60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, Sci-fi, Pixel Graphics.
Star Child is an explosive new action-adventure set on a sinister alien planet. Fight numerous aliens and formidable bosses, wield powerful explosives and destructive laser weapons, find secrets and unlock new abilities as you progress. Can you survive your dangerous mission?
Xanthiom Zero
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Quantum Curse
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Aliens 11.6%, Space 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Aliens 14%, Futuristic 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Side Scroller 15.7%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Aliens 7.4%
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 32.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Side Scroller 11%, Pixel Graphics 8%
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Open World 6.8%, Futuristic 6.7%
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Futuristic 11.4%, Side Scroller 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Aliens 14.3%, Side Scroller 12%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Futuristic 10%
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Aliens 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Futuristic 7.5%
Remake to 2016's Legends of the Universe - StarCore, a Metroidvania style Action-Platformer with several abilities, enemies and areas to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Space 9.8%, Side Scroller 9.6%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Aliens 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11%, Futuristic 9%
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Futuristic 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Gemaboy Zero X is an action, exploration, and platform Cyberpunk Ploidmania videogame. It is the latest installment in the PLOIDS saga in which Omega will have to travel through time to preserve it and rescue his beloved Alpha!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.9%, Aliens 14.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Futuristic 10%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Futuristic 14%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Aliens 16.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Futuristic 10.8%, Side Scroller 9%
Keaton's Adventure is an expressive 2D action-adventure platformer. Traverse the recently formed Milkdromeda Galaxy to bring about peace and stomp out an alien invasion!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Aliens 16.1%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Aliens 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Futuristic 9.1%
Embark on an unforgettable adventure. Explore a mysterious world, uncover the secrets of the Zoodiacs, and face a threat that could destroy everything. Save your village as you dive into a story where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Sci-fi 5.1%
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Futuristic 6.8%
Destinesia is a sci-fi metroidvania which you are looking for a new home for humanity. Parkour your way through most dangerous jungles and explore the ancient dungeons. Upgrade your suit with the remains of your ancestors. Reveal the oldest secrets of Homo Sapiens.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Side Scroller 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Exploration 6.1%
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 29.7%, Aliens 13.4%, Side Scroller 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Colorful 5.9%
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.4%
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Futuristic 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Discover 4 short metroidvania sci-fi adventures! Explore a submerged city, a lost world reclaimed by machines and a mysterious temple on an alien planet. Unlock new abilities to reach more places and battle deadly foes. Piece together the story of those places and discover how they’re all connected.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Aliens 16.1%, Futuristic 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Side Scroller 14.7%, 2D Platformer 13%, Aliens 10%, Futuristic 7%
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 43.3%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Combat 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Retro 6.5%
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Retro 6%, Open World 4.7%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Aliens 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Indie 5.3%
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Futuristic 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, 2D Platformer 19%, Futuristic 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Action 5.5%
Jetboy is a retro supercharged jetpacking pixel shooter with a pumping metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Retro 10.5%, Aliens 2.8%
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Aliens 14.1%, Futuristic 9.9%, Action 7.7%
Dive into the guts with Star Iliad, a retro-future action adventure game. Play as Blythe Braves, a star ranger stranded within the labyrinthine organs of the mythical Star Whale. Fight fearsome foes, sling spells and bullets, and befriend a charming set of castaways in your quest to escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Exploration 5.7%
A shape-shifting, pixel-art, story-rich action adventure metroidvania for PC
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Open World 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7%
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Action 4.4%
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Side Scroller 19.5%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Action 4.6%
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Futuristic 11.3%, Open World 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
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: Metroidvania 48.4%, Side Scroller 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Action 3.4%
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 18%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Open World 9%, Exploration 7%
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Side Scroller 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Open World 10.5%, Retro 7.2%
Zorezdra is a sci-fi platformer/metroidvania with an 8-bit graphical aesthetic. Run, jump, fight and glide your way through a vast starport as you search for the truth about your protagonist's complex origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Futuristic 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%
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 29%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Aliens 10.7%, Action 8.9%, Indie 8.3%
During a route next to Prasinos, a colonized little planet, Helena received an order to investigate an S.O.S. sign streamed by the mothership Z9. When landing on site, she discovers that the situation was much worse than she thought.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.4%, Aliens 17.1%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Futuristic 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Discover an enigmatic universe. Explore diverse biomes, face ancient guardians, and uncover hidden secrets in this captivating 2D pixel art platformer. Embark on an unforgettable cosmic odyssey!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Open World 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Exploration 7.1%
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Aliens 8.2%, Exploration 7%
Travel across Azmra and slay barons using the God Edge; A sword capable of transferring power from the slain to the slayer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Side Scroller 18.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Aliens 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%
You wake up trapped in a derelict generation ship. It was humanity's last hope. Your only ally is a suit fused to your skin. It's whispering instructions into your ear. Survive and uncover a mystery thousands of years in the making.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Aliens 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
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 58.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Side Scroller 4%, Retro 3.6%
Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Aliens 18.6%, Side Scroller 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Open World 5.7%
Take control of an AI soldier, explore planets, and partake in fast paced combat in The Future Project, a first person metroidvania. Explore distinct worlds, obtain new weapons and abilities, and defeat powerful enemies in humanity's quest to journey the stars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Aliens 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Futuristic 10.1%, Space 7.7%
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 24.3%, Aliens 17.1%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
STU, the First AI is a Metroidvania set in the digital world of computers and the internet. Exploration is the heart of the game. Discover a vast world with new forms of digital life and humans struggling to control them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Futuristic 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Aliens 17.2%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Space 10.3%, Exploration 9.9%
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Exploration 7%, Action 5.1%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
