60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer.
Run, gun, and platform your way through the 4 seasons, shotgunning, freezing, and burning your foes along the way. Light animals on fire, get eaten by flowers, crush baby spiders underfoot, featuring an interactive world, competent physics, and custom death animations for all you freaks out there.
Elysian Siege
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!
Beyond Zero Line
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
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 24.9%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Nature 11.9%, Exploration 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Shooter 8.3%
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Exploration 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Leap, slash, dash, and ricochet your way through a ruined land in this hand-drawn 2D action-exploration game. Wield your light arrow against vicious foes and unlock new abilities to further explore the mountain of Essa. Along the way, you'll uncover the truth and choose the destiny of Lighthoof Noa.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Nature 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
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 31.4%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Platformer 8.2%, Side Scroller 8.2%
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 37.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.3%
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Hand-drawn 15%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 8.2%
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 35.3%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
Venture into an unusual, alien world full of danger and mysteries in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Grab your gear and face the challenge of sustaining a once-thriving space colony. Can you bring this place back to life? Are you ready to uncover all the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Unravel the mysteries of these forgotten lands in a hand-drawn, narrative-driven 2D action-adventure, as a white-robed girl awakens in the depths of an abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Platformer 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 8.7%
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Exploration 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
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 37.1%, Hand-drawn 21.2%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Platformer 8.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Exploration 11.4%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
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 31.2%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Exploration 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.8%
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 41.1%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Exploration 13.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
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%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Exploration 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 8.7%
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 38.5%, Exploration 16.7%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Nature 6.8%
Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Nature 14.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Side Scroller 9.1%
The Smoke is a 2D Metroidvania where players wield a gun to disperse the smoke that threatens to engulf the world. Explore a world filled with hidden pathways and treacherous chambers. Blast away enemies, clear toxic clouds, and unlock new abilities. Stop the darkness before it swallows everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 9.4%
An exhilarating action-adventure game set in a vibrant retro-futuristic universe. Embark on daring interstellar journeys, uncovering new worlds, and battling formidable alien adversaries. Upgrade your ship and abilities as you explore the vastness of space to save the Galaxy from a hidden threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Side Scroller 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%
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 44%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Exploration 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
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 38.8%, Exploration 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Platformer 11.3%
After the fall of humanity, nature blooms. In a Naturepunk vision of Brazil rooted in ancestral spirit, follow the journey of Cururu, a young frog imbued with sacred water powers, as he purifies biomes and explores folklore in a tale of healing and redemption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Nature 11.4%, Exploration 9.7%, 2D Platformer 8%
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 40%, Side Scroller 18.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Nature 9.2%, Platformer 9.1%
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Platformer 8.6%
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10%
Explore a charmingly beautiful, hand-crafted pixel art world and help Violet on her journey searching for her sister. Uncover its mysteries, face its threatening foes, and run 'n gun your way through this challenging action-metroidvania - which will put your true platforming skills to the test.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Exploration 11%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Platformer 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
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 38.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Nature 8.7%
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 38.6%, Exploration 16.8%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 10.2%
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Platformer 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Side Scroller 6.1%
Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 6.7%
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Exploration 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 9.8%
The Flawless: Art’s Tale is an action adventure game set in a brutal world of cats. Join our young hero, Art, and his droid sidekick for some epic hack 'n' shoot battles, an endearing cast of characters, an unforgettable coming of age story, and a gorgeous hand-drawn art style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Exploration 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
A fast-paced run-and-gun shooter in the spirit of the classics — shoot, jump, and shred monsters to energetic music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Side Scroller 16.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Shooter 10.5%
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Exploration 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 7.1%
Explore an ancient island that drifts amongst the raging clouds of a gas giant. Collect various guns and items, solve puzzles, and shoot any thugs or monsters that get in your way. Meet the locals and aid them in their quest to take down Skycorps while they aid you with yours: finding your brother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Exploration 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer 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 42.2%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Nature 13.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 10%, Atmospheric 9.4%
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Exploration 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 7.1%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Exploration 14%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.2%
Akita: King Pig Thinks Pink is a 2D adventure-platformer metroidvania with hand-drawn animations, for 1-2 player local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Exploration 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.6%
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Platformer 11%, Nature 9.4%
Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Nature 15.5%, Exploration 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Nature 7.3%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Side Scroller 13%, Exploration 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Embark on an epic action adventure by unraveling the mystery of the Elder Seed and save the world from falling into chaos. Journey with Milo through colorful handcrafted lands, forests, caves and dungeons. Forge new weapons and encounter strange creatures who will help you throughout your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Exploration 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 10.8%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 10%, Adventure 6%
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Side Scroller 17%, Exploration 13.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 7.2%
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 41.1%, Exploration 16%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Side Scroller 6.5%
It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 9%
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Exploration 8.3%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
In this side-scrolling fantasy game, originally released in 1987, take on the role of a lone hero, fighting to defeat an evil warlock. Utilise a wide range of magical spells. Collect experience points to upgrade your character, until you are ready to face Zahgrim!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 7.6%
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Exploration 15.4%, Platformer 7.1%, Adventure 6.9%
