Games like Thread
Games like Thread include Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Rain World, ANIMAL WELL, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. We matched them by the tags players give Thread on Steam (Metroidvania, Exploration, Precision Platformer, Adventure, and Mystery): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.
Hollow Knight
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Souls-like
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Souls-like
Rain World
Shared: Exploration · Platformer · Atmospheric
ANIMAL WELL
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure
Dead Cells
Shared: Metroidvania · Adventure · Souls-like
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Mystery · Adventure
Haiku, the Robot
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Adventure
Blasphemous
Shared: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy
Leap Year
Shared: Exploration · Precision Platformer · Metroidvania
Celeste
Shared: Precision Platformer · Platformer · 2D Platformer
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · 2D Platformer
Nine Sols
Shared: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Adventure
Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Mystery · Exploration
Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Post-apocalyptic
FEZ
Shared: Exploration · Platformer · Adventure
FAR: Lone Sails
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Atmospheric
VVVVVV
Shared: Precision Platformer · Platformer · 2D Platformer
Salt and Sanctuary
Shared: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Shared: Metroidvania · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy
Aeterna Noctis
Shared: Metroidvania · Precision Platformer · Platformer
GRIME
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Exploration