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Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue?
If Spright scratched a tense and fast-paced itch for you, keep reading. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
An underwater metroidvania where your weapon is a robotic swordfish you throw like a javelin. Swim through the sunken city of Royla, fight mutated sea life, and uncover what ruined this new Atlantis, in a hand-drawn world that looks friendly and fights anything but.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Atmospheric
Souldiers drops you, a soldier who never actually died, into Terragaya, a land on the fringe of the afterlife. Pick a class, slash and parry through a huge 16-bit world, solve puzzles and hunt secret paths. Gorgeous pixel art, a great soundtrack and combat that makes you earn every win.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
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.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Also in Soulslike · Fast-paced, Retro, Atmospheric
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
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
A dark metroidvania with RPG elements, "Undivine" challenges you to explore, battle, and uncover secrets in a desolate, interconnected world. Customize your abilities, wield unique weapons, and delve into deep lore filled with mystery.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Retro, Atmospheric
A doomed sailor washes up on a cursed island, and everything on it wants you dead. Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D soulslike metroidvania with fast, gory combat, more than 600 weapons, spells and armor to find, and a grim hand-drawn world of forgotten cities and blood-soaked dungeons. Die, lose your salt, learn, and go deeper.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
A 2.5D metroidvania where Tania, a bionic warrior, cuts through a land twisted by Karpas energy. Fast, fluid combat built on parries and dashes, a dense world full of hidden paths, and a mystery that only gives up its truth piece by piece.
Also in Soulslike · Tense, Fast-paced, Atmospheric
Sundered is a hand-drawn metroidvania where you explore a shifting, Lovecraftian underworld as Eshe, fight overwhelming hordes and huge bosses, and choose whether to resist or embrace the corrupting powers you find. Every death reshapes the caverns, upgrades carry over, and up to four friends can share the chaos on one couch.
Tense, Fast-paced, Retro
Help Violet find her missing sister Rena in a hand-drawn pixel-art world that is equal parts charming and trying to kill you. Expect fast run-and-gun fights, tough bosses, and precision platforming, with new weapons, upgrades, and secrets opening the map as you go.
Tense, Fast-paced, Retro

Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue?

Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge.

Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons.

Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new…

A dark metroidvania with RPG elements, "Undivine" challenges you to explore, battle, and uncover secrets in a desolate, interconnected world.

A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania where parrying is everything. A small fire warrior with no memories crosses a land ruined by the Shadow Plague, learns…

A cute dreamworld hides a growing darkness. Explore, fight, and steal the powers of your enemies.

a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐

Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!

Explore vast and deep interiors of an underground research center, brimming with creative foes, bosses, NPC's, and more.

A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements.

A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.

Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!

A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.

Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.

A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania where parrying is everything. A small fire warrior with no memories crosses a land ruined by the Shadow Plague, learns…

Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting!

Trade blows with stick-figure beings in a newborn universe, absorbing rivals to gain their skills and exploring dreamlike realms full of secrets.

BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world.

A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.

Guide the bionic warrior Tania through a hand-drawn dark fantasy world, where fast, demanding combat and hidden paths lead to a mystery told piece…

Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister.

Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue?

Help Violet find her missing sister Rena in a hand-drawn pixel-art world that is equal parts charming and trying to kill you.

Explore vast and deep interiors of an underground research center, brimming with creative foes, bosses, NPC's, and more.

A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.

PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and…

Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!

Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.

In the Void, everyone is alone, and you're no exception. Use your endless health as damage, create your own strategy with abilities and Sigils, and…

A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania where parrying is everything. A small fire warrior with no memories crosses a land ruined by the Shadow Plague, learns…

Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge.

A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!