Games Like Inescapable

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 62.2%, Action 20.3%, Platformer 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the core theme of exploring a hostile, remote mining planet with a focus on Metroidvania-style progression.

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, sci-fi action-platformer that mirrors the retro aesthetic and exploration-heavy gameplay of the seed game.

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 68.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 6.8%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive sci-fi Metroidvania that captures the mystery and alien discovery elements found in the seed game.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 63.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 7.8%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, atmospheric exploration experience that rewards curiosity in a pixel-art sci-fi setting.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Action 10.5%, Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar compact, sci-fi Metroidvania experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and suit-based upgrades.

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: Metroidvania 63.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 12.3%, Action 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the genre that features a sprawling sci-fi world and challenging combat mechanics.

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 63.2%, Platformer 17%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling sci-fi adventure that balances platforming and exploration within a mysterious research facility.

Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!

Why similar: Metroidvania 63.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tight 2D platforming and exploration within a space-themed, retro-inspired environment.

Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 16.5%, Indie 15.2%, Platformer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-platformer that captures the indie spirit and exploration focus of the seed game.

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Platformer 11.8%, Indie 10.9%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique sci-fi setting and cooperative-style mechanics that emphasize exploration of an alien underworld.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.7%, Action 11.1%, Platformer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features high-quality pixel art and intricate level design that elevates the traditional Metroidvania experience.

MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Adventure 22.5%, Action 20.1%, Indie 18%, Platformer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a sci-fi narrative with satisfying combat and exploration mechanics in a 2D pixel-art world.

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Action 10.7%, Indie 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a hauntingly atmospheric sci-fi journey that emphasizes discovery and combat on a desolate moon.

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 12.7%, Indie 10.7%, Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the retro-inspired difficulty and exploration loop that fans of the seed game will appreciate.

Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 63.8%, Adventure 15.9%, Action 11%, Platformer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A polished Metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and challenging boss encounters in a detailed world.

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Adventure 23%, Platformer 19%, Indie 14.5%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the scientific exploration of an alien ecosystem, mirroring the mining and discovery themes of the seed game.

Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.8%, Platformer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action-adventure that mirrors the indie spirit and platforming focus of the seed game.

Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Indie 12.1%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed exploration game that leans heavily into the retro aesthetic and Metroidvania structure.

In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Adventure 18.7%, Action 16.2%, Indie 13.5%, Platformer 8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging pixel-art adventure that emphasizes exploration and combat in a hostile environment.

Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 16.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Action 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A bite-sized Metroidvania that focuses on tight platforming and discovering secrets in a retro dungeon.

SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.7%, Platformer 17.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends exploration with puzzle-platforming elements in a sci-fi setting that feels familiar to the seed game.

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 67.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Platformer 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, exploration-focused Metroidvania that captures the sense of wonder found in small-scale indie titles.

Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

Why similar: Platformer 37.3%, Action 34%, Indie 28.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that focuses on fast-paced movement and exploration.

Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Indie 33.7%, Platformer 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that emphasizes exploration and discovery within a mysterious, indie-developed world.

Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.

Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Action 26.9%, Indie 25.2%, Platformer 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward indie platformer that captures the retro, side-scrolling feel of the seed game.

Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Platformer 18%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A vibrant sci-fi action game that features fluid movement and exploration-based progression.

What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Adventure 12%, Action 11%, Indie 9.9%

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Adventure 24%, Platformer 23.6%, Action 12.1%, Indie 6.8%

"The Superfluous" [soo-pur-floo-uh s] A cave-diving, sci-fi, rogue-lite, platformer with jet packs and lots of explosions. Help stop an apocalyptic asteroid on collision course with Earth. Lead a squad to the center of the asteroid and blast it into space dust.

Why similar: Adventure 29.1%, Action 25.3%, Platformer 22.9%, Indie 22.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-platformer that shares the indie, side-scrolling DNA of the seed game.

A crash landing on a world inhabited by bee-like lifeforms. Stranded, our hero must unravel the rules of this uncharted planet to find their way home. Navigate a world where left is right, up is down, and you don't know where the simulation ends and you begin.

Why similar: Indie 38.7%, Platformer 32.1%, Action 29.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual action-platformer that focuses on puzzle-solving and exploration in a 2D environment.

Guide three sociopathic apprentices through an open world filled with caves, castles and underground cities as you search for your kidnapped teacher. Discover countless secrets, loot hidden treasure troves, and decapitate your enemies. Or immolate them. Or smack them in the face with fruit.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Indie 25.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 12.6%, Platformer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features classic Metroidvania exploration and platforming mechanics in a retro-inspired world.

Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 9.2%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique sci-fi Metroidvania that emphasizes time-based exploration and discovery in an alien world.

A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.

Why similar: Adventure 63.9%, Indie 23.9%, Action 12.2%

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Indie 8.2%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Action 31.4%, Indie 30.5%

Hargrave finds himself inside the walls of a mysterious labyrinth filled with strange robots. Find the way out, or find what's hidden deep inside.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Adventure 23.5%, Platformer 13.5%, Indie 12.1%

In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!

Why similar: Indie 28.8%, Platformer 26.3%, Adventure 22.9%, Action 22%

You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.

Why similar: Platformer 39.9%, Action 24.5%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 14.5%

As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.

Why similar: Action 50.8%, Indie 49.2%

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Why similar: Platformer 37.1%, Action 32.1%, Indie 25.3%, Adventure 5.5%

Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Platformer 9.6%, Indie 9.4%, Action 8.8%

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Platformer 26.7%, Indie 26.2%, Action 15.2%

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 10.1%

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

Why similar: Metroidvania 66.4%, Platformer 17.1%, Indie 10.4%, Action 6%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Metroidvania 63.7%, Platformer 13%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 6.9%, Indie 6.8%

A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.

Why similar: Metroidvania 82.8%, Adventure 17.2%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: Indie 35%, Platformer 32.7%, Adventure 32.3%

A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .

Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Action 26.9%, Indie 24.4%, Metroidvania 16.9%

Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 65%, Action 13.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Platformer 9.7%

PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Adventure 30.9%, Action 24.8%, Indie 12.1%

Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.

Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Platformer 37%, Indie 7.4%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Platformer 46.1%

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 63.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Indie 7.9%

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Metroidvania 24.2%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 15.7%, Action 11.4%

Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 70.5%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 13.1%

Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Action 33.3%, Indie 27.8%

A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

Why similar: Platformer 40.8%, Adventure 32.8%, Action 26.4%

Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.

Why similar: Metroidvania 60%, Platformer 13.6%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.8%

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Action 11%, Indie 10.3%

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Adventure 15.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Action 12.5%, Indie 11%