60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Open World, Singleplayer, Exploration.
Litlip is a retro-style game where players change characters, explore the world, and collect plot-essential items. It’s a relaxing and fun experience. The game series follows a unique “Middle-Beginning-End” narrative structure, which I believe works best.
Old Shadow
A game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. A variant "Metroidvania" with elements of survival and crafting.
MOVILLIA
MOVILLIA — a first-person survival-exploration game. Cut off from the world in the terrifying depths of the Earth, you've become strangers in an alien ecosystem. Explore bioluminescent abysses, use gadgets to survive, and beware what lurks in the dark. The dark is alive.
A game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. A variant "Metroidvania" with elements of survival and crafting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Survival 23.7%, Hidden Object 12%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Adventure 6.9%
MOVILLIA — a first-person survival-exploration game. Cut off from the world in the terrifying depths of the Earth, you've become strangers in an alien ecosystem. Explore bioluminescent abysses, use gadgets to survive, and beware what lurks in the dark. The dark is alive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, 6DOF 23.5% ★, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 8.6%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.1%, Open World 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Retro 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Open World 9%, Cute 8.5%, Exploration 6.9%
Help a turnip reach the stars in this award-winning 1-bit metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, Cute 10.9%, Open World 10.2%, Adventure 7.5%, Retro 7.5%
Survival game in a space setting with resource manager elements and puzzles
Why similar: 6DOF 25.8% ★, Survival 17%, Sandbox 15.5%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Open World 9.2%
Woke up after a midday nap. Country house. Turntable swishing sound. You are 8 years old. It's Summer is an indie video game which genres are “sandbox”, “babushka”, and “midday nap”. The game has neither goal nor sense. Only you, cheap tea bags with russian tears and the endless yellow field.
Why similar: 6DOF 45.4% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 12.8%, Retro 10.6%, Exploration 6.4%
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Story Rich 12.4%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Cute 5.3%
Welcome to the desert of Naména, a world sinking into nothingness. Equipped with flask, compass, spyglass, you brave the relentless sun and track the myth of the Distant Meadows—the last refuge of humanity. Explore, solve puzzles, and connect the dots until everything clicks in this Metroidbrainia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Retro 12.1%, Open World 11.6%, Cute 8.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
Graffiti Cozy - open-world 3D-platformer where you can explore city with jetpack, bomb graffiti spots and chill out with bouncy hip-hop soundtrack - and all of that at toy-like smooth vibes.
Why similar: 6DOF 31.8% ★, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Open World 12.9%, Cute 12.2%, Relaxing 8.1%
Blight Runners is an open-world survival adventure set on a dying planet consumed by the mysterious Blight. There is no oxygen. Explore, survive, recover lost Gear and find your own path across a hostile world where traversal itself is the greatest challenge. The Gear is sacred. You are expendable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Survival 9.7%, Exploration 6.6%
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Retro 15.3%, Open World 11.4%, Minimalist 9.8%, Cute 8.6%
Help Misha search for Dima in a comedic, post-Soviet inspired world, filled with unique details and lovingly created by one man indie developer. A hand-crafted open-world adventure unlike any other!
Why similar: 6DOF 26.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Survival 14.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Hidden Object 10.8%
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.2%, Retro 19.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Open World 7.1%, 2D 3.5%
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Cute 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 6.2%
🍂The most vibrant Metroidvania about a catgirl! Sandbox elements, divinity, and mysticism!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Cute 8.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.7%, Retro 18.3%, 2D 3.4%, Exploration 2.2%, Adventure 2.2%
Aetherion is a 2D action-adventure with exploration, combat and terraforming. Travel through five connected realms as Spark and reshape their landscapes. Your actions affect the Essence Light that holds the world together: where it fades, decay spreads.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Sandbox 22%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Open World 6.6%
Prepare for a brutal metroidvania where a legendary knight battles monsters to save his land. Explore dangerous labyrinths and castles, fight enemies, and craft powerful gear with the help of the Mage, Alchemist, and Treasure Hunter. Ready for epic adventures?
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.2%, Survival 21.6%, Open World 8.5%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 4.6%
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
Why similar: 6DOF 26.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 11.5%, Cute 6.6%
The freedom here, or beyond the window.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, Sandbox 18.1%, Cute 7.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Relaxing 5.2%
Narrative exploration game located in a massive, post-human Western Washington. Navigate an open world that has been reclaimed by nature. Use journals, letters, zines, and other documents to learn the interconnected stories of the people who lived here once.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Survival 27.6%, Open World 20.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 7.6%
The Pellar is an action-adventure game in which you play the role of a lonely quack doctor. Your task is to prepare medicines, potions and bandages that will be used to help those in need. Struggle with healing various ailments in this magical world inspired by Slavic mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Open World 10.5%, Story Rich 9%, Exploration 7.4%
A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest refuses to let you leave.
Why similar: 6DOF 35.1% ★, Survival 17%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Relaxing 6.8%
In the game "Little Droid" you will find exciting levels with a variety of traps, obstacles and riddles. You will explore amazing locations including a secret bunker, deep dungeons and mysterious forests. Each level offers new challenges and secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, 6DOF 26.9% ★, Hidden Object 13.7%, Adventure 7.1%, 2D 4.2%
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62%, Open World 11.3%, Minimalist 10.3%, Exploration 8.1%, 2D 3%
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Cute 8.9%, Relaxing 7.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
Mine asteroids and refine resources to build your own spaceship, designing every detail as you balance mass, thrust, and torque. Alone or with a crew, expand your vessel into a self-sustaining mobile factory through automation as you survive the harshness of space.
Why similar: 6DOF 32.4% ★, Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 20%, Open World 13.4%, Adventure 9.7%
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 62.2%, Cute 9.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Story Rich 7.6%, Adventure 6.7%
A story-driven sci-fi adventure focused on exploration, atmosphere, and discovery. Unlock superhuman abilities, uncover forgotten technology, and gather resources to craft devices that help you solve mysteries on a remote and ancient planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Survival 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Exploration 5.4%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.4%, Retro 11.8%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 3.4%, Exploration 2.6%
Explore a 2D world divided between the four seasons, help its inhabitants, and solve the problems of each region while discovering the story behind this universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Retro 13.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Cute 8.4%
Paws and Soul: relaxing-adventure game about reincarnation. Turn yourself into a wolf, explore mysterious forests and reveal every secret of your past life!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Cute 10.8%, Hidden Object 10.3%
Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Cute 10.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Exploration 9%, Retro 6.6%
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.2%, Retro 16.4%, Cute 12.6%, Exploration 6.6%, Adventure 6%
Save Moses' girlfriend from the clutches of the prince of Egypt, Ramses, in this thrilling adventure across the Egyptian desert. Face enemies and bosses, find items and power-ups scattered throughout a fantastic 2D open world full of challenges, secrets and much more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Sandbox 19.6%, Open World 11.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Survival 6.9%
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 72.5%, Retro 14.2%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 2.9%
Granite Casket is a claustrophobic horror about crawling with six degrees of freedom through caverns. Careful positioning and awkward angles will be needed to find the crevices within the earth no human was ever designed to go.
Why similar: 6DOF 66.2% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Exploration 6.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Open World 12.6%, Cute 11.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%
Astrobarian™ is a 3D action RPG game where you and Cordina travel to different worlds — some cultivated, others filled with deadly hazards. Along the way, you may encounter others with different motives and unresolved mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Retro 13%, Survival 10.6%, Hidden Object 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
Polygon world VR will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in an unusual low-poly style. With the visual composition and musical accompaniment, your consciousness will be completely relaxed by five minutes.
Why similar: 6DOF 23.3% ★, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Sandbox 21%, Open World 10%, Exploration 8.8%
Step into a surreal dreamlike world in this atmospheric walking simulator. Explore strange liminal spaces, wander through mysterious environments, and experience a world where reality follows the rules of a dream.
Why similar: 6DOF 35.3% ★, Walking Simulator 28%, Exploration 10.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Minimalist 8.2%
A momentum-heavy 2D Metroidvania where you dash, double-jump and wall-cling beneath Goen, the last city on earth, chaining whip combos and parrying to bank Maia essence for permanent rituals or short-lived upgrades you drop on death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Retro 9.9%, Adventure 9%, 2D 5.3%
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 50.6%, Story Rich 10%, Open World 9.6%, Cute 9.2%, Adventure 6.6%
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 44.6%, Open World 11.8%, Retro 10.3%, Cute 8.2%, Exploration 6.6%
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.3%, Retro 12.9%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 6.3%
Siienaa is an immersive VR experience that allows audiences to encounter a beautiful desert world comprising serene locations, inhabited with dramatic creatures.
Why similar: 6DOF 43.9% ★, Walking Simulator 27.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Relaxing 8.6%, Adventure 7.9%
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Cute 11.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Open World 5.3%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 6.9%, 2D 5.1%
Embark on a tranquil journey in this cozy fishing game, you're free to explore a vibrant world brimming with secrets. Discover hidden coves, find unique rods, and venture into the charming world as you seek out new fishing grounds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Open World 9.7%, Cute 8.9%, Exploration 7.1%
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58%, Open World 11.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Cute 9.8%, Adventure 6.2%
A cozy, first-person explorer, full of dazzling sights, a charming story, cute creatures, and a living landscape that you Art Direct, as you bop about with a world-altering camera. Enjoy your virtual vacay!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Open World 15.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 10.2%, Exploration 7.5%
Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Retro 16.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Cute 7.5%, Open World 6%
“ Elmer is a Metroidvania-style adventure game. ” AltroQuando is a place for those with a forgotten past, an illusionary present, and a future held only as a promise. Your presence here is the proof that you are seeking your own original sin, your own mask.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 9.1%, 2D 5.4%
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 51.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Cute 9%, Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 6.4%
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 77.5%, Retro 9.5%, Adventure 4.4%, 2D 3.7%, Exploration 3.2%
A 3rd-person exploration game explore a series of dreams and reconnect with your childhood best friend: your French Bulldog. Take control of both a human and French Bulldog as you experience a violently emotional story. Beware of the collectibles. They determine the fate of your friendship.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Open World 15.5%, Cute 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Relaxing 8.5%
Chart your own path through a fog-shrouded dungeon in INK MAZE! Design cryptic treasure maps to solve puzzles, outsmart traps, and collect loot hidden within the mist. But when you reach the depths of the maze, will you still be able to decipher the symbols you charted long ago?
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Cute 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Retro 11.2%, Exploration 9.1%
Hargrave finds himself inside the walls of a mysterious labyrinth filled with strange robots. Find the way out, or find what's hidden deep inside.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.4%, Retro 21.3%, Adventure 16.3%
Control Iris, a messenger who walks through a spiritual realm, guiding lost people who seek peace. An action-platformer focused on music, combat, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.3%, Cute 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 1.8%
