Games Like Ori and the Will of the Wisps

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Platformer 12%, Beautiful 9.6% ★, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is the direct predecessor to Will of the Wisps, with the same breathtaking art, emotional tone, and movement-focused metroidvania exploration.

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 36.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 6.1%, Souls-like 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a huge interconnected world, precise platforming, haunting atmosphere, and rewarding exploration that will strongly appeal to Ori fans.

Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Action-Adventure 5.2%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its acrobatic movement, sharp combat, and ability-gated world design make it one of the closest modern matches to Ori’s fast, fluid feel.

ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.

Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Great Soundtrack 25.8%, Difficult 5.2%, Souls-like 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Ori, it pairs melancholy beauty and strong music with a layered map full of upgrades, secrets, and tough but satisfying combat.

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?

Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Souls-like 3.8%, Platformer 3.7%, 2D 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This follow-up to Ender Lilies offers another atmospheric metroidvania with emotional storytelling, smooth progression, and refined combat.

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Platformer 15.3%, Atmospheric 6%, Story Rich 5.9%, Cute 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Ori’s sense of light, playful movement and exploration in a friendlier, more relaxed metroidvania structure.

Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Exploration 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Cute 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its graceful movement, airborne platforming, and lush hand-drawn world make it feel especially close to Ori’s elegant traversal style.

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Beautiful 19.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Ori’s colorful fantasy look, emotional story beats, and blend of combat, exploration, and platforming.

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 41.2%, Platformer 15.3%, Difficult 8.6%, Action-Adventure 5.2%, Souls-like 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Ori was mastering difficult movement through intricate platforming gauntlets, this is a superb next step.

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 47.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Difficult 7.8%, Exploration 6%, Action-Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its large fantasy world, gorgeous 2D art, and constant stream of traversal and combat upgrades closely match Ori’s adventurous rhythm.

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Platformer 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Action-Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This offers polished action-platforming, strong movement tools, and a dense interconnected map with a more combat-heavy spin on the formula.

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 35.9%, Platformer 17.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Difficult 6.3%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its atmospheric 2D world and portal-based traversal puzzles echo Ori’s combination of precision platforming and immersive exploration.

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Platformer 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This nails the addictive loop of exploration, backtracking, and ability-based progression, with smooth platforming at the core.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 15%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more puzzle-focused and less combat-driven, it captures the wonder of mysterious exploration and hidden-path discovery that Ori fans often love.

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Platformer 15.3%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its vibrant world, constant mechanical variety, and upgrade-driven exploration make it a great pick for players who loved Ori’s adventurous side.

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 9%, Story Rich 5.4%, Souls-like 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its high-quality art, strong atmosphere, and interconnected progression make it a compelling pick if you want a tougher, more combat-centric alternative.

Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Platformer 17.6%, Difficult 9.1%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its movement abilities are deeply woven into both traversal and combat, creating the same satisfying sense of growing mobility that Ori excels at.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Beautiful 65.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Platformer 5%, Atmospheric 4.4%, Story Rich 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: If the emotional presentation, art direction, and music were what hit you hardest in Ori, this is a gorgeous low-combat follow-up.

Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.

Why similar: Beautiful 51.2% ★, Platformer 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Emotional 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar blend of visual beauty, melancholy tone, and side-scrolling cinematic adventure, even if it is less progression-driven.

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Platformer 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 6%

Why You'll Like It: Though it is 3D, it delivers atmospheric exploration, environmental storytelling, and a satisfying sense of unlocking more of the world over time.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.1%, Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Story Rich 5%, Cute 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is not a metroidvania, but its immaculate movement, emotional story, and demanding platforming make it a natural recommendation for players who loved Ori’s precision and heart.

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Open World 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches a similar exploration itch with clean movement, charming atmosphere, and a compact metroidvania world full of secrets.

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: Beautiful 27.5% ★, Metroidvania 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Platformer 7.3%, Difficult 5%

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Story Rich 5.8%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines story-rich 2D exploration, puzzle-platforming, and expressive worldbuilding in a way that appeals to players who liked Ori’s narrative side.

A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Platformer 16.9%, Exploration 6.4%, Cute 6%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a slick, elegant metroidvania with fast movement, aerial combat, and a fantasy aesthetic that lines up well with Ori’s style.

Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Platformer 15.6%, Story Rich 6.3%, Atmospheric 6%, Action-Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers beautiful pixel art, heartfelt storytelling, and airy platforming in a world that shares some of Ori’s emotional, cinematic charm.

Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.

Why similar: Beautiful 42.3% ★, Action 12.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Fantasy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its forest setting, wordless atmosphere, and movement through a living natural world tap into some of the same magical qualities as Ori.

Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Platformer 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Adventure 4.4%, Cute 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its exploration-heavy structure and joyful traversal create the same feeling of moving through a vibrant, interconnected world, even with its pinball twist.

Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Beautiful 29.8% ★, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Exploration 4.3%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its beautiful soundtrack, lonely atmosphere, and exploration-first metroidvania design make it a classic fit for Ori fans.

Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 6.5%, Cute 6%, Open World 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This focuses almost entirely on movement and exploration, making it a strong choice if Ori’s mobility and world traversal were your favorite parts.

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 54%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 2.6%, Exploration 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a stronger match for the exploration and upgrade loop than for Ori’s tone, but it remains an excellent interconnected metroidvania.

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 45.9%, Platformer 16.2%, Difficult 7.4%, Exploration 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 65.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Exploration 3.9%, Adventure 3.2%

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.8%, Metroidvania 26.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Story Rich 4%

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Beautiful 40.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Story Rich 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.1%

A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Platformer 15%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Difficult 6.3%, Action-Adventure 4.4%

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Beautiful 36.2% ★, Platformer 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Puzzle 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%

A story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine. Help free the spirits trapped in a forgotten village with the help of the Rot, her adorable (yet powerful) spirit companions.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Souls-like 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Action 11.6%

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Beautiful 53.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.5%

Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Beautiful 18.5% ★, Platformer 17%, Metroidvania 16.7%, Adventure 4.8%

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 43.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Difficult 9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Cute 7%

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Cute 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Puzzle 6.1%

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Beautiful 38% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Emotional 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Story Rich 7.5%

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Beautiful 24.5% ★, Platformer 22.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Puzzle 6.5%, Atmospheric 6%

Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 10.5%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Platformer 20.5%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Cute 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Puzzle 13%, Story Rich 12.7%

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.7%, Atmospheric 10%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 8.6%, Adventure 7.6%

Experience the critically acclaimed masterpiece with its renowned Sumi-e ink art style in breathtaking high resolution.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 53.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Open World 5.7%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.7%, Metroidvania 19.4%, Difficult 10.1%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 4.8%

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: Metroidvania 34%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Beautiful 13.7% ★, Difficult 3.4%

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Adventure 6.9%

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Platformer 27.1%, Emotional 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Action 10.2%, Cute 9.3%

Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.3%, Platformer 25.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%

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 65.9%, Difficult 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Action 4.9%, Platformer 3.2%

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Platformer 16.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Exploration 7.2%

Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Difficult 6.1%, Cute 4.3%

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Cute 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Souls-like 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Fantasy 5.9%, Souls-like 5.6%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Souls-like 6.1%, Difficult 5.8%