60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Souls-like, 2D, Exploration.
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Solateria
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Vesuvius
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 22.2%, Difficult 11.6%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 25.1%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 8.7%, Hand-drawn 5%
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 22.5%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 6.9%
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 21.2%, Difficult 10.3%, Platformer 9%, Hand-drawn 6.4%
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 5%
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 24.5%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 10.2%, Atmospheric 3.4%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Souls-like 11.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Difficult 9%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Souls-like 20.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Platformer 9%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 21.2%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Hand-drawn 4.8%
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 23.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 10%, Platformer 8.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Souls-like 23.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.6%, Souls-like 18.9%, Difficult 10%, Dark Fantasy 8%, Platformer 7.9%
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 23.6%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 4.3%
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 11.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Souls-like 14.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 25.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 4.9%
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Souls-like 23.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Side Scroller 7.2%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 10%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%, Platformer 6.5%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 25.1%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.4%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Difficult 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Platformer 6.5%
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 21.9%, Difficult 10.3%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Platformer 8%
Explore different worlds, defeat enemies and challenging bosses, in search of power to destroy the core of infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Souls-like 22.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Lost in darkness, a boy drawn into a twisted dream, no way out. Vapor World is a narrative-driven souls-like platformer focused on deflection combat set in atmospheric world of dream. Descend within shattered mind seeking lost memories. Face dark, beautiful world born of anguish and regret.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.8%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Difficult 11%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 10.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 21.1%, Platformer 12%, Difficult 10.6%, Hand-drawn 4.7%
Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Souls-like 24.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 5.3%, Action 4.8%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 42.8%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Difficult 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%, Platformer 5.4%
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 22.9%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 7.5%, Side Scroller 6.4%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 9%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
Nonu is a hand-drawn 2D souls-like where every action draws from two interlinked resources-one born from inner strength, the other granted by a higher power. Explore a dying world, uncover artifacts that enable distinct builds, and piece together the truth behind its vanished god.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.6%, Metroidvania 21.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.7%, Metroidvania 26.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Difficult 6.3%, Platformer 5.3%
Phosfi is an atmospheric, metroidvania style action-platformer. Explore and fight your way through a dark and dangerous coastal world full of mysteries and ancient treasures. Discover long buried temples and fend off Eldritch monstrosities in this beautiful 2D hand drawn and animated adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 25.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Lamp Chronicle is a 2D platformer game that tells the story of a little hero who travels to save a kingdom in crisis. Defeat enemies against beautiful backgrounds and enjoy exciting battles with bosses.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.2%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 8.1%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 24.5%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Side Scroller 6.4%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Souls-like 23.2%, Difficult 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Platformer 9.5%
Welcome to the world of Glight, a dark fantasy side-scroller adventure by ATOMIC BREATH. On a daunting journey to recover something long lost, give form to your powers of light and darkness in a fast-flowing, super-tight platformer full of hidden shortcuts and devious secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Difficult 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Platformer 11%, Side Scroller 8.1%
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 23.3%, Platformer 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.5%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
Endless Night Sonata is a hand drawn metroidvania with classic style animation. Follow the quest of Nicodemos in the "Worlds-in-middle", an unforgiving and dangerous land controlled by demonic forces on a epic mission to find his purpose...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 27.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Platformer 7.5%
Assume the role of Onchu, a druid boy stranded on an island corrupted by dark magic. Learn new magic and abilities in this 2D Metroidvania and explore a stunning sidescrolling world to save the island from destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Souls-like 22.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9%
Forge your destiny in CowardCastle! Play as Frida, a young witch and her living hat, facing cursed creatures in a dark castle. Explore striking areas in search of a way out and fight your own way in this challenging retro 2D action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 17.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Difficult 9.1%
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 29.8%, Souls-like 22.8%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 8.8%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Souls-like 25.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 4.1%
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.7%
Sinweaver is a 2D Metroidvania Lite that has you cutting your way through fallen angels and cultists alike as you fight your way through hell to escape a grim afterlife. Explore levels and an interactive overworld map to uncover the worlds secrets and why heavens mightiest have fallen to darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Souls-like 25.3%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Side Scroller 7.1%
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Souls-like 22.2%, Difficult 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Platformer 8.9%
"ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 24%, Difficult 12.1%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 22.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Difficult 11.6%, Side Scroller 9.5%
Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Souls-like 22.8%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
Explore a huge metropolis full of dark corners, aware technology and shady characters. Fight your way through, as you evolve your fighting skills, acquire and upgrade weapons, tune up bots and complete side quests as you discover the true face of the city!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 21.4%, Difficult 11.3%, Platformer 8.8%, Side Scroller 7.7%
Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Souls-like 20.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Difficult 9%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 22.9%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.1%
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 28.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 23.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Hand-drawn 6%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.8%, Metroidvania 34.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Difficult 10.3%, Action 4.2%
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Souls-like 32.2%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D 5.1%, Action 4.4%
