60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, 2D, Adventure, Singleplayer.
Tunnels is a single-player mining metroidvania adventure. Delve the alien depths, upgrade your tank, master deep itemization, and uncover the mysteries below.
Something Ate My Alien
SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?
Glintseeker Island
Descend into mysterious caves with countless treasures to excavate in a mining exploration adventure. Upgrade your gear, fight bosses, uncover secrets and save the island from an ancient threat below!
SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?
Why similar: Mining 33.6% ★, Metroidvania 24.1%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Descend into mysterious caves with countless treasures to excavate in a mining exploration adventure. Upgrade your gear, fight bosses, uncover secrets and save the island from an ancient threat below!
Why similar: Mining 44.9% ★, Inventory Management 25%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 7%, Dungeon Crawler 5.2%
Explore the vastness of space, dig deep into planets to find resources, upgrade your ship and survive against alien life in this 2D open-universe space mining adventure! How far are you willing to travel into the dark unknown?
Why similar: Mining 36.8% ★, Resource Management 18%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 6.4%, Space 5.7%
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Mining 37% ★, Inventory Management 28.7%, Resource Management 9%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Space 5.6%
Dig, trade, and survive in this pixel-art roguelite. The darkness drains your life, but your voice is your shield: Speak into your microphone to ward off the shadows! Fill your daily quota to upgrade your gear, or face the wrath of the Cave Troll. Remember: Silence brings death.
Why similar: Mining 49.1% ★, Inventory Management 13.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Dark 6.3%
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Inventory Management 16.1%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Exploration 5.7%, 2D 5.1%
Descend into the depths, extract valuable resources, and turn them into the engine of a growing industrial operation. Build underground infrastructure and process everything on the surface to expand your production and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 43.7% ★, Inventory Management 17.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Exploration 5.8%
Your ultimate goal was to achieve the dream of living on Mars, but the journey didn't go as planned. After a rough ride that left your engine destroyed, you are now stranded on space and must mine asteroids to repair your ship to try finish the voyage.
Why similar: Mining 56% ★, Resource Management 20.5%, Space 6.3%, Exploration 4.6%, Action-Adventure 4.3%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Mining 47.1% ★, Metroidvania 38.9%, Adventure 3.9%, 2D 3.7%, Exploration 3.5%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Side Scroller 14%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Dark 8.6%
Become a space mining astronaut in this chill rogue-lite mining game. Explore, mine and complete objectives while unlocking and upgrading your equipment along the way.
Why similar: Mining 41.9% ★, Resource Management 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Exploration 6.7%
An exhilarating action-adventure game set in a vibrant retro-futuristic universe. Embark on daring interstellar journeys, uncovering new worlds, and battling formidable alien adversaries. Upgrade your ship and abilities as you explore the vastness of space to save the Galaxy from a hidden threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Space 7.3%
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Exploration 13%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Space 6.7%
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%
Explore the dangerous mine and be the reachest miner on Steam (if You don't die...)
Why similar: Mining 44.1% ★, Inventory Management 17.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Exploration 7.3%
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Mining 34.8% ★, Metroidvania 30.6%, Exploration 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Space 4.7%
A small and peaceful mining simulator where you explore underground secrets. Find hidden items, upgrade your drilling machine, fight your way forward, and escape the strange tunnel.
Why similar: Mining 53.5% ★, Side Scroller 23.2%, Exploration 9.4%, 2D 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Under tier upon tier of dark stratas, there grows endless vegetables, dig them, merge them, then eat them! This is a rouge-lite strategy game in which you play as a rabbit digging for vegetables, increasing your power as you advance through layers until you reach the final treasure!
Why similar: Mining 72.5% ★, Resource Management 16.4%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, 2D 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
A game of immense adventure and fun excavation potential.
Why similar: Mining 72% ★, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 10.3%, PvE 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Venture into an unusual, alien world full of danger and mysteries in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Grab your gear and face the challenge of sustaining a once-thriving space colony. Can you bring this place back to life? Are you ready to uncover all the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Dig to the center of the Earth before time runs out. Mine gems to sell on the black market, build up your infrastructure, uncover relics of forgotten civilizations, and upgrade to face the dangers of the deep. Don't get caught by bandits or authorities while you drill into your last dig.
Why similar: Mining 47.8% ★, Dark 8.5%, Collectathon 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
Stranded in a frozen wasteland, your only hope lies beneath the ice. Craft essential gadgets, upgrade your pickaxe with powerful abilities, and navigate a trap-filled ancient cavern. Can you solve the mysteries of the deep and unearth the legendary Miner's Stone?
Why similar: Mining 64.8% ★, Exploration 9.6%, Dark 8.1%, Action-Adventure 5.3%, Atmospheric 5.2%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Mining 51% ★, Metroidvania 32.2%, Exploration 3.3%, Side Scroller 3.1%, 2D 2.8%
Remake to 2016's Legends of the Universe - StarCore, a Metroidvania style Action-Platformer with several abilities, enemies and areas to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Inventory Management 7.4%
A bite-sized retro action-adventure set in a quirky, cursed land. Battle monsters, meet oddball characters, and uncover hidden secrets in this homage to old-school 2D adventures. Whether you walk the path of light or embrace the curse, the Legend of Chalkvania is yours to write.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Side Scroller 20%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 9.7%, 2D 4.9%
2.5D open world puzzle action adventure game.
Why similar: Mining 48.1% ★, Metroidvania 30%, Exploration 8.3%, Collectathon 7.7%, Dark 3.7%
Shadow Sacrament is a grim horrorvania where you play as a tormented detective who must investigate the secrets of an ancient, horrific monastery. Explore hidden chambers, solve intricate puzzles, and face terrifying nightmares that lurk in its shadowy halls. Hunt the Haunt.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Inventory Management 22.8%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Dark 8.6%, Exploration 7.1%
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7%
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Adventure 6%
Canary in a Crater is an asteroid-delving 2D platformer about digging deep, uncovering valuables, and fighting off hungry alien snails. Spend your hard-earned credits on a wide variety of unlockable gadgets and upgrades to get you deeper and deeper!
Why similar: Mining 53.5% ★, Inventory Management 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.2%
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.9%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Space 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
A lonely trek to a desolate planet unearths a strange anomaly, seemingly causing denizens of a nearby station to become horrifying, violent mutants. Run, think, scavenge and improvise. Only the smartest will survive.
Why similar: Inventory Management 30.3%, Resource Management 19.2%, Metroidvania 17.1%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
A single-player horror game where you explore a haunted house, collecting items, solving puzzles, and face scares at every turn. Use your inventory to manage your items as you uncover clues to escape. Confront and defeat the monster before it traps your soul forever.
Why similar: Inventory Management 40.2%, Resource Management 27.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Combat 7.1%, Exploration 4.8%
The Monk is an epic adventure in the cyberpunk world. Blood, implants, brutality and fights. That all you can try by yourself
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 8.4%, Hand-drawn 8%
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Combat 5.4%
No enemies—debt and a volatile ore market are your true foes. Mine a dungeon that changes every day. Drop to 0 HP and you lose the day’s mined ore. Upgrade tools, manage carry limits, time sales, and descend to the deepest layer.
Why similar: Mining 57.3% ★, Resource Management 19.1%, Inventory Management 15.9%, Exploration 3.9%, Adventure 3.3%
A game about digging in the mines of an unknown and unclaimed planet. Collect resources, sell them and upgrade your equipment - discover all available resources!
Why similar: Mining 48% ★, Inventory Management 21%, Resource Management 14%, Exploration 8.7%, Collectathon 5.6%
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
Why similar: Mining 42.3% ★, Resource Management 14.3%, Side Scroller 13%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Exploration 6.6%
Garden of the Atom is a combat-focused Metroidvania where you hold nothing back. Start with every movement ability unlocked and play as 'Prodigy,' an exiled genius infiltrating a futuristic dictatorship to stop a tyrant from harnessing a cataclysmic meteor shower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Inventory Management 15.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%, PvE 5.3%
Hardcore adventure inside the human body. You take control of one bacteriophage, which steals(farms) DNA resources from various viruses. Use this DNA to evolve or create clones with which you can change positions at any time. Used wisely, you may cure all 5 organs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Inventory Management 24.1%, Resource Management 16.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Run, gun, and platform your way through the 4 seasons, shotgunning, freezing, and burning your foes along the way. Light animals on fire, get eaten by flowers, crush baby spiders underfoot, featuring an interactive world, competent physics, and custom death animations for all you freaks out there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 9%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.8%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Exploration 11%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Adventure 3%
Nightmare Pick is a simple mining combat game where you upgrade your equipment with ores to defeat monsters blocking your path and find a way to escape the nightmare.
Why similar: Mining 64% ★, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Resource Management 7.6%, 2D 5.4%, Combat 4.9%
Hire miners and help them to extract ore using different tools. Try to control the chaos of the workflow. Trade in the market. Improve your buildings. Craft items. Manage resources wisely to stay profitable.
Why similar: Mining 46.2% ★, Resource Management 18.6%, Inventory Management 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Exploration 5.6%
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Dig deep into diverse biomes, uncover ancient treasures and mine various resources. Craft new tools and build various production structures. Improve your character’s skills and unlock new features as you progress through the game. Manage the resources and create an efficient production chain.
Why similar: Mining 47% ★, Inventory Management 22.1%, Resource Management 19.2%, Collectathon 8.1%, 2D 1.8%
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Side Scroller 11%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.1%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, 2D 6%, PvE 4%
Basement is a first-person single-player adventure game where you dig and explore underground. Discover various items and face dangerous hazards hidden below. Reach the deepest point and claim the treasure!
Why similar: Mining 69.7% ★, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 5.8%, PvE 4.6%, Indie 2%
A calm 2D pixel game full of magic, exploration, and light combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Side Scroller 18%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 5.4%, 2D 5.2%
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 8.2%, 2D 6.6%
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Side Scroller 17%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Space 4.9%
Unleash the power of ancient strategy in this exciting jokenpo-based adventure. Wood conquers stone, stone shatters metal, and metal obliterates wood. Master the art of wield the perfect weapon for each battle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Inventory Management 24.7%, Resource Management 23.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
Deep Pockets is an incremental inventory management game where every ore you mine gets dropped into your pockets as a physics object. Dig deep, ferry minerals in your pockets, and get rich! But be sure to not take more than you can carry.
Why similar: Mining 56.7% ★, Inventory Management 30.5%, Exploration 7.7%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Sci-fi 11%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9.3%
