60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Singleplayer, Indie, Exploration.
From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.
Aquaria
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
SteamWorld Dig 2
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.
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Underwater 34.7% ★, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Adventure 4.4%
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: Metroidvania 54.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Underwater 52.4% ★, Metroidvania 35.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 2.9%, 2D 1.7%
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: Underwater 77.8% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Adventure 7.4%
Diluvion is a 3D deep sea, Jules Verne inspired, exploration game with RPG elements and thrilling submarine combat. As the Captain of your own vessel, you must grow and manage your crew as you search for the secrets of the past in a hauntingly beautiful flooded world.
Why similar: Underwater 85.5% ★, Adventure 10.2%, Action 4.3%
Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Explore the awesome wonder and unbounded mystery that exists within the world’s ocean.
Why similar: Underwater 81.8% ★, Adventure 8.3%, Female Protagonist 6.3%, Great Soundtrack 3.5%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 75.1%, Platformer 8.1%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%, Female Protagonist 3.8%, Action 3.2%
Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 58.8%, Platformer 17.3%, Puzzle 9.2%, 2D 8.5%, Action 6.2%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Platformer 6.4%
Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.
Why similar: Underwater 49.3% ★, Metroidvania 36.7%, Platformer 5.7%, Adventure 3.2%, 2D 2.6%
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Underwater 53.4% ★, Metroidvania 38.6%, Adventure 5.7%, 2D 2.4%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Female Protagonist 24%, Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 7%, Action 3.8%
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 63.6%, Adventure 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%
Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.
Why similar: Underwater 68.1% ★, Adventure 15.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.7%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Platformer 8.6%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 3.2%
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
Why similar: Underwater 59% ★, Adventure 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Puzzle 2.2%
Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Female Protagonist 30.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Platformer 9%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Action 5%
Take a deep breath and find your fiancée who went missing in the dark abyss of the ocean.
Why similar: Underwater 50.5% ★, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Puzzle 6.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Action 4.9%
Save your family from an ominous undersea facility!
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Female Protagonist 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Puzzle 7.4%, 2D 4.4%
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Platformer 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%, 2D 3.1%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40%, Adventure 22.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, 2D 7.4%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Platformer 7.3%, Adventure 5.7%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 4.4%
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.
Why similar: Underwater 61.8% ★, Platformer 14.1%, Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 6.4%, Action 4.3%
SAMUDRA is an award-winning hand-illustrated deep sea journey.
Why similar: Underwater 72.9% ★, Adventure 9%, Platformer 8.3%, 2D 4.3%, Puzzle 4.2%
Save Atlantis in this unique physics-based Match-3 game!
Why similar: Underwater 76.3% ★, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Puzzle 5.5%
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 5%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Platformer 8.4%, Adventure 6.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%
CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.
Why similar: Underwater 75% ★, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Puzzle 4.3%, Action 2.6%
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 77.1%, Adventure 22.9%
Surf the waters of a submerged city! Unravel the past, save the islanders from mysterious sea monsters and discover secrets hidden under the surface.
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Female Protagonist 32.5%, Platformer 31.8%
The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 12%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Adventure 25%, Female Protagonist 20%, Platformer 19.5%, Puzzle 9%
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.6%, Adventure 25.5%, Puzzle 8.5%, Action 8.3%
An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.7%, Adventure 28.5%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D 13.4%
Lumione is a platformer game set in a deep-sea universe. Join the protagonist Glimmer on a journey in search of the Light as you put your wit to the test in solving challenging puzzle-like levels. Learn from your failures and restore the Light of Hope to the seabed.
Why similar: Underwater 51.6% ★, Platformer 28.2%, 2D 11%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 2.3%
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 70.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Platformer 7.9%, Action 4.3%, 2D 4.2%
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Platformer 9%, Adventure 7.3%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.8%, Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D 4.2%
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Great Soundtrack 19%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 7.8%, 2D 1.9%
Submerge yourself in one of the most immersive diving simulators to date. Gather your gear, choose your diving spot and discover what lies beneath the surface as you venture deep into the unknown.
Why similar: Underwater 84.4% ★, Adventure 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%, Action 1.7%
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: Metroidvania 49.9%, Female Protagonist 35.3%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 1.3%
Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 5.8%, 2D 5.1%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Platformer 18%, Puzzle 6.4%, Adventure 6%, Great Soundtrack 5.7%
Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.
Why similar: Adventure 33.4%, Female Protagonist 31.5%, Puzzle 20.1%, 2D 15%
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 68%, Adventure 19.3%, Action 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Female Protagonist 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 6.4%
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, 2D 10%, Action 5.2%
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Why similar: Metroidvania 66%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, 2D 3.6%, Platformer 2.1%
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: Adventure 50.7%, Female Protagonist 49.3%
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 59.4%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Platformer 8.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 3.3%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.3%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.7%, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Adventure 5.3%, Puzzle 5.1%, Action 2.7%
A teenager who has lost her sight and a mysterious cat team up in a surreal fantasy adventure into the unexpected, weaving a tale that brings together some of the world’s greatest minds: Monet, Tesla, Edison and other historical cultural icons.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 7.3%
A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 7.5%, 2D 3.9%
Sonority is an innovative music puzzle adventure set in a lovingly designed, fascinating world. Play as Esther and discover the rockery, a place full of music and unique puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 54.7%, Adventure 26.2%, Puzzle 19.1%
