Games like Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Games like Shantae: Half-Genie Hero include Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hollow Knight, ICEY, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. We matched them by the tags players give Shantae: Half-Genie Hero on Steam (Female Protagonist, Platformer, Metroidvania, Cute, and Action): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.