- #1 MindScape: Verenna
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoLoJo Games
Windows
Prepare for an electrifying journey through a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world with Nova. Unleash her extraordinary powers and confront ruthless factions to reclaim a world on the brink of chaos, and reforge the destiny of humanity. Are you ready to shape the future?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #2 Mother ZERO
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mitral Pulse Studio
Windows
In Mother ZERO, a cyberpunk action-adventure game, fight your way through a decaying world full of mysteries and threats. Explore deep underground bunkers, battle corrupted creatures, and encounter bizarre characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 18%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Nonlinear 8.4%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #3 Amber's Tale
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazyTeaStudios
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey of self-discovery in a world where magic reigns and humanity has crumbled, as you traverse through challenging environments and uncover the truth behind your lost memories in this dynamic metroidvania game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Souls-like 16.3%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Nonlinear 7.7%
- #4 Foregone
95% matchVery Positive82% of 1,396 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Souls-like 17.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #5 Last Souls
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Wihler
Windows · Mac
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Souls-like 18.7%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Platformer 7.9%, Side Scroller 7.6%
- #6 HunterX
94% matchVery Positive84% of 729 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Souls-like 19.8%, 2.5D 15.5%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #7 DREIFRAME
93% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Souls-like 22.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Difficult 7.9%, Nonlinear 5.2%
- #8 Akatori
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast Games
Windows
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.8%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Platformer 8%
- #9 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Souls-like 21.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Difficult 8.2%, Side Scroller 7.4%
- #10 GRIME
91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,541 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 18.9%, 2.5D 14.5%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 7.6%
- #11 Enemies Within
90% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 19%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Exploration 6.9%, Platformer 6.9%
- #12 Awita: Journey of Hope
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 16.6%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Platformer 7.8%
- #13 Yars Rising
89% matchVery Positive84% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: WayForwardPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Cyberpunk 16.7%, 2.5D 16.2%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #14 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,126 reviews2024
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Platformer 7.7%
- #15 UROS: A Trip Through Shadows
87% matchMixed60% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Oniric KittensPub: ESAT
Windows
Uros is a 2.5D metroidvania-style action platformer. Enter the nightmares, upgrade your skills, fight against creepy creatures and face the evil god of nightmares in your mission to restore stability to the dream world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Souls-like 20.1%, 2.5D 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 9.1%
- #16 Dark Light
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 739 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Cyberpunk 21.2%, Souls-like 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, Platformer 6.9%
- #17 3000th Duel
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 626 reviews2019
Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 18.4%, 2.5D 15.2%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Platformer 7.3%
- #18 Hippoxxus
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohan Patel
Windows · Mac
Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 18.7%, Cyberpunk 18.5%, Platformer 7.5%, Difficult 7.3%
- #19 Dive Hard Dave
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidRock Games
Windows
Dive Hard Dave is an atmospheric action-adventure stealth game, set in a post-apocalyptic world shattered by massive tsunami and rise in sea levels. You play as Dave, a deep-sea diver who is forced into an unexpected adventure that will unravel mysteries of Earth's past. Made by a Solo Dev!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Cyberpunk 16.1%, 2.5D 15.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #20 Cryselts
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B3N Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Souls-like 10.3%, Platformer 10%
- #21 Rhythm of Resistance
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NetherMoon Game Studio
Windows
Rhythm of Resistance is a rhythm metroidvania where your playlist is your weapon. Fight to the beat, explore a forbidden past, and play music to restore culture in a silenced future. Every beat, a rebellion. Every song, a revolution.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, 2.5D 13.5%, Cyberpunk 13%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #22 Intertwined
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Platformer 8.2%
- #23 Eden's Guardian
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voragine Game Studio
Windows
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 18.8%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
- #24 SHADE Protocol
81% 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%, Souls-like 22.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Difficult 8.1%, Side Scroller 6.8%
- #25 Arishia Tale
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AchuGamesStudio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting anime-style metroidvania, where each skill unlocks new areas and secrets on the vast map. Face powerful bosses, acquire unique abilities, and uncover hidden mysteries in this ever-evolving world, all with traditional anime-inspired animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Side Scroller 18.4%, 2.5D 15.4%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Exploration 6.5%
- #26 Shieldbound
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 20.4%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Platformer 8.6%, Difficult 7.8%
- #27 SELINI
78% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, 2.5D 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Platformer 8.2%
- #28 Chiaroscuro
79% 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 29.5%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Platformer 8.9%, Difficult 7.9%
- #29 ARO: Tales In The Dome
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 60K Interactive Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
"ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Souls-like 20.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Difficult 7.5%, Exploration 6.2%
- #30 The Devil Within: Satgat
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 901 reviews2024
Dev: Newcore Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Souls-like 17.1%, 2.5D 14.8%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
- #31 DOOMBLADE
78% matchVery Positive80% of 367 reviews2023
Dev: Muro StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Souls-like 16.5%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #32 INAYAH - Life after Gods
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: Exogenesis StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #33 Plateman
77% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: 柠檬弓工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Cyberpunk 12%, Nonlinear 11%, Platformer 10.7%, Difficult 9%
- #34 MindKatt:First Strike
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MapacheXstudio
Windows
An action-adventure game set in a dystopian future where mentally evolved cats fight for their freedom using robotic suits to interact with the human world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, 2.5D 20.9%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 7.3%
- #35 S.P.L.I.C.E.D.
76% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Fishbait StudiosPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, 2.5D 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #36 Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Beer Games
Windows
Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess is a 2D action with metroidvania elements set in a 16th-century fantasy world, drawn with cozy pixels. Explore a mysterious realm, battle ruthless enemies, and uncover powerful weapons and abilities. And remember: beer is the best medicine in these grim times!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Souls-like 18.6%, Side Scroller 11%, Difficult 7.9%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
- #37 Lightwood
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Souls-like 23.9%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 5.6%
- #38 Vesuvius
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 3.9%
- #39 Colorless World
74% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Bazzucco Entertainment
Windows
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Souls-like 21.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Difficult 6.1%
- #40 Altered Alma
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2Awesome StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Souls-like 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9%, Platformer 7.3%
- #41 Anokye
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 10.2%, Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 4.4%
- #42 Cliff Kingdom
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Souls-like 23.4%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 7%
- #43 Lotus Knight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
Windows · Mac
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Souls-like 26.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Nonlinear 6.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #44 Gedda Cake
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 21.3%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 9.1%, Difficult 8.1%
- #45 Dex
72% matchVery Positive87% of 3,503 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.7%, Metroidvania 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Platformer 5.7%
- #46 GINSHA
71% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
Windows · Linux
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 20.2%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #47 Spright
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, Souls-like 22%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 7.3%, Action-Adventure 4.5%
- #48 Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Ganzheit
Windows
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Cyberpunk 20.5%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Platformer 8.2%
- #49 Last Vanguard
69% matchVery Positive85% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Difficult 7.3%
- #50 Runic Curse Remastered
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 23.8%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Nonlinear 7.2%, Platformer 6.9%
- #51 Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
69% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: The Island Games
Windows
Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 20.6%, Side Scroller 16%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Platformer 8.4%
- #52 Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Brewed GamesPub: 1312 Interactive
Windows
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 17.6%, 2.5D 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 8%
- #53 WarriOrb: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive88% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Souls-like 20.7%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 8.8%, Difficult 8%
- #54 Steel Flood
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egobounds
Windows
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 23.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Difficult 8.2%
- #55 Chegra: The Lost Recipe
68% 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 41.9%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Difficult 9.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #56 VELASTER
66% matchVery Positive87% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: ODYSSEYER
Windows
VELASTER is a gruesome 3D side-scrolling action combat game set in the Middle-earth called Malum. You will find yourself growing in battles against various monsters and bosses. Take revenge that remains in your fading memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 19.9%, 2.5D 16.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 8.4%
- #57 Dimension Rift Zero
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Souls-like 23.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Difficult 9.1%, Exploration 6%
- #58 Hollow Knight
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 542,706 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Souls-like 21.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Difficult 8.2%, Side Scroller 4.8%
- #59 Mask of Soul
65% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: XION ENTERTAINMENTPub: XIONPLUS
Windows
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Souls-like 24.1%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #60 Shadow Complex Remastered
68% matchVery Positive85% of 954 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 2.5D 19.9%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Platformer 12.6%, Singleplayer 1%