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A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Platformer 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

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 46.9%, Platformer 18.7%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

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 40.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 16.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Indie 9.9%

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: Action 25.6%, Adventure 22.4%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Indie 15.7%, Platformer 12.5%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 8.6%

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 36.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 14%, Action 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

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: Metroidvania 55.4%, Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 7.5%, Action 6.9%

Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 17%, Adventure 16.7%, Action 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 13.3%, Action 13.3%, Platformer 9.3%

Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Platformer 20.4%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 5.8%

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Platformer 17.7%, Action 14.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 8.4%

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 42.5%, Action 14.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Indie 10.8%

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 58.1%, Platformer 12%, Action 9%, Indie 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Action 31.2%, Indie 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, 2D 5.1%

Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Platformer 20.6%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 8.6%

A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Adventure 17%, Action 12.8%, Platformer 8.7%, Indie 8.4%

Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 30.4%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 20.7%, Action 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

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 29.2%, Action 26.2%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Action 16.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 10.5%, Platformer 9.5%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Action 32.3%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 4.3%

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

Why similar: Action 25.7%, Metroidvania 23.5%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 17.2%, Platformer 7.8%

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Action 31.2%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Why similar: Platformer 31.3%, Action 24.1%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 10.2%, Platformer 9.2%

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt. Travelling the world via magical portals to foil the evil plans of Set. Sphinx's journey will require all his wits, agility, and special powers.

Why similar: Platformer 46.9%, Action 27.2%, Adventure 24.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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 63.7%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Platformer 3%

Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.6%, Platformer 18.6%, Adventure 12.9%, Action 4.5%, Indie 4.1%

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Why similar: Action 28.4%, Adventure 25.5%, Platformer 18.8%, Indie 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea,...

Why similar: Action 32.5%, Adventure 31.2%, Indie 21.3%, Platformer 15%

Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!

Why similar: Indie 31%, Metroidvania 27.2%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%

Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!

Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Action 26.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, 2D 4.6%

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Platformer 31.3%, Action 23%, Indie 18.7%, Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

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 39.4%, Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 12.6%, Indie 9%

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 6.8%

Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!

Why similar: Action 47.7%, Indie 28.9%, Platformer 23.3%

Sneak into the pharaoh's pyramid and meet up with Assil and his crew of crazy friends. Just as the party starts to get hot, a silly accident turns life upside down! Help Assil reverse the curse!

Why similar: Adventure 94.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%

C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Why similar: Platformer 31.2%, Action 22.4%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Lovish is an outrageous 8-bit action-adventure game! Quest with Sir Solomon through a series of bite-sized rooms, as he attempts to free Princess Tsuna, the woman he loves, from the Devil Lord's clutches!

Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Action 29%, Indie 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 2D 5.5%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Indie 19.4%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 15%, Platformer 11.9%, Indie 8.7%

Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 13.2%, Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Platformer 13.3%, Indie 9.6%

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 44.3%, Platformer 16.4%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 9%, Indie 8.7%

HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES is a colorful and absurd action-platformer about Buckethead, a hero past his prime, in a world that, let's be honest, has seen better days...

Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Action 29.1%, Indie 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, 2D 6.5%

FOX n FORESTS is a 16-bit style action platformer with RPG elements! Switch seasons on the fly and wield your crossbow to unveil the mystery of the 5th season.

Why similar: Action 30.3%, Adventure 24.2%, Platformer 19%, Indie 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.8%, Action 18.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, 2D 1.7%

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Platformer 16.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 8.7%, Action 6.9%

Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 11.7%, Indie 8.9%

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: Metroidvania 42.3%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 11.2%, Platformer 8.9%

Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!

Why similar: Metroidvania 67.8%, Action 19.8%, Platformer 6%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%, 2D 2.4%

A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.9%, Platformer 19.4%, Action 13%, Adventure 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 4%

Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.

Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Action 15.5%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 3.4%

Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Action 20.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 14.3%, Platformer 12%

Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Action 28.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, 2D 1.5%

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 41.5%, Platformer 19.6%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 10.5%

Play Skelattack and save the Underworld in this fun action platformer! Together with your best bat friend Imber, you jump, slash, and flap your way though the Underworld and stop the human threat!

Why similar: Action 24.1%, Adventure 22.3%, Platformer 20.5%, Indie 15.5%, Metroidvania 14.7%