Games like Metroidvania Maker
If Metroidvania Maker is your kind of game, the closest matches are CHIP & THE RED STORM, Cap 'n Barr's Adventure and Primal Planet — 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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Steam players who put hours into Metroidvania Maker 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.
CHIP & THE RED STORM
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Top pick for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Run as fast as you can through this fast-paced 2D side-scrolling platformer! Deal with wacky enemies and bosses covering every track of your path. Sit down by yourself or with friends in this pixel 80's-90's inspired indie game and seal your decided fate of their world.
Cap 'n Barr's Adventure
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Cap 'n Barr's Adventure is a retro 2D platform action game packed with gameplay—cute capybaras, chip-tune music, and challenging levels, with solo or local two-player co-op. If you love platformers, humor, and hidden stages—give it a try!
Primal Planet
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Third-strongest match for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Super Dangerous Dungeons
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Ranked #4 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Retro Game Crunch
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Metroidvania Maker.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metroidvania Maker.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Metroidvania Maker.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Metroidvania Maker.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metroidvania Maker.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Frequently asked about Metroidvania Maker
- Does Metroidvania Maker have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Metroidvania Maker supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Metroidvania Maker?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metroidvania Maker are CHIP & THE RED STORM, Cap 'n Barr's Adventure, Primal Planet.
- Who developed Metroidvania Maker?
- Metroidvania Maker was developed by Ertu.
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 Metroidvania Maker.
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