60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Singleplayer, Adventure, Action-Adventure.
Space lander adventure with MetroidVania progression system. Retro-inspired Thruster-only flight, upgrade abilities, battle tough bosses, conquer brutal terrain. Easy to learn, hard to master old-school thrills!
We're Closed Sorry
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
ThrustLander
ThrustLander is an action cave-flyer with modern graphics, classic gameplay, challenging levels and beautiful visuals. Battle through over 250 levels and 3 game modes including a retro mode!
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2.5D 22.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Old School 7.3%, Action 6.1%
ThrustLander is an action cave-flyer with modern graphics, classic gameplay, challenging levels and beautiful visuals. Battle through over 250 levels and 3 game modes including a retro mode!
Why similar: 2.5D 29.4%, Physics 27.2%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Difficult 13.7%, Arcade 4.1%
The Chaos Rider finally wakes up after ages. Explore a mysterious island with tons of secrets and treasures to discover ! Fight your way through hordes of enemies and fulfill the dream of the Great Architect. Create your own playstyle, beat bosses and do crazy platforming in this epic adventure game
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Difficult 24.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Sci-fi 4.4%
Explore surreal landscapes where dreams and reality intertwine. Battle manifestations of fear, uncover the secrets of an interconnected world, and awaken the truth buried within a fading mind in Dreamdawn, a mysterious top-down action-adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Difficult 19.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Experience life in space using cutting edge drone simulation technology. You can never fail — build ships, make friends, live forever.
Why similar: 2.5D 23.7%, Difficult 22.5%, Physics 20.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 2.5D 23.7%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2.5D 27.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Indie 5.4%, Action 4.1%
Use simple controls to control "moci" and reach the summit. Climbing is the accumulation of the past, much like life. Here is the future waiting to be piled up for you and the life of moci. Please join us in reaching the summit.
Why similar: Difficult 31.3%, 2.5D 25.3%, Physics 23.8%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Action 5.9%
Simple controls, but serious challenge — a fresh climbing indie experience. Guide a mysterious snake as you ascend through a dark, deep world in this 2D physics-based action game: Slitherise.
Why similar: Physics 27.8%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Difficult 14%, Atmospheric 11.5%
Hover X Souls is a refresh of the infinite runner genre. You are X-17 a hover shield combat class robot. You have been tasked with going through training on this planet to become stronger, while helping develop outposts. Master the Hover Shield Combat system, and use it to travel the dark highway while providing protection to Outposts.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.7%, Difficult 26.9%, Simulation 24.2%, Indie 9.4%, Action 8.9%
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 56.5%, 2.5D 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Old School 9%, Action 5.4%
One touch..one mistake..BOOM! Do you dare to carry a balloon to the end without it touching ANYTHING? First-person perspective: precise physical touches + extreme parkour. If it touches any surface..it explodes and you're back to the start! Patience, precision, and nerves of steel.
Why similar: Difficult 26.8%, Physics 22.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Sci-fi 10%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Action 4.8%
Cowboy's Adventure - is a Western Deathrun, with three levels of difficulty for your choice!
Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Physics 23.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Indie 7.2%, Action 6.6%
In a dying world dominated by machines, use the powers of nature to explore a diverse landscape and devastate your foes in this action-driven metroidvania. As humanity's last hope, the BirdKnight must learn the truth behind the mysterious Heart of the World and restore life to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Difficult 21.1%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Difficult 24.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Nonlinear 7.4%, Indie 5.4%
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Action-Adventure 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 3.3%
When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, 2.5D 17.8%, Action-Adventure 11%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Arcade 7.3%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Difficult 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.5%, 2.5D 23.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Difficult 25.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Colorful 4.8%
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Physics 16.5%, Action-Adventure 12%, Old School 10.6%, Sci-fi 10%
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 8.1%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.2%, Difficult 22.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Action 4.3%, Adventure 2.1%
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Difficult 21.9%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Action-Adventure 10%, Nonlinear 6.3%
Ocnus Theory is a challenging sandbox platformer that will test your creativity, reflexes, and ability to rise from a painful fall. Explore the mysteries of this open environment, shape your Ocnus to match the current challenge, and ascend to the peak! Just don't look down.
Why similar: Difficult 27.7%, Physics 26.2%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
A Roll-Back Story is a rolling ball game heavily focused on platforming. Not recommended for casual players.
Why similar: Difficult 39.8%, Metroidvania 29.2%, Physics 14.7%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 6.9%
Airscape is a fast-paced, ultra-challenging 60 level action platformer. You play a deep-sea octopus, kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Jump, dodge, and swim through a skybound environment full of floating islands, water formations, and robotic terrors.
Why similar: Difficult 25.9%, 2.5D 25.1%, Physics 17.7%, Arcade 8.7%, Colorful 5.6%
This is a minimalist challenge game based on a physics engine. Players control a capsule-shaped character, keep balance on a narrow wooden board, and rely on skills and patience to gradually walk out of the dark room. Every step is a challenge, and every failure will bring great frustration.
Why similar: Difficult 42.6%, Physics 32.8%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Indie 4.8%, Adventure 4.4%
Experience the game in its best form with the Director's Cut Edition. New graphics, new enemies, more weapons, more blood...
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2.5D 21.2%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Difficult 15.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Terminate an alien underground base on Mars using the T1 Battle Droid in old school metroidvania style .
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Difficult 27%, Indie 9.5%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 7.1%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 27.3% ★, Physics 18%, Difficult 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Simulation 7.2%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Difficult 23.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Indie 5.7%, Action 4.6%
Explore and protect the endangered forest as Fae, the last guardian. Face enemies, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in a challenging 2.5D metroidvania. The Last Awen combines action and exploration in a captivating visual experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 2.5D 19.8%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Physics 13.2%, Adventure 6.9%
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.7%, Difficult 28.8%, Action 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Adventure 4.4%
A classic hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action game, it's time for revenge! Use your Beastmaster skills to unleash your inner beast, fight with your heart-devouring sword and end the threat to Arborea, you decide the ending.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Difficult 24%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, 2D Fighter 9%, Old School 8.4%
A physics-based rage game. Control a ravioli can. Fight the physics. Accept the fall. Inspired by an iconic early 2000s ravioli commercial.
Why similar: Difficult 36.2%, Physics 28.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Action 6.3%
Pilot your starfighter through a human-inhabited starsystem in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Battle fierce enemies, solve physics-based puzzles, and explore ancient ruins and intricate dungeons. Liberate Illustris and repel the invaders in a decisive final showdown!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Physics 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Nonlinear 8.5%
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 48.3%, Difficult 29.2%, Indie 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Action 3.8%
The exhibition's main entrance/exit has mysteriously vanished. Help the guests to escape by completing a host of devilishly difficult and silly physics based challenges and puzzles with the aid of your 'hand on a stick' device.
Why similar: Difficult 28.5%, Simulation 26.9%, Physics 25.2%, Indie 10%, Action 9.4%
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Difficult 26.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Action 4.3%
Rollback netcode physics-based fighting game made by a solo developer.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 38.2%, 2.5D 33.5%, Old School 9.6%, Action 8.3%, Colorful 7%
As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Difficult 22.9%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Old School 8.4%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64%, Difficult 14.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Indie 4.5%, Action 3.7%
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.8%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Action 5%, Adventure 4.3%
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 59.3%, Action-Adventure 18.1%, Difficult 9%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 4.4%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Difficult 19.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
A glimpse into the daily life of a Fugu.
Why similar: Difficult 41.8%, Physics 30.7%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, 2.5D 22.6%, Difficult 17.9%, Action-Adventure 8%, Action 4%
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Difficult 25.4%, 2.5D 10.6%, Nonlinear 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Life is tough when you're small change. Make every Cent count in this physics-based challenge and Become Savings!
Why similar: Difficult 41.9%, Physics 34.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 4.6%, Adventure 3.8%
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 43.3%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Old School 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Difficult 30.2%, Indie 4%, Adventure 3.1%, Action 2.3%
Psi Project is a hardcore 2D shooter with elements of horror. The main character wakes up in an unknown place. Absolutely remembers nothing. Who he is and how he got here. Throughout search of answers he is strongly plagued by different kinds of hallucinations.
Why similar: 2.5D 25.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Old School 11.1%, Indie 9.9%
Accelerate beyond the speed of sound! Monad Tachyon is the ultimate high-speed Metroidvania .
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Difficult 27.3%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Action 6.1%, Indie 2.2%
Who will be the King of Warriors? Defeat a great deal of enemies using various skills and Special moves! The King of Warriors(KOW) - Battle in the Three Kingdoms - is a Beat'em up game in the battlefields of ancient China!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 29.5%, 2.5D 26.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Arcade 9.5%, Simulation 8.8%
DIVISION is a sci-fi adventure game. The whole world bacame strange, the place we live seem to be falling apart.A girl named YI will embark on an incredible journey.
Why similar: 2.5D 35.5%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Physics 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Embark on a quest to the corrupted hill to save your long-lost brother.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 33.7%, Metroidvania 29.5%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Action 7.7%, Difficult 6.7%
