
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure.

It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.

A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.

Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Nonlinear 16.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Old School 6.3%
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Action 4.8%
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Action 5.2%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 12.2%, Action 7.4%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Platformer 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
Face these daddy issues and watch your world burn. No more running!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Platformer 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 15.7%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%
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 50.2%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.7%
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 40.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Action 5.6%
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, 2D Platformer 17%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Action 4.9%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.5%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Platformer 8.8%, Adventure 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 6.5%, Adventure 4.3%
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 48.8%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 7.5%, Adventure 6.9%
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 33.1%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Action 6.7%
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 45.4%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Platformer 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
A non-linear Metroidvania platformer that's cute but also a bit creepy. Find upgrades, learn spells and banish the spirits who have become twisted by The Duchess's curse!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10%
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%
Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Action 5.2%
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Action 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.9%, Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Adventure 5.5%
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 4.7%
Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Action 4.4%
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 50.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 7.1%, Nonlinear 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 5.8%
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 44.6%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 18.7%, Action 11%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
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 46.4%, Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Action 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Faye Freelance: Rebel Reporter is a brand new NEWSVANIA that combines the nostalgic charm of pixel platformers with the spirit of Journalism in a stylish twist. Face your foes not with guns and blades, but with pen and ink! Featuring stylized pixel-art aesthetic and hand-crafted animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Platformer 7.7%, Action 7.4%
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 48.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Action 5.8%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Nonlinear 4.9%
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 64.7%, Platformer 18.5%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 2.6%
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 16.2%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 8.6%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 10.8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Action 5.9%
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Platformer 14.4%, Adventure 5%
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 5.8%
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 8.2%
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 60.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 8.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Retro 5.1%
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 34.9%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 8.7%
Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Retro 6.8%, Old School 6.7%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Platformer 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Platformer 21%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Action 3.9%
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 18%, Action 10%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
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 50.2%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 16%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Action 4.6%
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 40.3%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
Gastova is a lighthearted 2D platforming adventure game. Journey into Arkana and become the Guardian Witch!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Action 5.6%
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 43.3%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 3.9%
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 52.9%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 4.6%
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.4%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 2.7%
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 46.4%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Adventure 4.7%
Metroidvania with an intriguing narrative about three heroes. Each hero has a unique combat system. Exciting adventures are waiting for you. The story involves a confrontation between the firstborn and humans. The appearance of a strange crystal further twists the intrigue around the events.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Action 10.6%
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.6%, Platformer 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Action 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Old School 6.2%, Action 6.1%
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Action 5.5%
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 52.1%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 5.9%
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 13.2%, Action 5.2%, Adventure 4.4%
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 44.6%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 17.5%, Action 10%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%