60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Platformer, 2D, Action, Singleplayer.
SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?
SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Low Oxygen
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Mining 39.6% ★, Metroidvania 28.3%, Platformer 15%, Exploration 3.2%, Side Scroller 3.1%
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Metroidvania 11.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
Why similar: Platformer 34.8%, Puzzle 22.3%, Sci-fi 20.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 6%
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Retro 10.1%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Mining 36.3% ★, Metroidvania 33.8%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D 3.9%, Adventure 3.8%
The soldier in the mine is an interesting 2D platformer. In this game, to move from one cave to another. But you will interfere with obstacles.
Why similar: Mining 27.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Survival 7.6%
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Retro 9.9%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.7%, Platformer 17.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 8.4%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 15.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%
Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.
Why similar: Platformer 17.6%, Family Friendly 16.8%, Space 16%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Exploration 12.3%
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Side Scroller 19.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9%
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 56%, Platformer 12.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Retro 6.2%, Side Scroller 4.4%
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 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Metroidvania 12.9%, Retro 9.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Crafting 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.6%
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Retro 8.3%, 2D 5.5%
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 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.4%
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Space 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.2%, Retro 7.7%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 7.4%
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Mining 35.1% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 28.8%, Space 22.6%, Puzzle 16%, Family Friendly 15.7%, 2D 8.9%
Alien X - is a hardcore game where you will have to survive playing like a monster Bomber who is on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Space 20.3%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 15.7%, Survival 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, Platformer 18.2%, Sci-fi 14%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Adventure 6.8%
Infiltraliens is an action adventure game in which you take on the role of Gorp. Place 52, the world's most advanced and well-guarded military base is holding your alien friends captive. Can you make your way through the obstacles and pass the guards to save them?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Platformer 16%, Exploration 13.1%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Exploration 9%, Space 7.6%
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 30.1%, Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Retro 8.9%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Platformer 14.1%, Retro 5.7%, Exploration 4%, Sci-fi 3.9%
Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.5%, Platformer 24.9%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Sci-fi 13.9%, 2D 8.6%
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
Hidden object game in the cosmic setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Game for all ages.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.9%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 12.8%, Family Friendly 6.5%
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 41.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Retro 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Space 6.2%
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.1%
Save the Universe with the Alien-Cat in this brand new puzzle-platformer game! Jump on your enemies heads, push the boxes and walk on the ceiling.
Why similar: Family Friendly 32.7%, Indie 31.2%, Platformer 28.8%, Adventure 7.3%
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: Metroidvania 38.5%, Platformer 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 9.9%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Mining 54.5% ★, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Retro 11.7%, 2D 5.3%
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.4%, Platformer 18.3%, Space 18.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Side Scroller 7.9%
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: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%
As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.
Why similar: Indie 100%
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Space 13.5%, Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Space 19.8%, Family Friendly 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Exploration 13.3%
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Platformer 11%, Space 10.1%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 46.6%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Space 9%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 8.1%
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.9%, Platformer 29.8%, Sci-fi 22.9%, 2D 11.4%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 7.7%
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Indie 28.4%, Family Friendly 18.2%, 2D 11.1%
Stranded in a strange galaxy, you must fight for survival using only your wits, your ship, and your party planning robot companion Matey. Explore the universe, befriend bizarre aliens, and blast through hordes of monsters as you endeavor to find a way home.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 42.4%, Exploration 25.9%, 2D 14.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Retro 10.6%, 2D 5.2%
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Platformer 9.3%
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.8%, Platformer 28.9%, Retro 20.7%, 2D 10.6%, Adventure 7%
Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 15.3%, Retro 10.9%, Family Friendly 7.1%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Mining 57% ★, Space 17.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Exploration 5.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Space 15.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 11.4%
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Side Scroller 18.5%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13.7%
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Retro 16.8%, Exploration 14.1%, 2D 8.2%
In the distant outer space, there's an exp base. Aliens turn humans into animals with a catalyst for their needs. Different catalysts cause different forms. You're a human who escaped. While exploring and fleeing, you reveal the truth in the lab.
Why similar: Crafting 18.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, Space 16.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Adventure 11.6%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.2%, Platformer 22.6%, Sci-fi 18.8%, 2D 12.2%, Adventure 7.8%
