60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle Platformer, Platformer, Adventure, 2D.
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Ripple Park
A poolcore-inspired Metroidbrainia game. Lost in an abandoned water park, use collected items to power mechanisms and explore deeper. Avoid or outwit unknown entities, solve puzzles, and find a way out.
ANIMAL WELL
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.
A poolcore-inspired Metroidbrainia game. Lost in an abandoned water park, use collected items to power mechanisms and explore deeper. Avoid or outwit unknown entities, solve puzzles, and find a way out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Surreal 9.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
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 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Surreal 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%, Platformer 7.2%
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 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Surreal 11.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
Paper Carnival is a surreal 2D puzzle platformer. Play as a hammer-wielding clown rabbit exploring interconnected puzzle rooms. Smack props with your giant hammer and use the recoil to jump higher! Escape this bizarre carnival machine, only to discover the ending is actually...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Surreal 18.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Platformer 6.9%
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 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Surreal 10.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Surreal 12%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 6.8%
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 33.3%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Platformer 7.3%
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 38.5%, Metroidvania 30%, Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 3.2%
Invert the world around you in this atmospheric pixel-art puzzle platformer. Escape an alien spaceship with your dog using mysterious artifacts that reshape reality, uncover hidden secrets, and solve increasingly difficult handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Metroidvania 20.1%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Retro 8.6%, Puzzle 7.7%
"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 28%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
A lost shadow seeks to be reunited with her human girl, while searching for memories and avoiding the dangerous city lights. Find Me is a 2D puzzle platformer set in a beautiful, surreal cityscape.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Surreal 17.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
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 34.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Platformer 5%
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 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Surreal 9.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, Platformer 8.1%
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 10.1%
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 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 5%
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
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 41.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
GLITCHVERSE is a knowledge-lock Metroidvania puzzle game. You will explore this unknown and perilous world, acquire a variety of wondrous abilities, discover unexpected ways to use them, and ultimately unravel the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Surreal 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
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 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 6.9%
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
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 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4%
Become Hatty the wizard's hat. Possess creatures and learn new abilities, delve into the castle's basement, travel to deep forests and lava caves. Become powerful enough to save the wizard. Adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Platformer 5.6%
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Platformer 6.3%
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 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 10.5%
Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Platformer 6.7%
A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34%, 2D Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Retro 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 6.5%
Gracie the wiener dog is lost and a long way from home. Luckily she is longer. How long? Who knows!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
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 40.7%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 9.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
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 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 8.8%
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Retro 7.3%
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Run away with the crown in Slime King. A 2D puzzle platformer where splitting and regrouping is the only way to the exit. Split into up to three parts to manipulate the environment and jump through lethal, instant-death challenges. Split, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Retro 7.2%
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 6.1%
Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Puzzle 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Platformer 6.7%
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 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
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 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Surreal 13.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Platformer 8%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Retro 6.9%
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Surreal 8.3%
Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
In this amazing journey from emptiness to nowhere. With every step forward, new levels of emptiness unfold, expanding the boundaries of what seemed endless. Majestic landscapes, created by pixel art, gradually transform, offering players unexplored adventures and mysterious views.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
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 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
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 38.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
Every head is a world. LILITH is a folk-art puzzle-platformer set inside nesting dolls: climb into heads, hang characters on your tree to wear their skills, and descend through an İstanbul of graveyards, malls and rooftops, until you find the man in the shower.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Surreal 19.3%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Platformer 7.5%
After Hue is a charming puzzle platformer starring an adorable chameleon on a grand adventure! Shift colors, phase through obstacles, and unravel the mysteries hidden within every hue!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Metroidvania 18.7%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Platformer 9%
A witch's adventure with nothing but an umbrella. Upbrella is a puzzle platformer where every trick you discover reopens the world in a new way, wrapped in cozy pixel art and a wordless friendship between a girl and a strange little creature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Platformer 7.4%
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 48.9%, Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 2.8%
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
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 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Adventure 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Surreal 17.6%, Platformer 6.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Surreal 11.6%, Retro 7.9%, Platformer 7.8%
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 35%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Puzzle 8%
In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Surreal 11.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Platformer 8.9%
Tiles will copy your moves. Use pencils to draw bridges and get to the next page!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.6%, 2D Platformer 24.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
