- souls
- metroidvania
- platform
- cyberpunk
- dark
- gore
- post-apocalyptic
- horror
- sci-fi
- atmospheric
- 3d
- violent
- zombies
- puzzle
- adventure
- Fun combat and movement
- Cute character design
- Competent map design
- Challenging boss fights
- Bullet hell-style airship battles
- Random upgrade rewards can limit options
- platform
- boss
- metroidvania
- cute
- boss-fight
- exploration
- colourful
- pirates
- fight
- atmospheric
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- 2d
- nature
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Zapling Bygone (2022)
View Similar GamesZapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
- metroidvania
- souls
- nonlinear
- scroller
- platform
- psychological
- 2d
- pixel
- horror
- boss
- action-adventure
- aliens
- sci-fi
- atmospheric
- precision-platform
Nyaruru Fishy Fight (2022)
View Similar GamesThis 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...
- metroidvania
- platform
- anime
- multiple-endings
- action-adventure
- exploration
- 2d
- cute
- pixel
Souldiers (2022)
View Similar GamesSouldiers is a beautifully handcrafted action-adventure game set in a mystical land on the edge of the afterlife. Battle your way through stunning 16-bit graphics, solve puzzles, and upgrade your character's skills and equipment. With engaging melee combat, a connected world, and clever environmental puzzles, Souldiers is a retro epic that you won't want to miss.
- Challenging and replayable with different classes
- Gorgeous pixel art and music
- Well-designed maps and huge locations
- Solid combat and platforming mechanics with challenging boss fights
- Compelling story and multiple unique class playthroughs
- Not a lot of interconnectivity in the world map
- Story is all over the place with many unresolved questions
- Some exploration secrets can be tedious
- Music can get repetitive
- metroidvania
- pixel
- dungeon
- platform
- boss
- retro
- combat
- fight
- exploration
- action-adventure
- difficult
- side-scrolling
- 2d
- skill
- action
Haiku, the Robot (2022)
View Similar GamesHaiku is a captivating 2D post-apocalyptic adventure game where you play as a little robot. Your mission is to save the world from the virus that has corrupted your fellow robots by exploring and gathering new abilities, bopping baddies, and chatting with locals. Enjoy simple combat and puzzle-forward platforming with occasional boss fights, plus subtle tweaks that make for a satisfying experience.
- Familiar combination of simple combat and puzzle-forward platforming
- Boss fights well balanced
- Excellent music and pixel animation
- Deeply satisfying movement
- Non-invasive yet worthwhile story
- Not challenging enough for those who crave Souls-like difficulty
- Level design may not compare to Hollow Knight
- metroidvania
- platform
- 2d
- pixel
- nonlinear
- lore
- scroller
- dark
- atmospheric
- exploration
- open-world
- retro
- cute
- build-up
- fantasy
Imp of the Sun (2022)
View Similar GamesBring back the light to the sun’s empire in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Make your way through hand-crafted environments, battle using your skills and improve them as you will need them in order to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the sun.
- hand-drawn
- platform
- 2d
- soundtrack
- metroidvania
- boss-fight
- exploration
- nonlinear
- emotional
- combat
- non-linear
- colourful
- boss
- open-world
- story
- metroidvania
- platform
- 2d
- hand-drawn
- 2.5d
- action-adventure
- scroller
- colourful
- exploration
- fiction
- anime
- interactive
- arcade
- story
- metroidvania
- side-scrolling
- arpg
- scroller
- rpg
- drama
- hack-and-slash
- exploration
- action
- post-apocalyptic
- anime
- 2d
- 3d
- innovative
Super Dungeon Maker (2022)
View Similar GamesSuper Dungeon Maker is a creative pixel art dungeon editor inspired by the best 2D adventure games. Choose however many levels, enemies, secret rooms, traps and items you want. Challenge your friends and the community to master your dungeon or play the countless dungeons of the community.
- dungeon
- wholesome
- cozy
- editor
- level
- metroidvania
- city-building
- building
- dungeon-crawler
- top-down
- choices
- sandbox
- colourful
- pixel
- action-adventure