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Games like Quarion
Zejoant · 2025 · Windows, Linux
Steam: 94 % positive of 172 reviews, as of Oct 28
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
24 games that play like Quarion and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Ascent DX, Hollow Knight and Xeodrifter.
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Plays and looks like Quarion
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Quarion
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Ascent DX
98 % positive of 318
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

Hollow Knight
96 % positive of 507,562
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer

Xeodrifter
74 % positive of 739
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

VVVVVV
96 % positive of 6,703
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

Auridia
97 % positive of 180
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Pixel Graphics

FEZ
92 % positive of 11,738
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

Out There Somewhere
91 % positive of 6,157
Shared: Metroidvania · Retro · Pixel Graphics

qomp
97 % positive of 440
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Pixel Graphics

You Have to Win the Game
92 % positive of 5,731
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

Xanthiom Zero
94 % positive of 154
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro

Astronite
69 % positive of 166
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear

ANIMAL WELL
94 % positive of 23,014
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
More matches
- Infinitevania91 % positive of 297Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Pixel Graphics
- Cosmobreeder Yiffai83 % positive of 167Shared: Metroidvania · Retro · Pixel Graphics
- EMUUROM88 % positive of 323Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
- Derelict Star93 % positive of 166Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
- Reventure95 % positive of 8,469Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
- Outland80 % positive of 3,957Shared: Metroidvania · Arcade · Platformer
- Axiom Verge90 % positive of 5,874Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro
- Super Win the Game88 % positive of 527Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
- Kalinur95 % positive of 473Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Nonlinear
- Cave Story+92 % positive of 5,268Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Retro
- Supraland94 % positive of 12,496Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
- Cave Crawler95 % positive of 3,124Shared: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
By look
Looks like Quarion
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Noita
95 % positive of 81,843

Öoo
98 % positive of 6,776

TowerFall Ascension
94 % positive of 2,958

Celeste
96 % positive of 133,884

FEZ
92 % positive of 11,738

Hyper Light Drifter
93 % positive of 15,658

Moonleap
97 % positive of 1,380

Haiku, the Robot
90 % positive of 2,593

Reventure
95 % positive of 8,469

Caveblazers
85 % positive of 3,436

Splodey
91 % positive of 224

Core Keeper
91 % positive of 51,032
More matches
- ANIMAL WELL94 % positive of 23,014
- TetherGeist97 % positive of 311
- KarmaZoo87 % positive of 958
- Dome Keeper91 % positive of 19,273
- Brave Escape98 % positive of 151
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo96 % positive of 2,053
- Remnants of Naezith95 % positive of 440
- Dewdrop Dynasty76 % positive of 255
- Super Magbot87 % positive of 207
- Monster Sanctuary90 % positive of 10,454
- Archvale88 % positive of 2,062
- Lone Fungus85 % positive of 755
At a glance
What games like Quarion have in common
- The tags they share most often with Quarion: Metroidvania (23 of 24), Exploration (20) and Retro (11).
- They came out between 2010 and 2026, 3 of them after Quarion (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: VVVVVV (96 % positive of 6,703).
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.


