60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 2D Platformer, 2D, Pixel Graphics, Platformer.
A Game Boy soaked platformer where Abe’s Oddysee collides with Mario and Mega Man. Cast gnarly spells, crush twisted foes, and unearth bodacious secrets in a world dripping with lo-fi pixel art, a face-melting soundtrack, and razor-tight controls.
Archesis
Save the kingdom of Archesis in this unique 2D metroidvania game where you can freeze time! Traverse a vast kingdom packed with exciting encounters, unlock new abilities, and overcome its various obstacles! Skillfully harness the power of time, as time only moves when you move.
Core Descent
Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.
Save the kingdom of Archesis in this unique 2D metroidvania game where you can freeze time! Traverse a vast kingdom packed with exciting encounters, unlock new abilities, and overcome its various obstacles! Skillfully harness the power of time, as time only moves when you move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Bullet Time 26.6% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, 2D Platformer 5.9%, Platformer 5.4%
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 20.3%, Metroidvania 20%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 8.6%
Disavowed is a Metroidvania that allows the player to freeze time and set up pinpoint shots to stun enemies. It is set in a world of plush and cute creatures where the player has been cast out and needs to go on a journey to gather more strength and get back at his creator for tossing him out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Bullet Time 22.5% ★, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Embark on a journey through a new mythological realm as Porasy, an Indigenous warrior. Explore uncharted landscapes, unleash the power of Muiraquitãs, unravel your story, and vanquish the Seven Legendary Beasts to carve your own legend. Are you ready to dive into this epic adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Collectathon 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 7.5%
Record your movements and play them back to progress. Use your recorded echoes to weigh down pressure plates, body-block lasers, and trigger springs to launch you across gaps. Master the timeline and complete all 29 time-bending levels.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Platformer 7.9%
"Exp10sion" is a pixel-art puzzle platformer. You'll play as a bomb that explodes within 10 seconds. Each explosion respawns the bomb, starts a new round, and generates a "Time Shadow" of your last round. Use your shadow wisely to solve the puzzles!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 28% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 7.3%
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 26%, Collectathon 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 8.4%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9%, Magic 7.5%
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
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 27.7%, Collectathon 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 8.3%
A handcrafted pixel art Metroidvania that blends deep exploration with roguelike progression. Discover secrets, evolve your build, and face a world where every choice can lead to one of three endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Collectathon 18.8%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Magic 8.5%, Exploration 6.9%
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 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 7.7%
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 34.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 33.2%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 13.3%, 1990's 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 9.4%, 1990's 9.3%
Fluctuoid (noun.) a thing that changes size. Puzzle platforming that emphasises flow, discovery and a unique, laid back experience. Shrink and grow to make your way through the maze.
Why similar: Collectathon 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Bullet Time 19.2% ★, 2D Platformer 17%, Puzzle 6.8%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8.5%
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Physics 6.5%, Platformer 5.8%
TIMEWINDER is a 2D platformer with puzzle and precision elements. Run, jump, dash and travel in time to brave the obstacles and continue on your journey, but be careful not to break the timeline continuity!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Exploration 12%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 7.1%, Fantasy 6.5%
You're trapped in a strange facility with only one tool at your disposal - a Rocket Launcher. You must use this launcher to rocket jump your way to the goal across many unique new environments, dealing with the hazards in your way.
Why similar: Bullet Time 25% ★, Time Manipulation 21.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Physics 8.4%
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Platformer 10%
Fledge is a 2D platform game in which the player takes on the role of Corentin, a young pigeon who takes flight to find his idol and become, like him, a great explorer. However, this hasty flight is far from a success... Help him make his dream come true!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Collectathon 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9%
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 15.5%, Action 7%, Physics 6.7%
Solve each level, layer by layer, as the ghosts of your deaths stack up.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Time Manipulation 13.1% ★, Platformer 12.8%
An action/adventure 2D platformer game focus on exploration
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Collectathon 26.4%, Platformer 13.5%, 1990's 9.3%, Action 6.5%
We play for small shaman in the world of dreams, which moves in a static world to move to the next level
Why similar: Bullet Time 28.1% ★, Time Manipulation 27.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 7.6%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Collectathon 21.9%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
A time-bending 2D platformer in the least amount of pixels possible.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.8% ★, Bullet Time 20.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
Navigate a surreal, dreamlike world in this atmospheric 2D puzzlevania. Manipulate light and shadow to cast solid platforms out of thin air, solve intricate room puzzles, and uncover the mysteries hidden within the high-contrast darkness. Master the eclipse to survive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Guide two froggy friends through a pixelated, time-warping adventure. This 2D platformer will require you to master the time loop and leap your way across 30+ levels of hazards and puzzles.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 9.1%, 1990's 8.3%
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 9.6%
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 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Puzzle 7.5%
Manipulate time to your whim! Use your powers of time manipulation to advance in this 2D Puzzle Adventure!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Magic 10.1%, Platformer 8%
Poor Windy has come to search for the treasure hidden on the island. The queens who protect the island are not afraid of her as long as she doesn't do anything unnecessary.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Collectathon 23%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 5.5%
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 9%
Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and unity?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.7%, 1990's 8.4%
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 29%, Collectathon 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 7.8%
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 40%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Magic 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Help Tom hack-and-slash his way though a dream from which he cannot wake up. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane situations and strangers that needs help.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Collectathon 21.2%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 9%
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 40%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D 3.6%
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.5% ★, Metroidvania 31%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Fantasy 4%
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 8.2%
Trapped on a mysterious planet, HIIT finds himself in a hostile world filled with challenges to overcome. Explore this Metroidvania adventure focused on platforming and puzzles to uncover what happened in Zaruma before your arrival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Collectathon 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.6%
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 8.8%
Manipulate space and time in this planetary puzzle-platformer. Learn the rules to unravel more of the world and the secrets within. Do you remember? 183 15.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 9%, Exploration 8%
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Collectathon 13.6%, Physics 10.1%, Platformer 9.7%
Dead Dog is a stealth puzzle-platformer where you control an undead assassin. Master teleportation, invisibility, and shadow clones to infiltrate enemy bases, outsmart patrols, and uncover a hidden past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Bullet Time 17% ★, Time Manipulation 15.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 8%
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8%
Roskur's Run is an evolution of classic 90's "Hedgehog" physics-based platforming with a deeper move set, upgrades, and a non-linear world to explore. The loop: Explore > Collect > Upgrade > SPEED RUN > Unlock > Explore
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Collectathon 22.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, 1990's 11%, Retro 6%
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9%, Exploration 8.4%
