Games like Owlboy on Xbox
Closest overall match: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Shovel Knight at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Volgarr the Viking at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Owlboy? Our model ranked 10 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics and controller support. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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76%
1. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Cute and Anime and 9 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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70%
2. La-Mulana
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Action-Adventure and Pixel Graphics and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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69%
3. Axiom Verge
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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68%
4. 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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67%
5. 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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66%
6. Volgarr the Viking
Shares controller support, Pixel Graphics, Fantasy, Steam Leaderboards and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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66%
7. 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%
8. 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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65%
9. 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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64%
10. Slain: Back from Hell
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Pixel Graphics, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Owlboy on Xbox?
On our similarity model, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is the closest match to Owlboy on Xbox — shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Cute and Anime and 9 more tags; same release year.
Which game like Owlboy is rated highest?
Shovel Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 480 players.
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.