Games like La-Mulana
Closest overall match: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Shovel Knight at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like La-Mulana? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Metroidvania, controller support and Side Scroller.
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75%
1. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and Controller and 9 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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71%
2. Axiom Verge
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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70%
3. Owlboy
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Action-Adventure and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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70%
4. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Shares Remake, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and Action-Adventure and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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70%
5. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Controller, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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69%
6. Volgarr the Viking
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
7. FEZ
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Controller and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
8. Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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67%
9. SteamWorld Dig
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Controller and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
10. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Shares Remake, controller support, Side Scroller, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
11. Outland
Shares Metroidvania, Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
12. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like La-Mulana?
On our similarity model, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is the closest match to La-Mulana — shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and Controller and 9 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
Which game like La-Mulana is rated highest?
Shovel Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 480 players.
Are there games like La-Mulana on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like La-Mulana on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against La-Mulana 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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