Games like Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!
Games like Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! include Gato Roboto, Hollow Knight, The Messenger, Dead Cells, and Skul: The Hero Slayer. We matched them by the tags players give Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! on Steam (Action, Adventure, Platformer, Metroidvania, and Puzzle Platformer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Gato Roboto
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Adventure

Hollow Knight
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D

The Messenger
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Action

Dead Cells
Shared: Adventure · Metroidvania · 2D

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Platformer · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

ANIMAL WELL
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer

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

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · 2D

Nine Sols
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · Platformer

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

Axiom Verge
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Action

Out There Somewhere
Shared: Platformer · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Blasphemous
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Owlboy
Shared: Adventure · Platformer · Pixel Graphics

Iconoclasts
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Adventure

SANABI
Shared: Action · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Phoenotopia: Awakening
Shared: Action · Adventure · Platformer

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Shared: Action · Platformer · Pixel Graphics

Broforce
Shared: Action · Platformer · Pixel Graphics

Rogue Legacy
Shared: Platformer · Action · Metroidvania

MO:Astray
Shared: Action · Adventure · Platformer

CARRION
Shared: Action · Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics

Rogue Legacy 2
Shared: Action · Platformer · Metroidvania