Games Like Wings of Vi

Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...

Why similar: Difficult 17.4%, Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Metroidvania 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intense bullet-hell boss fights with platforming and a strong anime aesthetic featuring female protagonists.

Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.

Why similar: Difficult 27.1%, Platformer 20.4%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Anime 9.9%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact anime-inspired, high-difficulty boss-rush DNA that makes Wings of Vi so compelling.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 27.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Difficult 10.8%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers high-speed, momentum-based platforming with a distinct anime style and multiple playable female characters.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32%, Difficult 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern precision platforming, focusing on tight controls and overcoming difficult, screen-based challenges.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Difficult 26.8%, Platformer 17.2%, Metroidvania 16%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Anime 6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar atmospheric, challenging 2D action-platforming experience with a female lead.

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection brings together six classic titles in one game: Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. The collection also features Z-Chaser, an exclusive new mode created just for this set of games.

Why similar: Difficult 24.1%, Platformer 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Action 13.2%, Metroidvania 9%

Why You'll Like It: This collection serves as the primary mechanical inspiration for the fast-paced, challenging action-platforming found in Wings of Vi.

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

Why similar: Difficult 26.1%, Platformer 15.4%, Metroidvania 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully animated metroidvania that incorporates bullet-hell mechanics and precise time-manipulation platforming.

A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.

Why similar: Platformer 34.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Anime 15.5%, Action 11.4%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, anime-styled action platformer that emphasizes precision movement and challenging combat encounters.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.6%, Difficult 22.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Gore 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, combat-heavy platformer that demands high precision and quick reflexes.

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.6%, Difficult 22.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal precision platformer that captures the same 'one more try' addictive difficulty loop as Wings of Vi.

A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.

Why similar: Platformer 21.1%, Metroidvania 18.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Anime 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished, anime-styled 2D action experience with fluid combat and exploration.

Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Platformer 22.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep combat mechanics and challenging boss battles within a 2D platforming framework.

Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Metroidvania 17%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Anime 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D action-platformer featuring a beloved female protagonist and tight, responsive controls.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.7%, Difficult 18.4%, Platformer 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist precision platformer that relies entirely on unique gravity-flipping mechanics to create intense difficulty.

Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

Why similar: Difficult 19.7%, Platformer 18.6%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action game that captures the difficulty and aesthetic of classic 8-bit platformers.

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

Why similar: Platformer 22%, Difficult 21.9%, Metroidvania 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Anime 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, retro-inspired action platformer that rewards mastery of movement and attack patterns.

The original Rubbering Action game comes to Steam! Play as Umihara Kawase, an adventurer traveling through a world in search of ingredients. Hook the lure at the end of her stretchy rubber rope onto ceilings and walls to swing and leap through the stages. Quick reflexes and clever thinking are key!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.9%, Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 10.2%, Female Protagonist 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique physics-based precision platformer that requires mastery of a grappling hook to navigate difficult terrain.

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.5%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Metroidvania 13.7%, Anime 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: An extremely difficult precision platformer that tests your mastery of movement mechanics in complex environments.

Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.1%, Difficult 25.4%, Platformer 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Female Protagonist 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced precision platformer that demands perfect execution and speed to navigate its dangerous levels.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Metroidvania 21.1%, Platformer 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich action-platformer that balances complex boss fights with intricate platforming challenges.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Platformer 13%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Anime 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sprawling metroidvania with a female protagonist and deep RPG elements that complement its action-platforming core.

Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

Why similar: Difficult 22.7%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Anime 9.7%, Platformer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to the Momodora series, offering challenging 2D combat and a dark, atmospheric world.

Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!

Why similar: Platformer 20.6%, Female Protagonist 18%, Metroidvania 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Anime 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A polished, high-energy action-platformer with a focus on character abilities and tight level design.

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Platformer 32.4%, Metroidvania 23.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Action 6.6%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning action-platformer with fluid combat and a strong, character-driven narrative.

Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37%, Platformer 23%, Metroidvania 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that focuses on exploration and precise movement in a vibrant, challenging world.

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 23.8%, Platformer 22.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Difficult 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired metroidvania that features challenging platforming puzzles and exploration.

C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Why similar: Difficult 37.9%, Platformer 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, challenging action-platformer from a legendary developer that emphasizes precise shooting and movement.

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.4%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Metroidvania 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult precision platformer that uses a unique two-button control scheme to test your reflexes.

TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Difficult 22.6%, Platformer 12%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%

The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

Why similar: Difficult 52.5%, Great Soundtrack 29.4%, Action 6.4%, Bullet Hell 5.8%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: While primarily a boss-rush game, it captures the intense, pattern-based difficulty and anime aesthetic of Wings of Vi's bosses.

This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.7%, Difficult 25.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A bite-sized, intense precision platformer that focuses on delivering difficult, single-screen challenges.

Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!

Why similar: Platformer 26.7%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Metroidvania 13.6%, Anime 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Can't run or jump? But with a bat, you can surpass any obstacle! Climb to the heavens, learn techniques, and discover secrets across the valley in this challenging puzzle - execution - momentum game!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.9%, Difficult 26%, Platformer 12.6%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Anime 5.4%

Seraph is a skill-based, acrobatic shooter... without aiming! Take the role of an angel who's mastered the art of 'Gun Fu' as she blasts and cartwheels her way through hordes of twisted demons.

Why similar: Platformer 43.6%, Female Protagonist 37.7%, Action 12.5%, 2D 6.2%

Nixxsz Castle is a precision platform and rage inducing game. Inspired by games from previous generations, Nixxsz Castle has a very hard gameplay experience for those with patience and skill.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.2%, Difficult 25%, Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Anime 6.6%

A great unknown danger is approaching Roah's home planet. Follow Roah as she explores the world and encountering all of its different factions, uncovering the mystery of what is draining the planets lifeforce.

Why similar: Difficult 20%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Metroidvania 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%

Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Anime 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.4%, Platformer 15.6%, Difficult 15%, Metroidvania 12.5%, Cute 4.4%

Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Why similar: Platformer 36.1%, Precision Platformer 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Difficult 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!

Why similar: Platformer 25%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Difficult 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

-A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.

Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Action 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Anime 9.6%

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Difficult 29.2%, Platformer 20.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Anime 6.4%

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 19.8%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Difficult 12.2%, Metroidvania 7%

Step into the shoes of Freudia Neuwahl, a cool and collected young woman on a mission to save her best friend from an Imperial witch hunt. "Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel" is the sequel to "Rosenkreuzstilette", a level-based 2D side scrolling action game for PC.

Why similar: Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Anime 8.9%

FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.1%, Difficult 26.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Female Protagonist 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, Difficult 21.8%, Platformer 14%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

A crazy platformer about a hungry demon girl who wants to eat lots of meat!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.4%, Platformer 20.4%, Difficult 7.9%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Action 6.3%

Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.9%, Metroidvania 21.4%, Anime 8%, 2D 7.9%, Action 6.7%

Help Leah overcome a serious illness caused by her cybernetic implants. In this a platformer from the creators of Aeterna Noctis, you will face hundreds of challenges and secrets that unravel the mystery of Eden Genesis. Live this Cyberpunk 2D adventure.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.3%, Difficult 23.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Metroidvania 5.2%

"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.

Why similar: Platformer 19.2%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Difficult 12.6%, Anime 10.1%

The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.4%, Difficult 22.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Metroidvania 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

The definitive sequel to the popular series that began with Umihara Kawase in 1994 and Umihara Kawase Shun in 1997 comes to Steam! Master the stretchy rubber rope and use recoil and pendulum motion to reach the goal. Experience the one-of-a-kind “Rubbering Action” game from the original team!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.2%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Anime 6.5%

Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Platformer 22.7%, Anime 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.9%, Difficult 27.8%, Platformer 17.7%, 2D 4.1%, Action 3.3%

Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.3%, Difficult 27.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.

Why similar: Difficult 31.6%, Platformer 20.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Anime 7.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 16%, Action 10.3%, Metroidvania 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%

A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.

Why similar: Difficult 30.3%, Platformer 18.8%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Metroidvania 13.4%, Cute 4.6%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Platformer 20.7%, Difficult 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, 2D 6.1%