Games Like Hollowed

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Adventure 59.9%, Indie 30.8%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive experience for controlling two characters simultaneously to solve puzzles and navigate a deeply emotional world.

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Why You'll Like It: It features a core mechanic where two characters must work together to manipulate their environments using opposing elemental powers.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.5%, Action 28.6%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer features a strong bond between the female protagonist and her companion, mirroring the cooperative feel of Hollowed.

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38%, Indie 30.6%, Adventure 22.9%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer centers on the dual-character control of a girl and her fox companion in a beautiful, folklore-inspired setting.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Action 46.4%, Adventure 45.1%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional puzzle-platformer that uses physics-based mechanics to explore themes of memory and connection.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.1%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 22.2%

Why You'll Like It: This visually stunning game follows a female protagonist through an emotional journey, blending platforming with light puzzle elements.

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 37.4%, Female Protagonist 18%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky puzzle-platformer that shares the supernatural, afterlife-themed narrative style of the seed game.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Indie 55.7%, Adventure 32.8%, Action 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers complex puzzle-platforming mechanics that revolve around cloning yourself and controlling multiple entities at once.

Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

Why similar: Action 39.4%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 22.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that allows you to switch between three distinct characters to overcome environmental challenges.

Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.

Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Female Protagonist 32.4%, Indie 21.2%, Action 13%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer features a female protagonist who can manipulate the age of objects, requiring precise timing and logic.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Indie 56.5%, Adventure 34.3%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric, side-scrolling puzzle-platforming that relies on environmental storytelling and clever physics.

YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.

Why similar: Adventure 32.4%, Indie 30.4%, Action 26.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A time-traveling puzzle-platformer that requires players to manipulate environments across different timelines.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Indie 33.2%, Action 31.9%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Limbo, this game offers a dark, atmospheric puzzle-platforming experience with fluid, responsive controls.

Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

Why similar: Action 30%, Indie 26.9%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, Adventure 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy side-scroller that offers a more combat-focused take on the platforming genre.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Adventure 49%, Action 29.6%, Indie 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a breathtaking, emotionally resonant platforming experience with a focus on fluid movement and exploration.

Atma is a pixel art adventure game : Embody Shaya, Guardian of the living and the spirit world. Atma, your lover, calls you from the afterlife: he needs help. What if you could bring him back to you? However, this would mean disrupting the balance between the two worlds... What choice will you make?

Why similar: Action 34.5%, Indie 32.9%, Adventure 32.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, atmospheric adventure that focuses on the emotional weight of the afterlife.

Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!

Why similar: Adventure 30.3%, Action 29.5%, Indie 26.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-adventure platformer that emphasizes mobility and unique character abilities.

Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 56.2%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 6.9%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling adventure features a female protagonist and a unique companion mechanic that aids in both exploration and combat.

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Indie 52.8%, Adventure 47.2%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to navigate a world that feels both lonely and atmospheric.

A frantic adventure platformer - control twin sisters at the same time as they navigate intense, hand-crafted parallel worlds!

Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer where you control two sisters simultaneously to navigate a dark and surreal world.

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Adventure 49%, Female Protagonist 31%, Indie 20%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused, atmospheric side-scroller that emphasizes exploration in a dystopian setting.

An Anti-Coin Collection Platformer inspired by Japanese folktales. Befriend an assortment of ghosts and ghouls as you explore the world hidden in the dusk.

Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Female Protagonist 33.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, pixel-art side-scroller that captures a similar sense of mystery and exploration.

"Forgotten Journey" is a card collection game of beautiful girls from another world. In the game, players will become the master, travel through thousands of time and space, and adventure with several familiar phantom heroes.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy puzzle-platformer that focuses on environmental interaction and discovery.

Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister

Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that balances combat and exploration in a stylized world.

Olympia Rising is a 2-D action platformer starring Iola - a young warrior who has been cast into the Underworld after meeting an untimely end. She must navigate through the various twisted regions of Hades' domain, fighting through hoards of deadly creatures as she attempts her escape, making her way to Mount Olympus.

Why similar: Adventure 35.4%, Action 34.4%, Female Protagonist 30.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy action-platformer featuring a female protagonist navigating the underworld.

After witnessing her village being destroyed and slaughtered by the Oni demon, Hiroko has only one goal: revenge. Join this young samurai in this 2D side-scrolling platformer.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A linear, side-scrolling action-adventure that focuses on tight platforming and combat mechanics.

Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.

Why similar: Action 40%, Adventure 34.6%, Female Protagonist 25.3%

Cally's Trials is a roguelike action-platformer with a weapon-levelling system that lets you evolve weapons as you use them. Cally must save her parents from the maniacal Herbert, who has laid waste to the Caves and built a massive new base.

Why similar: Action 29.2%, Indie 26.1%, Adventure 23.5%, Female Protagonist 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-platformer that highlights a female protagonist in a challenging, combat-oriented environment.

A story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine. Help free the spirits trapped in a forgotten village with the help of the Rot, her adorable (yet powerful) spirit companions.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.2%, Adventure 28.1%, Action 27.5%, Indie 5.2%

Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.

Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 35%, Female Protagonist 24%

You are the last hope of a ruined world, capable of restoring the severed Ley Lines. Throughout the ruined temple of Miria's Heart, attune to and master five unique powers, allowing you to alter gravity, slow time, shift space, and much more.

Why similar: Adventure 28.7%, Female Protagonist 26.5%, Action 23.3%, Indie 21.5%

FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.8%, Action 28.4%, Adventure 27%, Indie 14.8%

A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.8%, Adventure 34.5%, Indie 17.7%

An action adventure about a ghost’s journey through the afterlife. Possess enemies and the environment and fend off hostile spirits in pursuit of starry fragments from a past life.

Why similar: Adventure 51.4%, Action 48.6%

Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 62.5%, Adventure 37.5%

Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.8%, Action 21.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 14.3%

2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 81.4%, Adventure 18.6%

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.7%, Action 23.2%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 15.6%

Rogue Reaper is an action-adventure game, taking place at the end of the Dark Ages during the rise of the plague. Trying to relieve her father from his work of managing the massive influx of souls, the daughter of the Grim Reaper sets out on an adventure to find and destroy the cause of the plague.

Why similar: Action 27.6%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 25.2%, Female Protagonist 21.7%

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 61.2%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 17.7%

Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 48.7%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 21.7%

Forgotten Journey is a puzzle oriented platformer, where the player will follow a linear path jumping, climbing and solving puzzles with the help of an AI companion that will follow her.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.4%, Action 37.1%, Adventure 19.5%

The Lightbringer is a poetic adventure/puzzle platformer with light combat elements, set in a beautiful world claimed by a vile corruption. Guided by your sister’s spirit, you must prevail where she could not. Cleanse the corruption, become The Lightbringer.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 36%, Adventure 32%, Action 31.9%

Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.

Why similar: Action 100%

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 45.8%, Action 27.3%, Adventure 27%

Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 74.7%, Indie 25.3%

Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.2%, Adventure 29.1%, Action 28.7%

Take the role of an antivirus software within the world of an operating system, eliminating malware spawns in a challenging, platforming quest!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 56.1%, Action 33.6%, Indie 10.3%

Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.7%, Action 23.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 18.9%

Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38%, Action 31.3%, Adventure 30.7%

"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 84.6%, Action 8.5%, Indie 6.8%

Players will use a unique dash system to navigate through various obstacles! The main challenges lie in maneuvering skills and reaction speed, utilizing it to complete different levels in the game, gradually piecing together the truth of the story. This is a free-to-play prologue version.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.3%, Action 29%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 5.8%

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.5%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 21.4%, Action 17.5%

S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 44.9%, Action 27.8%, Adventure 27.4%

A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.9%, Adventure 32.5%, Indie 27.6%

Play with shadows using your imagination to solve brain twisting platforming puzzles as you unfold a journey of loss, nostalgia and acceptance.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 60.8%, Adventure 39.2%

A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 57.6%, Adventure 42.4%