60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, Nonlinear, Pixel Graphics.
Explore a non-linear underground world in this puzzle-adventure. Solve intricate environmental challenges, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate a pixel-art labyrinth where every path leads to a new mystery. Can you plunge into the depths and find what lies beneath?
Quarion
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.
The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
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?
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: Metroidvania 30.5%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Underground 12.2% ★, Retro 9.2%, Platformer 7.5%
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 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Nonlinear 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Retro 9.2%
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 36%, Nonlinear 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Platformer 10.1%
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 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Platformer 8.6%
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Underground 19.3% ★, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Platformer 9.3%
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Nonlinear 12.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 9.2%
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 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Nonlinear 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 9.1%
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. But this time, he's going to hell. Explore the underworld, face its horrors, and fight to bring peace to the tortured souls of your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Underground 13.6% ★, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 6.1%
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Nonlinear 11.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
Drive back magic horrors with your star gun and save your cute bunny friends in this 2D metroidvania adventure. Jump and propel yourself with your weapon to navigate the depths of underground rabbit ruins, giant trees and paths in the clouds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Underground 21.4% ★, Nonlinear 13.1%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Underground 19.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Nonlinear 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9%
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 30.7%, Nonlinear 13%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Platformer 9%
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 31.5%, Nonlinear 14.7%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 7.7%
Three quality games in one package! A short but sweet metroidvania with Pix Eliz 1, a unique mix of card game and platforming in Pix Eliz 2, and an adventurous platformer which constantly renew itself in Pix Eliz 3! Playable in english and in french!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Underground 12.1% ★, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%
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: Metroidvania 33.2%, Nonlinear 18.8%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Retro 7.6%
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 42.5%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
A fantastical, atmospheric Metroidvania platformer where you jump, fight, and expand your abilities to escape your exile and confront the beastly Queen who banished you. But will this fairy-tale end with you becoming a hero, or a beast?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Exploration 9.6%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%
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 37.3%, Nonlinear 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Nonlinear 22.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Retro 12.6%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
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: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Nonlinear 14.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.6%
Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Underground 18.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
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 38.4%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Platformer 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Underground 16.4% ★, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.9%
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 29.4%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Retro 9.4%, Platformer 9.2%
Face these daddy issues and watch your world burn. No more running!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Nonlinear 15%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Platformer 9.3%
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Retro 9.7%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
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: Metroidvania 26%, Nonlinear 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Platformer 8%
A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Retro 7.9%
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 39.3%, Nonlinear 14.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
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 44.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Retro 8.9%
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Retro 9%
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 10.4%, Retro 8.2%
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 42.5%, Platformer 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.2%
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Platformer 10.9%
Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 7.7%
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 47%, Platformer 11.9%, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 10.5%, Retro 10.2%
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, 2D Platformer 11%
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 8.5%
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 33.5%, Nonlinear 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Retro 10.8%, Platformer 8.4%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Exploration 8.4%
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: Metroidvania 31.5%, Nonlinear 16.4%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Retro 8.5%, Platformer 8.2%
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 41.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
A pixel-art 2D puzzle platformer with Metroidvania exploration. Join starfarer girl Ling Ao'ao as she meets AI girl ALICE in the ruins of humanity at the universe's end. Befriend companions, gather abilities, solve intricate contraptions, and uncover the cosmos's truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 9%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 8.2%
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 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Nonlinear 16%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.7%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.1%
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Retro 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
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 42.1%, Nonlinear 18.3%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 8.2%
