- #1 Oblitus
97% matchMixed52% of 135 reviews2015
Dev: Connor Ullmann
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Test your limits against a brutal and mysterious world as Parvus, a curious warrior with a heavy burden. Raise your spear and cast ancient spells as you battle hostile creatures and towering bosses in procedurally-generated 2D landscapes. Answer the call. Break the cycle. Change your destiny.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 27.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 11.8%, Action 4.5%
- #2 Lotus Knight
96% 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: Souls-like 39.7%, Platformer 27.2%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Indie 4.5%
- #3 Unfair Souls: Darkest Grind
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: SpellSoft StudioPub: Dimitrios Gkaltsidis
Windows
A 2D Souls-Like Pixel Art Platformer.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.6%, Platformer 31%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #4 Crownless
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Platformer 26%, Metroidvania 19.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #5 Lightward
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.2%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 18.2%, Adventure 7%, Indie 4.1%
- #6 DREIFRAME
94% matchPositive100% of 11 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: Souls-like 37.6%, Platformer 21.9%, Metroidvania 16.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #7 3000th Duel
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2019
Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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: Souls-like 30.5%, Platformer 17%, Metroidvania 12%, 2.5D 9.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #8 SHADE Protocol
92% 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: Souls-like 37%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 15.7%, Adventure 5.4%, Indie 4.5%
- #9 GRIME
91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 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: Souls-like 32.4%, Platformer 18.3%, Metroidvania 13%, 2.5D 9.2%, Surreal 8.4%
- #10 Anokye
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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: Souls-like 36.8%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Platformer 17%, Indie 8.1%, Adventure 7.9%
- #11 Mother's Sword
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monsitle
Windows
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Souls-like 47.4%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 3.1%
- #12 Hollow Knight
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 534,538 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.2 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: Souls-like 34.1%, Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Indie 4.6%
- #13 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
89% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 59%, Metroidvania 14.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #14 Children of Birch
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Souls-like 38%, Platformer 22.3%, Metroidvania 16.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 5.8%
- #15 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
87% 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: Souls-like 37.5%, Platformer 22.7%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.7%
- #16 Tairo: Lost In Time
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Souls-like 51.3%, Metroidvania 21.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 7%, Indie 5.1%
- #17 Dimension Rift Zero
86% 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: Souls-like 38.5%, Platformer 23.8%, Metroidvania 15.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #18 UROS: A Trip Through Shadows
85% matchMixed59% of 63 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: Souls-like 35.4%, Platformer 22.5%, Metroidvania 15%, 2.5D 9.3%, Adventure 6.7%
- #19 Intertwined
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
Choose between Seren and Umbra, two warriors who despise each other. Armed with a spear that can strike in any direction, explore a fractured world, uncover the truth behind your bond, and hunt down the one person you must destroy. Desperate for Separation~Forever Intertwined
Why similar: Souls-like 37.9%, Platformer 20.3%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #20 PlayBound
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sploot
Windows
PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!
Why similar: Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Metroidvania 11%, Indie 10.6%
- #21 HunterX: code name T
82% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.6%, Platformer 22.4%, Metroidvania 14%, 2.5D 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%
- #22 Steel Flood
83% 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: Souls-like 39.3%, Platformer 23.5%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #23 Salt and Sanctuary
82% matchVery Positive89% of 21,497 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 65.9%, Metroidvania 13%, Platformer 11.8%, Indie 2%, Atmospheric 1.6%
- #24 Void Memory
81% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Souls-like 37%, Metroidvania 14.4%, Platformer 14.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #25 Anatine
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel TrashPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Souls-like 41%, Platformer 19%, Metroidvania 17.1%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #26 Colorless World
80% 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: Souls-like 37.8%, Platformer 22.6%, Metroidvania 15.5%, Side Scroller 4.5%, Indie 4.3%
- #27 GINSHA
79% matchPositive90% of 21 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: Souls-like 34.7%, Platformer 20.4%, Metroidvania 15.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Side Scroller 4.8%
- #28 Foregone
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,393 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Souls-like 33%, Platformer 25.8%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Indie 6.4%, Side Scroller 5.5%
- #29 DEVIATOR
78% matchMixed68% of 988 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.3%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 16.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #30 Unbound: Worlds Apart
77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 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: Platformer 27.6%, Souls-like 19.9%, Metroidvania 14.7%, Adventure 10%, Indie 7.7%
- #31 Benders of Moona
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Souls-like 33%, Platformer 26.4%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #32 HunterX
76% matchVery Positive84% of 719 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 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: Souls-like 38.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Metroidvania 15.5%, 2.5D 11.2%, Adventure 6.5%
- #33 Fading Light
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Punica Games
Windows
In a world of eternal darkness, navigate the unknown with only the glow of your companion, Spark. Craft arrows from the environment to survive, uncover lost secrets of an ancient world, and push forward through the shadows into hope. Will you find your way, or will the dark consume you?
Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Souls-like 27.1%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 4.9%
- #34 WarriOrb: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive88% of 399 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: Souls-like 36%, Platformer 21.6%, Metroidvania 14.3%, Adventure 5.4%, Side Scroller 4.4%
- #35 Todd's Spider Dream
75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Out Of The Gutter Gaming
Windows
A 2D platformer where you control Todd, a boy who must punch, slide, and jump his way through waves of spiders, only for his dream to worsen at it's end.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.4%, Platformer 31.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Surreal 7.9%, Action 4.9%
- #36 Undone Mind
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Albar
Windows
2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
Why similar: Souls-like 34.3%, Platformer 21.2%, Metroidvania 14%, Surreal 9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #37 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,409 reviews2019
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Adventure 21.3%, 2.5D 15.3%, Indie 15%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%
- #38 Kaiyos Castle
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDFTStudios
Windows
Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 4.7%
- #39 Sideway™ New York
73% matchMixed59% of 123 reviews2011
Dev: Playbrains
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!
Why similar: Platformer 54%, Adventure 27%, Indie 19.1%
- #40 Last Souls
72% 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: Souls-like 37.2%, Platformer 22%, Metroidvania 15.6%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #41 Fly'N
73% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 64.6%, Indie 14%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%
- #42 Midpoint
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frandy
Windows
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.9%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 15.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Side Scroller 4.5%
- #43 Runic Curse Remastered
71% 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: Souls-like 42.2%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 3.1%
- #44 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.7%, Platformer 23.2%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 5.2%
- #45 Mask of Soul
69% matchPositive86% of 21 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: Souls-like 41.7%, Platformer 24.6%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Indie 5.4%, Side Scroller 4.3%
- #46 SpellTome
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Souls-like 42.6%, Platformer 25.4%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #47 Hollow Knight: Silksong
67% matchVery Positive89% of 400,178 reviews2025
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 35.1 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Souls-like 35.4%, Platformer 18.9%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%, Indie 5.2%
- #48 Exodus
71% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2014
Dev: Galhmac Game StudioPub: Multi-Form
Windows
Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).
Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Metroidvania 22.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 15.5%
- #49 Shieldbound
70% 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: Souls-like 37.6%, Platformer 22.5%, Metroidvania 15.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Side Scroller 4.1%
- #50 Mr. Bree+
70% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2014
Dev: TawStudio Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.
Why similar: Platformer 58.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 17.5%, Action 5.3%
- #51 Bacuri
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Kid Games
Windows
Plunge into Bacuri's journey. Discovering himself, friends, habilities, lands, challenges and enemies. Draft your own path in this 2D platformer crafted in modern pixel art style.
Why similar: Souls-like 35.5%, Platformer 26.6%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Surreal 6.9%
- #52 Gedda Cake
68% 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: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 23.3%, Metroidvania 15.8%, Adventure 6%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #53 21 Steps to Soul
69% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Grigory Everstov
Windows
Classic old-school hardcore two dimensional horror platformer. Following Daniel in this God forsaken world, the players are going to collect the elements to open doors, run for their dear lives from the evil monsters and make their way further and further into the darkness.
Why similar: Platformer 51.9%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 20.3%
- #54 Being and Becoming
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IchthysPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.6%, Platformer 22.2%, Metroidvania 18%, Side Scroller 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%
- #55 Castle of Heart: Retold
66% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: 7Levels
Windows
Embark on a challenging quest to defeat the evil sorcerer as a cursed warrior in this dark-fantasy action platformer inspired by the Slavic mythology. Vanquish blood-thirsty creatures, overcome lethal traps, and master demanding action sequences—before the curse will turn your stone body into dust.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.8%, Platformer 27.1%, 2.5D 12%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 4.1%
- #56 WarriOrb
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 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: Souls-like 35.6%, Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Side Scroller 4.5%
- #57 Jomp The Jumper
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: SGStudio Games
Windows · Linux
A wicked wizard is trying to dominate the world and only you can save everyone
Why similar: Platformer 49.6%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 21.9%
- #58 Zack Zero
67% matchMixed64% of 419 reviews2013
Dev: Crocodile Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain the powerful substance that will allow him to travel back in time.
Why similar: Platformer 57.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 15.5%, Action 6.3%