Games like Axiom Verge 2
Games like Axiom Verge 2 include SANABI, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Dead Cells, and Iconoclasts. We matched them by the tags players give Axiom Verge 2 on Steam (Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platformer, and 2D Platformer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

SANABI
Shared: Action · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · Platformer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Action

Dead Cells
Shared: Adventure · Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics

Iconoclasts
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · Adventure

Hollow Knight
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure

ICEY
Shared: Action · Adventure · Side Scroller

Katana ZERO
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · Platformer

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics

Celeste
Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Platformer

Axiom Verge
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · Platformer

Blasphemous 2
Shared: Metroidvania · Adventure · 2D Platformer

Gato Roboto
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Adventure

The Messenger
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Action

Owlboy
Shared: Adventure · Platformer · Metroidvania

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · Adventure

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Platformer

Phoenotopia: Awakening
Shared: Action · Adventure · Metroidvania

Nine Sols
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · Platformer

Afterimage
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller

The Vagrant
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Adventure

Rusted Moss
Shared: Action · Platformer · Metroidvania