- #1 Savior
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starsoft Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Savior is an action-adventure platformer. Dramatically change a vast open world. Parkour effortlessly with pain-free intuitive platforming. Engage a variety of opponents with strategic, precision melee combat. Discover a rich world full of quests, colorful characters and countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, RPG 19.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #2 Life on Mars Remake
79% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Oscar Kenneth Albero Ingles
Windows
Remake of the 8 bits MSX2 game of the same name, with a 16 bits look. Genre: Metroidvania (2D Metroid/Castlevania style) with RPG elements. Explore, investigate, find improvements for your suit, find weapons, upgrade your weapons in workshops, fight incredible mutants...
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, RPG 20.8%, Action 12.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 9%
- #3 Evil Genome 光明重影
79% matchMixed68% of 523 reviews2017
Dev: Crystal Depths StudioPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
3D metroidvania game Evil Genome is coming! Heroine Lachesis will lead you to explore the vast wasteland world, experience different battles as well as develop your own character!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, RPG 26.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #4 Faeland
69% matchVery Positive90% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, RPG 23.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #5 Mystik Belle
77% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Female Protagonist 16%, RPG 11.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 6.8%
- #6 The Last Tree
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, RPG 21.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #7 Lost Tales - The Castle Escape
75% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: HUE HUE GAME STUDIO
Windows
This lost tale is about a princess who has been kidnapped by a King who wants to make her his seventh wife and when she wakes up in a cell the Princess escapes, looking for a way out of this castle, killing anyone who stands in her way.
Why similar: RPG 31.5%, Metroidvania 30.3%, Adventure 16%, Indie 12%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #8 Aggelos
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 656 reviews2018
Dev: Storybird GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, RPG 23.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 10.1%, Action 8.2%
- #9 Inexistence
74% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, RPG 20.6%, Action 19.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 8.4%
- #10 Liona's Adventure
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peyman Hadizadeh
Windows
Once in a peaceful village , there lived a brave little warrior named Liona,One fateful night, the village was attacked by a horde of monstrous creatures. Liona's parents died in battle. Liona, witnessing the loss of her parents, felt a fire ignite within her heart—a burning desire for vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, RPG 27.4%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #11 Elliot Quest
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, RPG 18.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 10.5%, Indie 8%
- #12 Beraltors
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Phair Games
Windows
Beraltors is an indie 2-D Metroidvania that focuses on collecting monsters called Beraltors. Beraltors features over 70 playable monsters, an unique hand drawn art style and an absurd story with over 15 hours of gameplay. Beraltors is a fun romp that feels as satisfying as petting your neighbor's dog.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, RPG 26.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 13.5%, Indie 8.4%
- #13 Organism8
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derek Duong
Windows
Explore an alien planet that has been colonized by a supreme devout cyborg race that seeks dominance over existence. Organism 8 follows one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy in her mission against the never ending Nekril. Take what's yours in this wolves vs wolves epic.
Why similar: RPG 28.4%, Metroidvania 27.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 13.9%, Indie 11.2%
- #14 Filiy Eclipse
54% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Muramasa Fudo
Windows
Filiy Eclipse is an exploration action RPG that explores a mysterious world.Explore the surface, underground and sky of the star to discover what happened aboard it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, RPG 19%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 11%, Indie 5.7%
- #15 Hazelnut Bastille
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aloft Studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hazelnut Bastille is a topdown, Zelda-like ARPG, crafted in a 16bit character; it features action-adventure style gameplay. Players will engage with heavily tactical, real-time combat, and experience taxing lateral-thinking puzzles!
Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Adventure 19.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Action 14.9%, Indie 12.8%
- #16 Nakiti Generations
69% matchMixed52% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: Diablohead
Windows
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 8.3%
- #17 Chronicles of Teddy
70% matchMixed70% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, RPG 13.9%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%
- #18 Maui the Shapeshifter
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play on Worlds
Windows
Restore harmony as shapeshifting demigod Maui on an adventure to save his island home from all-consuming darkness in this epic 2D open-world Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Action 20.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #19 Ghostly Matter
66% matchMixed67% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: Small BrosPub: Milestone S.r.l.
Windows
Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Action 18%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #20 ReSetna
52% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.4%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 9.7%
- #21 Ninja Smasher!
66% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Q-Cumber Factory
Windows
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #22 Rubi: The Wayward Mira
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayward Games
Windows
A game about saving a dying planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, RPG 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 8.8%
- #23 GuildBound
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pugscape
Windows
Guildbound, an immersive open-world Story RPG. Embark on epic quests, conquer dungeons, craft, build, recruit companions, and shape your character's destiny in a vast seamless world.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #24 Believe: Paranormal Psychic Adventure
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: C. Thomas PinnickPub: Nerd Overload
Windows
Believe: Psychic Paranormal Adventure is an RPG with real-time twin-stick shooting action battles! Unravel the mysteries of the universe as Todd Black, who gets abducted by aliens, given incredible psychic powers, and is the only one who can save our world from total dimensional meltdown!
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #25 Zombie Barricades
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barricade Entertainment
Windows
Zombie Barricades is a 3rd person, multiplayer RPG featuring customizable weapons, vehicles and physics! Work alone or as a team and mission through the wastelands and construct Barricades to protect yourself from the horde!
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #26 希望之星
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 超级无敌大鹏雕Pub: 待定
Windows
本游戏目前的游戏内容开发完成度很低,本人正在持续开发更新中,如果您期望购买后立即体验到完整的游戏体验,那么您不应该在此时购入。这是一款独立制作的横版动作角色扮演类单机游戏,玩家通过控制主角及其同伴在架空的异世界大陆中进行冒险。
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #27 nan
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliott Krauts
Windows
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #28 暴走熊孩
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 冰雨火独立游戏工作室
Windows
As you can preview, this game involves some cool features, such as action, adventure, rogue-like and other RPG features. By immersing yourself in the game, you might experience the adventures, build a town, gather resources, upgrade technologies, and even recruit new heroes.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #29 The Mechanical World of Dr. Gearbox
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flamehawk Studios, Inc.
Windows
Unravel the forgotten mysteries of an aging adventurer by retracing his steps across four distinct environments. Overcome the odds by recruiting a deep roster of eccentric and fascinating creatures to aid you on your quest to discover the truth.
Why similar: RPG 42%, Adventure 21.4%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.3%
- #30 Goodnight Succubus
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nyanko Games
Windows
Aid a bedridden Succubus on her hopeless quest to live forever. Play as a young man with a call to action. Or, maybe he has other intentions? Goodnight Succubus is a nostalgia trip to the past, boasting enjoyable game play in a story-rich setting.
Why similar: RPG 41%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 20.7%, Indie 16.7%
- #31 Asterion
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glass Bear Studio
Windows
ASTERION is a 3D action and adventure game with puzzle elements, very much in the vein of Zelda games with a dash of Souls-like. You are Asterion, last in a long line of minotaurs bred to brave the dangers of the Labyrinth of Crete: an ancient, enigmatic, massive structure.
Why similar: RPG 41%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 20.8%, Indie 16.7%
- #32 羊教授:归来
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZooeyPanda
Windows
This is a 2D action game with roguelike elements. Players need to use the map reasonably to move and attack. In addition, there are plenty of random props in the game that can help players to take risks.
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Action 18.4%, Indie 16.9%
- #33 Just Beneath The Skin 2D
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dizzy Media
Windows
Just Beneath The Skin is a story driven action/puzzle RPG revolving around Shyla, whom unknowingly and unwillingly is forced into battling for her life and for the lives of many others.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Adventure 22.7%, Action 20.6%, Indie 16%
- #34 Giant Slayers
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renan Reis
Windows
Who will survive the end of the world? Only the giants... and their slayers.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Adventure 21.4%, Action 21.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #35 Godsend
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saga City Games
Windows
Godsend is an action-adventure melee slasher set during the Crusades.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Adventure 21.4%, Action 21.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #36 Sikanda
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dyadic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sikanda is a top-down 3D Action-Adventure/RPG. More information will follow soon.
Why similar: RPG 41%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 21.4%, Indie 16.1%
- #37 Dark Drive
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Select Start
Windows · Mac
Dark Drive 2D, a retro-graphic game with mixes many different genres, including RPG, Rouge-lite, Turn-Based and a distinct breathtaking fighting system.
Why similar: RPG 42.7%, Action 20.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16.1%
- #38 Credence Filter
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Typical Games
Windows
In the year 2323, aliens enlist Tohm Shlcszark to prevent the end of the world. Then the world ends.
Why similar: RPG 39.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Action 21.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #39 A.S.H.
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ONI studio
Windows
A.S.H. – is a brutal slasher/platformer with RPG elements in an epic medieval fantasy.
Why similar: RPG 40.4%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 16.7%
- #40 Fate Crawler
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MixerGames
Windows
Fate Crawler is a dynamic and colorful adventure featuring both classical and new Rogue-like elements. Choose your hero and lead his fate by changing various events into your favor. Combine unique abilities and artifacts to form individual play style for each run.
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Adventure 22.6%, Action 21.1%, Indie 17%
- #41 Inexistence Rebirth
62% matchMostly Positive71% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: Jonathan Brassaud
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, RPG 17.2%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #42 Alight
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brickhouse
Windows · Mac
A young office worker, tiring of an endless life of paperwork, dreams of taking a leap of faith into the shining city below. A god of old, forsaken for centuries, reawakens to a future of neon wonder and vending machines. Drawn together by a dream, the two of you search for adventure and home in the city.
Why similar: RPG 39.1%, Action 22.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 17%
- #43 贰负传
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: C.R GAME
Windows
This game is based on a fairy tale, a king named Erfu killed a monster with the help of his friend Wei. In this game, we will be Wei, take a great adventure, where show landscape of ancient story, monsters out of our imagine, and of cource an excellent story.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #44 Moira
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Onagro Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Möira is an action platformer that draws inspiration from the classic 8-bit portable games with a modern twist, memorable characters, lots of spells and awesome secrets! You play as Rubick, a young magician apprentice who's searching for his missing master.
Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Action 21.8%, Indie 16%
- #45 Cally's Caves 3
65% matchVery Positive81% of 551 reviews2016
Dev: VDO Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, RPG 18.7%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #46 7th Domain:Tree of Chaos Prologue
53% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Lightimpact
Windows
"7th Domain" is a horizontal version action game derived from Roguelike Metroidvania combined with treasure grinding gameplay. You will play a child of destiny who repairs the world and finds the truth of the broken world. You will grow in battle and challenge the unknown and hidden forces.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, RPG 19.2%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #47 Forest Liberation
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CopingCode
Windows
The people that live in this mysterious forest need your help. They've been overrun by hostile rouges and are helpless without you. Will you be able to liberate them and drive the rogues off?
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #48 Biomass
60% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: Final Scene dev
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the sinking metropolis in this action RPG. Clash beam sabers, or be a gunslinger. Make alliances or go it alone. Your actions have consequences - those whom learn the nature of this world will be able to shape it as they see fit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, RPG 26.9%, Action 13.2%, Indie 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #49 Shattered Divinities
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StellarSoul
Windows
In Shattered Divinities, embark on an adventure that pits you directly against divinity itself! An ancient War of Gods shattered the world, and their broken power has become the Calamities that consume all life. How will you survive in this land? And how will you uncover the secrets behind the War?
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, RPG 15.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 9%, Indie 6.4%
- #50 Soul Passage
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emrah Ozbay
Windows · Mac
The fate of the unbound souls is in your hands. Take control of Obligor with lots of different skill and weapon combinations, and fight, and explore different planets in Soul Universe. A fantastic 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania with a unique quest and story system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, RPG 22.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Action 12.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #51 Lovanium - The Rising Suns
52% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Poser Games
Windows
Find a way to escape Lovanium before it's too late. Extract resources, trade them, confront the wildest and most dangerous enemies, and fully harness the power of the suns. Are you up for it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, RPG 22.5%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 10.1%
- #52 Chasm
62% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,597 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, RPG 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.1%
- #53 The Berlin Wall
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monument Games
Windows
This game takes place in the city which is inspired by the East Berlin in the times of the Cold War. Most of the game happens in the vicinity of the Berlin Wall, with desperate people oppressed by the regime trying to escape to freedom.
Why similar: RPG 32.1%, Adventure 25.3%, Action 23.6%, Indie 19%
- #54 Vivid Spirit
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LucasMaxBrosPub: The Hidden Levels
Windows
Red, Yellow, Blue. It's Vivid Spirit! Their abilities are dictated by what color they are and it's up to you to figure out how to use them and when to swap. Guide Vivid and her dog, Spirit, on their many adventures through the world of Paper Craft!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Indie 21.1%, Action 17.5%, Adventure 17%
- #55 Voidnomicon
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shichi Studio
Windows · Mac
2d platformer, action, adventure - "Metroidvania" set in fantasy world filled with ancient magic and monsters. Pixel art graphic with anime style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Action 6.2%, Indie 5%
- #56 Roah
61% matchMostly Positive76% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: Grynsoft
Windows
A great unknown danger is approaching Roah's home planet. Follow Roah as she explores the world and encountering all of its different factions, uncovering the mystery of what is draining the planets lifeforce.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, RPG 20.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Action 12.6%, Adventure 11.6%
- #57 Banished Castle VR
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novoga
Windows
Banished Castle VR is a poly-styled dungeon crawler-like experience with random level generation and Online Co-op. Visit the banished Castle and explore, fight, loot, unlock classes to save the Castle from a terrible curse!
Why similar: RPG 36.2%, Action 28.8%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 14.3%
- #58 Isle Vatra
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fluminus
Windows
Isle Vatra is a mysterious island surrounded by dangerous sealife. When a research station goes silent, you're sent to the island to investigate.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.3%, Indie 16.4%
- #59 Skautfold: Moonless Knight
59% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Skautfold: Moonless Knight is a very open-ended Metroidvania, featuring a totally unique battle system. Set in an alternate history Japan in 1900, Lovecraftian horrors have plagued the world, as our very Moon opens up and becomes our end.
Why similar: RPG 35.6%, Adventure 18.4%, Action 17.6%, Indie 14.4%, Metroidvania 14%