
A tiny turn-based tactical... soulslike! Explore a twisty, interconnected world, battle enemies using a unique spin on a 'posture' system, and employ different combinations of upgrades to your advantage.
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A tiny turn-based tactical... soulslike! Explore a twisty, interconnected world, battle enemies using a unique spin on a 'posture' system, and employ different combinations of upgrades to your advantage.

Anatine
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.

Lelu
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!
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.2%, Metroidvania 30.3%, Minimalist 10%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
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 29.8%, Minimalist 11.6%, Top-Down 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Retro 7%
Top-down 3D action-adventure with the spirit of 90s classics. Tight combat, handcrafted dungeons, clever puzzles, and modern pacing. Collect enchanted masks to channel primal powers, brave ancient alien trials, and awaken the island’s lost protectors.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.4%, Metroidvania 22.9%, Top-Down 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Stylized 8.7%
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Souls-like 36%, Exploration 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 27%, Top-Down 8.3%, Exploration 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
“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: Souls-like 32.4%, Metroidvania 31.7%, Retro 10.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 7%
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Souls-like 43.9%, Metroidvania 42.9%, Stylized 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.3%, Metroidvania 31.7%, Top-Down 9.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Stylized 8.8%
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.4%, Metroidvania 34.1%, Exploration 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
A cozy souls-lite adventure about a small squirrel embarking on an epic quest to save her tribe from the corruption threatening to destroy their world. Upgrade your magical abilities, battle legendary guardians, and explore a dangerous, enchanted land in this 2D action-adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.5%, Metroidvania 25.1%, Top-Down 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Exploration 6.7%
Defend the Crystal Fortress and its people from invading forces in this blend of Turn-Based Tactical RPGs and Tower Defense. Summon the infantry, call out the archers, deploy turrets. Use all the available tools to keep the enemies at bay!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Grid-Based Movement 19.1%, Top-Down 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 35.9%, Stylized 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Combat 5.1%
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Souls-like 39.5%, Retro 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Souls-like 34.8%, Retro 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Combat 5%
A turn-based strategy game where you use different species of ants to best another colony
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, Grid-Based Movement 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Strategy 9.8%
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.3%, Metroidvania 28.6%, Retro 9.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%
Gridwardens is a turn-based tactics game built for quick, satisfying battles on a grid. Pick your squad, read the battlefield, and outsmart your opponent with clever positioning, timing, and ability combos. Every turn matters, and every unit can swing the match.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Minimalist 12.8%, Retro 12.4%, Strategy 10.7%
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: Souls-like 32.1%, Metroidvania 31.5%, Minimalist 11%, Exploration 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Minimalist 17.2%, Retro 12.9%, Top-Down 8.9%, Exploration 8.2%
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 45.5%, Souls-like 34.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 4.1%, 2D 3.8%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 56.1%, Metroidvania 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, 2D 2.5%, Atmospheric 1.9%
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Souls-like 38%, Exploration 6%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
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 40.7%, Souls-like 37.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Stylized 5.5%, 2D 2.7%
This is a classic strategy tactics game where you will play as a young general of the kingdom, leading the remaining soldiers to break through enemy lines and bring back critical intelligence to your homeland.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.7%, Minimalist 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
A retro turn-based tactics game where you have to find the one simulation to save the earth from its impending death. Control your army of robots to fight TERRAs on their mission to destroy the last remaining chance of terrestrial life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Top-Down 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Strategy 7.5%
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Souls-like 36%, Metroidvania 34.5%, Exploration 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
Why similar: Souls-like 36%, Metroidvania 28.7%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
A turn-based Boss Rush with Souls-like elements: Zero help, just your attention and strategy! Play alone, with and against your friends or community.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.4%, Metroidvania 30.1%, Exploration 12%, Top-Down 7.4%, Cute 6.9%
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.5%, Metroidvania 29.2%, Top-Down 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Cute 7%
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Souls-like 46.8%, Metroidvania 38.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Atmospheric 3.6%, 2D 1.8%
Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 30.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Top-Down 7.4%, Combat 6.7%
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Souls-like 33%, Metroidvania 29.4%, Top-Down 9.1%, Exploration 9%, Stylized 6.9%
Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
Why similar: Souls-like 35.5%, Metroidvania 33.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Cute 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Souls-like 33.7%, Metroidvania 29.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Top-Down 8.7%, Cute 5.5%
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Souls-like 37.7%, Exploration 6.7%, Atmospheric 6%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Souls-like 37.2%, Exploration 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%, 2D 3.6%
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.6%, Metroidvania 36%, Exploration 8.8%, Atmospheric 8%, Cute 4.7%
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.6%, Metroidvania 36.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Cute 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Souls-like 28.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Cyan Alert! Set your eyeballs on stunned because it's time for CGA Trek! Your continuing mission is to seek out and destroy an invading fleet of warships in this modern homage to the classic turn-based strategy "Trek" game that originated on mainframe computers in the 1970s.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.9%, Minimalist 19.6%, Grid-Based Movement 16.3%, Retro 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
The two countries went to war, unleashing forbidden powers. Years later, monsters ravage the land. The protagonist awakens, battles the monsters, explores the world, uncovers the truth of the past, and seeks to recover lost memories—a lonely journey of wandering and struggling against oneself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Souls-like 34%, Exploration 9.5%, Top-Down 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Souls-like 48.5%, Metroidvania 42.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 2.4%
Phantom Rend is an intense Action-Adventure! Where you Find Your Ways through a Vast phantom Infested Island nation, wage Epic battles against formidable foes, Upgrade your skills and items, Uncover ancient secrets, Meet and befriend creatures of all walks of life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Souls-like 26.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Cute 4.7%
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Minimalist 12.3%, Retro 11.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Stylized 9.3%
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 42.7%, Top-Down 14.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.3%, Cute 8.4%
HALLOW BLADE is a dark fantasy action adventure set in a vast interconnected subterranean kingdom where you form an unbreakable bond with an ancient possessed sword hungry for souls and vengeance.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.3%, Metroidvania 35.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Exploration 7%, Retro 6.3%
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Souls-like 34.9%, Metroidvania 32.8%, Stylized 8.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Combat 6.5%
The story of the legendary Vlad Dracula starts in a dark dungeon under the castle of Egrigoz, surrounded by horror, death and medieval torture. A retro Classicvania where you get to be Dracula, the medieval ruler of Wallachia, and see his side of the story!
Why similar: Souls-like 44.4%, Metroidvania 35.8%, Retro 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 4%, 2D 1.8%
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Souls-like 34.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Stylized 7.5%, Combat 5.4%
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Souls-like 45.3%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Hunt a plethora of monsters using unique items in a dynamic turn-based grid puzzler! Complete the bite-sized levels in as few turns as possible and help V-Hunter defeat the evil vampire Alric!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Top-Down 10.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Grid-Based Movement 8.1%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 64.4%, Metroidvania 29.7%, 2D 2.7%, Atmospheric 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A Text-Adventure/Metroidvania set in a post apocalyptic city shrouded by an endless storm. Features turn-based combat, character leveling, weapon upgrades, and more! Explore the ruined city of Etheria, fight back against its deadly inhabitants, and find a way to put an end to the storm!
Why similar: Souls-like 29.1%, Metroidvania 28.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
A vertically-structured Metroidvania where genetic mutations redefine progression. Navigate a divine-biomechanical labyrinth with dynamically evolving combat forms, where every choice alters companion fates and the world's collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Souls-like 41.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, 2D 3.7%, Combat 2.4%
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Souls-like 36.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Atmospheric 5%
CINCILLA es una aventura metroidvania 2D de fantasía oscura con temática pixel art. Explora un misterioso pueblo con más de 50 niveles interconectados y descubre los misterios que se ocultan entre los Hilos y la Superficie.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.2%, Metroidvania 38.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, 2D 3.8%
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Souls-like 36.3%, Metroidvania 34.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
The doors of hell have been opened, and now demons walk the earth. Embark on an action-packed and mysterious adventure where you will have to confront the most dangerous enemies and solve the most intricate puzzles. All with the help of an extensive arsenal of weapons and summonings.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.8%, Metroidvania 29.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Top-Down 8.1%, Cute 5.6%
Explore a strange interconnected world, find weapons to shoot those that stand in your way, and discover hidden upgrades and abilities to discover even greater secrets in an action adventure first person metroidvania.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.7%, Metroidvania 36.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Stylized 7.7%, Sci-fi 3.9%