
A meta puzzle-adventure where nothing is set in stone. Unlock features to watch the world evolve, and think outside the box to complete missions. But as you change the world to your whims, the world might have ideas of its own...
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A meta puzzle-adventure where nothing is set in stone. Unlock features to watch the world evolve, and think outside the box to complete missions. But as you change the world to your whims, the world might have ideas of its own...

Limos' Lair
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.

Black Sheep
You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Puzzle 13.3%, Top-Down 12.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 6.3%
You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Top-Down 10.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Top-Down 11.1%, 3D 6.8%
Chart your own path through a fog-shrouded dungeon in INK MAZE! Design cryptic treasure maps to solve puzzles, outsmart traps, and collect loot hidden within the mist. But when you reach the depths of the maze, will you still be able to decipher the symbols you charted long ago?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 11%, Grid-Based Movement 6.5%
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 7.1%, 3D 6.9%
Kaori is a first-person puzzle and adventure game. Explore ancient ruins on a sun-drenched archipelago and uncover the many mysteries of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 10%
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 12%, Top-Down 10.5%, Medieval 6.3%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Puzzle 6.9%, 2D 6%
Wilbur's Quest is a puzzle metroidvania about a worm. You've woken up in a strange land and need to discover what lies beyond the surface. Throughout your journey you'll need to push blocks, unlock doors, grow, and discover new abilities in order to escape this subterranean labyrinth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Puzzle 16%, Adventure 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 10.8%, Exploration 6.5%
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 9%, 2D 4.2%
A 2D pixel art platformer set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by machines. Control three characters with unique and interdependent abilities. A girl, a robot, and a tank, combine their skills to explore vast levels, solve puzzles and survive a journey no one in their right mind would attempt.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, Cyberpunk 25%, Adventure 16.1%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 0.7%
A Survival Horror game: Paranormal Investigator, Jonathan Hunter, awakens in an alternate realm finding himself fighting to survive. Forced to team up with a ghost girl named Angel trapped in a strange artifact, they must work together to escape an underground laboratory and evade dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 9.7%, 3D 7%
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Top-Down 10.9%, 3D 6.5%
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 49.7%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 4.7%
A light-hearted, Side-Scroller/ Top-Down hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Top-Down 11.3%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 5.7%
In Me With Me you control 2 cats at the same time going through levels with puzzles. A very cool 2D platform game to pass the time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Adventure 17.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Fantasy 5.9%
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Fantasy 9.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
You are The Interpreter. Use voice recognition to interogate suspects and find out if they have been tainted. Explore the dystopian world of B26, controlling technology with your voice. Be the judge, jury and executioner.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33%, Puzzle 22.1%, Exploration 18.8%, Adventure 14.8%, 3D 10.9%
Glyphen is an Immersive Spellcasting Adventure in which you draw mysterious Glyphs to cast spells. Glyphs have meanings and can be combined to invoke complex magic. Draw Glyphs, create spells and become a mage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.7%, Top-Down 15.2%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Exploration 16.3%, Family Friendly 7.7%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 6.4%
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Top-Down 11.5%, 2D 6%
Embark on a quest to unlock the secrets of the Spirit World. Challenge mysterious ruins and face intimidating bosses to gain new powers that will aid your exploration in this retro top-down action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Top-Down 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Fantasy 6%
Play as an old man who wakes up in a mysterious castle full of magic and danger. Explore every corner of the castle and discover what is hidden between the walls of this misterious and ancient place while you keep fighting with monsters and improving your abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 13%, Medieval 11%, Adventure 9.9%
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 52.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 6.9%, 2D 5.4%
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, 2D 5.2%
Maze: Rising Trials is a First Person Adventure Puzzle game where you solve your way out of massive and complex labyrinths. Solve puzzles, collect coins, leave markers, and find your path through each maze!
Why similar: Puzzle 22.2%, Adventure 21%, Exploration 19%, First-Person 14.8%, Family Friendly 11.6%
A necromantic named Cyris leaves his homeworld for a strange odyssey through unknown realms, each one more horrible and bizarre than the next. Use your necromancer abilities to save the earth realm in this retro FPS filled to the brim with fantasy & mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 9.6%, Medieval 7%
Fight for your afterlife in this colorful, action-packed 3D top-down Metroidvania-style game! As a ghost on the run in a specter research facility, sneak around interconnected levels, unlock new powers and team up with the local psychic to turn gigantic foes into dust.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, Top-Down 13.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9%, 3D 8.1%
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Fantasy 9.4%, Combat 7.4%, 2D 4.1%
Schwarz Dohkai, a doctor of space engineering, is suddenly transported to the royal palace of another world. Guided by a mysterious voice, will he be able to break through the strict security and return to the original world?
Why similar: Puzzle 22.3%, Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 18.6%, Top-Down 17.9%, 3D 11.2%
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Top-Down 10.4%, Medieval 6.2%
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Medieval 8.4%, Adventure 6.9%
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 14.3%, Family Friendly 12.7%, 2D 4%
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.1%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D 8.9%, Exploration 7.4%, Fantasy 4.8%
In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.7%, Exploration 16.2%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 7.9%, Nonlinear 2.2%
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Grid-Based Movement 18.5%, Puzzle 17.5%, Top-Down 7.6%, 2D 6.2%
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 57.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Fantasy 8.8%, Family Friendly 8.1%
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Metroidvania 30.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 9.2%
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.6%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Medieval 9.4%, Combat 4.3%
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Top-Down 15.3%, Exploration 14.6%, 2D 6.3%, Adventure 6.2%
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.4%, Puzzle 16.3%, Exploration 14%, 2D 4.2%, Adventure 3.5%
You're the last surviving Elf who must find the Secret Sword, the only weapon capable of defeating the immortal Lord Velomdor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 9.9%, 2D 6.6%
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Exploration 13.3%, Top-Down 11.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Medieval 9.6%
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Fantasy 7.8%, Adventure 6.1%
Into the Void, at your own risk. No menus, no saves. Difficult and potentially confusing game. Lore-Rich / Metroidvania / Hacking Simulator / FPS / 3D Platformer. May just have more in common with a puzzle box than a game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Text-Based 20.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.7%
Join Noctus in a top-down action-adventure and wield the power of the moon as you explore, fight the darkness, restore lost souls, and bring life back to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Top-Down 13.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, Fantasy 6.8%
Mindbreak is an exploration driven tile-based puzzle adventure game about the escape from a corrupted insane asylum. Play as the supernaturally gifted asylum patients as you build and combine their unique abilities to explore and master the vast interconnected asylum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Top-Down 10.8%
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Top-Down 6.4%
A Megaman Legends inspired, lighthearted shooting adventure! Force your way into mysterious ruins filled with ancient robots, find valuable treasure to upgrade your gear, and discover their true origin and purpose.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Fantasy 5.9%, 3D 5.9%
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 57.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 5.8%
Top-down 3D action-adventure with the spirit of 90s classics. Tight combat, handcrafted dungeons, clever puzzles, and modern pacing. Collect enchanted masks to channel primal powers, brave ancient alien trials, and awaken the island’s lost protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Top-Down 17.4%, Exploration 14.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 7.3%
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 50.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 6.7%, Family Friendly 6.5%
"Echoes Of Despair" plunges players into the horror of an abandoned hospital, where Sarah, an investigative journalist, must survive supernatural forces while uncovering the dark secrets of the past.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.7%, Adventure 24.3%, Exploration 21%, First-Person 18.5%, 3D 11.1%
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 5%, Combat 3.7%
Follow the Void Guardian as she inspects a space station after receiving a distress beacon from it and help her vanquish the hidden evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Top-Down 13.5%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D 9.3%, Puzzle 9%
Linkisa is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world inspired by Malagasy folklore and steampunk aesthetics. Play as General Linkisa, stripped of his memories, and explore the rain-soaked regions of the Empire of Orana in search of your past and the restoration of order. Masina ny orana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.3%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 8.3%, Exploration 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Connect the tiles and conquer the dungeon. Monsters and treasure await! Defeat monsters and move on. Power up when you get the treasure. Let's proceed while collecting treasures.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.7%, Adventure 25.2%, Top-Down 22.2%, 3D 13.9%, Fantasy 12.4%
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Cyberpunk 17%, Adventure 16.7%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 1.4%
Wandersky is a skybound top-down adventure with a single arrow and a flying house. Kuu and her companion Tama are on a mission to restore the land of Hyndara. Explore a huge world filled with puzzles, enemies and quests: the sky always carries those who dare to wander…
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 14%, 3D 6.7%, Fantasy 6.6%