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Games like Explosiovania

If Explosiovania is your kind of game, the closest matches are Moadra, Streets of Voidsk and Space Hole 2018 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Explosiovania: Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby White Eye
Explosiovania — Steam game cover

Players who liked Explosiovania also play

Steam players who put hours into Explosiovania also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Moadra

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Endure... Evolve... or die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Streets of Voidsk

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Explore the surreal city of Voidsk in a first-person atmospheric Metroidvania. Unlock new abilities, uncover hidden places, and choose your own path through its quiet, unsettling streets.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Space Hole 2018

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Explosiovania.

    Launch in and out of the space ball in Space Hole 2018! Myriad holes lead to plentiful Space Gems, opening further holes. New dimensions such as the Impure Light Zone and HoM, the Red Hot Dimension and Filled Space await the shuttle on its way. You Gotta Go in the Space Hole~

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. UvsU: You vs You

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Amanita

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Amanita is an introspective journey into your mind where the path seems to be only one, and it does not seem to be easy. Let yourself be guided by surreal characters in your thoughts, clash with your memories with sword blows, wander in your memory, play cards with your fears.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. House Of Decay

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    House of Decay is a PSX-style 3D platformer-metroidvania. Explore a world of demons in search of your missing brother, leap across hellish platforms, uncover secrets, find strange pets, and fight cute monsters 🦷

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. The Sword Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    The Sword Game is a semi-fast paced retro styled 3D platformer, made to mimic shareware games of early 2000's. Your mission is to get the lowest time possible on all levels. You can cheat, find shortcuts, you have all the freedom in the world.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Archetype and the Four Winds of Hell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Explosiovania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Master the four elements, and kill demons. In this short Metroidvania, you play as the Archetype, a legendary elemental master, on a mission to close a portal to hell and end a demon invasion. Learn new abilities, fight demons, and if you fail, be reincarnated with mastery of a different element.

    2024ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Explosiovania.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Explosiovania.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Explosiovania.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Explosiovania.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Explosiovania.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Explosiovania.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Explosiovania

What games are most similar to Explosiovania?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Explosiovania are Moadra, Streets of Voidsk, Space Hole 2018.
Who developed Explosiovania?
Explosiovania was developed by White Eye.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Explosiovania.

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