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Games Like Zexion

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure.

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Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 488 reviews
Released: 2025-03-21
Developer: Gallant Leaf
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
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    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  2. #2 Haiku, the Robot
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
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    95% matchVery Positive82% of 3,685 reviews2026
    Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  4. #4 Environmental Station Alpha
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    94% matchVery Positive96% of 129 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  6. #6 Axiom Verge 2
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 935 reviews2022
    Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Sci-fi 9%, Action-Adventure 9%, Nonlinear 7.4%

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    93% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
    Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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.

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    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 275 reviews2024
    Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    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.

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    90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,367 reviews2025
    Dev: Team LadybugPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    91% matchMostly Positive74% of 453 reviews2019
    Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
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  11. #11 MindSeize
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 306 reviews2020
    Dev: Kamina Dimension
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  12. #12 Ghost Song
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,413 reviews2022
    Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    89% matchVery Positive84% of 468 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive88% of 892 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    88% matchMixed43% of 637 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    84% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Windows
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  24. #24 Souldiers
    81% matchMixed69% of 3,012 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    82% matchVery Positive81% of 848 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,556 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Windows
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    78% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
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    80% matchMostly Positive75% of 911 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2024
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    75% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    77% matchVery Positive90% of 192 reviews2019
    Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  34. #34 La-Mulana
    77% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,597 reviews2013
    Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  35. #35 Exographer
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
    Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 273 reviews2024
    Dev: Achromi
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  37. #37 Powernaut VANGARDT
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    74% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2019
    Dev: Adventure Islands
    Windows · Mac

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  39. #39 Blaster Master Zero 2
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 561 reviews2019
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 855 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 597 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    71% matchVery Positive93% of 18,682 reviews2016
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    72% matchVery Positive89% of 3,533 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac
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    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,647 reviews2025
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  46. #46 TEVI
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,880 reviews2023
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    Windows
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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2021
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    72% matchMixed69% of 175 reviews2021
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    70% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2024
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    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2014
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    Windows
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    67% matchVery Positive84% of 5,369 reviews2023
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    70% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
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    66% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2026
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    Windows

    A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Robots 17.3%, Side Scroller 10%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Nonlinear 9.2%

  56. #56 Erra: Exordium
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2023
    Dev: Fair Pixel LLCPub: Kirkidexi LTD
    Windows · Linux

    Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.

    Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Robots 13.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Side Scroller 10.4%

  57. #57 Venture to the Vile
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 182 reviews2024
    Dev: Studio Cut to BitsPub: Aniplex Inc.
    Windows

    Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Exploration 7.7%

  58. #58 MO:Astray
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
    Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

    Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Difficult 13.3%, Adventure 9.7%

  59. #59 Resolutiion
    69% matchMostly Positive70% of 140 reviews2020
    Dev: Monolith of MindsPub: Deck13
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Resolutiion is a zelda-like action-adventure, where an old killer and his AI explore a vast, mysterious world, full of mighty weapons, surreal abilities and gruesome bossfights.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Futuristic 8.2%

  60. #60 Cyber Shadow
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,506 reviews2021
    Dev: Aarne "MekaSkull" HunzikerPub: Yacht Club Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Metroidvania 33.5%, Difficult 14.8%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Retro 8.3%

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