60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D Platformer, Action-Adventure, Exploration.
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.
Phaze Shift
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift! A tag-team, action Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Maskborne
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.
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift! A tag-team, action Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
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 32.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Exploration 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Nonlinear 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.1%
Embark on an epic adventure full of perils and secrets. Explore distinct forsaken lands of Devetlam and fight your way by jumping on your enemies or showering them with a plethora of magic spells. An open-world platforming action inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Nonlinear 17%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Shellbound is a 2D metroidvania set on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite exploring a living world, battling and controlling enemies that will cause the ecosystem to evolve around you. Platform through diverse biomes, solve puzzles, and unravel your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Nonlinear 19.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
A dark Metroidvania where memory and madness intertwine. Explore surreal biomes, face grotesque bosses born of trauma, and recover fragments of a forgotten identity in a world that twists with your sanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
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 29.7%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Emotional 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Embark on a thrilling rogue-vania platformer adventure in a keyboard-inspired realm. Reclaim lost keys to restore your keyboard, each one bringing logic back to the realm. Explore interconnected maps, battle rogue keys, and confront unique bosses in this epic quest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 17.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Boki is a Metroidvania, Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG, Precision platformer in which you play as a young mountain goat who must climb a mountain in search of revenge. Dodge, battle and fluidly maneuver through several uniquely crafted areas and biomes to explore the secrets of a tyrannical kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Embark on a short and emotional journey through a cursed cave in this 2D hand-drawn platformer with action and metroidvania elements. Uncover a touching story about regrets and the value of living the moment
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Emotional 9.2%
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 27.6%, Nonlinear 14.7%, 2D Platformer 13%, Emotional 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
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 29.9%, Nonlinear 17.6%, 2D Platformer 11%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
Explore the enchanted Vietnamese jungle, combat mystical monsters, and rescue creatures on your quest to challenge the gods and restore harmony to the Universe as the DIVINE GUARDIAN, immerse yourself in an epic 2D hand-drawn refreshing adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
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 38.5%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Exploration 9.2%
Linkisa is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world inspired by Malagasy folklore and steampunk aesthetics. Play as General Linkisa, stripped of his memories, and explore the rain-soaked regions of the Empire of Orana in search of your past and the restoration of order. Masina ny orana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, 2D Platformer 8%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Colorful 6.2%
Star Gunners is a high-energy, action-packed adventure set in a vibrant alien world. Battle through monster-filled environments, unlock abilities, and explore new areas. Can you save your fallen squad? Experience a hand-painted, retro-inspired adventure with modern twists!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
A hand-drawn Metroidvania focused on exploration, combat, and progression through essence absorption, evolving weapons, and player-driven balance choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Emotional 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
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 40%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Colorful 3.3%
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 35.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Venture through a beautifully hand-drawn 2D world in your own way. Swap between two siblings with unique abilities to uncover the truth and reclaim what was lost before the Dark consumes them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
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 39.8%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Colorful 7.1%
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 43.2%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Emotional 7.3%
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Nonlinear 17.8%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Hand-drawn 6%
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 26.5%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Explore a broken world filled with masks and monsters in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. Fight strange enemies and twisted bosses with your katana and shotgun umbrella, unlock powerful new abilities, and uncover the truth behind the masks of Peaky Circus.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 7%
The Wicked Souls is a Metroidvania with a strong focus on an exciting and imaginative story. Explore the mysterious tower in the afterlife with the postman Bones and his mischievous companion Dietrich and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Exploration 7.5%
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 39%, Nonlinear 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Exploration 11%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%
Explore a vast mountain filled with mysteries. Play as Sima, a swift girl with a scythe, and uncover hidden knowledge to find your way through an interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9%
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Nonlinear 19.1%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9%
In the Void, everyone is alone, and you're no exception. Use your endless health as damage, create your own strategy with abilities and Sigils, and fight through corrupted entities in this top-down action Metroidvania. Don't be fooled - you're nobody's last hope.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Nonlinear 20.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 6.7%
Play as Akari, a magical fox imbued with the power of light in this fast paced Metroidvania. Slash and Dash your way through an army of darkness and explore diverse, beautiful worlds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Emotional 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
In this top-down Metroidvania, descend into the belly of Sarcophagus II, an underground laboratory overrun by mutated creatures. Blast your way through this labyrinth of chaos, facing overwhelming odds in an effort to rescue your friends and recover your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Difficult 3.5%
Explore planet 404, battle the Zorgs and local tribes, and hunt for the Eye of Vyr’Nox, the legendary Relic of the Absent God.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Nonlinear 18%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Action 6.2%
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 38.8%, Nonlinear 22.3%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Colorful 4.9%
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 34%, Nonlinear 19.6%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%
Every lightspeed jump is instant for you, but not for the world. Explore the crumbling colony of the Small Magellanic Cloud, intrude on lonely survivors, and outlive everyone you've met.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Nonlinear 19.1%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 8.2%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Emotional 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Action-Adventure 11%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Nonlinear 16%, Hand-drawn 12%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Emotional 9.1%
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 25.9%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Nonlinear 20.1%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%
Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
An adventure, action, RPG, sim game featuring high mobility combat, branching dialog driven objectives and endings. A sell-sword and bounty hunter at the top of your game you'll cross a kingdom, meet people, learn agendas, talk around, stealth past or carve up opponents, maybe be a hero, or not.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
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 34.1%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Exploration 9.5%
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 39.9%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
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 45.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
Explore a dystopian urban landscape in a non-linear, hand drawn, Metroidvania. Smash your enemies with your guitar and discover upgrades like efx pedals to customize your play through.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Nonlinear 21.1%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Hand-drawn 8%
Explore an overgrown landscape of magic as you create your own platforms and shape your path through the world. Discover the history of a forgotten planet, collect relics to awaken your abilities, and create the very terrain you traverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
REMNOLITH is a mystical 2D metroidvania about a stone-bound Wanderer who awakens with no memory of his past. Explore a mysterious world, face creatures touched by the Miasma, cleanse forgotten shrines, and recover Remnoliths — strange traces left behind by death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Nonlinear 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Emotional 7.7%
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 45.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%
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 29.8%, Lore-Rich 15%, 2D Platformer 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
