Games like Axiom Verge
Closest overall match: Shovel Knight (★ 4.3). Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Axiom Verge? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Metroidvania, Side Scroller and Pixel Graphics. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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73%
1. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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71%
2. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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70%
3. La-Mulana
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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69%
4. Owlboy
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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69%
5. Volgarr the Viking
Shares Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Steam Leaderboards, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
6. Iconoclasts
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
7. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
8. The Swapper
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Exploration, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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67%
9. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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67%
10. Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Shares Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
11. Rain World
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Exploration, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 4 more tags; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
12. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Axiom Verge?
On our similarity model, Shovel Knight is the closest match to Axiom Verge — shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
Are there games like Axiom Verge on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Axiom Verge on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Axiom Verge on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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