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Games Like The Big Dam Adventure

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Metroidvania, Adventure, Souls-like.

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Your tail is your sword, your shield, and a few other things in this cute and creepy Beavervania. Explore a dark world and acquire new abilities as you battle enemies, make friends, and rescue members of your beaver colony in this soulslike metroidvania that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: Dam Studios
Publisher: Dam Fine Games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Bangers
    Windows

    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 23.3%, Souls-like 21.4%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Difficult 9.2%, Hand-drawn 8.2%

  2. #2 LingYuanLu:The Abyss of Spirit
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LiY二月
    Windows

    Lingyuan Records is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action-adventure game. In the Five Elements world, learn and collect enemies' spells, and use the mutual generation and restraint of Five Elements to defeat stronger foes.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 17.3%, Martial Arts 15%, Swordplay 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.8%

  3. #3 Palace of a Thousand Curses
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Scruffy Dog Games
    Windows

    Parry and thrust your way into a 2.5D action platformer with a unique style-based combat system. As you explore hidden passageways and duel strange creatures, you will need all of your swashbuckling panache to survive.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 20.3%, Souls-like 17.4%, Swordplay 16.2%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Combat 6.5%

  4. #4 ARO: Tales In The Dome
    95% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 60K Interactive Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "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 24.6%, Souls-like 22.5%, Side Scroller 13%, Difficult 9.4%, 2D Platformer 6.8%

  5. #5 THE DARK DWELLERS
    94% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2022
    Dev: COLNELIUS
    Windows

    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 23.9%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Difficult 10.3%, Side Scroller 10%, Combat 6.6%

  6. #6 Enemies Within
    94% matchNo user reviews2028
    Dev: BoomSqueak
    Windows

    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 27.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Difficult 8.7%, 2D Platformer 7.1%

  7. #7 Rune Fencer Illyia
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nootbox Games
    Windows

    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 23.1%, Souls-like 19.5%, Swordplay 11.6%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Difficult 7%

  8. #8 Solateria
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 713 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
    Windows

    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 29.1%, Souls-like 25.7%, Difficult 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, 2D Platformer 5.1%

  9. #9 Fox Wanderer
    92% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Ninth Dream
    Windows

    Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 24.5%, Swordplay 11.3%, Difficult 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6%

  10. #10 Akatori
    90% matchMostly Positive70% of 267 reviews2026
    Dev: Contrast GamesPub: Games Harbor
    Windows

    A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Souls-like 16.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Difficult 10.8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%

  11. #11 Sinweaver
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jitterbug Games
    Windows · Linux

    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 27.3%, Souls-like 24.7%, Side Scroller 11%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Action-Adventure 7.1%

  12. #12 Godly Visage
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Three Keys Studios
    Windows

    Godly Visage is a 2D Metroidvania with traditional animation. Explore a devastated world, discover secrets, improve your abilities, and face enemies infected by a divine disease.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 24.4%, Swordplay 16.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, 2D Platformer 7.5%

  13. #13 VLCNP Story
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: y-game
    Windows · Mac

    Beneath their goofy long-faced looks lies a surprisingly serious action-adventure. Awaken as Akim and Very Long Leelee after 10,000 years of slumber, recover your lost memories, rouse your fallen comrades, and rise to defeat a great evil!

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  14. #14 Nonu
    88% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Karmic Bit
    Windows

    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.

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  15. #15 Loreninha Paints Dreams and Rainbows
    87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Eminho And Lorena Team
    Windows · Linux

    A cute dreamworld hides a growing darkness. Explore, fight, and steal the powers of your enemies.

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  16. #16 Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Pixel Beer Games
    Windows

    Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess is a 2D action with metroidvania elements set in a 16th-century fantasy world, drawn with cozy pixels. Explore a mysterious realm, battle ruthless enemies, and uncover powerful weapons and abilities. And remember: beer is the best medicine in these grim times!

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  17. #17 The Devil Within: Satgat
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 925 reviews2024
    Dev: Newcore Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.

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    85% matchMixed67% of 1,009 reviews2024
    Dev: Gami Studio
    Windows

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    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 266 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    Dev: MrDyvik
    Windows

    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 29.8%, Souls-like 26.9%, Difficult 11.6%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Exploration 4.3%

  21. #21 Lamp Chronicle
    84% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixellica Corp.
    Windows

    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 24.9%, Metroidvania 24.8%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, 2D Platformer 6.5%

  22. #22 Kindred Kind
    82% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Unpossible Game Labs
    Windows · Linux

    Kindred Kind is a hand-drawn 2D action RPG. Hunt eight powerful beasts across a branching world, master a two-weapon combat system, and save what remains of humanity. Explore, fight, and uncover ancient mysteries, in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 23%, Martial Arts 17%, Difficult 7.9%, Hand-drawn 6.5%

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    82% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: The Island Games
    Windows

    Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 24%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

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    79% matchVery Positive91% of 269 reviews2026
    Dev: Volk TeamPub: Progamefactoryllc
    Windows

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a warrior, a werewolf, or join the darkness.

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  25. #25 Phosfi
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: UpRoom Games LLC
    Windows · Linux

    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 29.3%, Souls-like 26%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Difficult 10.1%, Dark 7.7%

  26. #26 Gedda Cake
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Flannel Bear Games
    Windows · Mac

    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 28.3%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.6%, 2D Platformer 5.4%

  27. #27 Steel Flood
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Egobounds
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 27.8%, Difficult 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.1%

  28. #28 Fatal Claw
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 168 reviews2025
    Dev: NDEV GAMESPub: Com2us Holdings
    Windows

    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 23.5%, Souls-like 22.1%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Difficult 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%

  29. #29 Birds of Ascent
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Towaka Studio
    Windows

    Birds of Ascent is a hand-drawn pixel-art 2D flight action adventure starring a flock of birds. Soar through the skies, explore the cavern, and fight your way back to the surface!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Animals 30.4%, Dark 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Hand-drawn 7.5%

  30. #30 Eden's Guardian
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Voragine Game Studio
    Windows

    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.

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  31. #31 Elysian Echoes
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Grinding Crow
    Windows

    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.

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  32. #32 A Handful of Dust
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BVS Studios
    Windows

    Uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets in this 2D action-adventure Metroidvania. Explore a haunting world of ruins and shadow, master fluid, brutal combat, and unlock powerful abilities to overcome deadly enemies. Forge your path and choose your destiny in an ancient land balanced on the brink of ruin.

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  33. #33 Shards of Memories
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Iron Twelve Games
    Windows

    Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.

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  34. #34 Briar Flame
    75% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  35. #35 Vesuvius
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Snow Day Games
    Windows · Mac

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  36. #36 Cliff Kingdom
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
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    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.

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  37. #37 The Lost Key
    75% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2024
    Dev: AmmashDev
    Windows

    You are the last hope, be ready to resist the enemy and eliminate injustice and tyranny.

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  38. #38 Crowsworn
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mongoose Rodeo
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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  39. #39 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MadMoa
    Windows

    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.

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frandy
    Windows

    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.

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    71% matchMixed42% of 73 reviews2026
    Dev: ALIVE Inc.
    Windows

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    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: designmatic
    Windows

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    73% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2023
    Dev: WITCHCRAFT VIDEO GAME Ltd.
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    Omen Fall is an action-packed, story-driven fantasy adventure game that draws players into a past woven with forgotten agreements. Fight against the darkness in this 2D metroidvania experience presented with pixel art graphics.

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    70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Mills Media
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    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.

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    72% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
    Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
    Windows

    Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet

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    71% matchMixed48% of 181 reviews2024
    Dev: Old Bit Studio
    Windows

    Meifumado is an action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic, immersive world inspired by Japan.

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Black Coffee Studio
    Windows

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  49. #49 Deepening Fire
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 639 reviews2023
    Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

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    69% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    68% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2026
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  52. #52 Islets
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,458 reviews2022
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    68% matchNo user reviews2026
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    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,285 reviews2023
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    66% matchVery Positive94% of 45,033 reviews2024
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  57. #57 Tenebra
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    Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.

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  58. #58 SHADE Protocol
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    Dev: Little Legendary
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    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.

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  59. #59 Last Souls
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ruben Wihler
    Windows · Mac

    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 30.4%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 10.8%, Side Scroller 8%, Hand-drawn 7.9%

  60. #60 Adiverboz
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stray Hound Studios
    Windows

    Adiverboz is a 2D psychological horror game set in Brazil. As Oz, investigate the past and collect evidence about an orphanage marked by trauma. Face terrifying creatures and dark secrets, but beware: your choices can reveal the truth or lead you to the abyss.

    Why similar: Souls-like 30.9%, Side Scroller 20%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Dark 8%

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