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More about this game →If Ultros left you wanting more, this list of 36 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and procedural generation — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 11 attributes. Rogue Legacy 2 comes closest (80/100).
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The closest game to Ultros is Rogue Legacy 2 — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Dead Cells and Axiom Verge follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Ultros. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems and punishing difficulty, while skipping strong narrative focus
Where it drifts furthest from Ultros: tone.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and roguelike runs
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and punishing difficulty, while skipping setting scifi
Dead Cells is a roguelike adventure title developed by Motion Twin. ###Story Not much story is present in the game, as only bits of any information are given out to the players. The game takes place at a remote island, where the players take place of the Prisoner.
Where it drifts furthest from Ultros: setting and tone.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings setting cyberpunk and visual pixel, while skipping roguelike runs
It predates Ultros by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, puzzle design and combat magic, while skipping strong narrative focus
Where it drifts furthest from Ultros: setting and combat.
It predates Ultros by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, while skipping roguelike runs
###Best for mobile The game is an adventure-platformer, where the player takes control over the main character, traveling through the Martian caves. You will have to manage the thrust of the jetpack that the protagonist has. The game was released on the PC in 2012. Before this, it was repeatedly recognized as the best game for mobile devices. ###Key features The game is set in the future.
It predates Ultros by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with cozy, relaxing feel, visual pixel and visual topdown, while skipping roguelike runs
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.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, shooter and horror tension, while skipping roguelike runs
It predates Ultros by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, punishing difficulty and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping roguelike runs
It predates Ultros by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping roguelike runs
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.
It predates Ultros by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping roguelike runs
It predates Ultros by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping roguelike runs
Where it drifts furthest from Ultros: tone.
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, while skipping roguelike runs
Where it drifts furthest from Ultros: setting.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and setting space, while skipping roguelike runs
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.
It predates Ultros by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
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