BIOMORPH

Developer / Publisher: Lucid Dreams Studio

Apr 5, 2024

Visual

hand drawn
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
interconnected map
non linear
fast travel
Has Hub
story gated

Combat

contact damage

Features

equipment
leveling
skill tree

Themes

cat
fantasy
Sci-Fi

Sub-Genre

puzzle heavy

Summary

BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

Last updated September 28, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Steam
- Demo
Nintendo
- Switch
PlayStation
- PS5
- PS4
Xbox
- Series X|S

Resources

Links

Maps

Demajen

Other

IGDB

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Very Positive

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MV Temperature
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- interconnected map
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
- equipment
- Differences
- item gated
- difficulty options
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- Demo Available
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- interconnected map
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- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
- equipment
- Differences
- exploration
- pixel
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2020

87%

Very Positive

648 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- exploration
- pixel
- difficulty options
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2024

85%

Very Positive

669 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
- equipment
- Sci-Fi
- Differences
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Mostly Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
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- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
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- skill tree
- Differences
- exploration
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- difficulty options
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Very Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- leveling
- skill tree
- Differences
- exploration
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83%

Very Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- exploration
- action
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Publisher: Gradiente, Konami

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91%

Very Positive

2,551 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- story gated
- contact damage
- equipment
- leveling
- Differences
- Has Romhack
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- pixel
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- companion combat
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Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
- equipment
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- pixel
- post game
- Co-op
- multiple characters
- MV Lite / Adjacent
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89%

Very Positive

1,480 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- equipment
- leveling
- Sci-Fi
- skill tree
- Differences
- pixel
- companion combat
- post apocalyptic
- time bending
- yokai
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97%

Positive

38 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- equipment
- Sci-Fi
- puzzle heavy
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2017

96%

Overwhelmingly Positive

9,134 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Has Hub
- contact damage
- equipment
- Differences
- exploration
- pixel
- action
- mining
- steampunk
- Semi-Linear

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