Games Like Solar Ash

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 32.9%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers, it shares the distinct visual style, atmospheric storytelling, and sleek action sensibilities of Solar Ash.

From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.8%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Third Person 9.7%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors Solar Ash's emphasis on continuous, uninterrupted movement and gliding across vast, beautiful open expanses.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is 1 second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 41.2%, Futuristic 18.4%, Colorful 11.9%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same vibrant, stylish energy and obsession with high-speed, acrobatic traversal through urban environments.

Sonic Frontiers is a groundbreaking open-zone action-adventure game set on the ancient Starfall Islands. Join Sonic as he battles hordes of powerful enemies with an all-new combat system, explores the mysteries of the islands, and saves his friends!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Third Person 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar sense of open-zone momentum and high-speed platforming mechanics scaled up to vast landscapes.

Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.9%, Hack and Slash 20%, Platformer 15%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends agile platforming, wall-running, and swift combat encounters in a melancholic, stylized world.

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Platformer 20.5%, 3D Platformer 19.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar silent, environmental storytelling approach combined with fluid 3D platforming and mechanical world-shifting.

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 28%, Platformer 20%, Exploration 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the meditative joy of exploration and traversal in striking, stylized open worlds without traditional combat.

Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 34.3%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Third Person 11.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-octane 3D platforming action paired with visually stunning sci-fi set pieces and smooth mobility.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Space 25.7%, Exploration 24.1%, Sci-fi 11%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares Solar Ash's sense of wonder and curiosity-driven exploration within mysterious, self-contained planetary bodies.

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: Exploration 21.1%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Hack and Slash 12.8%, Action 11%, Adventure 10%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers tight, responsive acrobatic movement and fast-paced action mechanics that reward skillful traversal.

Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 36.6%, Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Third Person 9.8%, Colorful 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides imaginative 3D platforming and creative environmental design that matches the stylistic flair of Solar Ash.

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 43.3%, Platformer 21%, Exploration 12.3%, Third Person 11.9%, 3D 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes fluid, momentum-based movement and acrobatic platforming within a surreal, interconnected atmospheric world.

Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system. Shift between colours to repel attacks and strike back. Explore a dreamlike world as you restore your light that was torn by shadows.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.5%, Third Person 20.2%, Colorful 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Action 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid, rhythm-infused combat encounters and atmospheric storytelling focused on emotional resonance.

Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.

Why similar: Action 21%, Open World 16.3%, Third Person 14.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Adventure 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines frantic, stylish combat with a relentless focus on grinding rails, wall-running, and keeping your momentum alive.

Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!

Why similar: Space 31.2%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Action 18.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Combat 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the vibrant color palettes and frantic pacing of developer-adjacent sci-fi action combat.

Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by a roll of the dice.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 16.4%, Action 15%, Third Person 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same dark, whimsical fairy-tale aesthetic and atmospheric world-building found in the works of Heart Machine.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.3%, Futuristic 19.4%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Action 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Pushes high-speed, one-hit-kill momentum and fluid parkour to the absolute extreme in a cyberpunk setting.

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Platformer 35%, Action-Adventure 23.2%, Exploration 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intensely demanding platforming challenges that test precision movement and reflexes.

A story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine. Help free the spirits trapped in a forgotten village with the help of the Rot, her adorable (yet powerful) spirit companions.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.1%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Third Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a gorgeous animated aesthetic with snappy action-adventure gameplay and puzzle-exploration.

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers emotional storytelling coupled with incredibly fluid, expanding mobility mechanics in a stunning world.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 39.9%, Platformer 27.1%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 7.4%, 3D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on speed, precise movement, and shaving seconds off your traversal runs through stylish levels.

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.9%, Hack and Slash 22%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features isometric action-adventure gameplay with a melancholy, beautifully stylized world reminiscent of indie greats.

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: Third Person 25.5%, Action 18.8%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features sleek supernatural movement abilities and surreal, shifting sci-fi architecture.

Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

Why similar: Futuristic 39.3%, Sci-fi 27.7%, Action 20.5%, Combat 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its masterclass in first-person momentum, wall-running, and fluid movement mechanics.

A physics-based puzzle platformer in breathtaking 2.5D. A haunted prince's nightmares are leaking into the waking world — chase him down as wizard, knight and thief, solving puzzles of fire, water, light, magnets, electricity and more. Play solo or with up to three friends, online or in local co-op.

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Action-Adventure 29.1%, Colorful 14.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers charming cooperative puzzle-platforming with picturesque, storybook visual design.

Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.8%, Hack and Slash 16.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 7.5%

Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24%, Third Person 18.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares a heavy emphasis on smooth gliding mechanics across alien terrain alongside a deeply personal story.

High speed 3D action platformer! Join Spark on his latest adventure.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.6%, Hack and Slash 19.2%, Platformer 16%, Third Person 9.2%, Exploration 6.7%

From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.

Why similar: Exploration 29.6%, Atmospheric 24.8%, Adventure 15%, Colorful 14.2%, Third Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same pure, meditative joy of fluid movement and exploration through breathtaking environments without combat pressure.

Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Third Person 8.1%, Exploration 8.1%

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: Platformer 22.6%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 10.8%

A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.7%, Third Person 15.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Colorful 11%, 3D 8.2%

A brand-new entry in the Hyper Light franchise, Hyper Light Breaker is an open world rogue-like with a unique world fully realized in 3D for the first time.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.6%, Third Person 14.5%, Hack and Slash 14.3%, Action 9.3%, Sci-fi 9%

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

Why similar: Platformer 23.6%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Futuristic 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.8%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Third Person 11.1%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 15.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Third Person 13%, Colorful 9.7%

Fractured Horizon is a fast-paced parkour game, where you use Gravity Fields to traverse through a shattered world. Manipulate gravity, leap between the platforms and overcome obstacles in this speedrunning 3D platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Futuristic 9%, Adventure 7.9%

Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 24.2%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Third Person 11.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Action 15.6%, Hack and Slash 14.1%, Adventure 13.8%

Echo Point Nova is an open-world FPS that offers unparalleled freedom and thrilling speed. Designed for both singleplayer and coop. From the creators of Severed Steel.

Why similar: Exploration 27.9%, Action 17.8%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Adventure 15.5%, 3D 15.4%

Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.7%, Hack and Slash 25%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Third Person 10.8%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.9%, Futuristic 11.3%, Space 8.8%

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: Platformer 42.1%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Action 13%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%

Join Sonic in the high-speed adventure of a lifetime across a colorful interstellar amusement park. Color the Universe in Sonic Colors: Ultimate!

Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Action-Adventure 21%, Action 15.8%, Colorful 12.9%, 3D Platformer 8.5%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.4%, Space 18.1%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 11%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Reach your potential in a fast and fluid 3D action-platformer set in a beautiful and hopeful Solarpunk world. Take on challenging bosses, upgrade your systems, and show humanity the promise of AI.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.2%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Futuristic 12.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Third Person 8.2%

Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 21.9%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Third Person 15.2%, Action 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 29%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Platformer 62%, Action 24.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.9%, Space 17.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Third Person 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 22.5%, Colorful 9.8%, Action 9%, Adventure 8.6%

This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 32.3%, Third Person 14.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Adventure 8.3%

Explore a fully interconnected 3D world where every new ability dramatically expands your freedom. A true non-linear Metroidvania with breathtaking movement, atmospheric sci-fi beauty, and deep environmental storytelling.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.3%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Third Person 12%, Exploration 12%, Platformer 10.7%

Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and our survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 27.6%, 3D Platformer 18.3%, Third Person 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.3%, Third Person 13.1%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Action 9.9%

Explore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age dark fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 26.5%, 3D Platformer 23.7%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Third Person 12.3%, Exploration 9.8%

Embark on an interstellar trip and deploy to a mythic ocean planet in a low-flying jett in this cinematic science fiction action adventure with immersive sim elements from Superbrothers, known for Sword & Sworcery EP.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.6%, Sandbox 18.6%, Space 15.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Drift at full speed across gaps, traps, and neon-drenched environments that react to a captivating soundtrack. Build and play community-made tracks, or dive straight into a spectacular campaign.

Why similar: Platformer 28.8%, Futuristic 21%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Action 13%, Atmospheric 12.6%

The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Action-Adventure 23.4%, Action 19.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%

STEAMRUSH is a third-person Boss Rush game featuring fast-paced melee combat against unique bosses, punctuated by exploration segments that gradually unveil the captivating story of the isolated city-state of Haze.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 34.1%, Action-Adventure 20.4%, Third Person 12.9%, Action 8.9%, 3D 6%