Games Like Out There Somewhere

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 20.1%, Platformer 20%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Retro 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential sci-fi Metroidvania that shares the retro aesthetic and exploration-focused gameplay of the seed game.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 21.2%, Metroidvania 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Retro 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, atmospheric exploration experience with challenging boss fights and a distinct pixel-art style.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 22%, Metroidvania 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Retro 10.5%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, bite-sized Metroidvania that features tight controls and a retro sci-fi aesthetic.

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Why similar: Platformer 24.7%, Metroidvania 13.7%, Retro 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A compact, sci-fi action-platformer that mirrors the focused design and retro feel of the seed game.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Metroidvania 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational indie action-platformer that perfectly balances exploration, combat, and a memorable retro soundtrack.

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: Platformer 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Metroidvania 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines beautiful pixel art with intricate platforming and puzzle-solving elements in a cohesive world.

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: Platformer 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Retro 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Metroidvania 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features incredibly tight movement and combat mechanics that evolve throughout a retro-inspired adventure.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 26.7%, Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Retro 8.6%, Difficult 7%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that uses a unique gravity-flipping mechanic to create clever, puzzle-like challenges.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Metroidvania 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that relies on unique electromagnetic mechanics to navigate its challenging, non-verbal environment.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 18.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-platformer that uses a unique cloning mechanic to solve complex environmental challenges.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Metroidvania 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Difficult 11.9%, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric action-platformer with fluid combat and a dark, pixelated aesthetic.

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: Platformer 31.8%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Retro 13.2%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A delightful Metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and movement in a charming, machine-filled world.

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 29.6%, Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Difficult 9.9%, Puzzle Platformer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in precision platforming that focuses on fluid movement and challenging level design.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.3%, Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Retro 6.2%, Difficult 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers fast-paced, high-stakes action with tight controls and a focus on precision movement.

A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.

Why similar: Platformer 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Metroidvania 10.6%, Indie 9.8%, Retro 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that focuses on exploration and combat in a hostile alien environment.

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Why similar: Platformer 45.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Indie 8.4%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-platformer that features physics-based combat and exploration on a dangerous alien planet.

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: Platformer 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-puzzle-platformer that features a unique movement mechanic involving sticking to surfaces and launching yourself.

A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Indie 11.1%, Puzzle 10%, 2D 8.1%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D puzzle-platformer that uses physics-based tools to navigate and explore a sci-fi world.

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Platformer 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Retro 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-platformer that emphasizes exploration and narrative within a retro-inspired setting.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses perspective-shifting mechanics to explore a vibrant, pixelated world.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 31%, Great Soundtrack 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Retro 12.2%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern retro-inspired action-platformers with polished mechanics and level design.

Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

Why similar: Platformer 23%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Retro 12.2%, Metroidvania 10%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action-platformer that captures the feel of retro gaming with modern polish.

You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Indie 8.1%, Puzzle 8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-defying mechanics to navigate a strange and whimsical world.

Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Retro 14%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Puzzle 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer where the protagonist evolves through different pixel-art resolutions to solve puzzles.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Retro 10.1%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D action-platformer that prioritizes momentum and fluid character movement.

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: Platformer 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Metroidvania 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful pixel-art adventure that blends platforming with unique flight-based movement mechanics.

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Retro 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to gaming history that features a variety of retro-inspired platforming challenges.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that demands mastery of movement and timing.

Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Puzzle 6.1%, Space 4.9%

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Great Soundtrack 35.9%, Difficult 9.7%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fluid, high-speed movement and precision platforming in a stylish, minimalist world.

An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?

Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Indie 4.9%, Adventure 4.6%

Airscape is a fast-paced, ultra-challenging 60 level action platformer. You play a deep-sea octopus, kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Jump, dodge, and swim through a skybound environment full of floating islands, water formations, and robotic terrors.

Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Difficult 11.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.2%

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.6%, Indie 15.6%, Puzzle 15.6%, Space 8.1%, Difficult 6.7%

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

Why similar: Platformer 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Sci-fi 8%

Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.

Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Platformer 18.1%, Indie 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Adventure 7.5%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Indie 10.9%, Difficult 6.6%

Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.

Why similar: Platformer 39.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 7.1%

Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 27.1%, Difficult 14.4%, Indie 13.9%, 2D 7.3%

Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Space 10.4%, Indie 8.7%, Action 7.6%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Platformer 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Difficult 7.5%

Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Sci-fi 10%, 2D 7.8%, Difficult 6.7%

Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.

Why similar: Platformer 39.6%, Indie 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Difficult 9%

Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Indie 7.8%

Morphopolis is about transformation and discovery. Morphopolis takes you on a puzzle adventure through a fantastical insect world. Starting as an aphid grub, you embark on an epic journey of metamorphosis toward your spawning ground.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Indie 12.5%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 3.1%

A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Indie 14.7%, Retro 13%, Action 12.5%, Shooter 7.1%

An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.

Why similar: Platformer 29.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Retro 12%, Sci-fi 10%

From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Indie 7.4%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 11%, Indie 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%

A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.4%, Indie 16.5%, Retro 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Action 10.3%

Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.

Why similar: Platformer 27.9%, Metroidvania 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Adventure 8%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Platformer 24.9%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Difficult 9.2%, Puzzle 7%

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: Platformer 38.2%, Metroidvania 22.6%, Difficult 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, 2D 7%

Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.

Why similar: Indie 37.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Action 19.5%, Anime 7.6%, Singleplayer 6.4%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Platformer 15.7%, Metroidvania 15.2%, Retro 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.2%, Platformer 25.2%, Indie 23.4%, 2D 11.3%, Difficult 9%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28%, Platformer 27.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Indie 10.8%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Retro 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%

Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.

Why similar: Platformer 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 8.8%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 7.8%