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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 27%, Collectathon 22.1%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8%

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 35.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Top-Down 9.7%

This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Anime 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 8.9%

Play as the last Star Princess in a magical Metroidvania adventure. Explore the quiet and strange aftermath of a land where every wish came true. Gain star powers, summon companion creatures, and listen to the world to set things right.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Collectathon 22.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%

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 32.8%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Top-Down 7.9%

A colorful metroidvania about a catgirl who awakens in a world where the gods have destroyed humanity. Explore the ruins of a fallen civilization, uncover forgotten abilities, and challenge the gods themselves to save a world on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Collectathon 23.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Puzzle 6.9%

Dive into the guts with Star Iliad, a retro-future action adventure game. Play as Blythe Braves, a star ranger stranded within the labyrinthine organs of the mythical Star Whale. Fight fearsome foes, sling spells and bullets, and befriend a charming set of castaways in your quest to escape.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Anime 12.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Comedy 6.5%

Gastova is a lighthearted 2D platform adventure game. As the Guardian Witch of Arkana, Gastova must keep the balance of magic, solve a mystery involving the elemental fount guardians, discover hidden truths, and protect the future of her world from ominous forces before it's too late...

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Anime 10.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Action-Adventure 8%

Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Action-Adventure 18%, Exploration 12.1%, Top-Down 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

A 2D top-down exploration adventure with no map and no markers. Fall into a lonely seaside cove, find a magic leaf beneath a shriveled lotus tree, and learn to jump, swim, and dash your way toward the chapel. The way out is a puzzle, and the cove is hiding more than it shows.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 9%, Top-Down 8.5%

Tomba is back for more in Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition, a celebration of the often overlooked sequel to the legendary platformer, Tomba!

Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Collectathon 20.3%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Anime 10.3%, Exploration 7.9%

Explore the whimsical world of Pippin in this short, 2D adventure and exploration game. Traverse a wild garden, uncover secrets, discover treasures, and meet adorable NPCs in this enchanting storybook world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Collectathon 23.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8%, Cute 7.2%

Explore the wonderful world with baby Ogu! 'Ogu and the Secret Forest' is a 2D adventure game with hand-drawn characters and various types of puzzles. Befriend bouncy characters and defeat strange creatures to unravel the mystery of the charming world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Collectathon 23.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%

Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Action-Adventure 14%, Anime 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Old School 6.4%

Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%

"Futanatural" is a side-scrolling puzzle escape game set in an abandoned hotel. Rookie reporter Mia Kirimura gets trapped in an abandoned hotel she's covering and must solve riddles to escape. By exploring the abandoned hotel and solving riddles, you can advance to new areas.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Cute 7.2%

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: Metroidvania 30.2%, Anime 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.5%

A Story-Rich RPG/Action-Adventure Game, made by one person over the course of three years. Step into the shoes of the young Elf Rynna, and explore the Sacred Lands. Venture into dangerous dungeons, explore caves and solve puzzles and become the champion of the Goddess Illeria.

Why similar: Collectathon 17.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Anime 9.8%, Top-Down 7.8%

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 28.1%, Collectathon 22.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%

Minesweeper Girl is a "minesweeper" style game where you move through a game field searching for mines and unique collectibles. Grab your metal detector and experience the classic gameplay in a new way!

Why similar: Collectathon 30.8%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Anime 14.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Cute 7.8%

Team up with the cats and take down the evil humans! A thrilling, cat-dancing Beat-'Em-Up Side Scroller begins!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Collectathon 21.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Anime 9.3%, Exploration 7.5%

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 32.8%, Collectathon 24.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.

Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Top-Down 9.5%

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 35.1%, Anime 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.

Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Anime 11.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8%

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 27.3%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.2%

Join Windle the Wizard on magical 3D adventure to rescue sheep, battle monsters and save the kingdom from being torn apart.

Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Collectathon 25.1%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Comedy 6.5%

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 32.4%, Collectathon 26.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Old School 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

Get ready for a new adventure in the world of NATEM! Explore beautiful worlds, solve puzzles with new tools and meet wonderful people in this journey through a digital universe full of secrets in search of someone special.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Collectathon 23.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Comedy 6.6%

Grab, shake, throw, and kick to save your islands from total chaos in this action-packed blast-to-the-past 2.5D Platformer inspired by some of our favorite 5th generation games!

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Collectathon 22.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Anime 8.3%

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 31.9%, Collectathon 25%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Exploration 8.9%

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: Metroidvania 26.6%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Top-Down 12.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11.3%

Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, Collectathon 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Crow has to defeat enemies and collect coins and others.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Collectathon 17.9%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Colorful 5.8%

Tribe of the Accord is a pixel-art action game where you play as Adira, a young huntress on a quest to rescue her father. Throughout your journey, you'll gain new abilities, form alliances, and discover your place in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Female Protagonist 13%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Top-Down 8.9%

A fantastical, atmospheric Metroidvania platformer where you jump, fight, and expand your abilities to escape your exile and confront the beastly Queen who banished you. But will this fairy-tale end with you becoming a hero, or a beast?

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Explore a mysterious island in this beautiful hand-drawn side-scrolling adventure. Befriend the characters you meet in order to learn new abilities that let you reach new areas. Story, visuals, game design and music by FreddeGredde.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Collectathon 24.9%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Colorful 5.7%

Spin to win! Help Lance on his quest to find neat collectibles and save his partner in this top-down pixel art game!

Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Collectathon 29.9%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6%

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 37.8%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Stylized 7.6%

Take control of Piko, our hammer wielding heroine, as you bash things up with a big hammer in this cute Anime-styled 2D metroidvania-inspired adventure! Uncover mysteries! Beat the bad guys who do naughty things! Explore the Piko Piko world with her floof fox friend!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Anime 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

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 30.5%, Metroidvania 26.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Cute 6.5%

Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.

Why similar: Metroidvania 52.5%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Top-Down 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Retro 4.7%

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a 3D adventure game where you take on the role of a young wildlife photographer who traverses Maravilla Island's magical ecosystems to discover extraordinary creatures, learn their behaviors, and, most importantly, photograph their majesty.

Why similar: Collectathon 29.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%

A game about saving a dying planet.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Anime 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!

Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8%, Puzzle 6.9%

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 35.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Succubus Successor is a seductive Metroidvania where Charm lets you beguile enemies. Play as a succubus searching for the missing Demon Lord while exploring a vast world filled with combat, platforming, puzzles, and hidden secrets.

Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Collectathon 18%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Anime 9.5%

Vyanka's Memories is a platform-style game with metroidvania elements. Vyanka is a monster hunter who was called to her home village to protect it from a vampire. In the confrontation, she loses all her memories and powers and must remember them by defeating monsters in different biomes.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Collectathon 23.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Pinbleton Park is a small open world cosy adventure game where the whole world can transform into a giant pinball table. Help the villagers, rescue lost spirits, craft new pinball elements, and take down the corporation bent on destroying the forest!

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Collectathon 25.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Anime 10%, Exploration 8.3%

Help Skye the Bunny find her lost brother Claudio in this action-packed horror adventure with charming pixel graphics. Hop like a bunny and get ready to explore the haunted streets of Carrot Town!

Why similar: Collectathon 27.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 9.7%

Hunt ghosts and monsters using crayons, stamps, and art supplies as weapons in a wild-west cat-driven art world! This Metroidvania puzzle-platformer souls-like adventure is full of things to collect and defeat! Not only will you have to hunt monsters but also have to solve puzzles and grow stronger!

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Collectathon 30.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Cute 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

Join Noctus in a top-down action-adventure and wield the power of the moon as you explore, fight the darkness, restore lost souls, and bring life back to the land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Top-Down 10.2%, Puzzle 7.1%

An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.

Why similar: Collectathon 32.6%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Top-Down 8.9%

You are an inspiration-seeking wandering artist who mysteriously ends up in a faraway Valley. Will you find the inspiration you crave, or will you be lost to the mysteries of the Valley?

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Collectathon 27.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Top-Down 8.1%

Tokino Sora zaps into another world mid-live! Join her Hololive friends in a thrilling Metroidvania-style action-adventure, blending 2D and 3D. Explore a mysterious realm, recover scattered items, and guide Sora’s epic tale to a dazzling finale!

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Anime 11.5%, Fantasy 6.7%

Explore a growing treasure map overworld in a top-down action adventure. Collect artifacts and map fragments to gain instant upgrades, open new routes, and hunt six powerful relics across strange worlds.

Why similar: Collectathon 25.9%, Metroidvania 21.5%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, Exploration 9.5%

2D action-adventure game set in the rich world of the epic dark fantasy, Overlord. This latest installment in the series features an original story overseen by Overlord's creator, Kugane Maruyama. Find Clementine's missing memories and make your escape!

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Anime 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 8%