What is the best game similar to Xanthiom Zero?

The closest game to Xanthiom Zero is qomp, scoring 88/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Xanthiom Zero?

The three closest games to Xanthiom Zero are: 1. qomp (88/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ (89/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Carrion (88/100, 11 shared attributes). All share Xanthiom Zero's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 41 candidates across 12 dimensions.

Is STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ similar to Xanthiom Zero?

Yes, very much so — STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ scores 89/100 similarity to Xanthiom Zero. They share 10 attributes, including adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Adventure games are similar to Xanthiom Zero?

The best Adventure games similar to Xanthiom Zero are qomp, STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™, Carrion and Ato. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Xanthiom Zero attributes like adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.

How is similarity to Xanthiom Zero calculated?

We compare Xanthiom Zero against every game in our catalog using 12 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 Xanthiom Zero 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.

Looking for games like Xanthiom Zero? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and melee combat — against over 6,700 titles. These 41 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. qomp leads with 88/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Top games similar to Xanthiom Zero

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Xanthiom Zero. 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.

#1qompClosest on genre

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativeExploration2DPixel 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, dark, oppressive atmosphere and linear, story-driven structure, while skipping setting space

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?

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#2STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™Closest overall match

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExploration

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 precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and puzzle design, while skipping visual 2d

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 Xanthiom Zero: visuals.

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#3Carrion

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreSci-FiExplorationPixel 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 horror tension, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting space

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: setting.

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Steam GOG Epic

#4Ato

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 97%· 466

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

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, puzzle design and open world exploration, while skipping setting space

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 Xanthiom Zero: setting.

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SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativeSci-FiExploration2D

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 and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping setting space

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: setting.

It predates Xanthiom Zero by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG PS

#6Berry

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeExploration2DPixel 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 cozy, relaxing feel and visual topdown, while skipping punishing difficulty

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: tone.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 90%· 6.5KIGDB84· 15OC85· 90

Year 2015Dev Thomas Happ GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting cyberpunk, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: setting.

It predates Xanthiom Zero by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiExplorationPixel 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 cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: setting.

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Steam GOG PS

#9VVVVVV

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiSpaceExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 96%· 10KRAWG👍 76%· 512MC81IGDB80· 4

Year 2010Dev NicalisPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · iOS

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

VVVVVV is a 2D platformer designed in retro style. You play as Captain Viridian, the fearless leader of the team of conquerors of the dimension. And unexpectedly you crash and lose touch with each other. You will have to explore the world in which you are trapped and find your partners. You have the opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of old-school accompanied by a great soundtrack.

It predates Xanthiom Zero by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreExplorationPixel Art2D

Steam👍 93%· 13KRAWG👍 87%· 334MC84IGDB87· 8OC86· 81

Year 2018Dev Sabotage · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

The game moves between 8-bit and 16-bit art styles, allowing the player to move between the two by going forward or backwards in time. As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#11Owlboy

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiExplorationPixel 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, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping punishing difficulty

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 Xanthiom Zero: setting and tone.

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Steam GOG Xbox

#12Gato Roboto

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 94%· 5.1KIGDB76· 5OC75· 47

Year 2019Dev doinksoft · Devolver DigitalOn PC · Xbox · Switch

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

≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: tone and setting.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloHardcoreNarrativeSci-FiExploration2D

IGDB84· 11OC87· 153

Year 2021Dev Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development · NintendoOn Switch

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, while skipping melee combat

Where it drifts furthest from Xanthiom Zero: setting.

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Nintendo

#14Dead Cells

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativeExploration2DPixel Art

Steam👍 97%· 180KRAWG👍 88%· 1.7KMC88IGDB90· 12OC89· 151

Year 2018Dev Plug In DigitalPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, action RPG combat and deep RPG systems, while skipping setting space

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 Xanthiom Zero: setting.

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Steam GOG Epic

#15The Swapper

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExploration2D

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, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping punishing difficulty

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 Xanthiom Zero by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Xanthiom Zero, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

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Rogue Legacy 2

Adventure · Metroidvania

Ori and the Blind Forest

Adventure · Metroidvania

The Fall

Adventure · Metroidvania

Waking Mars

Adventure · Metroidvania

Metroid: Zero Mission

Adventure · Metroidvania

Reventure

Adventure · Metroidvania

ANIMAL WELL

Adventure · Metroidvania

SHEEPO

Adventure · Metroidvania

La-Mulana

Adventure · Metroidvania

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Adventure · Metroidvania

Metroid: Samus Returns

Adventure · Metroidvania

Shadow Complex

Adventure · Metroidvania

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Adventure · Metroidvania

Gateways

Adventure · Metroidvania

Bad Bots

Adventure · Metroidvania

Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

Adventure · Metroidvania

The Gunk

Adventure · Metroidvania

1000 Amps

Adventure · Metroidvania

Metroid

Adventure · Metroidvania

AM2R: Return of Samus

Adventure · Metroidvania

Wario Land 3

Adventure · Metroidvania

Toki Tori 2+

Adventure · Metroidvania

Saira

Adventure · Metroidvania

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Adventure · Metroidvania

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Adventure · Metroidvania

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Xanthiom Zero?: The closest game to Xanthiom Zero is qomp, scoring 88/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Xanthiom Zero?: The three closest games to Xanthiom Zero are: 1. qomp (88/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ (89/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Carrion (88/100, 11 shared attributes). All share Xanthiom Zero's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 41 candidates across 12 dimensions.
Is STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ similar to Xanthiom Zero?: Yes, very much so — STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ scores 89/100 similarity to Xanthiom Zero. They share 10 attributes, including adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Adventure games are similar to Xanthiom Zero?: The best Adventure games similar to Xanthiom Zero are qomp, STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™, Carrion and Ato. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Xanthiom Zero attributes like adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming.
How is similarity to Xanthiom Zero calculated?: We compare Xanthiom Zero against every game in our catalog using 12 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 Xanthiom Zero experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.