awakened One, you must traverse a haunting world of nightmares and fragmented memories, where nothing is certain and every shadow hides unspeakable truths. Traverse the Dream revealing the nature of existence itself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Multiple Endings 7%
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 14.4%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Colorful 6.4%
Platform game, be available to choose your path. You have to develop your skills, use the action combos along with logic, to advance along the path you want to investigate , where you will looking for the explanation of what are happening to our character...careful you have many possible ends
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Psychological 19.2%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Boki is a Metroidvania, Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG, Precision platformer in which you play as a young mountain goat who must climb a mountain in search of revenge. Dodge, battle and fluidly maneuver through several uniquely crafted areas and biomes to explore the secrets of a tyrannical kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Platformer 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Platformer 16.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Nonlinear 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
Guide Alice, a young girl lost in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, in her quest to return home. In this 2D action-adventure metroidvania game you will meet peculiar characters, traverse a multitude of sceneries, and fight powerful beings known as Egregores to unravel the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Platformer 15%, Exploration 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Dark 7.7%
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 37%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.6%
A gorgeous pixel art metroidvania where you play as an evolving slime. Learn new attacks and dodges from rescued slimes, and confront the monster lords in their domains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Exploration 6.7%
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Platformer 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
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 33.1%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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%, Platformer 17.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Adventure 6.3%
The balance of Sunroot Island is fading. Join Sylv, guardian of the Ancestral Tree, in a vibrant platforming RPG adventure. Reclaim the elemental energy stolen by the egocentric Umbra before the biomes collapse and the corrupted wildlife takes full control.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.7%
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
In a shadowed parallel universe, 8-year-old Marta navigates desolate landscapes ruled by mechanical overlords and nightmarish creatures, desperately seeking her lost family while survival becomes a relentless test of wits and willpower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 8.8%
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. Fall to the underworld, and explore. Seek to calm the horrors below to ensure a peaceful rest for your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Platformer 14.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
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 34.8%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%