60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platformer.
Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.
The Matter Gun
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Dream City
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Puzzle 5.7%
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 12.3%, Platformer 11.6%
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Physics 9.8%, Adventure 6%
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 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 6.5%
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 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Surreal 11.8%, Platformer 6.9%
A gravity-bending 3D adventure where everyone turns to stone!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Surreal 8.4%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.9%, Metroidvania 30.1%, Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Adventure 14%, Physics 13.1%, Platformer 9.1%
Astro to the Rescue is an adventure game where you play as an astronaut stranded on floating islands. Rescue the Lumis from the Shadows through thrilling levels, uncover power-ups, and overcome challenges. Navigate unknown terrain and become the hero this alien world needs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Surreal 16.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Platformer 7.3%
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 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Surreal 15.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 7.1%
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: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Platformer 9.6%
A character collecting puzzle Metroidvania about potato cats on the Isle of Moar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Adventure 24.7%, Platformer 11.3%
Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, Adventure 10%, Platformer 8.8%, Indie 2.3%
A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Physics 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 6.2%
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Physics 8.7%
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 7.1%, Open World 6.4%
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 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Platformer 6.6%
Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment in this small metroidbrainia.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Surreal 10.3%, Puzzle 6.4%
PUSH yourself farther. PULL yourself together. Master the Spheres. Reach for the heavens. Discover what it means to become a Magnesage in this unforgiving platformer with a unique traversal mechanic that's easy to learn, yet hard to master. Your skills will be tested. Master Caelum awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Surreal 17.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
Labyrinth of Light is a first-person puzzle game with platforming elements. The player can walk on any illuminated wall. Through a giant concrete maze in the Brutalist style, the player saves a withering tree.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Adventure 8.1%
You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Surreal 13%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 7.3%
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Surreal 17%, Exploration 13.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Adventure 7.8%
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 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Surreal 16.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Physics 6.5%
Remember the feeling of being frozen of fear under your blanket, in your childhood bed, being absolutely sure there’s monster under the bed? In MoonLight you get to face your childhood fears, getting rid of shadows through an atmospheric dream world filled with puzzles and wonder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Adventure 9.2%
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Physics 8.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 6.2%
Blight Bubbles is a FPS metroidvania. Shoot elemental magic bubbles. Unlock platforming abilities used by shooting lasers at your bubbles. Explore, jump, fight, craft potions and solve puzzles. Uncover the blighted mystery linked to alchemy secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Surreal 15.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Physics 6.7%
As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Platformer 8%, Puzzle 6.2%
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 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Surreal 15.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 7%
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 10.9%
Smash your way out of a massive living machine that reacts to your every move, wielding godlike powers in a playground of creation and destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Physics 10.5%, Exploration 10%
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 7.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Platformer 7.3%, Puzzle 7%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Surreal 25%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle 9%
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, Surreal 14.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
Navigate the heart of a war-ravaged world, discovering hidden truths about those around you and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Surreal 10.2%, Platformer 9.3%
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Physics 12.6%, Adventure 8.1%, Platformer 7.1%
A first-person liminal exploration game where you walk on any surface, navigate disorienting spaces, and solve light environmental puzzles through observation and simple interactions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Exploration 15.6%, Surreal 15.4%, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 10.5%
Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Physics 7%
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Platformer 12.2%
Explore a cute futuristic metroidvania world and solve challenging puzzles with your robot girlfriend. Along the way, gather useful upgrades, encounter quirky characters, and restore power to the city!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Exploration 13%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 6.6%
Let There Be Light is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Using the complex nature of light and its many forms, you will navigate your way through the capitalism-centered afterlife that awaits all living beings after their demise - with some help from a very stressed employee, of course.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Surreal 17.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 7.3%
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.5%, Exploration 18.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 9.3%
Being Food is a third-person, Bird Game. In this puzzle-platformer, you play as a cute bird named Oolahla in what starts seemingly like a normal bird day. Something is different about today, though... Do you know what it takes to be a bird? Will you survive the bird day?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Platformer 6.2%
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Physics 8%, Platformer 7.4%
Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Open World 8.8%, Adventure 7.1%
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Exploration 16.2%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 6.6%
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 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 8.7%
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Puzzle Platformer 28.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Open World 6.3%, Puzzle 6.1%
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 40.1%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Exploration 16.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 6.3%
An interstellar cargo ship crashlands on a planet that should not have been there.Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through ancient ruins to find the portal that will bring you back on Earth.
Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Metroidvania 17%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 8.2%
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Exploration 16.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%
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 46%, Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 6.4%, Open World 5.8%
BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Platformer 11.8%, Adventure 9.5%
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Surreal 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 8.3%, Platformer 7.1%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Platformer 11%, Open World 6.6%
Explore the sandbox world with Zoy, collect fluorescent petals, navigate through the crisscrossing labyrinths, and uncover the stories hidden behind the world. You can also roam between the gurgling brooks and magnificent waterfalls and enjoy a relaxing and pleasant time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 7.4%
