60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, 2D, Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics.
You are an inspiration-seeking wandering artist who mysteriously ends up in a faraway Valley. Will you find the inspiration you crave, or will you be lost to the mysteries of the Valley?
Sliding Hero
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Capybound
Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Collectathon 19.5%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Top-Down 7.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Collectathon 22.2%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
Nixie is a 2D story-driven exploration game about a robot’s search for a missing human lost in an android space colony. Slash, fling, and glide your way through an eclectic world, while enjoying colorful 16-bit pixel art and an infectious soundtrack!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Collectathon 23.9%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Philosophical 11%, Exploration 8.3%
Explore the whimsical world of Pippin in this short, 2D adventure and exploration game. Traverse a wild garden, uncover secrets, discover treasures, and meet adorable NPCs in this enchanting storybook world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Collectathon 23.1%, Relaxing 9%, Exploration 8.6%, Top-Down 6.3%
Embark on a tranquil journey in this cozy fishing game, you're free to explore a vibrant world brimming with secrets. Discover hidden coves, find unique rods, and venture into the charming world as you seek out new fishing grounds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Collectathon 23.7%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Exploration 8.7%, Top-Down 8.2%
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 36.3%, Nonlinear 18%, Top-Down 10.3%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 9.2%
Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Collectathon 24.4%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Top-Down 8.2%
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 32.9%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Explore the world of Celestia in this retro-inspired, top-down action adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Collectathon 28%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Top-Down 8.3%
Explore a strange overgrown world as a bee with a golf ball. Master the skills of bee-golf to uncover the mysteries hidden in its furthest reaches and hiding in front of you. Discover uses for abilities you didn't know you had. There are always more secrets for those who seek them beneath the green.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Collectathon 25.7%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
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 35.6%, Nonlinear 16%, Narration 15.4%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 8.4%
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 33.5%, Nonlinear 21%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Top-Down 5.9%
From the mind of award-winning visual artist, Xander Clinthorne, comes a meditative indie-game about wandering and taking it slow. This title takes you deep into a beautiful pixel-art world with flow state inducing gameplay, The Great Monkey's wisdom to discover and a stunning original soundtrack.
Why similar: Collectathon 26.1%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Philosophical 13.3%, Top-Down 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%
Rabbit-ify the world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Collectathon 28.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Relaxing 7.2%
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 55.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Nature 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
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 48.7%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
Spin to win! Help Lance on his quest to find neat collectibles and save his partner in this top-down pixel art game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Collectathon 30.3%, Top-Down 11.3%, Relaxing 8.9%, 2D 5%
After dreaming of catching a fish in the clouds, a hungry catgirl wakes with a craving only the perfect fish can satisfy. With none in sight, she sets off on an epic, puzzle-filled journey through space and time—meeting quirky friends and chasing a fish worthy of her feline desires.
Why similar: Collectathon 42.1%, Narration 18.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Comedy 8.2%, Puzzle 8%
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 44.4%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
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: Collectathon 31.1%, Metroidvania 29.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Relaxing 8.3%
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 46.1%, Top-Down 14.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
An alien lost on a strange planet needs help returning home
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Collectathon 23.3%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Puzzle 7.4%
Hunt ghosts and monsters using crayons, stamps, and art supplies as weapons in a wild-west cat-driven art world! This Metroidvania puzzle-platformer souls-like adventure is full of things to collect and defeat! Not only will you have to hunt monsters but also have to solve puzzles and grow stronger!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Collectathon 31.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 4.3%, 2D 4%
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 41.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12%, Narration 11.7%, Nonlinear 9.7%
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 37.7%, Nonlinear 21.8%, Top-Down 12.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
A small island in the Pacific. The greatest female pilot has vanished. Suffering from severe headaches, our protagonist depends on medication as they search for her, but... What is real and what is hallucination? A Zelda-like mystery adventure to uncover the island's truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Top-Down 10.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 46.4%, Nonlinear 26.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%, 2D 4.5%
A cozy, first-person explorer, full of dazzling sights, a charming story, cute creatures, and a living landscape that you Art Direct, as you bop about with a world-altering camera. Enjoy your virtual vacay!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Collectathon 22%, Philosophical 16%, Exploration 10.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Relaxing 8.7%
PRISM is a 2D exploration game with puzzle elements. Find shards hidden in each level of the labyrinth, and delve deeper to find the treasure hidden at its core.
Why similar: Collectathon 42.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Top-Down 15.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Collectathon 27.3%, Nonlinear 16%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Top-Down 13.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 7.4%
Explore, fight against enemies, collect items, cook to save the paradise. Recruit enemy monsters to your advantage
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Collectathon 27.6%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Nature 6.9%
Explore a growing treasure map overworld in a top-down action adventure. Collect artifacts and map fragments to gain instant upgrades, open new routes, and hunt six powerful relics across strange worlds.
Why similar: Collectathon 27.7%, Metroidvania 25%, Top-Down 13.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
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 47.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Top-Down 13.1%, Nonlinear 11.4%, 2D 5.9%
Wake up in a world where stories come to life. In this enchanted 8-bit musical adventure, use the power of song to explore whimsical book-inspired realms, solve puzzles, and help Rhapsody find her way home from a library that doesn't want to let her go.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Collectathon 29.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, 2D 4.6%
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Nonlinear 28.6%, Nature 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Exploration 6.3%
A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Collectathon 25.1%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Explore a 2D world divided between the four seasons, help its inhabitants, and solve the problems of each region while discovering the story behind this universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Collectathon 25.8%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
The path of a Buddhist monk is a path of enlightenment. Find your way through the mystical forest, encounter beautiful creatures, magical places, evil spirits and puzzling challenges that will test if you have what it takes to become a buddha.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.2%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Top-Down 12.7%, Relaxing 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%
Symbols have never had such an impact on a person’s fate. Meet a new part of a fascinating mystical doors puzzle. This time you will have to face the ruins of the past, hiding the secret of a vanished civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Philosophical 15.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%
Explore a whimsical and charming world made of jigsaw puzzle pieces as you solve sokoban-style puzzles. Uncover the hidden secrets of this compact puzzle adventure as you progress through the stages.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Collectathon 24.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Exploration 7.2%
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Collectathon 23.7%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Puzzle 7.8%, Exploration 7.6%
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Collectathon 15.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Nature 6.5%
Cooper's Cleanup is a top-down collect-a-thon. You play as C.O.O.P.E.R, a robot vacuum who is moving around a home, "cleaning" up the collectibles hidden throughout the level. However, C.O.O.P.E.R is new to his environment, and needs some time to find his way around.
Why similar: Collectathon 44.6%, Exploration 16.7%, Top-Down 16.7%, Relaxing 12.4%, 2D 7.5%
Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Collectathon 22.9%, Nonlinear 20.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
A 2.5D side scrolling, walking sim set in outback Australia. Play as a man whose childhood house has burnt down. He is walking to the house see if anything can be salvaged. Whist walking and talking on the phone to his wife the childhood memories come flooding in...
Why similar: Conversation 33.1% ★, Narration 23.1%, Relaxing 10.2%, Philosophical 8.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
IDEA is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.3%, Top-Down 16.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Philosophical 13.4%, Puzzle 12.8%
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Nonlinear 21.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Moth Planet is a kinetic, energetic 2D platformer where you interview moths and explore an interconnected world in search of the truth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Collectathon 36.6%, 2D 5.9%, Mystery 3.8%, Adventure 1.2%
Wild West, ancient magic, non-linear plot, puzzles and colorful characters are all waiting for you in “The Dancing Bones”! Deep drama and humor intertwine in a unique world where every choice you make changes the story. Are you ready to uncover secrets, break curses, and change your destiny?
Why similar: Conversation 34.5% ★, Nonlinear 17.4%, Narration 16.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Collectathon 26.5%, Nonlinear 24.6%, 2D 4.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.
Why similar: Collectathon 36.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Top-Down 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Nonlinear 26.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Top-Down 6.1%
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, 2D 7%, Story Rich 6.4%
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Nonlinear 26%, Exploration 9.9%, Story Rich 5.8%, 2D 4.5%
Discover the charming people of Clickville across the four seasons, as you assist them in locating their misplaced items. Search for all the hidden objects across various levels. The grateful townsfolk of Clickville will be sooo happy! Bonus level as a surprise for you!
Why similar: Collectathon 34.2%, Metroidvania 25.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Exploration 7.7%
Join Glyph, an orange robot on a heartfelt adventure around the world seeking safety and happiness. As Glyph traverses the globe collecting the cherished chocolat mint ice cream adored by his girlfriend, he'll realize that home is sometimes not a place but a person.
Why similar: Collectathon 38.2%, Conversation 22.6% ★, Narration 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Relaxing 8%
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 60.4%, Nonlinear 26.3%, 2D 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Adventure 1%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 73%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 6.6%, 2D 6.3%, Adventure 2.3%
