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Games like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Game Atelier · 2019 · 89 % positive of 2,455

24 games that play like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, Aggelos and Hollow Knight.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Action
  • Indie
  • Metroidvania
  • Platformer
  • 2D
  • Side Scroller
  • Singleplayer

At a glance

What games like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom: Metroidvania (22 of 24), Platformer (21) and Side Scroller (14).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, 16 of them after Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2019).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Hollow Knight (97 % positive of 415,946).
  • Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, Shantae and the Seven Sirens and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero both play and look like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.

By gameplay

Plays like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Akatori74 % positive of 367
  2. Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus82 % positive of 1,245Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  3. Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight93 % positive of 11,248Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  4. Flynn: Son of Crimson85 % positive of 676Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  5. Kalinur96 % positive of 477Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Exploration
  6. Shantae and the Seven Sirens90 % positive of 1,819Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  7. Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland94 % positive of 131
  8. Kingdom Shell88 % positive of 203Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  9. Exorcist Fairy65 % positive of 323Shared: Metroidvania · Fantasy · Action-Adventure
  10. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero90 % positive of 2,392Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  11. Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread90 % positive of 274Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  12. Venture to the Vile76 % positive of 164Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller

By look

Looks like Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. The Knight Witch72 % positive of 773
  2. TY the Tasmanian Tiger 478 % positive of 276
  3. Chariot81 % positive of 441
  4. Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas79 % positive of 2,070
  5. The Adventure Pals92 % positive of 1,869
  6. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams77 % positive of 1,895
  7. SteamWorld Dig 295 % positive of 7,581
  8. Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore97 % positive of 860
  9. Unruly Heroes75 % positive of 937
  10. Kaze and the Wild Masks94 % positive of 1,700
  11. Poöf76 % positive of 243
  12. Rayman® Legends89 % positive of 10,043

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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