60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, Souls-like, Action-Adventure.
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 35.3%, Souls-like 25.7%, Nonlinear 13.9%, 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 43.1%, Souls-like 34.5%, Stylized 11.8%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Adventure 2.5%
Globulo is a Metroidvania blended with Bullet Hell elements. Hand-drawn, Globulo invites you to immerse yourself in a strange microscopic world corrupted by infections that threaten the world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Stylized 6.5%, Nonlinear 6.3%
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Stylized 10.4%, Nonlinear 8.1%
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 25.8%, Isometric 15.3%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Souls-like 37%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Nonlinear 5.8%, Adventure 4.2%
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 33.7%, Souls-like 26.9%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Open World 6.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
Battle through a psychedelic Western nightmare in this Metroidvania action RPG from the creators of Guacamelee! and Nobody Saves the World.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 24.3%, Isometric 14.7%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 26.8%, Isometric 15.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Nonlinear 9.8%
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 26.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Stylized 7.2%, Adventure 5.5%
Embark on a 2D metroidvania adventure that immerses players in Andean mythology, focusing on exploration, combat, and discovery. Join Hoyustus, a brave jaguar warrior, on his journey to free his people from the oppression of an usurping god.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 25.2%, Comic Book 17.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Nonlinear 8.2%
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 43.4%, Souls-like 30.8%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Adventure 2.8%
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Souls-like 34.2%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 3.3%, Adventure 3.1%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Souls-like 26%, Nonlinear 15%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Stylized 4.8%
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Souls-like 29.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Open World 5.3%, Adventure 3.8%
Pavu is an action RPG with lots of exploration and challenging combat. You’ll explore a dystopian world where nature and technology coexist in harmony, until the arrival of Kurumi, the last human.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Metroidvania 24.7%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Isometric 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
Consumed by a mysterious curse, restore a once lush forest and its inhabitants to their natural state in this action adventure tale. Experience fast-paced combat, puzzles, and the beauty of nature captured in handcrafted pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Souls-like 29.9%, Isometric 18.8%, Action-Adventure 13%, Adventure 2.1%
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 49.5%, Souls-like 35.8%, Nonlinear 8%, Action 2.9%, Adventure 2.6%
Explore a strange interconnected world, find weapons to shoot those that stand in your way, and discover hidden upgrades and abilities to discover even greater secrets in an action adventure first person metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Souls-like 29.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, Shooter 10.4%, Stylized 7.3%
Step into a dark and decaying world with Zenith, an Action RPG that blends intense combat, deep exploration, and an immersive atmosphere. Explore ruined cathedrals and gothic landscapes filled with secrets, facing relentless enemies that will challenge your skill and strategy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Souls-like 30.2%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Stylized 6.2%, Action 3.7%
A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Souls-like 22.4%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Souls-like 30.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 2.4%
2D art and 3D action. Elemental Reactions. Not too big Open World. Battle , Puzzle and Explore. Life has no save point.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Souls-like 30%, Bullet Hell 20%, Open World 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
HALLOW BLADE is a dark fantasy action adventure set in a vast interconnected subterranean kingdom where you form an unbreakable bond with an ancient possessed sword hungry for souls and vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 30.2%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Nonlinear 10%, Adventure 2.8%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Souls-like 35.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 4.7%, Action 3.1%
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 28.8%, Souls-like 22.2%, FMV 21.6% ★, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
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 29.1%, Souls-like 25.2%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Open World 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
In Mother ZERO, a cyberpunk action-adventure game, fight your way through a decaying world full of mysteries and threats. Explore deep underground bunkers, battle corrupted creatures, and encounter bizarre characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Souls-like 27.7%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Adventure 2.3%
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Souls-like 30.1%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Stylized 10%, Adventure 4.1%
Signiverux is a Metroidvania-inspired action adventure with fluid gameplay and detailed graphics. Explore the depths of a mysterious castle in search for a way back home, enjoy fast ability progressions, search for powerful magic upgrades and grow your character by expanding the skill tree.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 23.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Open World 8.8%
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 42.4%, Souls-like 32.6%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 4%
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Sci-fi 4.5%
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Souls-like 28.3%, Isometric 16.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Nonlinear 9.8%
This is an AVG game similar to Metroidvania. The player will perform a demon hunter exploring and decrypting the castle in the Gothic period and hunting the corrupt soul
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Souls-like 32.3%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 7.1%, Action 3.1%
The Wizard of Gloss is a PSX-style metroidvania game with horror elements. Grab your wand and prepare for a bloodbath.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Souls-like 27.8%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Stylized 7.3%
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Souls-like 25.5%, Action-Adventure 16%, Action 5.6%, Sci-fi 3.4%
A vertically-structured Metroidvania where genetic mutations redefine progression. Navigate a divine-biomechanical labyrinth with dynamically evolving combat forms, where every choice alters companion fates and the world's collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Souls-like 33.8%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 6%, Action 2.8%
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 42.8%, Souls-like 32.9%, Stylized 10.7%, 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 41.6%, Souls-like 14.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Open World 3.7%
You are a necromancer. The souls of the dead are your weapon. Push the limits of your combat skills in this story-driven, action packed Metroidvania. Enter in a dark world, where the sun's rays no longer heat up and evil creatures roam free in the night.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Souls-like 27%, Comic Book 16.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Nonlinear 7.3%
Heavy movement, limited ammo and precious sanity. Yesterdreamt is a twin-stick horrorvania where the odds are stacked against you, Gunslinger. Unlock arcanicks to tip the scales and keep close to your dog, and you might just win this fight. And if you were to fall, well… Blessed be the Dreamweavers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 21.6%, Comic Book 17.8%, Western 10% ★, Action-Adventure 8.3%
Star Gunners is a high-energy, action-packed adventure set in a vibrant alien world. Battle through monster-filled environments, unlock abilities, and explore new areas. Can you save your fallen squad? Experience a hand-painted, retro-inspired adventure with modern twists!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, 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 39.7%, Souls-like 32.1%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 2%
Time’s Gate is a narrative driven action adventure game where you shift timelines between past and present to explore fractured worlds. Master fast-paced combat, blend into crowds, and hunt powerful guardians to reclaim fragments of the Varunavarta where your choices shape the fate of time itself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Souls-like 30.6%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Adventure 5.6%, Action 5.3%
Templar is a 2D indie platformer and hack and slash game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 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 39.4%, Souls-like 32.2%, Open World 8.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
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 45.1%, Souls-like 34.2%, Nonlinear 7%, Story Rich 5.9%, Adventure 3.3%
Spell-based souls-like combat, with an interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 29.2%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 2.8%
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 32.8%, Souls-like 29.2%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Stylized 6.5%
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%, Souls-like 32.3%, Story Rich 5.6%, Open World 5.1%, Adventure 3.6%
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 34.4%, Souls-like 23.7%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Open World 6.9%
A realm where two ancient trees have long harbored rival royal bloodlines, each having woven their aerial dominion from spider silk across countless generations. Yet now, dark forces of unknown origin stir, spreading their corruption throughout the silk realm...
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Souls-like 28.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Open World 9.8%, Stylized 8.2%
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 41.1%, Souls-like 34.5%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Adventure 3.6%, Action 3.3%
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 41.9%, Souls-like 32.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 3%
The Xerran Dominion is one step from becoming unstoppable. Your machines won’t survive - but you will. Control the environment and use their tech to your advantage. In this brutal sci-fi action RPG, the world is your weapon - and you are the trigger.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Metroidvania 32.4%, Shooter 9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Open World 6.5%
Soul of Kaeru is a Metroidvania-inspired VR game! Explore each corners of a miniature world set in an ancient samurai's zen garden where nature took back his right! But beware of the little creatures and insects, as they may not be as friendly as you would think...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Souls-like 30.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 8.2%, Stylized 8.1%
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 34.5%, Souls-like 28%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Open World 11.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the corrupted Darkness threatening to overtake the world. Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to awaken the radiant abilities within you & uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 30%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Story Rich 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
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 50.4%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Open World 6.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
"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 30.3%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Stylized 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
