
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Sci-fi, Adventure, Action.

Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.

Omega Warp
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.

Gemaboy Zero X
Gemaboy Zero X is an action, exploration, and platform Cyberpunk Ploidmania videogame. It is the latest installment in the PLOIDS saga in which Omega will have to travel through time to preserve it and rescue his beloved Alpha!
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Aliens 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Futuristic 9.1%, Sci-fi 9%
Gemaboy Zero X is an action, exploration, and platform Cyberpunk Ploidmania videogame. It is the latest installment in the PLOIDS saga in which Omega will have to travel through time to preserve it and rescue his beloved Alpha!
Why similar: Side Scroller 13.6%, Aliens 13.1%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Futuristic 9.3%
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Aliens 14%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Space 11.5%, Exploration 10.3%
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Sci-fi 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Space 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.1%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Side Scroller 15%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Exploration 8.4%
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Aliens 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Futuristic 10%
Star Child is an explosive new action-adventure set on a sinister alien planet. Fight numerous aliens and formidable bosses, wield powerful explosives and destructive laser weapons, find secrets and unlock new abilities as you progress. Can you survive your dangerous mission?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Aliens 14%, Futuristic 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Futuristic 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Aliens 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Futuristic 9.1%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Aliens 13.4%, Space 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%
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 33%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Aliens 11.4%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Futuristic 7.8%
Remake to 2016's Legends of the Universe - StarCore, a Metroidvania style Action-Platformer with several abilities, enemies and areas to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.5%
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Futuristic 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Side Scroller 9.3%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Aliens 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Futuristic 9.4%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Aliens 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Exploration 8%
Explore a vast space station caught in a crisis and adrift in the void. Discover new weapons, fight challenging foes, and discover the dark secrets of Project HOSTILE in this in this Sci-fi Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Aliens 13.1%, Futuristic 12.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Space 9%
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Futuristic 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
You are a robot with the mindset of a child, but your advanced robotic body allows you to fight better than most humans. Your goal is to solve the mystery of how the aliens got aboard the spaceship and, more importantly, to find a new energy source to survive. A strange scientist will accompany you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Aliens 20%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Robots 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Space 14.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Sci-fi 2D shooter platformer combining the control of a human character and an armored vehicle on the surface of a planet filled with robots and immortal local inhabitants
Why similar: Aliens 15.1%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Futuristic 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.4%
During a route next to Prasinos, a colonized little planet, Helena received an order to investigate an S.O.S. sign streamed by the mothership Z9. When landing on site, she discovers that the situation was much worse than she thought.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.3%, Aliens 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Space 10.1%
Forge your own path through a derelict station in this fast-paced epic adventure. Navigate the labyrinthine behemoth, form alliances with survivors, and uncover the secrets behind the mystery that befell this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Futuristic 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Take control of an AI soldier, explore planets, and partake in fast paced combat in The Future Project, a first person metroidvania. Explore distinct worlds, obtain new weapons and abilities, and defeat powerful enemies in humanity's quest to journey the stars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Aliens 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Space 10.1%
A platform adventure game incorporating elements from immersive sims and cinematic platformers. Run, fight and hack your way through a distant space colony as you attempt to reclaim your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 12%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Space 9.2%
An infectious retro hardware classic from 2006 has been revived. Only you can save the world from the deadly virus known as Scurge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Futuristic 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 6%
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Adventure 7.8%
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Side Scroller 14%, Space 8.7%, Aliens 8.7%, Exploration 8.3%
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 36.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Space 8%, Aliens 7.9%
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 33.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, Side Scroller 14%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9%
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Aliens 14.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Futuristic 9.9%
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Aliens 10.3%, Space 8%
Discover an enigmatic universe. Explore diverse biomes, face ancient guardians, and uncover hidden secrets in this captivating 2D pixel art platformer. Embark on an unforgettable cosmic odyssey!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Space 9.6%, Exploration 9.1%
Inferno is a fire-fueled 2D platformer where betrayal ignites transformation. Play as Kai, a Sergeant in the Krorion Space Forces, searching for his traitorous commanding officer. Run, jump, dash, and FIRE to unleash Sergeant Kai’s Inferno power against devastating odds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Space 10.3%
Venture out on a machine-packed rescue mission in a 2D platform game, action, shooting and lots of Neon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Space 10.7%, Robots 8.5%
Discover 4 short metroidvania sci-fi adventures! Explore a submerged city, a lost world reclaimed by machines and a mysterious temple on an alien planet. Unlock new abilities to reach more places and battle deadly foes. Piece together the story of those places and discover how they’re all connected.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Aliens 16.7%, Futuristic 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
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 53.1%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Adventure 3.5%, Action 3.2%
A game designed with the intend of speed running as the player you must fight monsters and robots and make your way through four stages and defeat all the bosses and make it to the end portal as quickly as possible
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Side Scroller 14.5%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Futuristic 8.2%, Exploration 6.9%
Keaton's Adventure is an expressive 2D action-adventure platformer. Traverse the recently formed Milkdromeda Galaxy to bring about peace and stomp out an alien invasion!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Aliens 17.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Space 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
Immerse yourself in an exciting anime-style metroidvania, where each skill unlocks new areas and secrets on the vast map. Face powerful bosses, acquire unique abilities, and uncover hidden mysteries in this ever-evolving world, all with traditional anime-inspired animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%
A cute, Metroidvania platformer about cats and aliens: you are a cat defending a castle from waves of enemies. When the going gets too tough, head out and explore the world to find powerful artifacts to aid in the castle's defenses. Enjoy a handcrafted world, story, and super-cute kitten NPCs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Aliens 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Space 8%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Aliens 14.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%
Zorezdra is a sci-fi platformer/metroidvania with an 8-bit graphical aesthetic. Run, jump, fight and glide your way through a vast starport as you search for the truth about your protagonist's complex origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Futuristic 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
Without kidney is a shooter metroidvania game with a hero who can hook like spiderman and jump with cannon explosions. Using a grappling hook, a cannon and other bonuses, that can be found on the way, you go forward to the main Capitalist BOSS
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 9.3%
Hollow Frontier is a thrilling sci-fi adventure where survival is your only option. Explore a haunting, collapsed world. Solve puzzles, fight for survival, and uncover dark secrets. Experience dynamic gameplay in both 3rd person and FPS perspectives
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Futuristic 19.9%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Robots 8.6%, Space 8.1%
Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Aliens 11.2%, Space 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
「NIGHTRAVEL」は、荒廃した電子街が舞台のマルチビルド2Dアクションゲームです。電脳支配された故郷を救うため「ハッカー」となり、反撃の狼煙を上げよう。 荒廃した空虚な街を駆け抜け、有象無象の敵対者たちを蹂躙しよう。一人でも友達と一緒でもプレイ可能。 戦利品を組み合わせて能力増強、各キャラクターを使いこなし、電脳システムに支配された街を取り戻そう。
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Side Scroller 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Futuristic 8.6%
Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Aliens 18.9%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
We can't reach the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Side Scroller 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Aliens 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
Infiltrate a mysterious Axis base in the Bermuda Triangle as one-man army Capt. Chuck “WOLFHOUND” Rossetti. Explore the deadly island and uncover the Nazi's twisted scientific pursuits while wreaking havoc on their forces and horrific creations in this sci-fi WWII Metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Aliens 16.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Action-Adventure 15%, Side Scroller 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%
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 42.7%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 3.8%
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 4.3%
Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Aliens 15.4%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Adventure 3.9%