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Games like Metroidvania Maker

If Metroidvania Maker is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pazing By, Primal Planet and Crimson Glaive Sigma — 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 Metroidvania Maker: Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Ertu
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Players who liked Metroidvania Maker also play

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.

  1. Pazing By

    WHY THIS

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

    Pazing By is a GRAZE-oriented with 2D platformer and bullet hell game, player need to dodge enemy's bullets or stay near enemy to damage enemy. A game for graze lover, dodger, and bullet-hell player!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.39 USDSteam ↗
  2. Primal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Second-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!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Crimson Glaive Sigma

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania Maker.

    Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse

    WHY THIS

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

    Eight years have passed since the battle against Dracula, the hero of Transylvania who succumbed to the power of darkness. However, peace is once again in danger. A pair of young alchemists will fight against the curse of the demon who goes by the name Nosferatu.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Super Dangerous Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 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!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Curse of the Sea Rats

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Metroidvania Maker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Metroidvania Maker.

    Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Garbanzo Quest

    WHY THIS

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

    GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

    WHY THIS

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

    Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Metroidvania Maker.

    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 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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Pazing By, Primal Planet, Crimson Glaive Sigma.
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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