Games Like Orpheus

Eris And The Fading Kingdom is a 2D Metroidvania where you fight epic bosses, meet strange allies and uncover the secrets of the kingdom, consume enemies and items to gain new ability's and heal any damage you might have taken. All with a 2D hand drawn art style.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Mythology 26.7%, Hack and Slash 17.6%, Hand-drawn 7.1%, Colorful 3.6%

A "whimsical fantasy" action platformer game with an open-ended progression. Utilize the given abilities to you to its fullest potential, and look epic while doing it.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Hack and Slash 17.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6%

Unite the FELLAS and fight for FREEDOM!

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8.7%

Take up the Bat! Ralf's Adventure: Aztec Mystery is a top-down action-adventure game with puzzles and platforming. This game is inspired by home console games from the '80s and '90s, but uses modern design sensibilities.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Hack and Slash 18.3%, Mythology 16.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Shyftrs is a 2D stylized action adventure metroidvania game that will take you on a journey to uncover the mysteries of your lineage and the world beyond. Your weapon of choice are Cane Sword, Pistol or use your new found prowess. Step up and embrace the adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Hack and Slash 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.4%

A 2D exploration danmaku action Touhou fangame (AKA a danmaku Metroidvania). Control Hata no Kokoro in a journey to find her masks. Look for power-up items along the way and challenge powerful bosses to reclaim them!

Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Action 6.7%

A Dark, Hand Drawn 2D Hack and Slash Platformer. Play as Sakinko, a young warrior set on a quest to avenge her father’s death and protect her people from the evil spirits that now menace her land, these evil spirits take the name of Wekufu.

Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Hack and Slash 16.6%, Mythology 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 8.4%

Journey as Orpheus in this 2D top-down RPG: play your lyre, battle dark forces, and strive to reunite with Eurydice.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Hack and Slash 18.9%, Mythology 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Hand-drawn 7.2%

Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Mythology 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%

A 2D action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements. Explore, fight monsters, collect equipment, unlock new paths, and challenge bosses in a handcrafted pixel-art world inspired by retro classics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Hack and Slash 19%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Hack and Slash 12%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Platformer 8.7%

The Tale of LUMI is a fast paced, metroidvania inspired, action game. Collect powers from Gods and Heroes. Upgrade your Skills. Defeat unyielding enemies. Explore LUMI and unveil the secrets that lie within this puzzling Kingdom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Mythology 18.3%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 6.7%

Seek the path to your freedom! Join to 84831 (Babel) on his journey to change the way his world is ruled. Dystobel is a metroidvania based on the change of powers with which you can dodge and nullify attacks, with multiple objects to discover and equip.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Mythology 16.3%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Dystopian 9.3%

Slash and Blast through a subterranean laboratory to rescue your father from the evil 'V'. Explore treacherous paths, gruesome monsters and uncover secrets all while mastering unique weapons, in this action packed, death defying Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Dystopian 8.8%, Platformer 8.6%

Frogue is a stylish turn-based action platformer with bits of roguelite, bullet hell and time manipulation. Dash through your enemies, freeze time and throw your sword to solve every situation in YOUR way.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Hack and Slash 16%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%

A 2D platformer detective set inside a living organism. Leukocytus investigates the “Cough,” battles mutants, and uncovers a conspiracy. Harness a dangerous mutation: transform into a monster for power, then regain control to save a dying world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.6%, Dystopian 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.5%

Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Hack and Slash 16%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%

When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, 2D Platformer 13%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

Demon legend is a fast paced action platformer metroidvania set in a post-yokai apocalypse with dynamic player swapping and chainable abilities from a varied cast of characters. Hunt demons for profit, crush large yokai bosses that serve the demon king, and defend humanity from extinction.

Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Mythology 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Dystopian 10.6%, Platformer 10.4%

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 34.2%, Mythology 18.3%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

An Afro-Brazilian inspired Metroidvania where the player, as Okanbi, channel the power of the Orishas to fight abyssal creatures and explore a large and diverse map inspired by a tale. The Orishas will assist on his journey with Gifts and Blessings in order to save humanity and stop Olokun's Wrath!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Mythology 27.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Platformer 8.1%

The King's pup levels up! Cavalier is a single player hand drawn Metroidvania. Combat enchanted creatures while you explore the expanding map, and restore the magical kingdom in this charming medieval adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Cute 7.2%

Journey through a kingdom drained of its life. An innocent being locked away from its own kind, longing to be loved and seen. Though it seems to have forgotten one flicker of hope. You, a glimmer of life not yet fallen.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Minimalist 11.9%, Mythology 9.1%, Platformer 9%, 2D Platformer 7.1%

Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%

Save the once peaceful land in Echo Wisp. Explore an underground depths overrun by evil ghostly apparitions. Slash and shoot your enemies as two heroes each with their own unique abilities in this action adventure platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Hack and Slash 14.2%, Bullet Hell 14%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.8%

In slaughter and exploration, seek the truth. KILL HIM is a black-and-white Metroidvania game where you will traverse a hostile world, challenge powerful enemies, and uncover the secrets hidden behind everything.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 14%, Minimalist 10%, Hand-drawn 9.8%

Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Cute 7%, Fantasy 6.2%

Greak: Memories of Azur is a single-player puzzle platformer adventure. Azur is under threat from an enemy attack who have control of strange creatures infecting the land. Take on the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel and utilize their unique abilities to escape the invasion together.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Hack and Slash 14.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.3%

An elite sorcerer king with forgotten magical powers mysteriously reappears in a bloody quest for revenge in the supreme action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Hack and Slash 19.2%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 6.9%

This is a difficult metroidvania style game with 90's arcade mechanics. It requires precision jumping and good highlights to shoot and jump.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Hack and Slash 22.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 8%

Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Hack and Slash 6.4%

Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Hack and Slash 20.8%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%

Sojourn Past is a bullet-hell inspired action-adventure about exploration, mystery, and loss. Step into a handcrafted world filled with secrets, danger, and discovery.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Bullet Hell 20%, Hack and Slash 19.8%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Hack and Slash 9.1%

Sinweaver is a 2D Metroidvania Lite that has you cutting your way through fallen angels and cultists alike as you fight your way through hell to escape a grim afterlife. Explore levels and an interactive overworld map to uncover the worlds secrets and why heavens mightiest have fallen to darkness.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 15.8%, Action 7.4%

Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Mythology 18.2%, Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Colorful 6%

Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Cartoony 7.5%

Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Hack and Slash 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

A 2D Hand Drawn, high-intense metroidvania, telling how two brave women helped to build the Tower of Babel and faced their annihilation.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Hack and Slash 15.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8%

Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Fantasy 5.4%

Join KinnikuNeko, a cat with a bodybuilder's body, in this fun 2D platformer and fight against the mysterious alien invasion. A story full of goofy humor, friendship, drama and action. Its aesthetics are a love letter to 90s anime along with an unforgettable soundtrack.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Hack and Slash 17%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

A dark metroidvania where you play as a silent, white-hooded specter drifting through forgotten realms. Master precise hand-drawn platforming and uncover the mystery of the veil.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%

Help ranger Riki to fight an unknown menace which could destroy not only the Amazon forest but the entire world. A fast and yet challenging game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

Become a brave hero and embark to the dangerous journey though mysterious forbidden lands. Reveal secrets of the legendary past, find the last pieces of gone magic and gain courage to slay the terrible monster!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%

Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%

Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Hand-drawn 6.8%

Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Minimalist 7.4%, Cute 6.6%

A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Hack and Slash 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Action 5.8%

Templar is a 2D indie platformer and hack and slash game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Hack and Slash 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%

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 40.4%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 15.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Cute 7%

A metroidvania action platformer set in an epic fantasy world where a barbarian woman raised in the wild, pushed by her mother stories about her father decides to look for his final resting place.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Hack and Slash 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 12%, Mythology 11.6%

Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, 2D Platformer 5.7%

Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Platformer 9.8%

Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Cartoony 9.1%

Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8%, Cartoony 6.6%

Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 8.6%

Fateless Night - is a 2D action-platformer with randomized enemies and a combo system that rewards skilled playthrough.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 17%, Hack and Slash 15.6%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8.2%