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Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.

Why similar: Time Travel 35.2% ★, Metroidvania 27%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Drama 9.2%, Adventure 6%

Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!

Why similar: Time Travel 88.7% ★, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Travel 43.4% ★, Metroidvania 33.4%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Adventure 5.2%, Female Protagonist 3.2%

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Action-Adventure 25.5%, Adventure 18.6%, Story Rich 6.8%

Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Metroidvania 31.8%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 5.7%

Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.

Why similar: Adventure 45%, Colorful 31.2%, Story Rich 20%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

Why similar: Time Travel 47.8% ★, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Metroidvania 9.6%, Fantasy 7.9%, 2D 7.8%

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Time Travel 31.4% ★, Fantasy 8.5%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 6.9%

Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!

Why similar: Cartoony 28.2%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Funny 14.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Colorful 9.2%

Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Cartoony 14.4%, Funny 10%, Adventure 6%

A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Funny 8.3%, 2D 7%

Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...

Why similar: Story Rich 36.1%, Female Protagonist 34.4%, Indie 29.6%

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Time Travel 40.2% ★, Narrative 19.3% ★, Adventure 15.9%, 2D 9.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

Hack ‘n’ Slash your way up Hell's corporate ladder in this “down the rabbit hole” adventure to retrieve your stolen cat from the Underworld!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 34.3%, Adventure 22.3%, Comedy 18.3%, Colorful 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 57.9% ★, Adventure 15.8%, Funny 11.7%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 4.1%

Heaven’s Hope is a cleverly funny point ‘n click adventure! Angel Talorel has fallen from Heaven and crash landed in the small town of Heaven’s Hope. Embarking on a fun adventure with some new and unlikely companions Talorel tries to get back home – will you help him?

Why similar: Time Travel 35.3% ★, Adventure 20.7%, Funny 14.1%, Conversation 11.2%, 2D 11.2%

Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.

Why similar: Time Travel 37.1% ★, Adventure 22.4%, Fantasy 12.3%, Colorful 10.2%, 2D 7.4%

YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.

Why similar: Adventure 40%, Time Travel 29.9% ★, Indie 11.2%, 2D 5.2%, Story Rich 4.8%

The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!

Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Fantasy 18.9%, Funny 18%, 2D 13.3%, Colorful 10.2%

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

Why similar: Time Travel 40% ★, Cartoony 14%, Comedy 13.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Funny 8.2%

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Adventure 49.6%, Comedy 13.9%, Indie 13.7%, Funny 12.9%, 2D 5.8%

Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.

Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Drama 31.1%, 2D 11.6%, Fantasy 6.3%, Female Protagonist 5.5%

Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.

Why similar: Comedy 24%, Adventure 18.7%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Funny 11.9%, Conversation 11.5%

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Time Travel 19.7% ★, Action-Adventure 9.6%, 2D 9.5%, Funny 6.8%

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Why similar: Funny 36.4%, Adventure 32.4%, Story Rich 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Drama 12%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 7.4%

A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.

Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, Adventure 21.2%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 4.2%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Time Travel 41% ★, Cartoony 24.2%, 2D 11.8%, Fantasy 10.8%, Logic 6.5%

A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.

Why similar: Adventure 29.6%, 2D 20.3%, Colorful 17.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

Why similar: Adventure 27.1%, Funny 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, 2D 13.6%, Comedy 13.3%

A time-traveling adventure game on a tropical island. 🌴⛱️ Talk to animals, solve puzzles, and save the island from destruction . . .

Why similar: Adventure 61.6%, Colorful 18.9%, Indie 17%, Singleplayer 2.5%

A snaky tile-based puzzle dungeon adventure. Defend the temple, monch the infidels, and grow and grow ...and grow?

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.3%, Adventure 19%, Logic 13.6%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

XEL is an epic 3D sci-fi fantasy action-adventure. Explore the mysterious world of XEL and help protagonist Reid to uncover her enigmatic past. Make new friends and foes along the way and collect exciting gadgets to master challenging dungeons and solve time bending puzzles.

Why similar: Time Travel 49.3% ★, Action-Adventure 23%, Colorful 8.7%, Fantasy 8.5%, Female Protagonist 5%

Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.

Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Comedy 16.5%, Funny 12.2%, Indie 11.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!

Why similar: Time Travel 56.1% ★, Adventure 18.3%, Fantasy 15.1%, Story Rich 4.5%, Female Protagonist 3.4%

Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.

Why similar: Time Travel 55.8% ★, Adventure 16.2%, 2D 11.6%, Story Rich 8%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Funny 10.2%, Comedy 8.3%, 2D 7.3%

Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.1%, Cartoony 27.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Colorful 10.8%, Female Protagonist 6.2%

A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 39.8%, Adventure 26%, Comedy 24.2%, Story Rich 10%

Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons.

Why similar: Cartoony 27.1%, Action-Adventure 24.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Colorful 9.2%, Fantasy 8.9%

Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Action-Adventure 23.9%, Funny 16.3%, Colorful 7.8%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Adventure 65.2%, Indie 16.3%, 2D 11.9%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, 2D 7.5%, Female Protagonist 5.6%

Tokino Sora zaps into another world mid-live! Join her Hololive friends in a thrilling Metroidvania-style action-adventure, blending 2D and 3D. Explore a mysterious realm, recover scattered items, and guide Sora’s epic tale to a dazzling finale!

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Action-Adventure 21.3%, Fantasy 12%, 2D 7.5%, Adventure 4.3%

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Why similar: Time Travel 60.3% ★, Fantasy 12.9%, 2D 12.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Indie 2.5%

The legendary hero is dead, and a strange glitch is spreading across the kingdom. Explore dangerous dungeons, and defeat the eight archangels to restore order to an unraveling world in this epic action-adventure RPG.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.9%, Comedy 20.8%, Funny 19.8%, Adventure 15%, Female Protagonist 6.4%

Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Drama 17.2%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 9.9%, Fantasy 9.3%

Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

Why similar: Fantasy 28.7%, Comedy 23.8%, Funny 21.6%, Indie 8.7%, Story Rich 8.5%

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: 2D 28.7%, Adventure 25.4%, Colorful 17.7%, Funny 12.7%, Logic 6.6%

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Time Travel 44.3% ★, Narrative 14.2% ★, Adventure 11.2%, Comedy 10.8%, Funny 8.4%

A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Why similar: Time Travel 50.1% ★, Action-Adventure 29.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.

Why similar: Time Travel 61.8% ★, Adventure 21.3%, Funny 11%, Indie 5.9%

Stranded In Time takes you on a fun and exciting adventure to explore a mystery out of this world! Play as Olivia - a young woman from a big city - who joins her uncle Peter and writer Nick on an exploration of an abandoned church that hides a secret beyond any wild dream!

Why similar: Adventure 79.3%, Indie 20.7%

Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.

Why similar: Time Travel 42.1% ★, Metroidvania 31.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Female Protagonist 3.3%

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Funny 9.2%, Colorful 6%

Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.

Why similar: Cartoony 51.6%, 2D 19.8%, Funny 18.2%, Colorful 10.4%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Comedy 20.5%, 2D 15.4%, Funny 14.3%, Adventure 7.2%

Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Story Rich 21.5%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%