Games like Aquaria

Axiom Verge is a metroidvania-style game with retro side-scrolling action. As a scientist who awakens in a mysterious, alien world, you'll use powerful weapons and abilities to explore, solve puzzles, and battle bosses. With a focus on progressive discovery, uncover the secrets of this mysterious world and learn its connection to your own fate.

In "Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights" , players explore a devastated kingdom overrun by the Blighted after an unstoppable rain of death. As young Lily, players uncover the truth while journeying through haunting landscapes, battling powerful bosses, and recruiting them as allies. The game features challenging gameplay, stunning visuals, and an intriguing narrative.

"Song of the Deep" is a metroidvania-style underwater adventure game where you play as Merryn, a young Irish girl in search of her missing father. Explore the mysterious depths of the ocean, discovering ancient ruins and mythical creatures, while upgrading your submarine and solving puzzles to progress. With a focus on atmospheric exploration and discovery, the game immerses you in a beautifully realized underwater world.

"Owlboy" is a single-player, fantasy platformer game with an intriguing story and ingenious game mechanics. As the mute Otus, you'll explore a vast world in the clouds, carrying friends who fight as gunners with unique abilities. The game boasts good visuals, phenomenal music, and large dungeons with challenging boss battles, resulting in a masterful and highly emotional atmosphere.

In Phoenotopia: Awakening, players assume the role of Gail, a young girl tasked with protecting her village after a mysterious spaceship crash lands. Explore a vast open world, battle enemies, and solve puzzles in this action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements. Discover the truth behind the invading entities and restore peace to the world.

"Ghost Song" is a metroidvania-style game set in a moody, atmospheric sci-fi world. As the stranger, a mysterious pilot with a forgotten past, players explore an abandoned space station and battle against alien creatures. The game features various abilities and upgrades to discover, non-linear exploration, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack.

In Ori and the Blind Forest, players control Ori, a white spirit, as they navigate through a metroidvania-style world to save the forest of Nibel from a dark energy known as the Blind Forest's decay. Using platforming and puzzle-solving mechanics, Ori gains new abilities and upgrades to explore the open environment and restore light to the forest. The game features a touching narrative and beautiful hand-painted visuals, accompanied by a sweeping orchestral score.

"Kena: Bridge of Spirits" is a single-player Fantasy Action game with a fabulous story and sensational graphics. As a Spirit Guide, Kena travels to an abandoned village, seeking a sacred shrine while uncovering the secrets of a trapped spirit population. Players can find and grow a team of spirit companions, the Rot, to gain powerful abilities, make discoveries, and transform the environment, while facing fast-paced combat against corrupt spirits.

In "Dust: An Elysian Tail," play as Dust, a mysterious warrior armed with a sentient blade, as you explore a richly detailed world full of mythical creatures and powerful enemies. Uncover the truth behind Dust's past and battle against the tyrannical General Gaius and his army. With fast-paced combat, beautiful animation, and an engaging story, this action RPG is a captivating experience.

"Neversong" is a single-player fantasy platformer game with an intriguing story, stellar gameplay, and beautiful graphics. Explore six moody levels, battle bosses and monsters, and uncover the truth about your recent coma accompanied by a breathtaking piano-centric soundtrack. Despite some bugs and grinding, the game features plenty of humor and a highly emotional narrative.