60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Singleplayer, 2D, Metroidvania.
Rusty Flesh is a sci-fi horror puzzle platformer for the Game Boy Color where you switch gravity instead of jumping. Explore the different areas of a derelict spaceship putting together all the pieces of its lovecraftian mistery, and enjoy its retro-futuristic aesthetics.
Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition
Nakawak is a handheld style Metroidvania. Explore! Power Up! Escape! This is a retro game displaced in time. Now features expanded content!
Tentaphage
Tentaphage is an adventure 3D platformer with horror elements. You play as the Tentaphage, an anomalous eldritch creature. Swing, grapple, slingshot and possess humans to save your mother and devour humans!
Nakawak is a handheld style Metroidvania. Explore! Power Up! Escape! This is a retro game displaced in time. Now features expanded content!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Horror 9.8%, Retro 9.5%, Platformer 8.4%
Tentaphage is an adventure 3D platformer with horror elements. You play as the Tentaphage, an anomalous eldritch creature. Swing, grapple, slingshot and possess humans to save your mother and devour humans!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Dystopian 15.7%, 1990's 11.2%, Space 10.2%, Platformer 8.5%
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 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Horror 8.8%, Nonlinear 8.6%
Retro pixels are back! Good old 80s/90s style is back! Enjoy a classic 2D platformer with old era graphics! 16x16 pixel sprites and ambient, flat chip tuned 8 bit music! Guide Kla, the last survivor from Haxor planet, through the world full of vicious creatures, deadly traps and giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Space 10.6%, Retro 10.5%, Platformer 9.3%
Dreamless: The Madness from the Sea is a metroidvania game based on the works of the American writer H.P. Lovecraft, the master of horror. Play as Ambrose Blackwood, a British archeologist whose fate is irrevocably bound to the mysterious city of R’lyeh and to its monstrous inhabitants.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.9%, Metroidvania 31.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%, 2D 4.3%
Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Futuristic 8.2%
You wake up trapped in a derelict generation ship. It was humanity's last hope. Your only ally is a suit fused to your skin. It's whispering instructions into your ear. Survive and uncover a mystery thousands of years in the making.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Horror 10.9%, Lovecraftian 9.9%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Conspiracy 10.1% ★, Sci-fi 8.4%
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.6%, Metroidvania 29%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Space 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Dark 9.6%
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.5%, Space 19.2%, Horror 14.2%, Retro 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.7%
The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Space 14.1%, Retro 11.7%, 1990's 10.3%, Futuristic 10.1%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Nonlinear 10.5%
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 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Space 8.3%
A short space-horror game where you desperately try to keep the crew members of a defective spaceship alive, as you are all the last hope for humanity's survival.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.5%, Space 15.7%, Dystopian 13.1%, 1990's 10.5%, Retro 10.1%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Retro 12%, Metroidvania 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
In this amazing journey from emptiness to nowhere. With every step forward, new levels of emptiness unfold, expanding the boundaries of what seemed endless. Majestic landscapes, created by pixel art, gradually transform, offering players unexplored adventures and mysterious views.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Metroidvania 18.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 1990's 13.5%, Retro 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Heavy Metal Death Can is an old-school survival horror game set on a Swedish Cold War–era submarine. Trapped beneath the ocean, you must fight against the terrifying Sludge which has turned your crew into Zombies. Look for survivors and uncover the truth behind the madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Zombies 18%, Conspiracy 13% ★, Retro 12.8%, 1990's 12%
Explore the underground, solve the puzzles, get skills and fight against bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Space 11.8%, Platformer 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Space 8.3%, Retro 7.1%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Metroidvania 26.4%, Platformer 17%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 3.7%
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Retro 17.5%, Platformer 15.1%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Lovecraft Tales is an atmospheric, dark puzzle-adventure game set in Lovecraft's universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Horror 13.1%, Platformer 11.7%, Dark 10.6%
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 26%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 9%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Originally developed as a birthday gift for my nephew, Jackroid is a heartfelt indie game that blends classic action-platforming with Metroid-style exploration. After several requests and growing interest, I’ve decided to bring Jackroid to Steam. Free—as a thank you to everyone who’s supported me.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, Conspiracy 16.6% ★, 1990's 12.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Retro 7.5%
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 20.9%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Platformer 16.6%, Retro 15.1%, 1990's 9.1%
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: Metroidvania 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Platformer 10.2%
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 27.5%, Retro 13.5%, Platformer 11%, 1990's 10.7%, Horror 10.2%
Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Zombies 17.5%, Retro 11.4%, Platformer 9.9%
Two bandit brothers, One epic heist! Solve spatial challenges and steal shiny treasures on this brand new Megadrive game.
Why similar: 1990's 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Retro 17.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Lovecraftian 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Retro 10.6%, Platformer 10.4%
Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and unity?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 13.4%, 1990's 11.6%, Retro 8.5%
A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Dystopian 14%, 1990's 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Horror 10.2%
The Princess of the Flower Kingdom has vanished! She was taken by the Ghulibas of the north, and it is up to brave Zee Tee to rescue her. On his quest, he - and you - will discover the hidden lands behind the peaceful kingdom, and come face to face with secrets that will set you on edge!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Platformer 28.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Space 13.2%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%
"Path To You" is a puzzle-action game where a malfunctioning robot awakens moments before being scrapped, drawn by a mysterious call. The robot moves autonomously but can't change direction. Players must guide it using red and blue hacking controls to manipulate obstacles and enemies.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Dystopian 19.8%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Conspiracy 17.1% ★, Dystopian 15.3%, 1990's 12.7%, Platformer 11.4%
Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Platformer 14.1%, Metroidvania 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.9%
Synthetic Hopes is a puzzle game with original and systemic mechanics sparkled with a few platforming action sequences. You are an enslaved android with a shot at freedom in a dystopian cyberpunk setting. Learn the ways of the world and maybe you'll have a chance to break the cycle!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34%, Platformer 16.9%, Dystopian 14.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, Futuristic 8%
Sci-fi Horror now comes to Metroidvania, Creating The Horrovania, Begin your most disturbing adventure to the colony of EC-21 JANUS, KILL, LOOT, AND SURVIVE, and Immerse yourself in the huge open-world hand-drawn environments with massive details.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Zombies 13.9%, Space 11.5%, Horror 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%
The year was 1962 when humanity reached a pivotal crossroads. The pace of scientific discovery unlocked the secrets of DNA, enabling great feats of genetic engineering. Centuries later, the world is a shadow of its former self. Toxic air hangs heavy over abandon cities and monsters roam around.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Dystopian 14.7%, Platformer 10.5%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Space 20%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle 16.6%, Platformer 11.4%
prepare yourself for side scrolling survival horror action. Ransom VonGarland must journey to Mayhem Island and the ruins of VonGarland Castle to find her brother and uncover the truth of what Plasmadine corporation is doing on the island
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Metroidvania 20.5%, Zombies 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Horror 8.6%
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 7%
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 38.4%, Space 18.3%, Retro 16.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
You woke up after the accident, and now you're looking for help and a way out of this dark land. Surrounded by darkness, traps, and... those creatures... you come across him...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 15.3%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 12.3%, 1990's 12%
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 33.5%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Retro 13.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Cosmic Bounty is a metroidvania style action platformer. You play as Jekt, A Bounty Hunter commissioned with hunting down a rebel General named Volgat. Explore areas to gain new abilities and increase your stats so you can defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, 1990's 13.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Space 10.3%, Retro 8.9%
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Horror 8.5%
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 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Retro 12.2%, Platformer 10.1%
Survive the dark corridors of a space station in Saturns orbit in this narrative retro FPS with faithful PS1 aesthetics. Meet over a dozen unique NPCs, manage your inventory, solve puzzles and fight against the eldritch abominations!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Retro 14.2%, Space 10.3%, Futuristic 10%, Horror 8.8%
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 32.2%, Retro 15.1%, Platformer 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Space 9.6%
Jetboy is a retro supercharged jetpacking pixel shooter with a pumping metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Retro 25%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Space 2.3%
CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Retro 18%, Platformer 16.3%, Space 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
Cursed to lose your mind during a planetary exploration, You only have your wits to help you through the perils of you own psyche. Playing as Jorvin the rat, with mechanics similar to "Prince of Persia", defeat your demons and find peace with yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Lovecraftian 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Dark 7.5%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Retro 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%
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 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Platformer 19.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Replay: VHS is not dead is a puzzle/ platform game, set in a movie-based universe. Record your characters’ movements. Use the remote control powers to bend time. Change character and play again to combine their actions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, 1990's 19.3%, Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
