
Platformer with elements of metroidvania. Begin your adventure as a thief who is immersed in darkness. Use your lantern to explore eerie locations, search for clues, and interact with surrounding objects to uncover secrets and achieve your goals.
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Platformer with elements of metroidvania. Begin your adventure as a thief who is immersed in darkness. Use your lantern to explore eerie locations, search for clues, and interact with surrounding objects to uncover secrets and achieve your goals.

VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood
prepare yourself for side scrolling survival horror action. Ransom VonGarland must journey to Mayhem Island and the ruins of VonGarland Castle to find her brother and uncover the truth of what Plasmadine corporation is doing on the island

Leap Year
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
prepare yourself for side scrolling survival horror action. Ransom VonGarland must journey to Mayhem Island and the ruins of VonGarland Castle to find her brother and uncover the truth of what Plasmadine corporation is doing on the island
Why similar: Roguevania 18.2% ★, Metroidvania 17.3%, Vampire 16.5% ★, Inventory Management 8.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Precision Platformer 13.1%, Logic 8%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Precision Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Platformer 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Precision Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Logic 9.8%
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 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 8%, Horror 7.4%
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 25%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Precision Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 8%, Mystery 7.5%
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Precision Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
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 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Logic 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 8.1%
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 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Logic 8.5%
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 22.8%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Precision Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 10%
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 7.5%
"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 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Puzzle 8%
A puzzle platformer where you collect Elements and use their powers to move around in various ways. Each Element you collect becomes the next one you use, so pay attention to the order!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Logic 13%, 2D Platformer 9%, Mystery 8%
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Precision Platformer 13%, Mystery 9.5%, Logic 8.6%
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 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.3%
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 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%
Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!
Why similar: Vampire 19% ★, Metroidvania 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Precision Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 8.4%
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Precision Platformer 10.2%
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
Why similar: Roguevania 29.3% ★, Metroidvania 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 7.7%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8%
A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Precision Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Precision Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Logic 9.2%
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%
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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 7.8%
Embark on a journey through a new mythological realm as Porasy, an Indigenous warrior. Explore uncharted landscapes, unleash the power of Muiraquitãs, unravel your story, and vanquish the Seven Legendary Beasts to carve your own legend. Are you ready to dive into this epic adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Precision Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10%, Logic 9.2%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Precision Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 8.3%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
Within Lattice is a 2D logic puzzle game where you swap chunks of tiles in a grid to reach the objective.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Logic 22.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 11%, Platformer 9.8%
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 38.1%, Platformer 15.1%, Precision Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%
Dust and Shadow lets you shift between multiple time dimensions, altering the map in real time. Face enemies, traps, and the environment to uncover the mystery. Unlock powerful abilities as you progress through the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Precision Platformer 12.4%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Exploration 9.1%
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 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%
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 26.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Precision Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Precision Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Mystery 8.1%
Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Vampire 22.7% ★, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Precision Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 8.2%
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 11%, Hidden Object 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Precision Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 7.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
Take command of the Wolf Knight to help him remember his dramatic past life through a story driven adventure and test your skills in this challenging Metroidvania game with die and retry platforming features happening in the fantastic 2D hand drawned world of Aurora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
An adventure horror game with a Gameboy aesthetic. Lasagna boy brings a mix of puzzle, adventure, and platforming along with some minor shooting elements, all packaged together in a charming yet haunting pixel art style.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Horror 12%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
A hardcore 2D action platformer where you play as a stranded space pirate. Hack, slash, and speedrun through a brutal alien world, with tight precision controls, end-game stats, and an exclusive unlockable track by Tidal Rave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Vampire 17.5% ★, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
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 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 8.5%, Mystery 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Mystery 7.9%, Exploration 7.5%
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Platformer 7.7%
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 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Platformer 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine is an Action-Adventure Metroidvania. The game features decision making, crafting, fast-paced combat, multiple endings, intricate storytelling, an open world to explore, and more!
Why similar: Roguevania 32.9% ★, Metroidvania 25.6%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 8.2%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Precision Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.1%
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 35%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 11%, Exploration 10.9%, Platformer 8.8%
A 2D pixelated platformer journey through a mysterious and vast maze of puzzle box dungeons. Solve puzzle-infused platforming challenges and uncover new abilities as you plunge into an atmospheric adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Precision Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
You are the Ball. Escape.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Metroidvania 12.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
"Lost Kingdom" This is probably the hardest game you've ever played. It may take you a full 3 days to clear it, you should be aware that there are some hidden things in it. Every day you see something different. (This refers to 3 days in real life)
Why similar: Roguevania 36.5% ★, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9%, Puzzle 8.3%
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 9.3%
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Precision Platformer 15%, Platformer 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
Help Argyle Van Helsing hunt down and destroy Dracula before he turns all the worlds vampires into Zombie Vampires. This creature feature Metroidvania adventure game is filled with classic monsters, wicked levels, and clever humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Vampire 17.4% ★, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 11%
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Precision Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 8.3%
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 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Mystery 7.7%
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Platformer 9.6%