25 Narrative games like Frog's Adventure that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 43 games similar to Frog's Adventure down to the 25 that fit the “Narrative” category. A Castle Full of Cats, ANIMAL WELL and FEZ top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Frog's Adventure.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

The best narrative games like Frog's Adventure

25 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Frog's Adventure. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1A Castle Full of CatsClosest on genre

iRank95

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

CasualNarrativeCozyRelaxingExploration

Steam👍 99%· 4.4KRAWG👍 90%· 20

Year 2022Dev DevcatsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, horror setting and single-player focus, while skipping deep RPG systems

A Castle Full of Cats is a catvania hidden object game where you need to find all the cursed cats in the castle. Save each and every cat and unleash the power of love!

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

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#2ANIMAL WELLClosest overall match

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeRelaxingCozyOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 24KRAWG👍 83%· 77OC89· 57

Year 2024Dev Shared MemoryPlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, horror tension and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

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#3FEZ

iRank88

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

CasualNarrativeRelaxingOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 93%· 16KRAWG👍 80%· 1.2KMC91IGDB86· 12OC88· 50

Year 2012Dev POLYTRON · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, fantasy world and single-player focus, while skipping deep RPG systems

FEZ is a 2D and 3D game at the same time. Even though it is a platformer game in which you solve puzzles in the dimension your looking at, you can manipulate with the world itself by rotating it all around.

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

It predates Frog's Adventure by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4SHEEPO

iRank90

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

CasualCozyNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 97%· 578OC75· 13

Year 2020Dev Kyle Thompson · TBAPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, melee combat and single-player focus, while skipping puzzle design

Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database.

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#5Ori and the Blind Forest

iRank92

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeCozyOpen WorldExplorationSolo

Steam👍 94%· 60KIGDB88· 14OC90· 97

Year 2015Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox · Switch

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and world.

It predates Frog's Adventure by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeCozyOpen WorldExplorationSolo

Steam👍 94%· 52KIGDB62· 11OC67· 67

Year 2017Dev Videocult · Adult Swim GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and deep RPG systems

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, precision platforming and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and world.

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#7Owlboy

iRank84

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeCozyExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 84%· 6.1KRAWG👍 74%· 307MC88IGDB89· 13OC88· 98

Year 2016Dev D-Pad StudioPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping deep RPG systems

Owlboy is a pixel-art platformer game about an owl-humanoid boy called Otus. When his homeland was attacked by pirates, Otus starts an adventure to protect his home and reveal the secrets of his race. He makes new friends on the way. Each of them has special powers, useful during fights.

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

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NarrativeCozyExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 86%· 4.9KIGDB85· 8OC84· 57

Year 2018Dev Joakim Sandberg · Bifrost EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

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NarrativeCozyExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 84%· 2.5KIGDB79· 6OC79· 45

Year 2013Dev Rain Games · CIRCLE EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, punishing difficulty and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and tone.

It predates Frog's Adventure by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10The GunkClosest on world

iRank77

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeRelaxingLinearExplorationSolo

Steam👍 86%· 5.7KIGDB66· 4OC71· 75

Year 2021Dev Image & Form · ThunderfulOn Xbox · PC

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting.

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#11Berry

iRank99

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

CozyNarrativeExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 99%· 145

Year 2021Dev Leuns · DegicaPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Web

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, melee combat and single-player focus, while skipping puzzle design

RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star"Berry won first place in the official RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star." About the GameBerry is a short orthogonal 3D platformer centered on delivering light bullet-hell challenges and precise projectile manipulation using its unique web-orbiting systems.

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#12STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeOpen WorldExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 88%· 172KRAWG👍 85%· 2.3KMC80IGDB83· 13OC82· 176

Year 2019Dev Respawn Entertainment · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and deep RPG systems

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, precision platforming and fighting mechanics, while skipping vibe casual

Cal Kestis—one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order after the purge of Order 66—is now a Padawan on the run. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game set after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith™.

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and tone.

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#13Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

iRank77

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeOpen WorldExplorationSoloMultiplayer

Steam👍 79%· 20KIGDB76· 14OC74· 67

Year 2015Dev Vigil Games · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, fighting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Frog's Adventure.

It predates Frog's Adventure by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#14qomp

iRank96

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeLinearExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 96%· 531

Year 2021Dev Stuffed Wombat · AtariPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, punishing difficulty and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems

You have been trapped between paddles for decades. Now it is time to take matters into your own hands and try to escape this endless torment. In qomp you use only a single button to defeat bosses, solve puzzles and overcome platforming challenges. At the end of your journey lies freedom. Or does it?

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: tone.

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#15Ato

iRank97

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

NarrativeOpen WorldExplorationSoloMelee

Steam👍 97%· 466

Year 2019Dev WolfWoot · Tiny Warrior GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, fighting mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping deep RPG systems

Ato is an Atmospheric Sword Dueling Game set in the Era of Feudal Japan. It tells a visually driven story about a father who has given up his past ways in order to live a life of peace with his wife and child. However this peace is soon disturbed as his child is taken from him...

Where it drifts furthest from Frog's Adventure: setting and tone.

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