Games like Paper Animal Adventure
Games like Paper Animal Adventure include Dead Cells, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Black Myth: Wukong, and Hollow Knight. We matched them by the tags players give Paper Animal Adventure on Steam (Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Combat, and Action): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Dead Cells
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Adventure

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · 2D

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

Black Myth: Wukong
Shared: Action · Combat · Action RPG

Hollow Knight
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D · Singleplayer

Blasphemous 2
Shared: Metroidvania · Combat · Pixel Graphics

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

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

Blasphemous
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Gato Roboto
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Action

God of War
Shared: Action · Singleplayer · Combat

Monster Sanctuary
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · Singleplayer

Crimson Desert Enhanced
Shared: Action · Singleplayer · Combat

CARRION
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · Action

Eastward
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Adventure

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D · Pixel Graphics

Souldiers
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Action

Deaths Gambit: Afterlife
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Hyper Light Drifter
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Action · Adventure

Rogue Legacy
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · 2D

Phoenotopia: Awakening
Shared: Metroidvania · Action · 2D

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D · Singleplayer

Terraria
Shared: 2D · Pixel Graphics · Adventure

Owlboy
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · 2D