
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, Pixel Graphics, Indie.

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

Inexistence Rebirth
Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Chasm
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.
Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in 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 41.6%, Action 15%, RPG 14.4%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 7.4%
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 48.3%, Action 12%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Metamorfose S is a 2D action-adventure game with RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Action 32.6%, Adventure 17%, Indie 14%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, RPG 19.9%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 8.6%
Mahluk is a hack and slash platformer game with pixel-art style graphics and retro style addicting gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Action 18.3%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Platformer 9.7%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.8%, Platformer 6.4%
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Action 12.8%, RPG 9.3%, Platformer 9%, Adventure 6%
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 62.3%, Action 10.7%, Platformer 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Indie 5.5%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Action 17.4%, RPG 15.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 6.6%
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 49.6%, Action 20%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 7.7%, Platformer 6.1%
Uncover the secrets of the sinking metropolis in this action RPG. Clash beam sabers, or be a gunslinger. Make alliances or go it alone. Your actions have consequences - those whom learn the nature of this world will be able to shape it as they see fit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, RPG 23.2%, Action 23.1%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Action 50.9%, Indie 19.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 5.9%
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 50.7%, Adventure 12.6%, RPG 11.5%, Action 8.5%, Platformer 8.1%
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, RPG 17.3%, Action 15%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 4.1%
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Action 21.2%, Adventure 9.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Indie 7.2%
A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, 2D 4.6%
FOX n FORESTS is a 16-bit style action platformer with RPG elements! Switch seasons on the fly and wield your crossbow to unveil the mystery of the 5th season.
Why similar: Action 31.7%, RPG 21.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 10.7%, Platformer 10.1%
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.5%, Action 13.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 9%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Action 16.8%, RPG 12.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 6.6%
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, RPG 22%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, RPG 22.1%, Action 21%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 8.2%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Action 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 7.6%
Be enchanted by a classic style action-packed adventure full of secrets, puzzles, unrequited love, exploration and loads of madness. Discover the amazing story of Khoma and the Witches of Bethem.
Why similar: RPG 33%, Action 32.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 14.8%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, RPG 19.4%, Action 14.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
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 60.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 5.9%
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Action 43%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 17.6%, Metroidvania 15.7%
Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!
Why similar: Action 33.4%, RPG 22%, Adventure 18%, Indie 8.9%, Platformer 8.4%
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 52.9%, Action 16.2%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Adventure 5.8%
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 32.2%, Action 20.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 11.7%, Platformer 9.8%
Metroidvania game with 2.5D graphics, single and multiplayer modes and classic game mechanics for the delight of platform and adventure games lovers as well as for you who didn't live the 80's; this is an opportunity for you to taste that classic feeling with the graphics and sound quality of today.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Action 18.1%, Platformer 11%, Adventure 10%, Indie 7.6%
An open world adventure inspired by the classics. Get lost in a wide world of precarious platforming that will take you back to a simpler time...
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Indie 20.9%, Platformer 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Action 21.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Platformer 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, RPG 19.3%, Action 18.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Platformer 9.8%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Action 16.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Action 20.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 8.5%, Platformer 5.9%
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 28.4%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Platformer 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Explore a vast, colorful world in this 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set during the Age of Discoveries. Grab your halberd and become a hero amid the storm!
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.4%, Action 20%, Platformer 14%, 2D 5.6%
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 61.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%, 2D 4%
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 38.6%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, Action 13.1%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Indie 6.3%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.6%, Action 15.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
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 38.4%, Action 25.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Platformer 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
An adventure game with focus on acrobatics and discovering secrets. Classic platformer gameplay in the spirit of the 8-bit era games.
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Platformer 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 9.5%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Action 13.8%, RPG 11.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Action 28.8%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 12.2%, 2D 4.4%
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Metroidvania 25.3%, Platformer 14%, Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%
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 54.6%, Action 16.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Platformer 6.4%
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.1%, RPG 24%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, 2D 4.8%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Action 18.2%, RPG 14.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 7.7%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Action 18.2%, RPG 11.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%
Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.
Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Action 19.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Platformer 6.8%
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 44%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Platformer 9.6%, Indie 8.6%
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Action 14.1%, RPG 13.9%, Platformer 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is everything you loved about the late 80's/early 90's. It's a blast from the past, with a fresh spin.
Why similar: Indie 75.8%, Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
A hero resurrected. A new Adventure. With stunning, 2D pixel art, Adventure of Samsara combines classic gameplay, a deeply connected world, and a heady, twisting narrative of death, rebirth and memory. Become the Solar Champion and restore balance to the multiverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, RPG 16.5%, Action 13.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Adventure 6.4%
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 64.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Action 10.1%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 4.5%
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 56.1%, Action 16.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 4.6%