Games Like Unstrong

It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Platformer 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

Juno’s Darkest Hour is a simple but challenging 2D action adventure platformer game inspired by the side-scrollers of the past. Explore the secrets of a vast monochromatic world. Will you succeed against all odds, or will you die over and over again?

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.6%, Difficult 17.6%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Metroidvania 9.9%

Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Difficult 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Old School 10%

Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 18.9%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Old School 9.5%

The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Nonlinear 15.2%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Old School 5.9%

Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Difficult 16.6%, Nonlinear 15.6%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%

Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.2%, 1990's 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Difficult 14.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 10.2%

Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Difficult 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Old School 10.7%, Platformer 10.4%

Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Nonlinear 18.8%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Difficult 15.2%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 11%

A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.3%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 10%, Retro 9.1%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Difficult 17.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Retro 6%

Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Nonlinear 20.3%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 12.1%, Difficult 9.1%

A non-linear Metroidvania platformer that's cute but also a bit creepy. Find upgrades, learn spells and banish the spirits who have become twisted by The Duchess's curse!

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Nonlinear 14.9%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Join Lynn, a descendant of a long line of whip-wielding warriors, in a 2D adventure through a perilous, abandoned castle filled with treasure.

Why similar: Difficult 23.7%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Old School 9.5%

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 9.1%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Retro 8.2%

You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Difficult 11.1%, Retro 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Platformer 15.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Retro 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Ruby the ghost hunter has a tough gig this Halloween. Explore the haunted mansion, take down some ghosts, battle spooky bosses, and rescue the lost cats!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 11.1%

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Why similar: Metroidvania 51.9%, Difficult 10.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Retro 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Platformer 11.4%

A short metroidvania platformer game about a small island of pigs drawn into the worldly events of a new world ruled by a Corporation of a Dragon.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Platformer 13.7%, 1990's 11%, 2D Platformer 10.2%

A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 10.6%, Old School 10.3%, 1990's 9.9%

The fox princess's great adventure! A story from a little while ago. Tamamo Hime wakes up in the Ayakashi world, ``Kakuriyo.'' She makes her way home, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Explore various stages and move forward with graceful actions! Is this world a dream or...

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Nonlinear 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%

Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 15.9%, 1990's 10.4%, Action 6.7%

Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Nonlinear 19.8%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 10%, 1990's 7.9%

Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Retro 10.6%, Old School 10.2%

A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Difficult 13.9%, Old School 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%

Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Old School 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 10.9%

Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Nonlinear 19.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 16.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Action 7.7%

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 48.3%, Difficult 20.3%, Platformer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Adventure 4.3%

Forge your destiny in Castleward! Play as Frida, a young witch and her living hat, facing cursed creatures in a dark castle. Explore striking areas in search of a way out and fight your own way in this challenging retro 2D action game!

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Female Protagonist 6%

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 44.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Old School 8.7%

Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.7%

Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 14.5%, 1990's 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

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

Why similar: Metroidvania 54.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Difficult 9.8%, Retro 4.7%

Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%

Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%

Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Platformer 5.9%

Fly with Maya through this charming 2D platformer! Find your way through the different parts of Maya's hometown, collect artifacts to gain different powers and experience a heartfelt tale of self-discovery and friendship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11%

In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Difficult 8.6%, Action 7.2%

Get into my infected computer and restore every virus-ridden system by recovering game attributes like color or save functions. Enjoy this parody of multiple classic games from 80s & 90s.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Nonlinear 17.1%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Old School 8.8%

A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Nonlinear 23.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Retro 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Difficult 14.1%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Platformer 8%

Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Nonlinear 6.1%

Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Retro 8.9%

All alone, Hania sets out on a journey to find the answers to her past across this uncharted, perilous and magical world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Discover forbidden lore which warps your body and reality itself. The more you know, the worse it gets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Platformer 12.1%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action 3.1%

Get ready for platforming incarceration insanity in this new Megadrive game, Prisonela MD. These levels may be short, but fun!

Why similar: 1990's 19%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Old School 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Retro 11%

Blooming is a 2D action platformer where you wield a bow that transforms into dual blades. Explore interconnected areas in any order, defeat powerful bosses, and absorb their abilities to grow stronger.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 13.8%, Old School 13.4%, 1990's 9.6%

Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Retro 5.6%

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 50.9%, Difficult 21.3%, Platformer 14.4%, Retro 3.8%, Adventure 3%

Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!

Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Female Protagonist 5.6%

Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Nonlinear 19%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Difficult 18.7%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 4.2%

Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.

Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Retro 8.4%