60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Metroidvania, Souls-like, Adventure.
The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.
Eden Lumina
Eden Lumina is a hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Milo has just a yo-yo, and a whole world ahead of him: vast, full of hostile creatures and unlikely friends, its history carved in stone in a language nobody can read anymore.
Anokye
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Eden Lumina is a hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Milo has just a yo-yo, and a whole world ahead of him: vast, full of hostile creatures and unlikely friends, its history carved in stone in a language nobody can read anymore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 18.9%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Difficult 9.5%, Platformer 8.2%
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Platformer 7%, Hand-drawn 5.1%
Deranged trolls. Old thinking machines. Nordic inspired animals with dark backstories. Meet them all in this hand drawn adventure where you play as a moth, born without wings, exploring a dark world in search of the kingdoms lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Souls-like 20.6%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 6.5%
Demidoff Corp is an atmospheric 2D metroidvania based on Ural folk tales. Explore mystical lands, fight ancient creatures, unlock new abilities, and uncover Demidov’s secret to put an end to the evil that has awoken in the depths of the Ural mountains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Souls-like 21.2%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Mythology 6.4%
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 22.8%, Difficult 15.4%, Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 8.5%, Nonlinear 8.2%
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 20.4%, Difficult 14.4%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Platformer 7%
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 19.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 8.1%, Lore-Rich 6.5%
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Souls-like 20.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 21.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 4%
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 21.9%, Platformer 6.9%, RPG 6.8%, Action 5.3%
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 20.3%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 5.2%
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 21.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
Explore Mount Sixiang, a realm steeped in Chinese fantasy, uncover the story and duty behind Qin and the Bladeless Sword! As she explores, battles, parries enemy attacks, and encounters an unexpected cast of characters, the young heroine will grow—and ultimately face her destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 12.7%, Wuxia 8.2% ★, Exploration 7.4%
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim！ Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 22.9%, Exploration 5.9%, Platformer 5.9%, Mythology 5.9%
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 9.8%, Mythology 7.8%
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 14%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Platformer 9.2%
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 24.7%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 11.8%, RPG 11%, Action 6.7%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 14.4%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Platformer 8.2%
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Platformer 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Souls-like 8.5%, Action RPG 7.5%
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 21.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 5.4%
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 16%, Difficult 13.6%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Platformer 8.4%
Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Souls-like 15.6%, Difficult 15%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Platformer 7.5%
Spright is an epic 2D metroidvania about descending into a vast abyss that twists against you the deeper you go. Equipped with only your diving helm and a longswordm, you will dive head-on into a world that refuses to give way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Souls-like 21.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 5.3%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Souls-like 20%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Hand-drawn 5.3%
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 5.9%
A dark, hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world where death has disappeared. Fight twisted creatures, uncover forgotten secrets, and discover powerful Boundlings as you journey to restore death to a world that has forgotten how to die.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 20.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8%, Nonlinear 5.9%
Enter a world of moving Chinese lianhuanhua! This solo-developed 2.5D Metroidvania blends the Three Kingdoms with mythic beasts from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas." Explore a hand-drawn world, master horseback combat, and face punishingly hardcore boss trials in this mythic epic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 19.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Lore-Rich 7.4%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
Salene is a action-platformer with quick precise combat set in a world ravaged by a war of angels and men. Conquer the Seven Virtues, gain new skills and learn the Songs of Creation to rise up and face the divinity that commands them all!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 20.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Exploration 7.9%
The Last Comfort is a Metroidvania set within a child's subconscious mind. You must traverse through the child's memories, dreams, and nightmares as Tedd, his favorite toy, find the sickness, and save the child from a terminal nightmare.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Souls-like 17.2%, Lore-Rich 8.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Souls-like 26.6%, Platformer 14%, 2D 5.1%, Nonlinear 4.6%
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Souls-like 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Platformer 7.1%
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 6.5%
Swords of Legends is a single-player action-adventure RPG set in the primordial age, a world drawn from the strange tales of classical Chinese literature, where mortals, gods, and wandering souls walk the same earth.
Why similar: Xianxia 29.9% ★, Wuxia 16.5% ★, Souls-like 11.1%, Mythology 9.3%, Lore-Rich 7%
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Difficult 14.4%, Souls-like 14.3%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Platformer 9.6%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 14%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Platformer 8.5%
Fulfill this tale, as darkness swarms the fantasy lands of Fauna. Venture epic kingdoms and treacherous dungeons in a 2D action-RPG, with Metroidvania elements in a hand-crafted pixel art world filled with souls-like boss fights, dungeon platforming, and dynamic enemy combat design.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 18.1%, Difficult 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Action RPG 7.8%
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Difficult 16.6%, Platformer 11.8%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Action 5%
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 13.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Difficult 7.7%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with a microwave stuck on his butt. A 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 19.7%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
Pepper finds that her home has been taken over by an encroaching, melted, pink candy, endangering herself, her friends and her Queen. Seek out the pieces of sentient candy magic and save Pepper and her friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 22.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Lore-Rich 8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 5.5%
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 24.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Hand-drawn 8%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
Omen Fall is an action-packed, story-driven fantasy adventure game that draws players into a past woven with forgotten agreements. Fight against the darkness in this 2D metroidvania experience presented with pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 18.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 23.8%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 16.9%, Exploration 5.5%, Action 4.4%
Sojourn Past is an exploration game, a journey of finding hope in the face of adversary. Set in a handcrafted world, discover it’s mysteries, overcome its tough bullet-hell inspired challenges and embrace hope in this action-adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 10.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
Kindred Kind is a hand-drawn 2D action RPG. Hunt eight powerful beasts across a branching world, master a two-weapon combat system, and save what remains of humanity. Explore, fight, and uncover ancient mysteries, in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 11.2%, Mythology 10%, Action RPG 7.3%
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Difficult 19%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 5.4%
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Difficult 15.9%, Souls-like 15.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8%
Assume the role of Onchu, a druid boy stranded on an island corrupted by dark magic. Learn new magic and abilities in this 2D Metroidvania and explore a stunning sidescrolling world to save the island from destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 20%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
An Action-RPG soulsvania where you explore a seamless and interconnected world through a zoomable map with no loading break. Engage in epic aerial battles, absorb essence to level up, and craft powerful spell combos by defeating brutal bosses and harnessing their Mystic Nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Souls-like 20.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Action RPG 7.8%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Mythology 9.4%, Platformer 9.1%, Lore-Rich 8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 8.3%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 6.8%, Action RPG 6.3%
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Action 6.1%
