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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps

A side-scrolling action-platformer with fluid movement and challenging puzzles, set in a beautiful exotic world with an emotional story, pacing around 17 hours for reviewers.

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
A polished dark fantasy Metroidvania with rewarding exploration and moderate difficulty, set in a sorrowful post-apocalyptic world of Homunculi, offering a lengthy ~23-hour campaign.
2025-01-22
- Action

Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Role-playing (RPG)

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Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores

A heartfelt mushroom-themed metroidvania with dense interconnected exploration and standout platforming, offering roughly 15 hours of play.

2025-11-07

Action
Warfare
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

A ~10-12 hour metroidvania adventure in Kenzera with a touching story and colorful visuals, but rougher mechanics than genre contemporaries.

2024-04-23

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

A hand-drawn 2.5D metroidvania blending acrobatic combat and Japanese folklore, with a ~15-hour runtime and a deliberate, well-paced challenge.

2024-07-17

Action
Platform
Adventure
Side view

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MO:Astray

A pixel-art side-scrolling action-platformer with mind-bending puzzles, special abilities, and a speedrun mode, offering a cute but occasionally frustrating 13-17 hour adventure.

2019-10-24

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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Hollow Knight: Silksong

A visually beautiful 2D metroidvania where you explore a haunted insect kingdom with melee sword combat — a long, highly-rated single-player adventure.

2025-09-04

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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Faerie Afterlight

A 2D Metroidvania inspired by Indonesian folklore, where Kimo and Wispy manipulate terrain, befriend Lumina's natives, and take titan abilities across a compact ~2.5-hour adventure.

2023-09-28

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Lone Fungus

A challenging, handcrafted mushroom-world metroidvania where ability-gated exploration and secret hunting unfold across a large 2D map.

2023-04-07

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Worldless

A single-player 2D action-platformer with timing-based combat and a cryptic abstract narrative, set in a newborn universe and lasting about 11–12 hours.

2023-11-20

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Fighting
Side view
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

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After Us

A single-player exploration adventure through a surreal post-human world, blending sorrow and hope in a touching story, with forgiving platforming and new mechanics per zone for a roughly 19-hour journey.

2023-05-23

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Drama

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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

A single-player Metroidvania with shape-shifting abilities, praised for movement and visuals, but with a puzzle-heavy final act.

2019-07-25

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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Planet of Lana II

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer sequel with complex environmental puzzles and a warm, emotional tone, set across planetary and spaceship settings in a roughly 9-hour single-player campaign.

2026-03-05

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Side view