
Rhythm of Resistance is a rhythm metroidvania where your playlist is your weapon. Fight to the beat, explore a forbidden past, and play music to restore culture in a silenced future. Every beat, a rebellion. Every song, a revolution.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, 2D Platformer, Platformer, Metroidvania.

Rhythm of Resistance is a rhythm metroidvania where your playlist is your weapon. Fight to the beat, explore a forbidden past, and play music to restore culture in a silenced future. Every beat, a rebellion. Every song, a revolution.

Sect-Machina
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.

Blue Rabbit
You find yourself in a futuristic dystopian city. You get the idea: Dark smog. A rogue A.I. Corporate drones. Actual drones. The whole enchilada. In this fast-paced 2D platformer, you play as Arisu, a Runner tasked to deliver the ambiguous Blue Rabbit "packages" around the city.
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
You find yourself in a futuristic dystopian city. You get the idea: Dark smog. A rogue A.I. Corporate drones. Actual drones. The whole enchilada. In this fast-paced 2D platformer, you play as Arisu, a Runner tasked to deliver the ambiguous Blue Rabbit "packages" around the city.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Cyberpunk 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
Prepare for an electrifying journey through a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world with Nova. Unleash her extraordinary powers and confront ruthless factions to reclaim a world on the brink of chaos, and reforge the destiny of humanity. Are you ready to shape the future?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
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 34.9%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2.5D 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
An action-adventure game set in a dystopian future where mentally evolved cats fight for their freedom using robotic suits to interact with the human world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, 2.5D 14%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Cyberpunk 8.4%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Dystopian 8.1%
Understander is a rhythm-infused 2D action-adventure. Master the "timing" to escape a mysterious laboratory alongside the protagonist, Meti!
Why similar: Rhythm 35.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Platformer 8.8%
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Cyberpunk 10.6%
Stand in Keziah’s footsteps and heed the Divine Order. Jump your way through, reclaim your goddess’s temple, obliterate enemies, and find the Tear of Creation in this beautiful platformer game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Platformer 8.3%
“Neon Eclipse: Dominium” is a 2D cyberpunk metroidvania where you play as a ninja fighting against mega-corporations. Choose between 2 heroes, use genetic, cybernetic or traditional abilities. Explore interconnected worlds, unlock skills, produce weapons and face biomechanical bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 1980s 12.3%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Cyberpunk 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 31.2%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Platformer 10.4%
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, 2.5D 17.1%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10%
Panda Punch is a puzzle platformer game in which you have to control a red panda and save the world from evil alien robots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 8.2%
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Action 6.2%
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, 2.5D 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Cyberpunk 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
You are a nameless mercenary, dispatched to the research facility 'UNDERDOG CORP.' Survive the horrors of this dangerous facility, twisted by human experimentation, and uncover the hidden secrets within before they consume you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Dystopian 12.2%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Platformer 10.3%, 2.5D 9.7%
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Combat 7.2%
Delve into the Master Dungeon as you explore the unyielding tunnels from a top-down view or hop and bop through expansive caverns in 2d-sidescrolling action! Danger and discovery are to be found wherever you are in this retro-style adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Platformer 6.8%
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 31%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
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 27.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
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 37.3%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 6.8%
B.I.R.D. is 2.5D platformer with a big emphasis on music. You play as 4 different birds, each having to dodge various obstacles; some move, some rotate, some are timed to the song. Will you be able to make it in time and stop the world from (potentially) being destroyed?
Why similar: Rhythm 40%, 2.5D 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.3%, 1980s 9.2%
Embark on an epic action adventure by unraveling the mystery of the Elder Seed and save the world from falling into chaos. Journey with Milo through colorful handcrafted lands, forests, caves and dungeons. Forge new weapons and encounter strange creatures who will help you throughout your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Platformer 11.8%, Lore-Rich 8.9%, Combat 8.6%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
Discover the Omega-Verse, a captivating multiverse crafted by a dedicated solo developer. Omega Mouse Zero introduces innovative 2.5D Metroid-Vania platforming and exploration. Dive into hidden depths, uncover secrets, and immerse yourself in thrilling action as you explore this vibrant realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, 2.5D 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Dystopian 10.6%
A 2.5D metroidvania with the freedom of an immersive sim. Every fight and every path can be approached differently: through combat, stealth, or using the world’s mechanics. The story unfolds in a world where Orthodox aesthetics meet Soviet brutalism and traditional woodcraft
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, 2.5D 13.5%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Female Protagonist 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 42%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 6.8%
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Cyberpunk 7.4%
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8%
A gore action and adventure game where you'll learn about the Mayan culture while you explore, obtain new abilities and defeat enemies to save Zaya's lands from the curse that ravages humankind and deities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, 2.5D 11.1%, Side Scroller 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
"The Throne" is a medieval adventure in true Metroidvania style. Get lost in a huge castle with 2.5D pixel art environments and increase your power with new abilities you find along the way. Fight fearsome bosses and navigate dangerous traps to make your way to the throne room!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, 2.5D 15.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
Cleanse the infected in Plague of Yamorn, a 2D metroidvania. Explore the ruined town of Yamorn and uncover the secrets behind its downfall. Find and craft new equipment, offensive and defensive items. Exploit the plagues empowering properties to gain new powers and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Side Scroller 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
Slash and Blast through a subterranean laboratory to rescue your father from the evil 'V'. Explore treacherous paths, gruesome monsters and uncover secrets all while mastering unique weapons, in this action packed, death defying Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9%
STU, the First AI is a Metroidvania set in the digital world of computers and the internet. Exploration is the heart of the game. Discover a vast world with new forms of digital life and humans struggling to control them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, 2.5D 13.1%, Cyberpunk 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Side Scroller 13%, 2.5D 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, 2D Platformer 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 44.1%, Side Scroller 13%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
Safe Hayven is a 2D pixel platformer with a killer soundtrack that will take you on a cyberpunk journey into the future. Aya is in the city of Wrexham, 2089. The world is being dominated by the Z-54 A.I and Aya leads the "Rezistance" in fighting back against this new threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Side Scroller 10.5%
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Side Scroller 10.5%, 1980s 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 8.8%
S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, 2.5D 13.4%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Cyberpunk 11%, Platformer 9.3%
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 35.8%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, 1980s 10%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
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 37.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
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 42.2%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 6%, Action 5.6%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
Vocaless is a unique platformer game with rhythm elements, you must perform all of your actions to the beat! Not only that, but everything in the game, from enemies to obstacles, follows the beat of the music.
Why similar: Rhythm 50.6%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 14.5%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Action 5.2%
What awaits you in the depths of this ancient tomb? Get ready to explore and discover the secrets of the dungeon of the draugr kings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 1980s 12.1%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%
ANTRO. The underground revolution. Join Nittch and Los Discordantes in the race to overthrow La Cúpula. In this rhythm, action, puzzle and 2.5D platforming game, music will be your ally!
Why similar: Rhythm 27.5%, Side Scroller 12.4%, 2.5D 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 8.8%
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Platformer 10%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.6%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Lore-Rich 6.8%
Combine four Augment types to transform your gun, movement, and traversal in a 2D sci-fi metroidvania. Explore interconnected environments from flooded ruins to abandoned bunkers, fight biomechanical threats, and rebuild the last human settlement.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Dystopian 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2.5D 13.5%, Side Scroller 12%, Combat 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Platformer 14.9%, 2.5D 14.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Action 6.7%
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, 2.5D 17.3%, Action-Adventure 11%, Action 8.4%, Combat 5.9%
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Adventure 5.6%
Succubus Successor is a seductive-themed Metroidvania. Play as a succubus on a mission to hunt down the demon lord. Use your powers of seduction to charm enemies and engage in intimate encounters. Explore a vast world and solve tricky puzzles to uncover dark secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 13%, Action 9.6%