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Games Like Star Iliad

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Action, 2D Platformer, Singleplayer.

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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.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: Cape Cosmic
Genres: Action, Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
    Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
    Windows · Mac

    Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Retro 6.1%

  2. #2 PATHFINDER 08
    96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
    Windows

    Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

  3. #3 Croakspire
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lotus Arcade
    Windows

    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 42%, 2D Platformer 17%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

  4. #4 Trapers Platformer
    95% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
    Dev: molamucho.com
    Windows · Linux

    Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Comedy 6.6%

  5. #5 Maelstrom
    94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: Maelstrom
    Windows

    Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Fantasy 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

  6. #6 FrogeON
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JofraDev
    Windows

    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 26.9%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Colorful 6.7%

  7. #7 PSYCRON
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
    Dev: Mothware
    Windows

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.4%

  8. #8 Ariana and the Elder Codex
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
    Windows

    Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Anime 9.7%, Fantasy 5.7%

  9. #9 Havoc Fox
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Havoc Studios
    Windows

    Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Anime 11.2%, Fantasy 6.2%

  10. #10 Ganymede
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Clydeware LLC
    Windows

    Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.5%

  11. #11 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,751 reviews2023
    Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

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  12. #12 BeforeDisaster
    89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: SourGrapeGames
    Windows

    《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Fantasy 10.2%, Action 5.8%

  13. #13 Pain-T
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wheel Of Games
    Windows

    Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Colorful 7.4%

  14. #14 Bread Adventure
    86% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Wheafun Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Fantasy 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6%

  15. #15 Nihilsearch
    88% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
    Dev: Team_Bug
    Windows

    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!

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  16. #16 Neon Fusion
    87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Rodrigo Oak
    Windows

    Venture out on a machine-packed rescue mission in a 2D platform game, action, shooting and lots of Neon!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

  17. #17 Slacker Dungeon
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Deleted Layer
    Windows

    The Slacker Dungeon is a is a 2D side-scrolling metroidvania action game. You have to play as a guy who found an enchanted intelligent sword and went on an adventure in search of wealth and an easy life.

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  18. #18 Sunken Sky
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Codenightly
    Windows · Linux

    Welcome to the world of Sunken Sky and get ready for an epic action adventure through a vast open world. No place is beyond your reach - from the tallest mountains to the very minds of others. Battle bizarre creatures and befriend even stranger people. All in a detailed, hand-drawn 2D style.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, 2D Platformer 17%, Anime 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Fantasy 4.4%

  19. #19 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
    Windows

    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.

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    85% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
    Windows

    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!

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  21. #21 OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK
    83% matchMixed66% of 525 reviews2022
    Dev: ENGINES Inc.Pub: KADOKAWA CORPORATION
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    2D action-adventure game set in the rich world of the epic dark fantasy, Overlord. This latest installment in the series features an original story overseen by Overlord's creator, Kugane Maruyama. Find Clementine's missing memories and make your escape!

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  22. #22 Overbowed
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
    Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
    Windows

    Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7%, Fantasy 6.8%

  23. #23 Transiruby
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 290 reviews2021
    Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
    Windows

    Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Fantasy 6.9%

  24. #24 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 2357 Steps
    Windows

    I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Fantasy 7.6%

  25. #25 Piko Piko
    81% matchMixed60% of 135 reviews2022
    Dev: MarquetPub: KOMODO
    Windows

    Take control of Piko, our hammer wielding heroine, as you bash things up with a big hammer in this cute Anime-styled 2D metroidvania-inspired adventure! Uncover mysteries! Beat the bad guys who do naughty things! Explore the Piko Piko world with her floof fox friend!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Anime 9.3%, Comedy 7.1%, Exploration 7.1%

  26. #26 The Search: Lost Dreams
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: gninjastudio
    Windows

    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.

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  27. #27 Cathedral: Crow's Curse
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Set in the same universe as Cathedral, but with its own story and style, Cathedral: Crow's Curse is an action-adventure with tight combat and a focus on exploration. Parry, dodge and fight your way through numerous enemies in a rich detailed world as you uncover the events leading up to Cathedral.

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  28. #28 Pipsqueak!
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
    Windows

    Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.

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  29. #29 Second Works
    78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
    Dev: #Sharp
    Windows

    『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.

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  30. #30 Xanthiom Zero
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: MathanGames
    Windows

    Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Space 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%

  31. #31 Meowphoria
    77% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Nekod team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Gather a harem of cat girls and save the world from the Singularity Dragon! It's a fun mix of metroidvania and dating sim, where every choice you make has consequences, and love is the surest step to victory!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Anime 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Fantasy 9.3%, Romance 7.3%

  32. #32 King Story: Prologue
    77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: Kinto Games LLC
    Windows

    A storm of darkness is taking over the world. Adventure in search of your quest escaping the demon darkness that chases you. Upgrade your items to progress through the maze like environment in this Metroidvania-like challenge. Can you find a Hermit’s lost son in your quest to save the world?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Fantasy 6.2%, Action 5.3%

  33. #33 Keena The Voidslayer
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Crowning Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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  34. #34 Echoes of the Outworlder
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outworlder LLC
    Windows

    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.

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  35. #35 Pixel Game Maker Series MEDIUM-NAUT
    76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
    Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
    Windows

    There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?

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  36. #36 Iron Diamond
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
    Dev: North Folk Studios
    Windows

    Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!

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  37. #37 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nao Games
    Windows

    This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.

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  38. #38 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 466 reviews2022
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Break into the new apeX of 2D action! INTI CREATES is proud to present new apeX of cutting-edge 2D action with Luminous Avenger iX 2!

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  39. #39 Shell Soul:The Skull
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BlueWindGame
    Windows

    A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

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  40. #40 Goo Keeper
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
    Dev: Oria Games Inc.
    Windows

    Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%

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    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Marauder Squad
    Windows

    Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.

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  42. #42 Dusted Dusk
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: D.X.
    Windows

    Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 13%, Exploration 9.2%, Action 4.9%

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    72% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
    Dev: CygnusA-1
    Windows

    A 2D exploration danmaku action Touhou fangame (AKA a danmaku Metroidvania). Control Hata no Kokoro in a journey to find her masks. Look for power-up items along the way and challenge powerful bosses to reclaim them!

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  44. #44 Far Star
    71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: This is Vini
    Windows · Linux

    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.

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rookbird GamesPub: Blacc Ski Weekend Industries
    Windows · Linux

    Garden of the Atom is a combat-focused Metroidvania where you hold nothing back. Start with every movement ability unlocked and play as 'Prodigy,' an exiled genius infiltrating a futuristic dictatorship to stop a tyrant from harnessing a cataclysmic meteor shower.

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  46. #46 Garrison
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WKH
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.

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  47. #47 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
    Windows

    A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?

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  48. #48 Super Beefit
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Bad Castle
    Windows

    Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.

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  49. #49 GoldFish Brain
    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2020
    Dev: WEIPub: IRON LIVER
    Windows

    Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 4.2%, Sci-fi 3.1%

  50. #50 Makis Adventure
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: Zoroarts
    Windows

    Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!

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  51. #51 Cloud Seeker
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MagniFish Studios
    Windows

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  52. #52 Eystrandi
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Leiksmidr studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.

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  53. #53 Xeodrifter
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
    Dev: Atooi
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    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.

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  54. #54 Alwa's Legacy
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
    Dev: Elden Pixels
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

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  55. #55 SUPER ANT
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Andrygast
    Windows

    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.

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  56. #56 Blue Rabbit
    69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
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    You find yourself in a futuristic dystopian city. You get the idea: Dark smog. A rogue A.I. Corporate drones. Actual drones. The whole enchilada. In this fast-paced 2D platformer, you play as Arisu, a Runner tasked to deliver the ambiguous Blue Rabbit "packages" around the city.

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  57. #57 House of Shadow
    67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: High Clarity Games
    Windows

    House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!

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  58. #58 The Celestial Seeker
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: VinciWare
    Windows

    Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.

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  59. #59 Shadow Labyrinth
    65% matchMixed57% of 323 reviews2025
    Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
    Windows

    Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.

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  60. #60 Axiom Verge 2
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 907 reviews2022
    Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Action 7.1%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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