Games like Smelted Kin

Environmental Station Alpha is a metroidvania-style action adventure game set in a futuristic, abandoned space station. As the lone surviving crew member, players must explore the station, solve puzzles, and battle roderent-like alien creatures to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the crew. The game features smooth controls, hand-drawn pixel art, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack.

"A Robot Named Fight" is a procedurally-generated metroidvania roguelike where you explore a different labyrinth each playthrough, acquiring randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles and delve deeper into a meat-infested robot city. The game features permanent death and a rich narrative conveyed through gameplay and environmental hints, as you fight your way through hordes of meat beasts and ascendancient mechanical gods. This solo-developed game is a tribute to retro classics like Super Metroid and Contra, with modern indie influences like The Binding of Isaac.

"Oblitus" is a single-player platformer with compelling visuals and intense difficulty, offering around 100 hours of playtime. It features four procedurally-generated realms, spear-based combat, and a magic system with 22 unique enchantments. Every playthrough provides a unique experience with multiple endings to discover, set in a haunting and mysterious atmosphere.

"Rebel Transmute" is a modern Metroidvania game where you play as Moon Mikono, a space scrapper on a mission to uncover the fate of her missing mother. With over 50 unique upgrades, you can customize your playstyle to be aggressive, inquisitive, or summon an army of creatures. Explore a stunning sci-fi world filled with vibrant vistas and over 80 unique enemies. Challenging and customizable combat awaits.

"Dark Light" is a souls-like game set in a post-apocalyptic world shrouded in darkness, where you play as the last planetary defender against creatures born from the Dark Void. Equip cyberwares to augment abilities, battle challenging enemies, and join factions to unlock skills in your quest to seal the Dark Void and save humanity from eternal darkness. The game offers unique visuals and fast-paced combat with challenging bosses.

"Trash Quest" is a metroidvania-style game set on a space station overrun by a raccoon. With zero checkpoints, players must navigate through an interconnected maze, destroying robots and collecting power-ups. Progress saves automatically, allowing you to keep any unlocked abilities or shortcuts upon death, creating a challenging yet rewarding experience.

"Bad Bots" is a challenging 2D shooter game where you must survive waves of relentless robotic enemies. Utilize a variety of weapons and power-ups to strategically blast your way through numerous levels. With increasing difficulty and variety of bots, the game offers hours of engaging and fast-paced gameplay.

OUTBUDDIES DX is a passionately crafted metroidvania game by Julian Laufer, inspired by classics such as Super Metroid and Castlevania. It offers challenging yet encouraging gameplay, designed to skip punishing mechanics and grinding. The game is regularly updated with feedback and supports cross-platform cloud saving.

Hidden Deep is a 2D sci-fi thriller game set in a sub oceanic mining and research facility, where you lead a team to discover what happened to the previous researchers who went missing. Utilize specialized equipment, give orders to your team, and defend against horrific alien life forms and other unknown dangers. The game features multiple game modes, including a single-player option.

"Hellpoint" is a horror RPG set on a derelict space colony with dark sci-fi elements and a disturbing atmosphere, featuring real-time orbiting around a black hole. Play as a Spawn of the Authority, uncovering the mystery of a quantic cataclysm in single-player, local/online co-op, or PvP. The game offers rich RPG mechanics, character builds, and dense interstellar intrigue, but beware of bugs and grinding.