60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Nonlinear, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania.
A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.
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A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.7%, Metroidvania 23.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Retro 11.2%, Exploration 7.2%
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Nonlinear 21.3%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, 1980s 6.6%
Juno’s Darkest Hour is a simple but challenging 2D action adventure platformer game inspired by the side-scrollers of the past. Explore the secrets of a vast monochromatic world. Will you succeed against all odds, or will you die over and over again?
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.4%, Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Retro 9.7%, Metroidvania 7.9%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.8%, Metroidvania 23.7%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Retro 7.2%
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Nonlinear 22.2%, Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 7%
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Nonlinear 25.8%, Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.1%, Metroidvania 20.5%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9%, 1980s 8.2%
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.9%, Metroidvania 24.3%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Retro 8.8%
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 27.3%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 10.3%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Retro 10.3%, Exploration 7.5%
Get into my infected computer and restore every virus-ridden system by recovering game attributes like color or save functions. Enjoy this parody of multiple classic games from 80s & 90s.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.6%, Metroidvania 16.1%, Platformer 14%, Retro 10.5%, 1980s 9.5%
On My Way Out is a heartwarming adventure game about a spinning top trying to watch the sunset with his friends. The problem - the front gate won't budge. Play as Culver, who will have to spin, jump and dive through the obstacles the neighborhood contains in order to find a way out.
Why similar: Nonlinear 38.9%, Platformer 24.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.3%, Metroidvania 19%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 7%
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Nonlinear 27.1%, Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 6.4%
Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!
Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Nonlinear 21.2%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Retro 11.7%
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Platformer 7.8%
Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.8%, Metroidvania 20.7%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7%
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.5%, Metroidvania 24.5%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8.3%
⚔︎ Embark on an epic adventure inspired by Gameboy aesthetics. Explore the world and dive into six challenging dungeons to recover the Chalice of Higland ⚔︎
Why similar: Nonlinear 33.2%, Platformer 20.1%, Retro 17.3%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Exploration 6.3%
A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.1%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Retro 11.5%, 1980s 10.2%, Platformer 10.1%
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%
Spelunk, plunder, and pickaxe in Lost Caves, A 2D collect-a-thon all about exploration and treasure hunting! Venture through 4 expansive labyrinthine levels to find over 80 unique treasures to amass your wealth, and use your trusty pickaxe to defeat anything in your way!
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.8%, Platformer 17.1%, Retro 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8.2%
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 33.8%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Retro 10.5%, Exploration 9%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Retro 9.5%, Nonlinear 8.4%
Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.2%, Nonlinear 19%, Platformer 13.3%, Retro 12.8%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
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 32.2%, Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 9.3%
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Nonlinear 24.6%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 8.1%
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Nonlinear 19.2%, Retro 12.6%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%
Face these daddy issues and watch your world burn. No more running!
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.3%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 10%, Retro 9.1%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Retro 15.4%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7.3%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Nonlinear 24.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
Joshua's Legs is a unique game with devious controls about a two-legged arachnid hoping to find his long lost prosthetic legs collection. Venture in a world that will only reveal its secrets to the true hardened climbers.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27%, Metroidvania 23.5%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 7.5%
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Platformer 15.5%, Retro 13.8%, 1980s 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
A non-linear Metroidvania platformer that's cute but also a bit creepy. Find upgrades, learn spells and banish the spirits who have become twisted by The Duchess's curse!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Nonlinear 22.3%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Retro 8.1%
Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 13%, Retro 9.8%, Exploration 9%
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 9.5%, 1980s 8.9%
A fast-paced action platformer with non-linear world progression and level design! Challenging gameplay with 3 difficulty modes, 2 playable characters and local co-op! Fight bosses in any order and experience the world change with each victory, enemies become harder, faster and smarter!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Platformer 18.6%, Nonlinear 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Retro 9%
Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Retro 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Nonlinear 30.5%, Platformer 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Adventure 4.3%
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 32.5%, Platformer 21.7%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 5.5%
A challenging action game where you explore a dark kingdom, face brutal creatures, and uncover hidden secrets. Fight with strategy, discover powerful relics, and navigate treacherous dungeons as you unravel the mysteries of the Citadel.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Nonlinear 25.3%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Adventure 7.1%
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 11%, 1980s 11%, Retro 9.7%
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.4%, Metroidvania 24.5%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.7%, Metroidvania 26.9%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Exploration 8.3%
Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.2%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Retro 8.4%
Zebulon the cat is lost in a strange place, but he has a lot of courage and curiosity quickly replaces fear as he explores and unravels the world around him. It also helps that smelly green food is everywhere to grab!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Platformer 15.9%, Retro 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11%
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 24.1%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Platformer 14.5%, Retro 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Nonlinear 24.8%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 8.3%
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Nonlinear 27%, Metroidvania 26.7%, Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Explore a failed utopia, slaughter mindless and maniacal foes, and master slick movement in “The Milliner,” a noir gunslinging metroidvania. Your journey will be one of hardship, as a ruthless visionary known only as the Milliner will do everything in its power to stop you and all you stand for.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.1%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Noir 15%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 7.2%
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Retro 17.2%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 8.9%
Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!
Why similar: Nonlinear 27%, Metroidvania 24.6%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%
Get ready for platforming incarceration insanity in this new Megadrive game, Prisonela MD. These levels may be short, but fun!
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.5%, Retro 18.2%, 1990's 16.2%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11%
An arcade video game with adventure elements for the Amstrad CPC, which takes place in an abandoned Nazi base from WWII.
Why similar: Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 20%, 1980s 14.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Retro 12.6%
Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.9%, Metroidvania 21.7%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7%
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.2%, Metroidvania 24.7%, Platformer 18%, Retro 14.1%, Exploration 5.6%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.2%, Metroidvania 22.1%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.5%
Explore all possible realities as you try and save the universe from the Darkness in this unique Procedurally Designed Mega Metroidvania Adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Platformer 16.1%, Retro 14.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 7.7%
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: Metroidvania 28.1%, Platformer 19.7%, Retro 15.5%, Exploration 7.5%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
Come discover a world full of Brazilian cultural personalities, with several exclusive powers to be used strategically, play win and try to be the best by entering the world rank!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Platformer 22.1%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Adventure 14.4%, 2D Platformer 10%
