
Draw your sword and jump into a dystopian metropolis in this 2D action-exploration game. Hunt down giant robots and use their parts to enhance your abilities as you try to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the neon lights.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, 2D Platformer, Platformer, Action.

Draw your sword and jump into a dystopian metropolis in this 2D action-exploration game. Hunt down giant robots and use their parts to enhance your abilities as you try to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the neon lights.

The Busker
Explore a dystopian urban landscape in a non-linear, hand drawn, Metroidvania. Smash your enemies with your guitar and discover upgrades like efx pedals to customize your play through.

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.
Explore a dystopian urban landscape in a non-linear, hand drawn, Metroidvania. Smash your enemies with your guitar and discover upgrades like efx pedals to customize your play through.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Dystopian 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Cyberpunk 9.7%
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 25.7%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Dystopian 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
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 25.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 10.5%, Capitalism 9.1%, Cyberpunk 8.9%
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 28.1%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
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 24.1%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Dystopian 8.9%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Nonlinear 14%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Platformer 6.6%
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 33.9%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
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: Metroidvania 24.7%, Nonlinear 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 10.1%, Open World 8.5%
Explore a dystopian future in this Metroidvania platformer in which you use glitchy abilities to launch yourself and enemies across the level at high speeds, create temporary platforms, and more in your search to uncover the secrets of your origin in The Forum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 9.6%, Dystopian 9.6%
Xenosis is a thrilling metroidvania where you traverse an ancient temple that has been overrun by alien creatures. Armed with your blaster, you must combat a variety of challenging enemies and upgrade your weapon to escape
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8.2%
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 26.2%, Cyberpunk 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 7.8%
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. 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 prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 10.1%
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 30.9%, Nonlinear 15.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Open World 10.1%
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Dreeg is a multi-dimensional Metroidvania adventure. Shift between three parallel dimensions to explore, solve puzzles, and battle fierce enemies. Upgrade your Pulsar Suit and Forge to unlock unique abilities. Unravel the mysteries, avenge your fallen companion, and save the multiverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Nonlinear 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 9.7%
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 27.8%, Nonlinear 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Open World 8.7%
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 36.3%, Nonlinear 15.3%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Open World 7.9%
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%
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 30.4%, Nonlinear 16%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Boost and grapple around a cyberpunk cityscape in Kinetic Breakthrough, a high-speed metroidvania. Use your momentum to break through windows, destroy drones, and confront the artificial intelligence that keeps the city under its control.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Nonlinear 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 8.6%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Nonlinear 8.7%
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Cyberpunk 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
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%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%
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: Metroidvania 31.9%, Nonlinear 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.5%
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 39%, Platformer 14.6%, Nonlinear 12.2%, 2D Platformer 6.8%, Exploration 5.7%
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 39.4%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Your sister has vanished and rumors swirl that Gaoh has been resurrected with an evil army at his command. Explore for cybernetic upgrades until you are powerful enough to defeat the diabolic Gaoh and his cybergenetic army once and for all in this futuristic, action platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Nonlinear 17%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 8.5%
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 39.9%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Platformer 8.6%
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Nonlinear 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
TIES: Soul Link is an emotional and brutal 2D metroidvania that combines action RPG with adventure platforming. Explore a decaying world in the year 2097, uncover its secrets, and face savage, bloody battles that will test your endurance and your deepest fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Platformer 11%, Open World 9.4%
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 30.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Open World 9.4%, Exploration 9%
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 38.6%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Open World 7.4%
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 36.4%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 11.8%
Be THE GEOMOTH in the new nonlinear indie pixel art platformer metroidvania made by DROQEN, GABE, and PANCELOR in 2023-2024. Jump, Dive, Float, and Fly through over 100 interconnected chambers and unlock over 30 unique powers.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 17.9%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 12.3%
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 24.9%, Nonlinear 18.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Nonlinear 20%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 7.4%
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 34.2%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
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: Cyberpunk 23.7%, Metroidvania 20.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 7.7%
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 6.1%
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 38.8%, Nonlinear 19%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 4.1%
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 34.2%, Nonlinear 15.3%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 11%
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 36.2%, Nonlinear 19%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 11%
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 24.9%, Nonlinear 17.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Nonlinear 19.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 10.1%, Open World 8.7%
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
“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 28.8%, Cyberpunk 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
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 25.4%, Dystopian 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Open World 7.4%
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 9.9%
Help Argyle Van Helsing hunt down and destroy Dracula before he turns all the worlds vampires into Zombie Vampires. This creature feature Metroidvania adventure game is filled with classic monsters, wicked levels, and clever humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Platformer 14%, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
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: Metroidvania 31.9%, Nonlinear 17.2%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 9.3%
A sci-fi action-adventure platformer. Travel the Inu System and talk to a colorful cast of NPCs across various worlds. Explore maze-like levels by running, double jumping, and dashing. Fight off various robotic enemies using special melee attacks, and eventually take down the boss of each dungeon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Platformer 8.6%
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Platformer 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
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 27.8%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Nonlinear 11.1%