
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
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Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.

Necrowave
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's 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.

Lumnis
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's 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 30.6%, Souls-like 22.6%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 5.9%
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 24.3%, Action-Adventure 11%, Action 7.6%, Exploration 7.1%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Souls-like 30.8%, Exploration 6.8%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Adventure 4.8%
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 36.9%, Souls-like 28.3%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Action-Adventure 5.7%, Action 5.3%
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Souls-like 36.5%, Stylized 6.3%, Action-Adventure 4.4%, Action 3.7%
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 44.9%, Souls-like 32.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Action 4.3%, 2D 4%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Souls-like 27.5%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 7%
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 35.2%, Nonlinear 7.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Action 5.9%
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 20.6%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 5.1%
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Souls-like 27.1%, Exploration 7.3%, Action-Adventure 5.9%, Action 5.2%
Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Souls-like 28.2%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Action 3.3%
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 32.4%, Souls-like 25.8%, Nonlinear 19.4%, Action-Adventure 5.1%, Exploration 4.7%
HALLOW BLADE is a dark fantasy action adventure set in a vast interconnected subterranean kingdom where you form an unbreakable bond with an ancient possessed sword hungry for souls and vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Souls-like 27.7%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 4.6%
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 25.9%, Nonlinear 16%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 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 38%, Souls-like 23.8%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Exploration 5.3%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Souls-like 32.8%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 5.1%, Adventure 3.5%
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Souls-like 28.4%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 7.3%, Action 5.3%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Souls-like 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 8.4%
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 41%, Souls-like 31%, Nonlinear 8.5%, Exploration 4.4%, Action 3.6%
Step into a dark and decaying world with Zenith, an Action RPG that blends intense combat, deep exploration, and an immersive atmosphere. Explore ruined cathedrals and gothic landscapes filled with secrets, facing relentless enemies that will challenge your skill and strategy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Souls-like 29%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 7%, Action 5.8%
The magical misadventure of a novice wizard thrown (literally) into the unfamiliar world outside. Go on a sprawling hand-drawn adventure with spells to study, bosses to best, and a huge handcrafted world to traverse on the long journey home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 23.8%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Exploration 5%
One day, Brichi finds a mysterious sword that suddenly transports him to an unknown land. He needs to search every island and dungeon in search of an opportunity to return home. Many dangers and obstacles await him along the way. Embark on this adventure and see it all for yourself!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Souls-like 25%, Nonlinear 20.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Action 3.3%
Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn. Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the Darkness that stole the sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 27.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Action-Adventure 5%, Story Rich 3.5%
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 37.7%, Souls-like 31.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Cartoony 5.9%, Action 3.8%
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Souls-like 30.9%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Stylized 5%, Action 4.1%
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 26.3%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 6.4%
Signiverux is a Metroidvania-inspired action adventure with fluid gameplay and detailed graphics. Explore the depths of a mysterious castle in search for a way back home, enjoy fast ability progressions, search for powerful magic upgrades and grow your character by expanding the skill tree.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 22.2%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 5.4%
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 33.9%, Souls-like 21.1%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Exploration 6.3%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
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 44.8%, Souls-like 24.2%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Action 5.2%, Exploration 5%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 27.4%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Souls-like 32.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Action 5.1%, Adventure 4%
Relive is a dark yet hopeful action-adventure where you create new plant growth with every step, transform the remains of fallen foes to amplify your magical powers, and overcome deadly challenges to transform the world around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 20.1%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 6.1%
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Nonlinear 13%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Story Rich 6.2%, Action 5.5%
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Souls-like 29%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 6.5%, Action 5%
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 34%, Souls-like 28.3%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Exploration 5.5%, Action 4.3%
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 6.1%, Colorful 5%
Embark on a delirious journey in this metroidvania set on a pirate island where all the characters are sea animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Souls-like 31.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Nonlinear 6.2%, Action 4.4%
A vertically-structured Metroidvania where genetic mutations redefine progression. Navigate a divine-biomechanical labyrinth with dynamically evolving combat forms, where every choice alters companion fates and the world's collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Souls-like 33.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Action 4.5%, Story Rich 3.5%
"Ends" is a classic 2D horizontal board action game. In the game, you will play a dead soldier. In the chaotic order, you will pick up the broken weapons again, explore the broken world, challenge the changing creatures, and find your final destination.
Why similar: Souls-like 35.7%, Metroidvania 28.6%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 7.7%
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 46.4%, Souls-like 30.9%, Exploration 4.9%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%
Explore a pyramid full of misteries while fighting against the dark forces. Chain your attacks in a fast paced combat system full of stylish combo. Fuse and equip the skills you find to forge your own path.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 24.9%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 5.3%
This is an AVG game similar to Metroidvania. The player will perform a demon hunter exploring and decrypting the castle in the Gothic period and hunting the corrupt soul
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Souls-like 32.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 5.1%, Story Rich 4.2%
You awaken on the Altar inside the Life Cathedral. Life Blood is a first-person, Kingsfield-like action adventure game with a focus on exploration. Travel the interconnected world with fast-paced, reaction-based combat and discover the secrets within the heart of the mountain.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.6%, Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 6.8%
Pavu is an action RPG with lots of exploration and challenging combat. You’ll explore a dystopian world where nature and technology coexist in harmony, until the arrival of Kurumi, the last human.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.6%, Metroidvania 25.6%, Nonlinear 18.6%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 6.4%
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 8%, Action 4.9%
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 32.5%, Souls-like 26%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Exploration 5.9%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
Soul of Kaeru is a Metroidvania-inspired VR game! Explore each corners of a miniature world set in an ancient samurai's zen garden where nature took back his right! But beware of the little creatures and insects, as they may not be as friendly as you would think...
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 29.6%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 7.2%, Story Rich 4.7%
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 38.7%, Souls-like 31.6%, Exploration 6.6%, Action-Adventure 4.8%, Story Rich 3.9%
Explore a strange interconnected world, find weapons to shoot those that stand in your way, and discover hidden upgrades and abilities to discover even greater secrets in an action adventure first person metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Souls-like 30.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Stylized 3.8%
Kena’s journey to cure her affliction leads to the island of Kosmora, plagued by mysterious corruption. To save Kosmora, she must master the elements with the aid of spirit companions in this action-packed and heartfelt adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 27.4%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Action 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 23.3%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 5.7%
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Nonlinear 25.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Adventure 7.4%
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 28.5%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 7.2%
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 40.3%, Souls-like 32.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Cartoony 5.4%, Story Rich 4.5%
Explore the enigmatic Tower of Babel in this epic action-platforming adventure with challenging combat. Unravel mysteries beyond time and face terrifying creatures in your quest to uncover the disappearance of all gods and demons.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Souls-like 19.5%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 4.4%
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Souls-like 25.8%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Action 9.2%, Adventure 3.3%
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 42%, Souls-like 26.5%, Exploration 6.5%, Story Rich 6.1%, Action 4.7%
An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Souls-like 30.7%, Action-Adventure 7%, Exploration 4.6%, Action 4.2%
Fight through a hostile, dreamlike world as Sen, a wielder of crystalline weaponry. Slay monsters by pulling off powerful combos, swapping weapons on the fly, and using special weapon abilities. Can Sen survive in this strange world, or will he fall into the void?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Souls-like 30.8%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Action 4%, 2D 2.4%
The Song of Awakening is a 2D action-platformer where you play as a bard with the power to create magic through music. Explore a world once ruled by the Lyramancers, wielders of music-magic, who were extinguished by a mad king. Defeat the malevolent god of silence and restore harmony to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Souls-like 30.2%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Action 5.5%, Combat 4.4%