What is the best game similar to Tres-Bashers?

The closest game to Tres-Bashers is ANIMAL WELL, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 12 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Tres-Bashers?

The three closest games to Tres-Bashers are: 1. ANIMAL WELL (90/100, 12 shared attributes) 2. Carrion (81/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Berry (77/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Tres-Bashers's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 40 candidates across 13 dimensions.

Is Carrion similar to Tres-Bashers?

Yes, very much so — Carrion scores 81/100 similarity to Tres-Bashers. They share 11 attributes, including adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Adventure games are similar to Tres-Bashers?

The best Adventure games similar to Tres-Bashers are ANIMAL WELL, Carrion, Berry and The Fall. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Tres-Bashers attributes like adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.

How is similarity to Tres-Bashers calculated?

We compare Tres-Bashers against every game in our catalog using 13 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Tres-Bashers experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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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.

If Tres-Bashers left you wanting more, this list of 40 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and melee combat — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 13 attributes. ANIMAL WELL comes closest (90/100).

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Tres-Bashers. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1ANIMAL WELLClosest overall match

iRank90

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyHorrorExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 96%· 24KRAWG👍 83%· 77OC89· 57

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

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, vibe relaxing and open world exploration, while skipping combat magic

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.

Released 3 years after Tres-Bashers.

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#2Carrion

iRank85

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 95%· 31KIGDB75· 9OC76· 118

Year 2020Dev Phobia Game Studio · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: tone.

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#3BerryClosest on tone

iRank99

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeCozyNarrativeExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 99%· 145

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

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with visual topdown, while skipping horror tension

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.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals83Combat65

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorExploration2D

Steam👍 88%· 3.7KIGDB78· 2OC74· 38

Year 2014Dev Over The MoonOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, shooter and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: tone.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Combat58Visuals54Setting50

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeHorrorExploration2D

Steam👍 94%· 7.5KRAWG👍 63%· 528MC87IGDB88· 10OC85· 33

Year 2013Dev Curve DigitalPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

The Swapper is a classical platform game with several elements of Metroidvania focused on solving puzzles. The game follows a female astronaut stranded on the abandoned space research station in a science-fictional universe.

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

It predates Tres-Bashers by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6A Castle Full of Cats

iRank95

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyHorrorExploration

Steam👍 99%· 4.4KRAWG👍 90%· 20

Year 2022Dev DevcatsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, vibe casual and vibe relaxing, while skipping precision platforming

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!

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100Tone60

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 86%· 4.9KIGDB85· 8OC84· 57

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

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

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#8SHEEPO

iRank90

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeCozyNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 97%· 578OC75· 13

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

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual and open world exploration, while skipping horror tension

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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Steam GOG Epic

#9Owlboy

iRank84

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyExplorationPixel Art2D

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 precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

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 Tres-Bashers: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals100Combat61

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMagicMeleeExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 92%· 19KIGDB86· 11OC84· 43

Year 2013Dev Abstraction Games · Cellar Door GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and puzzle design, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

It predates Tres-Bashers by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#11qomp

iRank96

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 96%· 531

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

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, punishing difficulty and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping horror tension

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 Tres-Bashers: tone.

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Steam GOG

#12Reventure

iRank89

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 95%· 9.8KRAWG👍 82%· 64MC84

Year 2019Dev PixelattoPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Nintendo

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping horror tension

An adventure with 100 different endings You are a wannabe hero who is supposed to do hero-ish things but sometimes blows that off and does crazy stuff instead. Features: One hundred different endings Choose your path, every decision leads to a new ending. Will you find the real one?

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: tone.

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Steam GOG Nintendo

#13AquariaClosest on combat

iRank77

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMagicMeleeNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 88%· 1.5KRAWG👍 59%· 77MC82IGDB75· 2

Year 2007Dev FinjiPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, while skipping horror tension

Aquaria is an underwater 2d sidescrolling action-adventure game with a great emphasis on exploration and solving various puzzles. Players are invited to take the place of Naija, ocean dweller, resembling a human woman with fish-like features, which allow her to swim and breathe underwater.

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

It predates Tres-Bashers by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#14Ori and the Blind Forest

iRank92

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyExploration2D

Steam👍 94%· 60KIGDB88· 14OC90· 97

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

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone74Progression59Combat54Visuals54

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Steam Xbox

#15Teslagrad

iRank82

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyExploration2D

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 precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, punishing difficulty and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Tres-Bashers: setting.

It predates Tres-Bashers by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone81Combat55Visuals54

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Steam GOG PS

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Adventure · Metroidvania

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Tres-Bashers?: The closest game to Tres-Bashers is ANIMAL WELL, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 12 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Tres-Bashers?: The three closest games to Tres-Bashers are: 1. ANIMAL WELL (90/100, 12 shared attributes) 2. Carrion (81/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Berry (77/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Tres-Bashers's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 40 candidates across 13 dimensions.
Is Carrion similar to Tres-Bashers?: Yes, very much so — Carrion scores 81/100 similarity to Tres-Bashers. They share 11 attributes, including adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Adventure games are similar to Tres-Bashers?: The best Adventure games similar to Tres-Bashers are ANIMAL WELL, Carrion, Berry and The Fall. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Tres-Bashers attributes like adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.
How is similarity to Tres-Bashers calculated?: We compare Tres-Bashers against every game in our catalog using 13 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Tres-Bashers experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.