
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
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OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.

Torii: Beyond The Gates
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.

Frogreign
Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Action RPG 10.9%, RPG 7.7%
Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Platformer 11.5%, Action RPG 10.3%, Physics 8.3%, RPG 6.5%
Enter the magic world of Elowyn! Evolve with her and discover all the secrets to magic in this metroidvania with incredible characters and scenary. Learn powerful spells, create potions, unravel many riddles and live the entire fantasy!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Action RPG 12.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 8.9%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 12.9%, RPG 8.8%, Action RPG 8.4%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Action RPG 11.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Action RPG 15%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, RPG 8.6%, Exploration 4.7%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Action RPG 12.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 10.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Action RPG 12.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Platformer 9%
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Action RPG 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Action RPG 10.5%, RPG 7.2%, Exploration 6%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Action RPG 13.1%, Platformer 12.6%, RPG 10%
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
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 44%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Lore-Rich 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
Blessing Part I is a 2D pixel style horizontal board action adventure game. Players will take on the role of a swordsman 'Luo' who lost everything in the past and embarks on revenge alone. With only a large sword and flesh and blood, they will fight against the twisted creatures in the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action RPG 14.1%, RPG 9.9%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
This is a 2d platform adventure exploration game that combines platform jumping and straightforward fighting. Players will gradually find the lost memory and uncover the truth of this fantastic world with AOI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Action RPG 10.2%, RPG 8%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, 2D Platformer 15%, Action RPG 12.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 6.2%
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 47.5%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 9.9%, RPG 5.7%
TIES: Soul Link is an emotional and brutal 2D metroidvania that combines action RPG with adventure platforming. Explore a decaying world in the year 2097, uncover its secrets, and face savage, bloody battles that will test your endurance and your deepest fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Action RPG 11.5%, Platformer 10.6%, RPG 7.3%
Dreadstone – The Immortal Prisoner is an upcoming indie 2D Metroidvania platformer. Especially important to us are the game elements “looting” and “leveling“. The goal is to create a combination of our favorite games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 15%, Action RPG 13.5%, RPG 9.4%, Platformer 8%
"Charlie from the swamp" is a metroidvania game about little frog in a big world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Action RPG 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 7.7%
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 5%
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 65.6%, Platformer 12.5%, RPG 6.9%, Indie 4.1%, Action RPG 3.4%
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, Platformer 12%, RPG 12%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 5.9%
Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Action RPG 11.1%, RPG 9.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Indie 6.7%
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Platformer 8.2%, Indie 6.3%
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Action RPG 16.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 6.5%
The Primal League is platformer metrodvania with multiple playable characters, a vast world and intricate crafting system
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Action RPG 14.9%, RPG 14.8%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.1%
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 44.2%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Postknight World is a heartwarming 2D open-world RPG about slowing down and savouring the journey. As a Postknight, you travel across Prism, deliver knightmail, and connect with its people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Action RPG 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 3.3%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 51.6%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Indie 2.8%
Crimson Curse —Will Your Fate Bloom in Despair or Salvation Set 23 years after Castlevania Dracula's Curse - follow a young Belmont's journey in an all new 2D Action-Exploration title from KONAMI, Evil Empire and Motion Twin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Action RPG 15.6%, Platformer 10.4%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, RPG 8.4%
A retro-inspired 2D action-adventure where exploration, combat, and classic pixel art come together in a mysterious interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Action RPG 17.1%, Exploration 11.4%, RPG 10.2%, Platformer 8.3%
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Platformer 17.1%, Exploration 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Indie 5.3%
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Indie 7.2%
Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.6%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action RPG 12.2%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 3.6%
Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 13.8%, RPG 9.1%, Indie 4.5%
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 49.8%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 15.2%, RPG 8.1%, 2D 2.6%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Platformer 15.2%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 6.1%
A warrior who wandered in search of redemption after abdicating his post receives a call to return to his ancient continent. Explore the continent of Orion in a 2D action adventure with 3 endings according to your choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Action RPG 13.2%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, RPG 8.1%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Platformer 22.9%, Indie 8%, Adventure 4.8%, RPG 4.8%
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Exploration 9%
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Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 16%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%
In a village located to the south, there is one of the twelve guardians, the warrior of Leo, known for his determination in combat and number of victories. Our hero will be responsible for finding the mystical artifacts, to prevent the kingdom from being bathed in blood and darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Action RPG 16.8%, RPG 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%
Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action RPG 12.9%, RPG 8.4%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
JRAGO III Requiem of the Night is a gothic METROIDVANIA action RPG. Play as JRAGO, a demon hunter in an epic battle of spiritual warfare. Slay your way through hordes of demons and monsters to a heavy metal soundtrack! Overcome the forces of darkness to save the world and restore the light!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Action RPG 10.3%
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 47%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Adventure 6.5%
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.8%, RPG 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 6.1%
You will play the role of Youmu, moving forward and unlocking new abilities, using close and long-range attacks to break through enemy obstacles, using agile skills such as climbing walls and sprinting to overcome terrain obstacles, and ultimately solving problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Action RPG 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9%
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 66.5%, Platformer 18.2%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 5%, Action 2.5%
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 39.2%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Action RPG 13%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 8.6%
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Indie 5.8%
Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Indie 10.7%, Physics 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Indie 6.7%
Lingyuan Records is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action-adventure game. In the Five Elements world, learn and collect enemies' spells, and use the mutual generation and restraint of Five Elements to defeat stronger foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Action RPG 8.9%
A metroidvania with: Both arcade and exploration areas - Use finite subweapons for advanced movement - Difficulty from casual up to souls-bourne-ring - Customize with equipment - Build your Town - Complete Quests - Having trouble on a stage? There are infinite lives; no game overs here!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action RPG 14.2%, Platformer 11.9%, RPG 9.5%
Etherland Saga is a 2D action RPG with Metroidvania charm in a fantasy pixel art world. Switch between 3 unique heroes on the fly, upgrade their skills, unite divided clans, tame the power of crystals, and uncover the truth behind a cataclysm the world has spent two thousand years trying to forget.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Action RPG 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Exploration 7.5%