Glowkeeper

Name: Glowkeeper
Rating: 8 (51 reviews)

Developer / Publisher: bucketfish, oolimry

Aug 28, 2025

Visual

side scroll

Structure

exploration
interconnected map
item gated
non linear
fast travel

Combat

no combat

Features

accessibility
difficulty options

Sub-Genre

Metroidbrainia
puzzle heavy

Summary

A luminescent puzzle game about manipulating elements. By the light of fireflies, link and dissolve elemental forces to construct bridges, break through obstacles, and traverse a glowing, interconnected world.

Last updated September 28, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam
- itch.io

Resources

Links

IGDB
Website

ANIMAL WELL

Developer: Shared Memory

Publisher: Bigmode

2024

96%

Overwhelmingly Positive

24,659 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- map markers
- multiple endings
Öoo

Developer: NamaTakahashi

Publisher: Amata K.K., NamaTakahashi

2025

99%

Overwhelmingly Positive

6,898 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- pixel
- speedrun mode
- MV Lite / Adjacent
Leap Year

Developer: Daniel Linssen

Publisher: Daniel Linssen, Sokpop Collective

2024

97%

Overwhelmingly Positive

3,218 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Has DLC
- hand drawn
- Micro / Mini
EMUUROM

Developer / Publisher: borbware

May 25, 2026

90%

Very Positive

322 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- no combat
- accessibility
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Demo Available
- 8-Bit
- pixel
- fantasy
Once Glorious Artahk

Developer / Publisher: Bismuth Tales

2025

95%

Positive

41 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- top down
Little Ghost

Developer: Alan Abbadessa, Eduardo Alexandrino, Law Jun Yan, Leaf Riifuneko

Publisher: Sync Book Games

Sep 22, 2026

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- new releases
- Demo Available
- hand drawn
- action
- multiple characters
Fez

Developer: Polytron Corporation

Publisher: Microsoft Studios, Polytron Corporation, Trapdoor

2012

93%

Very Positive

16,271 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- pixel
- voxel
- isolation
- 3D
Soulchain

Developer / Publisher: moraguma

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- difficulty options
- Metroidbrainia
- Differences
- Game Jam Entry
- pixel
- action
- fantasy
Dark Labyrinth

Developer / Publisher: Xiaote

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Demo Available
La-Mulana

Developer: GR3 Project, Nigoro

Publisher: Asterizm Corporation, EnjoyUp Games, NIS America, Rising Star Games

2012

80%

Mostly Positive

2,645 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- boss gated
- Has Hub
- post game
- equipment
Oh That's Why

Developer: zilakkio

2025

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- Game Jam Entry
- ability gated
- time bending
- Micro / Mini
Derelict Star

Developer: GateEightyEight

Publisher: Luminous Tree Games

2026

94%

Very Positive

160 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- pixel
- Has Hub
- isolation
- Sci-Fi
- MV Lite / Adjacent

Glowkeeper

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