Games Like Knytt Underground

Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Knytt, this game features a vast, mysterious underwater world that rewards curiosity and exploration.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Platformer 39.9%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 11%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic puzzle-platformer captures the same sense of scale and wonder while navigating a lush, alien landscape.

Gravity Ghost is a physics game with a twist. Run, jump, and soar around planets, using gravity to glide through the air. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed with powerups and mysterious terraforming powers. Meet the 7 magical guardians and best their challenges. There's no killing, no dying, and no way to fail.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.4%, Female Protagonist 24%, Indie 18.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the ethereal, atmospheric vibe and focus on fluid, physics-based movement through beautiful environments.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Platformer 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Adventure 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly breathtaking aesthetic and highly polished movement mechanics that make traversal feel like a dance.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Platformer 21.4%, Female Protagonist 17%, Indie 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on atmosphere and emotional storytelling through platforming, mirroring the artistic intent of the Knytt series.

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Platformer 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, exploration-focused metroidvania that captures the lonely, mysterious feeling of discovering a forgotten world.

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 42.4%, Platformer 17.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich platformer that features intricate world-building and a strong sense of place similar to Knytt's lore.

Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Platformer 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique, non-violent approach to the metroidvania genre that emphasizes exploration and creative movement.

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Platformer 22.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It balances satisfying movement and exploration with a rewarding sense of progression in a subterranean world.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 43.7%, Adventure 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based platformer emphasizes a quiet, contemplative journey through nature, much like the tone of Nifflas' work.

Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Platformer 28.7%, Exploration 16.6%, Puzzle 3.1%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a brilliant puzzle-platformer that relies entirely on environmental interaction and exploration rather than combat.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 47.2%, Platformer 18%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Female Protagonist 7.1%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more difficult, it shares the precision-platforming DNA and deep emotional resonance found in the best of the genre.

Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.

Why similar: Platformer 33%, Metroidvania 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a beautiful, atmospheric world where changing seasons alters the environment to facilitate exploration.

Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

Why similar: Platformer 29%, Great Soundtrack 23.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its gravity-shifting puzzles create a unique sense of spatial exploration that feels both surreal and grounded.

Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.

Why similar: Adventure 35%, Atmospheric 25.9%, Exploration 20%, Puzzle 19%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, atmospheric adventure that focuses on interacting with a mysterious forest ecosystem through movement and sound.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Exploration 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more open-ended, it perfectly captures the joy of exploration and the peaceful, solitary vibe found in Knytt.

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 46.3%, Platformer 24.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D metroidvania that emphasizes a lonely, melancholic atmosphere while exploring a desolate alien moon.

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 46.6%, Platformer 26.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming metroidvania that prioritizes exploration and movement, maintaining a lighthearted yet adventurous tone.

Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Platformer 23%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where exploration and environmental manipulation are the primary ways to progress.

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 47.2%, Platformer 21.7%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired metroidvania that focuses on clever puzzle-solving and exploration within a cohesive world.

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 46.5%, Platformer 23.4%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 8.2%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a classic, exploration-heavy 2D experience that feels like a spiritual successor to the genre's roots.

A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.

Why similar: Exploration 23%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Female Protagonist 20%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a surreal, dreamlike quality that mirrors the strange and beautiful world-building of Knytt Underground.

In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Platformer 21.1%, Indie 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The unique movement mechanics redefine how players traverse 2D spaces, offering a fresh take on platforming.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 36.3%, Metroidvania 35.9%, Indie 7%, Exploration 6.1%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses physics-based mechanics and non-verbal storytelling to create a compelling, puzzle-filled exploration experience.

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Adventure 25.4%, Indie 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, puzzle-heavy adventure that prioritizes a gentle, whimsical tone and exploration of a unique setting.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Indie 28.5%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While in 3D, it shares the focus on environmental puzzles and a sense of isolation in a mysterious, sterile environment.

From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 12%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater metroidvania that focuses on the quiet solitude of deep-sea exploration and discovery.

An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep.

Why similar: Platformer 24.5%, Exploration 23.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 14%, Indie 12.8%

Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.3%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that leans into folklore and atmospheric exploration, focusing on discovery over combat.

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 39.1%, Platformer 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.1%

Help Mother Bilby, as she struggles underground to find her children, in this magical indie, 2.5D puzzle-platformer game. Macrotis: A Mother’s Journey is an unforgettable adventure for those who love being challenged.

Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses animal abilities to navigate a dangerous, atmospheric world.

Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.9%, Metroidvania 18.8%, Platformer 18.5%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Adventure 9%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Platformer 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 5.1%

A narrative-driven sci-fi platformer game, set in the first born galaxy of the Heptaverse: Nykra. You travel the ancient and abandoned planets in the hopes to find the origins of your existence.

Why similar: Platformer 39.1%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 21.3%, Exploration 14.5%, 2D 3%

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.8%, Exploration 23.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 10%

A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!

Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Indie 20%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, 2D 2.1%

Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.

Why similar: Platformer 38.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Indie 9.1%

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.9%, Metroidvania 23.9%, Platformer 23.9%, Female Protagonist 7%, Adventure 4.4%

Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Platformer 24%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Indie 9.6%

Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

Why similar: Metroidvania 59.1%, Platformer 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%, Indie 5.1%, Exploration 4.3%

Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.

Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Metroidvania 26.3%, Indie 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Exploration 9.1%

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Platformer 22.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Indie 5.8%

A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.

Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Exploration 20.7%, Indie 18.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Platformer 24.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Adventure 7.4%

Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…

Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Exploration 26%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Puzzle 4.6%

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Platformer 39.8%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 6.6%

Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.

Why similar: Exploration 36.3%, Female Protagonist 30.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Puzzle 4.1%

An alien lost on a strange planet needs help returning home

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Platformer 24.7%, Exploration 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Puzzle 2.7%

The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.7%, Metroidvania 27.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7%

The story begin when the robot, whose experiment was interrupted, begins working again years later in an abandoned laboratory.

Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.

Why similar: Exploration 27.3%, Adventure 19.8%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Indie 9.6%

Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Exploration 18.5%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Adventure 4.3%

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 42.9%, Platformer 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Exploration 8.4%, Indie 5.4%

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 53.7%, Platformer 19.5%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 5.6%

Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet.Ittle Dew boils down the classic adventure formula until there is only fun left.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.3%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 20.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%

Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Adventure 33.3%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Indie 9.9%

The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!

Why similar: Platformer 62.2%, Adventure 17.7%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, 2D 3.9%

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Indie 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Adventure 9.5%