- #1 SlideNGlide
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Precision Platformer 20.5%, Difficult 10.6%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Exploration 6%
- #2 The Pale Piper
96% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Difficult 12.6%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #3 Somnium Shore
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Precision Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Difficult 6.2%
- #4 Into The Underdusk
95% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Stone Crow Games
Windows
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Precision Platformer 21.9%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 7.1%, Open World 5.6%
- #5 Super Win the Game
94% matchVery Positive89% of 656 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Difficult 11.1%, Side Scroller 9%, Open World 7.5%
- #6 Ceplion
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mert Ali Barlas
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 6.7%, Exploration 5.5%
- #7 Rage Rabbit
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trabbos
Windows
Rage Rabbit is a fast paced platform game set on an island haunted by mysterious shadows. Shoot down your enemies, explore an interconnected world, defeat powerful bosses and obtain new power ups.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Open World 7.4%
- #8 MOMIBOSU
92% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: PenGames
Windows
A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.8%, Metroidvania 19.3%, Difficult 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Side Scroller 6.8%
- #9 Trash Heart
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Precision Platformer 23.9%, Difficult 15.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Exploration 5.2%
- #10 Unbound: Worlds Apart
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,334 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Precision Platformer 11%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 9.3%, Side Scroller 8.9%
- #11 Chaos Rider
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Rider Team
Windows · Mac
The crazy plan to revive an ancient spirit has finally succeeded. The Chaos Rider is here to restore an age of magic to this fallen world. With a powerful adaptive robotic body and ancient powers, explore, forge alliances, conquer foes and challenges, and uncover countless secrets and wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Difficult 16.7%, Exploration 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Platformer 6.2%
- #12 Raji: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive89% of 626 reviews2020
Dev: Nodding Heads Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 10%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #13 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
88% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Precision Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #14 Night Breaker
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 10 DEAD Pixels
Windows
Venture into an unusual, alien world full of danger and mysteries in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Grab your gear and face the challenge of sustaining a once-thriving space colony. Can you bring this place back to life? Are you ready to uncover all the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Platformer 7%
- #15 Bones Beneath
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Herb Software
Windows
Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Precision Platformer 23.9%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #16 Star Hearts: Launch Point
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcap LLC
Windows · Mac
Star Hearts: Launch Point is a tight 2D action adventure featuring an 8-bit retro aesthetic in classic NES-fashion. Journey to the galaxy’s edge and discover the origins of Prin - an interstellar revolutionary in the making - as she embarks upon her first space-faring adventure!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.6%, Metroidvania 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Platformer 6.8%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #17 Goblin and Coins II
86% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Nikola Bulj
Windows · Linux
Years have passed, decades maybe. Little goblin moved on, all but forgot about the great coin trouble, not even realizing that a new trouble is awaiting behind the doors!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Precision Platformer 19%, Difficult 11.9%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 8.1%
- #18 Timothy and the Tower of Mu
85% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Kibou EntertainmentPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Ascend the tower to save your grandfather in this classic, hardcore action-platformer. The Tower of Mu is waiting for you... Push past each check point to the next awaiting challenge; dashing, jumping, and slinging your way up to the towers peak. Die. learn. Overcome.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.6%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Difficult 15.4%, Platformer 8.5%, Side Scroller 7.4%
- #19 LUCID
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Matte Black StudioPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Precision Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 9%, Platformer 6.6%, Exploration 6%
- #20 Ziggy
84% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Afil Games
Windows
Ziggy is a challenging platformer about a small lightning bolt trying to get back home. Your main objective is to go through all the traps and reach the end. Can you do it?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.8%, Difficult 15.2%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #21 Before I Go
82% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: J's Labratory
Windows
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Difficult 15%, Side Scroller 8%, Open World 6.3%
- #22 Vulpis
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #23 Feather's Edge
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clockwork Acorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Difficult 14.6%, Precision Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #24 Xolotl
81% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 7.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #25 Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda
81% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Barış TaranPub: Yoto Games
Windows
Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda! Story based platform game. Sometimes it will drive you crazy with its difficulty! Overcome obstacles, pass levels and collect the story!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Precision Platformer 22.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Side Scroller 5.4%
- #26 Death Projection
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Wing Studio
Windows
Explore every corner of the realms of death in this Metroidvania! Face enemies, platforming challenges, and gain more power as you try to bring balance to this world, as a reaper!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Precision Platformer 23.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #27 Whim
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Stonk
Windows
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Precision Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 7.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #28 Oirbo
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Precision Platformer 17%, Difficult 13.8%, Open World 8.8%, Exploration 6.2%
- #29 Aggelos 2
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Precision Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7.6%
- #30 How About Spikes
80% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: SoulPixel Studio
Windows
How About Spikes is a 2D metroid-vania like platformer. Fight your way through enemies and a lot of spikes while exploring the world of Garden Valley.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Precision Platformer 22.9%, Difficult 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 6.3%
- #31 Aleya's Ascent
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minor Games
Windows
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Side Scroller 10%, Platformer 6.5%
- #32 Blightseeker
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernoodle Games
Windows
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8.2%, Open World 7.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #33 Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
76% matchVery Positive83% of 981 reviews2024
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Platformer 7%, Colorful 6.2%
- #34 GLIGHT
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ATOMIC BREATH
Windows
Welcome to the world of Glight, a dark fantasy side-scroller adventure by ATOMIC BREATH. On a daunting journey to recover something long lost, give form to your powers of light and darkness in a fast-flowing, super-tight platformer full of hidden shortcuts and devious secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Difficult 15.5%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Platformer 8.1%, Open World 7.1%
- #35 Jumper Jon
75% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 8.2%
- #36 Blade's Legacy
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2Design Games
Windows
Use your skills to double jump, crouch, climb wall, jump across platforms, defeat your enemies and save the world! You are the last hope to this land, go through challenging levels and defeat Rorudark!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.8%, Difficult 14.9%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Platformer 7.5%
- #37 Seedless Light
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unknown Bit Games
Windows
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Difficult 17.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 8.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #38 Veilslash
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boiling Lava Hot LLC
Windows
In this action adventure, generate and phase terrain with various tools. Carry a massive communication device to the apex of an alien planet, but don't drop it. It's a long way down...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #39 Colors Assemble
73% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Dibakar Jana
Windows
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Precision Platformer 30.4%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
- #40 House of Shadow
73% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: High Clarity Games
Windows
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Precision Platformer 19.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #41 Chiaroscuro
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackberryKinPub: BlackberryStudio
Windows · Mac
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 8%, Side Scroller 7.6%, Exploration 6.7%
- #42 Lost Tribe
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firestone Games
Windows
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Platformer 9.5%, Open World 9.4%, Difficult 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #43 WarriOrb
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 180 reviews2020
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 7%
- #44 PizzaBoy
69% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Breadless
Windows · Linux
Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Precision Platformer 24.7%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%
- #45 Aeterna Noctis
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,140 reviews2021
Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Precision Platformer 18.2%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 7%, Side Scroller 6.9%
- #46 Badass Brigade
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marauder Squad
Windows
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #47 The Battle Of Olympus
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: INFINITY Co.,Ltd.
Windows
The 1988 classic action-RPG returns! The original creators are rebuilding the code and redrawing the pixel art for a handcrafted Steam remake of a mythic journey across ancient Greece. Support development in Early Access.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Difficult 14.1%, Side Scroller 11%, Exploration 7.4%, Platformer 7.2%
- #48 The Eternal Life of Goldman
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
In this breathtaking platformer adventure, explore a vast hand-drawn Archipelago, inspired by ancient fables and depicted in classic frame-by-frame animation, and defeat a mysterious Deity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Difficult 12.7%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 7%, Exploration 5.8%
- #49 Super Mombo Quest
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 880 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Precision Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 7.9%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #50 Xeodrifter
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Difficult 11.2%, Precision Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #51 Beyond Zero Line
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Side Scroller 6.4%, Exploration 6.2%
- #52 Echoes of the Outworlder
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outworlder LLC
Windows
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Open World 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #53 Hollow Floor
67% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Precision Platformer 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Platformer 5.8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #54 Isadora's Edge
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InboundShovel Games
Windows
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Difficult 14.2%, Open World 7.9%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #55 SHADE Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Legendary
Windows · Linux
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 6.4%, Open World 5.9%
- #56 OUTBUDDIES DX
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 287 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Side Scroller 7.1%
- #57 Chegra: The Lost Recipe
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ciderheart Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Difficult 16.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Side Scroller 7.9%
- #58 Ascent DX
65% matchVery Positive99% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Open World 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #59 Genopanic
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Precision Platformer 21%, Side Scroller 11%, Platformer 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #60 YesterSol
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neat Games
Windows
Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Precision Platformer 16.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Side Scroller 6.6%, Platformer 6.5%