
In "On Life and Living", beyond metroidvania-style exploration and challenging encounters, players will also experience an emotional story of love, grief, and consequences. You are in control, shaping the course of this journey towards regeneration.
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In "On Life and Living", beyond metroidvania-style exploration and challenging encounters, players will also experience an emotional story of love, grief, and consequences. You are in control, shaping the course of this journey towards regeneration.

Lightwood
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.

Tairo: Lost In Time
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Souls-like 25.7%, Nonlinear 14%, Action-Adventure 10%, Story Rich 5.4%
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Souls-like 34.5%, Stylized 12%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Adventure 2.5%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 6.6%, Nonlinear 6.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 21.1%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Stylized 10.5%, Nonlinear 8.2%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 25.8%, Isometric 15.3%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Souls-like 37.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Nonlinear 5.9%, Adventure 4.2%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Souls-like 26.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Open World 6.3%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 24.1%, Isometric 14.7%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Stylized 7.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Souls-like 26.8%, Isometric 15.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Nonlinear 9.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Souls-like 26.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Stylized 7.3%, Adventure 5.5%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 25.2%, Comic Book 17.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Nonlinear 8.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Souls-like 26%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Stylized 4.8%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Souls-like 34.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, Action 3.2%, Adventure 3.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Souls-like 29.2%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Open World 5.3%, Adventure 3.8%
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Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Metroidvania 24.6%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Isometric 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 29.9%, Isometric 18.9%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 2.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 29.6%, Action-Adventure 11%, Shooter 10.3%, Stylized 7.4%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 49.4%, Souls-like 35.9%, Nonlinear 8.1%, Action 2.9%, Adventure 2.6%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Souls-like 31.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 7%, Action 3.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Souls-like 22.4%, Nonlinear 10%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Souls-like 30.2%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Adventure 2.8%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Souls-like 30%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Open World 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Souls-like 30.5%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Stylized 6.4%, Action 3.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Souls-like 35.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 4.7%, Action 3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Souls-like 33.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 5.9%, Action 2.7%
The magical misadventure of a novice wizard thrown (literally) into the unfamiliar world outside. Go on a sprawling hand-drawn adventure with spells to study, bosses to best, and a huge handcrafted world to traverse on the long journey home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Souls-like 25.2%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Open World 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Souls-like 31.1%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 2.4%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Souls-like 30.1%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Stylized 10.2%, Adventure 4.1%
Step foot into the lair of the Insect God...if you dare. Face brutal enemies in pulse-pounding combat with digitized sprites that harken back to your favorite controversial fighting game from the ’90s that your mom’s hairdresser’s kid let you play that one time. The castle awaits…
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 22.2%, FMV 21.7% ★, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Souls-like 23.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Open World 8.8%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, Sci-fi 4.5%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Souls-like 25.6%, Action-Adventure 16%, Action 5.5%, Sci-fi 3.4%
A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Souls-like 28.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Open World 11.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 28.4%, Isometric 16.3%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Nonlinear 9.8%
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Souls-like 33%, Nonlinear 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 4%
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Souls-like 33%, Stylized 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 3%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Souls-like 14.9%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Open World 3.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 21.7%, Comic Book 17.9%, Western 9.9% ★, Action-Adventure 8.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Open World 7.6%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Souls-like 32.2%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 2%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 27.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Open World 9.5%, Stylized 8.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 27.3%, Comic Book 22.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Action 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 39.3%, Souls-like 32.3%, Open World 8.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Souls-like 34.2%, Nonlinear 7.1%, Story Rich 5.9%, Adventure 3.3%
Spell-based souls-like combat, with an interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 29.2%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 2.9%
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 48.2%, Souls-like 32.4%, Story Rich 5.7%, Open World 5.1%, Adventure 3.6%
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 29.4%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Stylized 6.6%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 23.8%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Open World 6.9%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 30.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Stylized 8.2%
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Why similar: Souls-like 34%, Metroidvania 32.3%, Shooter 9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Open World 6.5%
"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Stylized 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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 41.9%, Souls-like 33.2%, Story Rich 7.5%, Open World 7%, Sci-fi 3.4%
Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn. Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the Darkness that stole the sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Souls-like 30.1%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Story Rich 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
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 50.2%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Open World 6.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Souls-like 35%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Adventure 3.7%, Action 3.4%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Shooter 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, Story Rich 10.5%, Stylized 8.5%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 20.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Isometric 15.7%, Nonlinear 11.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Souls-like 28.3%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
"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 35.7%, Souls-like 29.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Open World 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 27.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Story Rich 7.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%