60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Puzzle, Singleplayer, 2D.
Seven: Reboot is a cryptic experimental puzzle game. It consists of a wide variety of puzzles of all difficulties. It’s a game about numbers and their meaning. Make notes, construct theories, communicate with other players and solve the mysteries of Seven!
Nonolith
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.
Our Metal Bowl
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
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 22%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Surreal 11%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Mystery 7.8%
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
The game has about 320 rooms, 10 areas, and 328 upgrade hidden items! Can you find them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Surreal 10.7%, Indie 9.8%, Mystery 9.3%
You are a malfunctioning AI. Find ways to kill your master while respecting your laws. Craft commands word by word, and outsmart Alice by finding loopholes.
Why similar: Programming 32.9% ★, Difficult 13.6%, Minimalist 11.3%, Surreal 9.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25%, Surreal 17.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Difficult 16%, Minimalist 13.1%, Puzzle 10.1%
Glyphs Apprentice is a deeply engrossing problem solving game, using simple programming to animate game objects. There are over 70 levels, each with a near infinite number of solutions.
Why similar: Programming 55.1% ★, Difficult 17.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Indie 11%, 2D 4%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Difficult 8.1%, Indie 7.6%
Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Surreal 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9%
Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Surreal 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
Slime Well is a Metroidvania-style puzzle game where players take control of a slime, skillfully using its abilities to solve puzzles, explore, and ultimately uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Psychedelic 20.7%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 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 29.8%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Surreal 9.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
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 24%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Surreal 9.5%, Mystery 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Difficult 14%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Indie 7.2%
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 33.6%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Difficult 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Difficult 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Why similar: Programming 45.6% ★, Puzzle 17.2%, Difficult 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Indie 4.6%
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 25.3%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Surreal 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Programming 28.3% ★, Difficult 19.2%, Puzzle 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.6%, Metroidvania 20.9%, Surreal 19.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Indie 6.9%
Small but tricky indie game to spend your evening on playing. You'll have to determine the cause of a program's critical error and restore its modules by playing mini games and solving puzzles while using the console.
Why similar: Programming 32.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 12%, Indie 10.3%, Difficult 9.2%, Puzzle 7.2%
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 25.7%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Psychedelic 11.3%, Difficult 9.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Puzzle 21.5%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Indie 7.1%, Exploration 7.1%
As a small flea, explore inside a handcrafted puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of visual clues as you attempt to escape the box.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 16.6%, Surreal 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.5%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Difficult 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 5.5%
A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Difficult 12.4%, Mystery 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Surreal 14%, Minimalist 11.4%, Difficult 11.2%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Difficult 8.7%, Indie 5.8%
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Nonlinear 20.4%, Minimalist 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Difficult 8.5%
Experience a 10 minute dive into the unknown depths of the multiverse!
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.9%, Surreal 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Indie 8.8%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.1%, Surreal 14.7%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Minimalist 10.6%, Difficult 10%
A minimalist sci-fi 2D platformer where you shift through walls and machines. Explore and find secrets in a strange, maze-like dimension, where the laws of physics don't seem to make sense.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19%, Surreal 14.9%, Minimalist 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Surreal 17.6%, Nonlinear 12.5%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%
A pure exploration and puzzle adventure on a dangerous alien world. Solve environmental challenges through logic, experimentation, and clever use of versatile tools. Sneak past enemies, plan your moves, and hunt down the 23 sacred talismans to earn your escape—or face eternal captivity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Difficult 15.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18%, Surreal 16.4%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Mystery 10.5%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Difficult 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Sci-fi 7%, Indie 5.6%
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Mystery 15.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 7.4%
Your Infamous Harp presents OctoQuest, a mash-up of your favorite retro NES games. Play as a highly evolved octopus on an eight-fold quest to retrieve extraterrestrial mushrooms from subterranean caves. Experience a cerebral journey through the ruins of mankind set to a bass-heavy soundtrack.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.5%, Metroidvania 24.7%, Surreal 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
A 2D platformer Metroidvania with deep movement and no jump button. Upgrade your umbrella to explore an abandoned planet and ascend to the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Difficult 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Minimalist 12.3%
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game. Solve Escher-like puzzles through the use of black holes, traveling back and forth through time to make architecture whole again. Prevent a cataclysm which fractures reality, and save the city.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.2%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Surreal 14.8%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%
Trapped inside a living database, use real SQL to unlock regions and challenge the system that watches every query. Use SELECT to investigate, UPDATE to repair and remember: DROP NOT ALLOWED. It doesn’t matter if you’re a SQL noob or a veteran; the game teaches you everything you need as you play.
Why similar: Programming 43.1% ★, Difficult 13.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Nonlinear 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%
Juno’s Darkest Hour is a simple but challenging 2D action adventure platformer game inspired by the side-scrollers of the past. Explore the secrets of a vast monochromatic world. Will you succeed against all odds, or will you die over and over again?
Why similar: Nonlinear 24%, Difficult 20.1%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Metroidvania 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Elegant and minimal, Duet asks players simply to navigate two orbiting spheres past an increasingly complex maze of falling obstacles. As the difficulty increases, the tension mounts, and a peculiar narrative unfolds.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.7%, Minimalist 24.2%, Difficult 22.8%, Indie 13.7%, Puzzle 5.2%
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Minimalist 12.6%, Exploration 7.5%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Mystery 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Surreal 13.6%, Indie 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Difficult 9.7%
perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes
Why similar: Indie 20.5%, Minimalist 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, Difficult 14.7%
A puzzle game about drawing lines that cross, merge, and interact in unique ways. Uncover secrets, decipher symbols, and trace paths that satisfy every rule.
Why similar: Nonlinear 17.4%, Surreal 15%, Minimalist 14.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 9.8%
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Difficult 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.9%, Minimalist 13.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Surreal 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
You find yourself in a pitch-dark world. Avoid dangerous events, restore memory, and escape from the “Mystery Zone”.
Why similar: Programming 46% ★, Mystery 21.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 5.8%
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 35.9%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Exploration 8.7%
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Why similar: Minimalist 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Indie 9.1%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.1%, Difficult 16.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Minimalist 10.9%
Cool Headed is a puzzle casual-programming game. Combine and give instructions to your bots to reach the objective! Piece by piece, make your mark on an extensive overworld, unlock bots and discover secrets. Will you have the heart to sacrifice your team?
Why similar: Programming 66.9% ★, Indie 16.6%, Puzzle 16.4%
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 37.5%, Nonlinear 20.7%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Mystery 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Minimalist 15.5%, Mystery 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Psychedelic 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Indie 8.6%, Exploration 7%
