60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D Platformer, Platformer, Adventure.
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Escape Zolstar
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
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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.
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Platformer 8.4%
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 40.3%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Cute 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%
Help Zozo find his way home in this cartoon-inspired Metroidvania platformer. Pillow-fight sentient pastries, train under an octopus master, and brave a cybernetic jungle as you explore the vibrant landscapes of Zozo's dreams.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Cute 6.2%
A charming 2D platformer where you traverse through themed lands of giant fruit, TV dinners, spooky dollhouses, and your cozy, new A-frame cabin. Help Merry Bear find her mascot neighbors (and maybe some chic furniture) in a delightful, hand-drawn world influenced by mid-century illustration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Retro 8.4%, Casual 6.4%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 8.6%, Stylized 7.7%
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 39.7%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 7.2%
Embark on an adventure with Aku, a lovable little white dragon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Stylized 8.7%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Retro 5.1%
Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Retro 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 10.8%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Retro 11.5%, Surreal 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Nonlinear 8.7%
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 45.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 6.7%, Nonlinear 6.4%
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 36.3%, Side Scroller 16%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Platformer 9.1%
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 41.9%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Nonlinear 8.1%, Exploration 6.9%, Retro 6%
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 43.3%, Side Scroller 15.9%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 8.5%, Retro 4.9%
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 35.2%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Stylized 7.9%, Platformer 7.8%
Without kidney is a shooter metroidvania game with a hero who can hook like spiderman and jump with cannon explosions. Using a grappling hook, a cannon and other bonuses, that can be found on the way, you go forward to the main Capitalist BOSS
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Platformer 8.6%, Stylized 8%
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 48.1%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 6.6%, Cute 5.7%
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Retro 7%
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Platformer 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Side Scroller 7.8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Retro 8.7%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 5.6%
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 33.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Nonlinear 8.9%, Platformer 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 42.3%, 2D Platformer 18%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Exploration 6.9%, Stylized 5.8%
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Platformer 9.1%, Stylized 9%
『Mono』 is a 2D action game set in a monochrome world. Explore the land to enhance your abilities, defeat the formidable foes standing in your way, and resolve the crisis befalling this black-and-white realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, 2D Platformer 22.2%, Stylized 9.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Atmospheric 7%
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.7%, Stylized 6.7%, Adventure 5.2%
A game about saving a dying planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.7%, Retro 7.6%
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 44.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Cute 6.7%
An action-packed and bittersweet adventure in a city of endless night. Explore the dying city and try to find your way to the tower that seems to be at the heart of it all. Nothing is quite as it appears to be, and only by facing death can you hope to understand the mysteries of Bound City.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 18%, Surreal 11.8%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Platformer 5.7%
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. Fall to the underworld, and explore. Seek to calm the horrors below to ensure a peaceful rest for your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Adventure 7.2%
A mini metroidvania game about a small but very courageous slime going on an adventure, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Platformer 8.3%
Stand in Keziah’s footsteps and heed the Divine Order. Jump your way through, reclaim your goddess’s temple, obliterate enemies, and find the Tear of Creation in this beautiful platformer game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Stylized 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
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 40.2%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Platformer 9.1%
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Platformer 6.6%, Exploration 5.7%
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Stylized 8.7%
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Platformer 8.8%, Side Scroller 7.6%
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 44.7%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Retro 4.6%
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Retro 9.5%, Surreal 8.6%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
This is a platform action game in which you control light in a world shrouded in complete darkness and rely on it to progress. Use the light to travel from place to place and illuminate the buried truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.1%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Adventure 5.2%
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 39.1%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Retro 7.6%
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Platformer 8.3%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7%
Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 7.7%, Cute 6.7%
A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Nonlinear 19%, Retro 12.5%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Platformer 9.6%, Nonlinear 7%
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Cute 4.7%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Nonlinear 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 10%, Exploration 7.1%
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 43.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Stylized 6.7%
A thrilling 2D platformer, with cute and minimal pixel art style! Enjoy 24 challenging levels and a couple boss battles, all wrapped in a short but intense story with animated cinematics. A compact and intense experience that’s sure to keep you hooked!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Side Scroller 17.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.6%, Adventure 8.6%
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 12%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Platformer 8.6%
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 41.9%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 12%, Retro 7.8%, Exploration 6.8%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Retro 10.3%, Platformer 7.6%, Side Scroller 6.7%
Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Cute 5.5%
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 37.5%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Adventure 7.8%
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 6.3%
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Nonlinear 12.9%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Stylized 6.8%, Surreal 6.6%
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 13%, Platformer 9.1%, Cute 6.6%
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Exploration 6.6%, Cute 6.1%
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Stylized 11.4%, Retro 7.8%, Adventure 6.1%, Platformer 5%
