Games like Owlboy
Closest overall match: Rain World (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Hollow Knight at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Owlboy? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Metroidvania, controller support and Pixel Graphics. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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68%
1. Rain World
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Cute and Pixel Graphics and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
2. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Cute, Anime and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
3. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Fantasy, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 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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65%
4. Iconoclasts
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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65%
5. FEZ
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Cute and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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64%
6. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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63%
7. Aragami
Shares overlay, Memes, controller support, Anime and Open World and 6 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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62%
8. Blasphemous
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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62%
9. Hollow Knight
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Cute, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
10. Slime Rancher
Shares controller support, Cute, Anime, Fantasy and Open World and 6 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
11. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Shares controller support, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; 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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61%
12. Guacamelee! 2
Shares Metroidvania, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Owlboy?
On our similarity model, Rain World is the closest match to Owlboy — shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Cute and Pixel Graphics and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Owlboy is rated highest?
Hollow Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,778 players.
Are there games like Owlboy on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Owlboy on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Owlboy 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.
Base game data via RAWG.