
Navigate and explore the twisted organic world with the ability to walk on anything! Climb large creatures, solve puzzles, unlock different forms and abilities, and uncover secrets in this atmospheric Puzzle-Metroidvania.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Exploration, Singleplayer, Metroidvania.

Navigate and explore the twisted organic world with the ability to walk on anything! Climb large creatures, solve puzzles, unlock different forms and abilities, and uncover secrets in this atmospheric Puzzle-Metroidvania.

Ascent DX
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.

CYPHER DUNGEON
Identifier = ZERO. Localization = unknown system. Objectives = survive, decrypt, escape. Codes are key. Death is protocol. The sequence begins now.
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 51.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Open World 10.2%, Adventure 7%
Identifier = ZERO. Localization = unknown system. Objectives = survive, decrypt, escape. Codes are key. Death is protocol. The sequence begins now.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Voxel 23.2% ★, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 9.2%
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 63.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 8.7%
Lapso is a single player first-person exploration game, with particular attention paid to the environmental narrative and sound. It develops through the figure of a scientific illustrator camping near a lake, documenting a special assignment.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.1%, Mystery 16.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Puzzle 16%, Atmospheric 11.3%
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Legend of a Soul Hunter is an action-adventure game with RPG elements. Explore islands and many individual dungeons by ship. Get items with different abilities, defeat monsters and become a successful soul hunter!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Open World 13%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Third Person 7.3%
An ocean. Ruins. A song. Recover what silence has erased. You are the last hope of a civilization on the brink of oblivion, with your voice as your only tool. Dive, listen, awaken. Unarmed, guided only by your senses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Exploration 15.4%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 12.5%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Puzzle 6.1%
A pure exploration and puzzle adventure on a dangerous alien world. Solve environmental challenges through logic, experimentation, and clever use of versatile tools. Sneak past enemies, plan your moves, and hunt down the 23 sacred talismans to earn your escape—or face eternal captivity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Sci-fi 12%, Dark 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 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 42.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Laser Maze is a puzzle game that takes place in an abandoned space station where you solve puzzles by redirecting lasers, moving boxes, and navigating through computer terminals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Open World 13.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Dark 8.5%
Mirkwood is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure set in a world fully aware of its digital existence. Use world-loading mechanics to solve puzzles and navigate the broken world.
Why similar: Open World 16.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Dark 10%, Atmospheric 9.8%
How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Dark 13.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
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 44.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Third Person 8.7%, Stylized 7.5%
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 42.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 11%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Sci-fi 15%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%
A sci-fi survival game on a hostile alien world. As a lone robotic unit, manage resources, upgrade your systems, face extreme weather, and uncover the mystery of the three moons through choices that shape your fate.
Why similar: Crafting 22.2%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%, 3D 9.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Casual 3.1%
Atmospheric FPS action, with puzzles, with spheres. Shoot, rotate, survive: unlock your path through a tight maze filled with spherical dangers. The Blank space is leaking out... Find a Mindgun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Open World 10.7%, Dark 10%, Puzzle 9.8%
"Wake up PROT. I need your help".Immerse yourself in a sci-fi adventure. Collect resources and fabricate equipment. Solve puzzles and construct a space ship to explore the cosmos and save the girl!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 12%, 3D 7.1%, Mystery 6.4%
Follow the journey of Genevieve Goldenglow as she sets off on an adventure to save her village from destruction by an encroaching corruption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 8.3%
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Open World 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%
Classic survival horror, reimagined in 2.5D pixel art—painted in four colors. Gather resources, craft what you need, and defend yourself against every shadow in a haunting minimalist world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Dark 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Mystery 8.8%
Do YOU like magic, guns, and adventure, then this is the game for you. Scrap Magic is a 3D, open world adventure game. Solve puzzles, explore, and restore the city to it's former glory. But beware, the land is dangerous with the monsters and roaming freely with no one to challenge their tyranny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Crafting 17.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 7.2%, Adventure 7.1%
Lumien is a fast-paced third-person platformer in which you explore the ruins of an ancient civilization and breathe life back into it. On your way past the various defenses, you'll be helped by the Orbs, fueled by the mysterious powers of the civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Open World 12.5%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 9%, Third Person 8.3%
Explore a mysterious alien world in this atmospheric Metroidvania shooter. A vast world awaits, but its greatest mystery is you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 6.2%, Atmospheric 4.4%
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 48.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, 3D 6.9%
A "creepy cozy" 3D adventure game about rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Third Person 9.4%
Vitrified is a post-apocalyptic metroidvania where survival depends on teamwork with your robotic friend ALAN. Explore a mysterious mutant wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities to unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Sci-fi 13%, Open World 11.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%
Wéko the Mask Gatherer is a 3D action-adventure game where you step into the shoes of Wéko, a mysterious adventurer on a quest to collect the seven powerful Primordial Masks in a mesmerizing world full of exploration, puzzles, and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Open World 12.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%
Explore Melior's military base in Secrets Under Eco; a 3D FPS pure metroidvania experience. Find equipment and fight enemies with unique wall-bouncing combat to escape the building and country that was once called home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Stylized 6.7%
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Open World 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%
Fight for your afterlife in DUST TO DUST! As a ghost on the run in a specter research facility, dash through interconnected levels, befriend the psychic Matthias, and take control of his body and powers to break down hostile coalesced creatures and wipe them out once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, Sci-fi 11%, Exploration 10.1%, 3D 7.7%, Adventure 6.4%
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Dark 8.1%, Open World 7.4%, Adventure 6.6%
A story-driven sci-fi adventure focused on exploration, atmosphere, and discovery. Unlock superhuman abilities, uncover forgotten technology, and gather resources to craft devices that help you solve mysteries on a remote and ancient planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Crafting 20.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%
Explore a small open world in first-person, solving environmental puzzles across five distinct biomes. Observe, experiment, and uncover secrets at your own pace in this calm, discovery-focused indie experience.
Why similar: Mystery 16.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Open World 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Sci-fi 13%, Exploration 9.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%
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 43.1%, Open World 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Mystery 10.2%
A first-person co-op survival horror game where 1–4 players explore eerie, abandoned structures, solve cryptic puzzles, and face terrifying entities in a world where humanity has vanished.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 8.1%, Futuristic 8%
Longtail!! is a story-driven action-adventure game where metroidvania-style exploration meets puzzle-filled dungeons. Uncover secrets, master energy powers, and traverse a shifting world on the brink of collapse. A heartwarming, action-packed journey full of charm and discovery awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Open World 15.3%, Third Person 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%, 3D 7.1%
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 43.9%, Exploration 14.1%, Puzzle 8.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Open World 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 53.6%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Open World 6.2%, Mystery 6%
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Futuristic 3.8%
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 40.1%, Mystery 17.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%
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 40.2%, Open World 16.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Dark 6.6%
TRELLIS is a puzzle/adventure game featuring Fig, a robot caretaker tending to its plant. Shine the Spotlight to guide Fig and solve dozens of unique puzzles, uncovering the mysteries of an ancient alien temple long forgotten… but not abandoned.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Exploration 19.7%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Sci-fi 11%, Adventure 10.6%
Soar through an alien world as a flying android. Dominate the environment with thunderous shouts —or surrender to the strange rhythms of wildlife. This planet does not obey humans. And maybe, neither should you.
Why similar: Mystery 16%, Open World 15.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Stylized 10.3%
Wake up in a war torn city, as you are hunted by formidable robotic invaders and desperate survivors alike. Prevail against powerful foes by discovering new abilities and testing your skills in a challenging 2-D metroidvania, all while learning the truth behind the mysterious Red Sun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Open World 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Mystery 7.7%
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 55.3%, Exploration 15.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Adventure 5.2%
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 43.9%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Stylized 8.4%
Journey into the world of Tesseract, a mind-bending VR puzzle adventure through a labyrinth of mysterious realms. Navigate perplexing shifts in gravity, travel through portals bridging dimensions, and activate ancient mechanisms that transform the environment around you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.5%, Puzzle 18.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 12.9%
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 42.2%, Puzzle 11%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 9%
Labyrinth of Light is a first-person puzzle game with platforming elements. The player can walk on any illuminated wall. Through a giant concrete maze in the Brutalist style, the player saves a withering tree.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
Survive the winding halls of the lost dwarven city of Direhold in this survival horror Metroidbrainia adventure. Use Rune Slates to decipher puzzles while avoiding the sinister creatures that now call the tunnels home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Exploration 15.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, 3D 7.1%, Adventure 5.8%
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 53.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.7%, Exploration 13.1%, Open World 12%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Adventure 6%
Embark on a deadly solo mission to uncover Vandermire’s secrets. Absorb alien morphs to evolve beyond human limits. Guided by your AI suit, explore alien biomes, master unique abilities, and fight to survive in a stunning action adventure. The universe is at stake.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%, 3D 6.3%
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 41.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 12%, Atmospheric 9.5%