
Throw kunai, stop time, and save the princess! Conquer a yokai castle in this fluid 2D Sengoku-era action game, mastering the kunai and the secret "Tokoyo Watari" technique.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, 2D, Metroidvania, Singleplayer.

Throw kunai, stop time, and save the princess! Conquer a yokai castle in this fluid 2D Sengoku-era action game, mastering the kunai and the secret "Tokoyo Watari" technique.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.

STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Why similar: Ninja 42.8% ★, Metroidvania 38.2%, Action 11.8%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Why similar: Ninja 47% ★, Metroidvania 45.4%, Action 6.3%, 2D 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Survive in an off-world research station that has been overrun by a contagion that turns its victims into bloodthirsty Ninja.
Why similar: Ninja 45.5% ★, Metroidvania 37.1%, Action 10.5%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 1.6%
A Super Ninja-themed Game That Has “Metroidvania” Core Experience, The World Fell Into Wasteland And Chaos With Unknown Reasons, Rebirthed With Bio-Technology called Katana - 007 , Will Fight Against Evil Mechanical Lifeform Under The Guidance Of Master Ninja,Collect The Lost Advanced Ninjutsu。
Why similar: Ninja 48.7% ★, Metroidvania 44.6%, Action 4.8%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
2D ninja action game in the Metroidvania style of exploration. The game is influenced by games from the 8bit/16bit era, with a focus on the Metroid and Castlevania series. Explore vast dungeons and destroy the "Demon King," the avenger of the ninja clan!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Ninja 30.4% ★, Action 8.8%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Ninja 47.6% ★, Metroidvania 40.4%, 2D 5.6%, Action 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 74.4%, Action 12.8%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 0.8%
An exploration-type action game in which "Fluffy Girl Doge" is the main character. Get the skills of "Doge" and explore the unknown ancient ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.9%, Action 18.7%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Take control of a cat (who also happens to be a ninja) in this platformer with metroidvania elements! Explore the ancient cave system and find new powers to help you overcome obstacles in your search for the Fountain of Kitty Youth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Ninja 34.6% ★, Action 12.8%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A fast-paced pixel art metroidvania, where the musician Jonah Weingarten is drawn to feudal Japan via an arcade station. Once there, he must face vicious yokai hordes and beat the game to return to his own era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Ninja 37% ★, Action 6%, 2D 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Ninja 55% ★, Metroidvania 32.6%, 2D 5.7%, Action 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Adventure through the dark region of the Hado empire to find what is in the darkness that lies there and to go up against enemies that'll try to stop you.
Why similar: Ninja 52.4% ★, Metroidvania 30.6%, Action 7.4%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
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 74.7%, Action 15.2%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 80.3%, Action 9.6%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.6%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 85.6%, Action 7.8%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 1%
A challenging old-school platforming adventure that sees you learning Nimpo skills and using them to fight your way through the most powerful ninja warriors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Ninja 39.2% ★, 2D 5.3%, Action 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 84.6%, Action 13.5%, Indie 1.9%
"DORAIJIN" is a traditional 2D action game expressed by beautiful 2D graphics and animations. You become an angry thunder god "DORAIJIN" and defeat evil! And regain the beautiful world.
Why similar: Ninja 65.6% ★, Action 23.1%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 3.6%
"Fifty City," where ordinary people and ninjas live together. However, the city is in turmoil due to ruthless "hunter" gangs. Ninja girl "Ninnin" infiltrates a gang to save the city!!
Why similar: Ninja 75.5% ★, Action 12.8%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Indie 0.8%
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 86%, Action 12.1%, Indie 1.9%
Japan's take on classic Commodore 64/Amiga action-adventure games. NOT a Metroidvania. Use your wits and your weapons to discover an ancient secret and gain your redemption. Art and music by Japanese legends of console gaming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.7%, Action 28.3%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 80.3%, Action 13.4%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 80.7%, Action 13.1%, 2D 4.2%, Indie 1.9%
In the high-stakes game of politics between two feudal lords, you are a ninja village's chosen warrior. Earn glory for your clan as you battle your enemies, becoming a master of magic, combat, and stealth.
Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.6%, Action 18.4%, 2D 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 0.9%
Simple arcade game with intuitive gameplay.
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 86.5%, 2D 12.5%, Action 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.1%, Indie 0.1%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Ninja 30% ★, Action 20.3%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 3.2%
The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.1%, Action 19%, Indie 3%
Full of hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! A super exhilarating Metroidvania action game!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Ninja 37% ★, Action 8.4%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Dive into Super Skelemania, a single-sitting metroidvania about an acrobatic skeleton. Jump over a pit of thorns, roll your skull like a bowling ball, or headbutt a spider like any good skeleton would!
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.5%, Action 26.2%, Indie 4.4%
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.7%, Action 11.8%, 2D 4.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 0.8%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 86.4%, Action 6%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 76.8%, Action 13.8%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Lured by a vengeful spirit of a defeated witch, our 16-bit hero, and his friends, find themselves trapped on a mysterious island full of deadly sorceresses! What heinous plans does this gruesome Witch have for him? And what is the true origin of the island?
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.4%, Action 21.3%, 2D 11.9%, Indie 3.4%
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 79.2%, 2D 9.4%, Action 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 0.8%
Summon the enemies you kill to solve puzzles, including a horse, a tree, a miner and a dragon. Some areas are unreachable without the right summon so you must find out how to get one it to advance to the next area.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.9%, Action 23.4%, Indie 3.7%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.7%, Action 18.5%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.7%
An open-world platform RPG where you take on the role of Katsuo in a quest to save his beloved, Sayuri. The game features various mechanics such as jumping, wall climbing, a wide array of combat weapons, trading with NPCs, experience progression, and stat development.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Ninja 40.2% ★, Action 8.1%, 2D 6.1%
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 74.8%, Action 16.7%, 2D 4.3%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 79.5%, Action 17.9%, Indie 2.6%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 83.4%, Action 8.3%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Shadow Gangs is an arcade style ninja action game. Live The Legend Of Dan The Crimson Ninja.
Why similar: Ninja 82.4% ★, Action 10.6%, 2D 4%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
Why similar: Metroidvania 75.5%, Action 19.4%, 2D 5.1%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 87%, Action 7.2%, 2D 3.6%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 78.9%, Action 13.6%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 77.4%, Action 13.9%, 2D 6.7%, Indie 2%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 88.6%, 2D 5.4%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1.2%
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 81.5%, Action 18.5%
A unique ninja action game that's easy to clear but hard to master—featuring huge jumps inspired by The Legend of Kage and a combo-based scoring system where you spend points to unleash powerful skills.
Why similar: Ninja 79.8% ★, Action 12.9%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 0.7%
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 76.2%, Action 11.4%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 0.8%
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 86.3%, Action 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
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 78.2%, Action 10.1%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
2d platformer, action, adventure - "Metroidvania" set in fantasy world filled with ancient magic and monsters. Pixel art graphic with anime style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 88.6%, Action 6.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 1%
Dash through levels at the speed of a tiny ninja with a grappling hook in this super fast-paced platformer.