- #1 Exophobia
97% matchVery Positive88% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Zarc AttackPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, FPS 16.6%, Old School 9.9%, Shooter 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A direct genre peer that perfectly blends retro FPS combat with Metroidvania-style ability-gated exploration.
- #2 PowerSlave Exhumed
96% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, FPS 19.3%, Old School 13.2%, Shooter 10.4%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic title that defined the FPS-Metroidvania subgenre with its ability-based progression and maze-like Egyptian environments.
- #3 Vomitoreum
96% matchVery Positive91% of 987 reviews2021
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.5%, FPS 14.6%, Shooter 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Surreal 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a dark, atmospheric retro FPS aesthetic with deep Metroidvania exploration and interconnected level design.
- #4 Extraneum
95% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: David JalbertPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.
Why similar: FPS 27.9%, Shooter 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled shooter that emphasizes exploration and secrets within its alien-themed environments.
- #5 Supraland Six Inches Under
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,033 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, FPS 19%, Exploration 10.2%, Shooter 8.4%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that leans heavily into the Metroidvania philosophy of unlocking new areas through gained abilities.
- #6 Paradox Vector
94% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Explore impossible mazes while battling the Ancient Ones and their bio-mechanical servitors in this retro first-person, Lovecraft inspired shooter. Paradox Vector's graphics are inspired by the old-school vector graphics games of the early 1980's.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, FPS 17.1%, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Old School 10.7%, Shooter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired shooter that utilizes non-Euclidean geometry and Metroidvania-style exploration in a 3D space.
- #7 ADACA
93% matchVery Positive92% of 873 reviews2022
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A Sci-fi FPS set on the mysterious planet ADACA. - Use your GRAVITY-MANIPULATING arm to HURL objects at your foes or even RIP weapons directly from their hands! - EXPLORE and manipulate the environment in this EERIE and HOSTILE world!
Why similar: FPS 20.8%, Old School 20.2%, Lore-Rich 15%, Shooter 9%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled FPS that features expansive, atmospheric levels designed for exploration and tactical combat.
- #8 Nightmare Reaper
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: FPS 31.4%, Old School 21.5%, Shooter 13%, Surreal 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of fast-paced retro shooting and RPG-lite progression systems that reward thorough exploration.
- #9 GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Daev TeamPub: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Windows
An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...
Why similar: FPS 27.9%, Old School 12.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Shooter 10.2%, 3D 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the 90s shooter feel while incorporating adventure elements and exploration-heavy level design.
- #10 Frogmonster
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 559 reviews2024
Dev: Ben Jungwirth
Windows
Discover some of the most charming and challenging soulslike bosses in Frogmonster, a Metroidvania FPS adventure where you explore a lively world filled with creatures, bugs, and beasts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, FPS 20.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure FPS that focuses on exploration and discovery within a stylized, retro-inspired world.
- #11 Diluvian Ultra
91% matchMixed59% of 386 reviews2023
Dev: Cresthelm StudiosPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Diluvian Ultra is a single-player, first-person shooter focusing on a retro aesthetic and fast-paced, strategic combat. The game is set in its own expansive fictive universe. Rather than gritty or dark, Diluvian Ultra is colorful and fantastical, like the cover of pulp sci-fi novels of the past.
Why similar: FPS 19.9%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Shooter 10.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A boomer shooter that prioritizes exploration and environmental storytelling alongside its classic combat loop.
- #12 Hedon Bloodrite
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,933 reviews2019
Dev: Zan_HedonDev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Zan and her orc sisters must fight to save their homeland from a demonic invasion! Immerse yourself in a sprawling underground world where the rich lore, exploration and puzzles of classic adventure games blend with the visceral combat of a 90s' shooter.
Why similar: FPS 21.3%, Lore-Rich 17%, Old School 16.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Exploration 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style shooter that features large, complex levels requiring significant exploration and key-hunting.
- #13 Dread Delusion
88% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, 3D 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG with a retro aesthetic that excels at rewarding players for exploring its strange, surreal environments.
- #14 Selaco
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,889 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
Why similar: FPS 28.3%, Old School 23%, Shooter 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality retro-inspired FPS that emphasizes tactical movement and environmental exploration.
- #15 This Strange Realm Of Mine
89% matchVery Positive82% of 632 reviews2017
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Why similar: FPS 41.9%, Shooter 18%, Pixel Graphics 16%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person game that blends retro shooter mechanics with psychological exploration.
- #16 Lunacid
86% matchVery Positive91% of 10,657 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, First-Person 25.9%, 3D 9.2%, Stylized 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person dungeon crawler that focuses on atmospheric exploration and uncovering secrets in a retro-styled world.
- #17 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Action-Adventure 14%, First-Person 12%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that emphasizes puzzle-solving and environmental discovery in a retro-inspired setting.
- #18 Cruelty Squad
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Surreal 22.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, retro-styled FPS that encourages deep exploration and non-linear approaches to its objectives.
- #19 Blood West
83% matchVery Positive90% of 5,888 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: FPS 55.6%, Shooter 22.3%, First-Person 17.2%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric FPS that focuses on stealth, exploration, and survival in a supernatural, retro-styled frontier.
- #20 Prodeus
82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,026 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: FPS 58.4%, Shooter 18.2%, First-Person 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Action 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic boomer shooter that features intricate level design and a focus on secrets.
- #21 Perilous Warp
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 373 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: FPS 34.1%, Old School 20.8%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled shooter that emphasizes fast movement and exploration within its alien-themed levels.
- #22 Mask of Mists
84% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Mask of Mists is an action-adventure game in a first-person view in which you are immersed in exploring the world full of magic and dangers!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure game that incorporates Metroidvania-style exploration and puzzle-solving in a fantasy world.
- #23 Ion Fury
81% matchVery Positive93% of 6,682 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Why similar: FPS 29.8%, Old School 22.3%, Shooter 12.1%, Exploration 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential Build-engine style shooter that features dense, interconnected levels with plenty of exploration.
- #24 DUSK
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: FPS 38%, Old School 28.4%, Shooter 17.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive retro FPS that excels at environmental storytelling and rewarding players for exploring its dark, moody levels.
- #25 Viscerafest
80% matchVery Positive85% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: FPS 19.4%, Old School 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane retro shooter that features complex level layouts designed to reward thorough exploration.
- #26 HROT
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,277 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Why similar: FPS 42.6%, Old School 24.2%, Shooter 16.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro FPS with a unique, gritty atmosphere that encourages exploration of its brutalist, Soviet-inspired environments.
- #27 CULTIC
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Old School 27.4%, Shooter 15.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical retro shooter that features highly interactive environments and rewarding exploration of its dark, cult-themed maps.
- #28 Turbo Overkill
78% matchVery Positive94% of 7,157 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Why similar: FPS 50.4%, Shooter 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, First-Person 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced retro shooter that includes expansive levels with hidden paths and secrets to discover.
- #29 After Death
82% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D Metroidvania that captures a similar sense of isolated, retro-styled exploration and challenging combat.
- #30 AMID EVIL
78% matchVery Positive93% of 7,565 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Why similar: Old School 22.4%, FPS 21.4%, Surreal 16.1%, Shooter 11.8%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired shooter that focuses on magical combat and exploring large, non-linear fantasy environments.
- #31 ZERO PROTOCOL
76% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: FPS 18.3%, Old School 16.2%, Exploration 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Shooter 9.7%
- #32 Auridia
75% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #33 Axiom Verge
77% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Exploration 4.9%, Action 2.3%
- #34 Anopek
77% matchVery Positive96% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Captain Bear Games
Windows
Anopek is a genre mashup of metroidvania and retro first-person shooter. You explore a massive temple, solving ancient puzzles and defeating cunning bosses, all while uncovering the relics of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, FPS 16.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #35 ANIMAL WELL
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Surreal 11.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #36 Guns of Fury
73% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Old School 21%, Shooter 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #37 Mother Hub
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: FPS 19.8%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #38 Environmental Station Alpha
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Exploration 4.8%, Action 2.7%, Sci-fi 2.6%
- #39 PSYCRON
75% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Exploration 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #40 Stardust Demon
73% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: resnijars
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro story-rich metroidvania filled with unique and diverse abilities, and quirky, charming aliens and demons. Algol is witness to a catastrophe that sends the universe into disarray, uncover a mysterious evil plot and find many hidden rooms that test your skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Old School 19%, Surreal 15.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #41 Moonlight Pulse
72% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Surreal 17.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #42 Eldritchvania
71% matchVery Positive85% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Lore-Rich 22.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Action 2.8%
- #43 Metal Garden
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,094 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: FPS 34.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Shooter 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, First-Person 8.8%
- #44 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
69% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54%, Old School 13.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #45 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 70.5%, Action 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #46 Metro Gravity
68% matchVery Positive94% of 700 reviews2025
Dev: mrkogamedev
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #47 Last Vanguard
69% matchVery Positive86% of 91 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 64.2%, Exploration 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Shooter 4.9%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
- #48 GRAVEN
71% matchMixed54% of 1,475 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
Why similar: FPS 22.4%, Old School 20.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #49 Moon Mystery
70% matchMixed66% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: CosmoscoutsPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
Why similar: FPS 33.3%, Shooter 15.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.9%, First-Person 11.7%
- #50 Paradox Soul
74% matchMixed43% of 623 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Shooter 7.5%, Sci-fi 7%
- #51 INDUSTRIA
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,883 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: FPS 32.3%, Surreal 20.4%, Shooter 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%
- #52 Zexion
67% matchVery Positive91% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: Gallant Leaf
Windows · Linux
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #53 Bitardia
69% matchVery Positive88% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: varlamov5264
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Bitardia you will experience all the rules of the Internet in action, and venture on a journey in the spirit of classic low-budget shooters, making your way through the obstacles of the fantastic world of an imageboard.
Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Surreal 19.1%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Shooter 12.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #54 OUTBUDDIES DX
71% matchMixed70% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 65.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Action 4%, Sci-fi 2.9%
- #55 Supraland
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,649 reviews2019
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, FPS 17.7%, 3D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #56 Absolute-Full-Life
67% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: The Only Way Out
Windows
Colourful survival horror first-person shooter with manual weapon reloading and a mystery environment. Discover every secrets in an open world full of diverse enemies and hidden locations.
Why similar: FPS 28.1%, Shooter 16.5%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #57 CRABS MUST DIE!
66% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Roman Kharlamov
Windows
You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.
Why similar: FPS 31%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Shooter 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #58 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Old School 16.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #59 Pinball Spire
66% matchVery Positive85% of 517 reviews2024
Dev: Apparition GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Action adventure meets pinball in this one-of-a-kind pinballvania adventure. When a mysterious spire appears from thin air, it's up to an intrepid pinball to bump, spin, shoot, and flip its way to the top and solve the tower’s mysteries!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Old School 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Colorful 5.1%
- #60 God Damn The Garden
68% matchVery Positive83% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
The FPS Adventure where you're challenged to explore God Damn's World, and ultimately become the successor of Badass Heaven.
Why similar: FPS 23.5%, Old School 21.2%, Shooter 11.8%, 3D 7.5%, First-Person 7.5%