Games Like IN THE DARK

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Underground 17.8% ★, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 7.5%

PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Underground 21.6% ★, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 9.6%

Drive back magic horrors with your star gun and save your cute bunny friends in this 2D metroidvania adventure. Jump and propel yourself with your weapon to navigate the depths of underground rabbit ruins, giant trees and paths in the clouds.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Underground 23.4% ★, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

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 40.1%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%

Embark on a short and emotional journey through a cursed cave in this 2D hand-drawn platformer with action and metroidvania elements. Uncover a touching story about regrets and the value of living the moment

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Underground 15.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

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 37.3%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Philosophical 14.2%, Action 7.1%

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 28.9%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Philosophical 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%

I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

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 37.4%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

A Metroidvania about Medusa searching for a foregone creature called the Ancient Sludge. Explore eight unique regions, face hordes of menacing enemies and acquire items to help you on your adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Underground 16.4% ★, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%

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 28.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 7.9%

Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 8.4%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Ember Journey of Clinbo This is a fantasy, pixel-art Metroidvania-style game. You are Clinbo, the only "transgressor" robot to possess a soul in a limbo between life and death—a realm where countless souls are judged by a single standard: "Harmony."

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

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 31.3%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 8.6%

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 43%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Story Rich 4.5%

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 28.5%, Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 9%

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Story Rich 5.8%

Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Underground 22.6% ★, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 8.4%

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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Platformer 6.8%

Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Underground 19.8% ★, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Platformer 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

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 35.3%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

Save Moses' girlfriend from the clutches of the prince of Egypt, Ramses, in this thrilling adventure across the Egyptian desert. Face enemies and bosses, find items and power-ups scattered throughout a fantastic 2D open world full of challenges, secrets and much more!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 9%

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 29.8%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 8.3%

Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 9.7%

The Last Hope is a Metroidvania-style platform game with RPG elements, in which the player controls an unnamed character who is transported against his will to the underworld, and now has to discover how to escape and how to survive the dangers around him.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Underground 23.5% ★, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 6.3%

A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Underground 12.9% ★, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Platformer 7.9%

Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Fighting 23.8% ★, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%

A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 7.2%

Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 8.1%

Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Fantasy 6%

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 27.2%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 7.6%

Erandique the indigenous hero!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 9.1%

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 38.6%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 18.3%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

Step into a forgotten civilization through jumping, exploration, and combat. "Land of Oblivion" is a 2D action platformer with Metroidvania elements.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Underground 13.4% ★, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 7.2%

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...

Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 6%

Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Underground 19.7% ★, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Action 6.9%

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 37.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Action 7.1%

Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

After a mysterious flash of light, Jennifer, a magic student, finds herself trapped in a cursed floating castle. Explore the castle’s interiors in search of a way to escape...

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.7%

A 2D action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements. Explore, fight monsters, collect equipment, unlock new paths, and challenge bosses in a handcrafted pixel-art world inspired by retro classics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Exploration 8%

You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%

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 43.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.8%

Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 7.4%, Emotional 6.7%

Matachin, is a 2D video game of Metroidvania-type platforms, with digital illustration and its own music from the Pasto region in Colombia. Your goal is embark on a fantastic adventure full of mysteries for rescue a whole town from sadness releasing the spirit of carnival.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 16.5%, Emotional 7.8%, Family Friendly 6.8%

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 35.4%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 8.7%

Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Colorful 7.2%

Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Emotional 8.2%

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Family Friendly 6%

The Tale of LUMI is a fast paced, metroidvania inspired, action game. Collect powers from Gods and Heroes. Upgrade your Skills. Defeat unyielding enemies. Explore LUMI and unveil the secrets that lie within this puzzling Kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Family Friendly 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Platformer 19.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Action 8%

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 39.8%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 12%, Family Friendly 5.9%