Games Like The Matter Gun

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 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 7.9%

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 34.6%, Metroidvania 31.1%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 3.6%

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 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 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 39.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

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 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.1%

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 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 8.3%

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 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Puzzle 5.7%

Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 7.6%, Physics 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 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 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 49.7%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 3.5%

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 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Exploration 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.5%

Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.

Why similar: Metroidvania 58.5%, Exploration 16%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

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 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 14.4%, Platformer 9.2%, Puzzle 6.7%

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 29%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 15.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%

Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 7.8%

Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%

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 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle 8.5%

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 45.2%, Platformer 16.9%, Exploration 14.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%, Adventure 5.9%

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 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8.6%

As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.3%

Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle 14%, Exploration 8.3%

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 41.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Exploration 14.6%, Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 3.1%

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Adventure 5.9%

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 5.5%

Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 9.1%

Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 8%, Logic 6.8%

A quite difficult and quite original platform adventure game, die and retry.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Metroidvania 23.4%, Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 6.8%, Puzzle Platformer 4%

Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9%, Sci-fi 6%

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 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 7.6%

A character collecting puzzle Metroidvania about potato cats on the Isle of Moar.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Adventure 14.2%

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 10.6%

Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 9.6%

Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Logic 8.2%

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 41%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Exploration 7.3%, Platformer 7%, 2D 5.4%

BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.

Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 4.9%

A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Exploration 14.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Puzzle Platformer 6.7%

Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 61.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Exploration 5%, Adventure 4.1%

A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Platformer 6.2%, Physics 4.4%

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 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Platformer 22.9%, Puzzle 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Indie 6.3%

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 46.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Adventure 4.6%

Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Platformer 14.9%, Logic 14.3%, Puzzle 12.9%, Physics 7%

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 41.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 7%, Puzzle 6.7%

Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Puzzle 7.2%, Physics 6.7%

Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Metroidvania 28.7%, Platformer 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Adventure 7.6%

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 5.8%, Puzzle 5.3%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Platformer 6.3%

Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Adventure 5.6%

The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 20.4%, Indie 7%, Adventure 6.7%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 64.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Exploration 5.2%, Sci-fi 4.3%

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 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.3%

A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Platformer 13%, Pixel Graphics 4%

Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Exploration 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.5%

Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 55.9%, Platformer 17.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 5.3%, 2D 5%

A puzzle-bazed metroidvania. Help the robot to repair the station. But there are gremlins who will try to break everything you've just fixed!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Logic 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Platformer 9.2%

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 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 8.6%

The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Platformer 16.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 7.8%