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Games like Tails Adventure

1995

A Game Gear spin-off starring Tails that blends platforming with Metroidvania-style exploration and item collecting. Instead of Sonic's speed, it focuses on gear, bombs and light puzzles to reach new areas.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Lots to discover
  • Interconnected level design

In short: Games like Tails Adventure

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tails Adventure special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sheepo

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Brings what grabs you about Tails Adventure: pixel art, jumping and platforming as well as interconnected level design.

A compact metroidvania where a shape-shifting sheep creature hunts down creature eggs on an alien planet, taking on each species' form to unlock new areas.

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You Have to Win the Game

Lots to discover

A free retro platformer styled after early 1980s PC games, where you explore a small world full of hidden routes and secrets in order to win. It playfully toys with genre conventions and has little story or conventional combat.

Alwa's Legacy

Pixel art

A charming 8-bit-style adventure where you gain new magic powers to explore a non-linear world full of puzzles and secrets. Its mix of platforming, puzzles and backtracking recalls classic Metroidvanias while staying approachable.

1000 Amps

Interconnected level design

As the little plug Plug, you explore a sprawling tree-like network, light up its areas and solve puzzles in a compact Metroidvania-style platformer.

Super Mombo Quest

Jumping and platforming

A fast precision platformer in a Metroidvania shell, where you bounce and stomp through a large interconnected world and chain acrobatic combos. Arcade-style mechanics meet exploration and collectibles.

Gateways

Jumping and platforming

A 2D puzzle-platformer set in an inventor's lab, where you use gateway guns to open paths through walls. Portal-style puzzles meet Metroidvania-style exploration and unlockable abilities.

Nubs' Adventure

Pixel art

An indie Metroidvania platformer where you explore a large world, fight enemies and uncover a story. Lesser known, but built along classic lines.

Shantae: Risky's Revenge

Pixel art

A charming 2D Metroidvania where half-genie Shantae whips her hair and uses dance transformations to explore deserts, caves and forests. Smooth, expressive sprite animation and cheeky humor define the adventure.

Vibrant Venture

Jumping and platforming

A 2D platformer where you control four quirky characters with unique abilities and combine them for fluid, creative movement. Challenging levels often offer multiple ways to get through.

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