60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, 2D, Action.
Team up with ALAN the robot in this atmospheric post-nuclear metroidvania. Explore and fight your way through a beautiful but deadly post-nuclear wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities that unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Augment Anthem
Combine four Augment types to transform your gun, movement, and traversal in a 2D sci-fi metroidvania. Explore interconnected environments from flooded ruins to abandoned bunkers, fight biomechanical threats, and rebuild the last human settlement.
Maverick
Maverick is an action-packed metroidvania with tight and deliberate controls. Run, jump, and shoot your way through a post-modern Earth under siege by alien-androids. Conquer dynamic enemies and bosses as you evolve your xeno-armor with enhancements and unlock unique abilities.
Combine four Augment types to transform your gun, movement, and traversal in a 2D sci-fi metroidvania. Explore interconnected environments from flooded ruins to abandoned bunkers, fight biomechanical threats, and rebuild the last human settlement.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Robots 12.2%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Platformer 6%
Maverick is an action-packed metroidvania with tight and deliberate controls. Run, jump, and shoot your way through a post-modern Earth under siege by alien-androids. Conquer dynamic enemies and bosses as you evolve your xeno-armor with enhancements and unlock unique abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Robots 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Exploration 5.9%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Robots 15.7%, Platformer 7.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
Rootfault is a dialogue-free Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic world full of machines that produce without knowing why. Explore what's left of it, solve electricity-based puzzles, and fight them to uncover what keeps this cycle alive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Robots 13.7%, Exploration 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Robots 16.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Platformer 7.2%, Exploration 6.6%
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Robots 19%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7%, 2D Platformer 6.8%
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Robots 13.3%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Platformer 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%
Discover 4 short metroidvania sci-fi adventures! Explore a submerged city, a lost world reclaimed by machines and a mysterious temple on an alien planet. Unlock new abilities to reach more places and battle deadly foes. Piece together the story of those places and discover how they’re all connected.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
A brutal action game set in a collapsing sci-fi nightmare. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you descend into a twisted post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Exploration 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Robots 14.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Retro 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Robots 13.9%, Retro 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
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 31.7%, Robots 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Platformer 8.9%
A deep wordless metroidvania with 20+ hours of exploration through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Gain new abilities, uncover hidden paths and discover meaning without dialogue or guidance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Robots 14.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%
Explore a broken world filled with masks and monsters in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. Fight strange enemies and twisted bosses with your katana and shotgun umbrella, unlock powerful new abilities, and uncover the truth behind the masks of Peaky Circus.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 7.2%
A platform adventure game incorporating elements from immersive sims and cinematic platformers. Run, fight and hack your way through a distant space colony as you attempt to reclaim your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Robots 18.4%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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 34.3%, Robots 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 8%
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
RE∀IVE is a 2D action metroidvania set on the war-torn artificial island of Atrificia. Switch between a former soldier and his damaged AI companion, Lily, unlock new abilities, and uncover the city’s hidden truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, 2D Platformer 6%, Sci-fi 5.9%
L'intrépide is a classic action/plateformer solo game with a touch of stupid humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Robots 13.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
An atmospheric 2D sidescroller platformer metroidvania game in a post nuclear-disaster setting where you play as a nuclear-fueled droid sent to Earth to find out if human life is possible once again. You will explore unique areas, unlock secret paths, learn new abilities, fight bosses and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Shadowed Journey is a Metroidvania-like game, where the player plays a sword-cultivating disciple of a fairy sect, who secretly goes down the mountain to return home. However, in this Dharma-ending age, what awaits you is a journey to hell, and all you can rely on is your flying sword and your heart
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%
"Wouldn't it be awesome to fly?" Travel to the world's end in this warping-boomerang adventure with its beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Robots 13.1%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
A terror in the sky is bent on exterminating a young wizard and her loved ones. Featuring a riveting and sinister story, set out to explore a vast world in this modern Metroidvania RPG, filled with devious monsters, lethal dungeons, creative puzzles, lively towns & many uncharted wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Platformer 9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Originally developed as a birthday gift for my nephew, Jackroid is a heartfelt indie game that blends classic action-platforming with Metroid-style exploration. After several requests and growing interest, I’ve decided to bring Jackroid to Steam. Free—as a thank you to everyone who’s supported me.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Robots 12%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
KAON: Fragmented Core is a 2D action-platformer with a metroidvania feel. You play as Kaon, an android awakened in a world where no one lives anymore, neither humans nor animals. Mostly what’s left is plants, ruins, and robots, a good chunk of them turned hostile
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Robots 13.7%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9%
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 40.6%, Robots 14.6%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%
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 31.9%, Robots 17.1%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Stylized 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%
Escape the factory in Small Matter! A 2D action-platformer through the guts of a machine that never stopped running. Time the pistons, outrun the fire, and tear through whatever it sends to keep you inside.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Robots 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%
Chasing the Sky is an epic adventure set on a vast flying island filled with terrifying monsters and mysteries. Explore its world, overcome deadly challenges, and gather a team to survive – all brought to life with classic hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 7.8%
Explore a ruined world as LoHa Beta Bot, a powerful robot cat. Fight dangerous machines, discover new abilities, uncover hidden paths and meet unique characters in a 2D action-adventure Metroidvania full of secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Robots 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.4%
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Robots 10.9%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
Lilium Reach is an action adventure where you travel to a distant, forgotten region of space. Explore and collect customizable gear to aid you as you face oddities, mysteries, and danger that your life in the core systems never prepared you for.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Exploration 8.1%, Platformer 7.9%
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 46.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
A story-driven, linear Metroidvania set 400 years after the Human-Robot wars of 199X. Hunted by machines and forced into pockets of semi-civilization, the remaining humans are being repurposed into living batteries. Will you be next?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Platformer 7.1%
Erandique the indigenous hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9.3%
You are a friendly explorer robot, searching for answers in a far away planet. Harness the power of the cosmos with your matter gun in this clever and minimalist adventure-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Robots 16.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%
Aetherica: Echoes of Exodus is a 2D, hand-drawn, metroidvania inspired action-adventure where you follow Floria and Kipp on their journey through an unique and epic journey inside the long lost dystopian civilization: Providence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Robots 19.9%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Platformer 7.1%, Exploration 7.1%
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Unstrung Machine is a 2D action-exploration metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by sentient machines. Awakened from a long coma, Niam must explore the ruins of civilization and uncover what happened while he was unconscious.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Robots 17.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
Fall from Space is a non-linear, sci-fi ARPG for the Gameboy. Combining Metroidvanian action with an open world RPG, and an epic story that spans a solar system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
MAGNET is a pixel-art Metroidvania set in a ruined world of robots. Harness magnetic and electrical powers to defeat enemies and overcome obstacles. Acquire new weapons and abilities to upgrade your robot.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Robots 17.5%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Platformer 6.7%
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Robots 11.6%, Platformer 8.7%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Play as a white fox who senses and harnesses electric fields in silent industrial ruins. Read field lines, alter circuits, exchange charge with the environment, and use your electrical state to overcome obstacles as you climb through a living world-circuit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Platformer 8.5%
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 48%, Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Exploration 10%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Story Rich 3.8%
This Game Is About Robots is a 3D Metroidvania about a battery robot named S04R who is trapped in the hidden lower levels of Cog Springs, a fully robotic society that unknowingly serves a long-forgotten humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Robots 18.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Stylized 7.8%, Platformer 6.3%
Gaze of the Eyeless is a 2D action adventure platformer! Choose your own path through the unwinding caverns of the underworld. Use ancient swords and guns to fight horrific monsters. Make friends, enemies, and Meet elder gods! Can you survive the unwinding caverns of the underworld?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Stylized 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9%
ELIZA;BETH is a 2D action platformer with RPG elements in the spirit of Metroidvania. Wake up in an underground complex in a fading world and fight mutants and broken machines. Uncover the secret behind humanity's demise together with a surviving girl.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Robots 18.3%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Lone Knight is a 2D Metroidvania, inspired by games like Super Metroid, Hollow Knight, Zelda: A link to the past and Haiku the robots. You'll explore a vast interconnected land, trying to survive looking for the source of a corrupted signal that holds the key of your future.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Robots 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Stylized 8.5%, Platformer 8.2%
