60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Exploration, Souls-like, Difficult.
In a world where a mysterious energy known as Va flows through and connects all living beings, a child with the power to command this energy was born. As the last of her kind, young Nara must unravel the dark secrets of her power and face the flames and shadows that took someone special from her.
Fox Wanderer
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Anokye
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.
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 20%, Difficult 11.1%, Swordplay 10.2%, Platformer 7.4%
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 29.4%, Souls-like 22.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 7.1%, Exploration 4.2%
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 24.6%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.7%, Open World 6.5%
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 22.9%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Open World 5.5%
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 27.6%, Souls-like 19.6%, Difficult 10.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 5.8%
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 23.4%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 5.4%
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Souls-like 26.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 4%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 4.5%
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 29.7%, Souls-like 25.3%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 4.3%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 20.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 7.6%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
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 28.2%, Souls-like 14%, Platformer 10.9%, Open World 6.9%, Difficult 6.6%
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 24.5%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 5.3%
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Souls-like 24.4%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 7.5%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
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 24.9%, Souls-like 22.3%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 9.2%, Open World 6%
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 22%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Open World 8.7%
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 24%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 9%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 5.5%
Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess is a 2D action with metroidvania elements set in a 16th-century fantasy world, drawn with cozy pixels. Explore a mysterious realm, battle ruthless enemies, and uncover powerful weapons and abilities. And remember: beer is the best medicine in these grim times!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Souls-like 20.6%, Swordplay 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 7.8%
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 23.9%, Souls-like 15.8%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.4%, Open World 8.2%
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 4.9%
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 21.9%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Open World 7.5%
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 6.9%
Explore different worlds, defeat enemies and challenging bosses, in search of power to destroy the core of infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 22.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 5.5%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 13.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Open World 6.2%
"ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 23.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Open World 7.7%, Exploration 7.1%
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: Souls-like 24.1%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
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 25.7%, Souls-like 24%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 5%
Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Souls-like 25.3%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 8.2%, Open World 5.3%
Spit your scales. Build your path. Master every challenge. Pogona is a challenging hand-drawn 2D metroidvania starring a tiny lizard who turns her own scales into platforms and weapons. Master a rewarding movement system, unlock ancient powers, and conquer a world full of secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Parkour 16.8%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 6.3%
Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
BJORN is an RPG platformer with a linear and dramatic storyline You have to save your family, which was kidnapped by the hero's evil brother. As you progress through the plot, you will learn the story of the enmity between the brothers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Souls-like 21.9%, Parkour 17.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 27.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 10.8%, Platformer 10.7%, Open World 7.7%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 25.3%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 6%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 12.2%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
Clash with tainted beasts as Divynia changes from the mundane to the unknown. As Aylidia, forge your destiny in a tale about courage and holding on to your beliefs. Will you unearth magic's greatest question, or are some mysteries better left untouched? Find out in this epic 2D Adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Souls-like 27.2%, Female Protagonist 7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Story Rich 6.2%
Recover scattered gem shards in this puzzle-filled, exploration-driven Metroidvania to restore balance and return home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 22.4%, Open World 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Exploration 6.6%
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 23.2%, Souls-like 22.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 9%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 7.7%, Female Protagonist 5.5%
Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 24.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%
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 39.8%, Souls-like 32.3%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D 4.2%, Action 3%
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 29.6%, Souls-like 24.2%, Difficult 12.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Platformer 8.6%
Luna's Light is the story of a young huntress who must leave her village and face a cruel post-apocalyptic world. Explore various biomes, find upgrades, fight bosses and complete quests.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Souls-like 16.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Open World 8.2%
Assume the role of Onchu, a druid boy stranded on an island corrupted by dark magic. Learn new magic and abilities in this 2D Metroidvania and explore a stunning sidescrolling world to save the island from destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 23.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Open World 7.1%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 9.2%, Open World 8.9%
AXIS: Urban Samsara is a brutal 2D Action-RPG Metroidvania set inside Babylon — a vertical megacity built around a colossal Mountain rising from the void. Fight your way from the lowest Layer to the Summit, tear weapons from fallen bosses, reshape your build, and uncover what is pulling you upward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 18.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 5.6%
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Souls-like 22.9%, Female Protagonist 14%, Difficult 11.2%, Platformer 4.2%
Explore the Yomi world with a sacred weapon that can change sword types. Fight different "Yokai" and challenge the "Kami" of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 20.7%, Difficult 10.8%, Open World 9.8%, Platformer 8.1%
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 24.9%, Platformer 10.2%, Open World 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
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 40.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Open World 6.8%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 20.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Platformer 7.9%
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 31.1%, Souls-like 25.9%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8%
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 27.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Open World 7.8%, Exploration 7.1%
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 32.1%, Souls-like 21.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 7.9%
Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Souls-like 21.8%, Swordplay 14.4%, Difficult 10.5%, Platformer 9.9%
