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  1. #1 Dimension Rift Zero
    97% 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 28.9%, Souls-like 21.7%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 7.3%, Hand-drawn 4.2%

  2. #2 DREIFRAME
    96% 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: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 22.9%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 7.3%, Indie 4.2%

  3. #3 SHADE Protocol
    96% 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 30.5%, Souls-like 22%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Exploration 3.4%

  4. #4 Hollow Knight
    95% 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: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 20.2%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 6.7%, Indie 3.2%

  5. #5 Benders of Moona
    94% 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: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Platformer 8.2%, Adventure 4.1%

  6. #6 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
    93% 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 29.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 3.5%

  7. #7 Solateria
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
    Windows

    Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 15.4%, Hand-drawn 5.7%, Platformer 5.4%

  8. #8 Steel Flood
    92% 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 30.2%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 7.5%, Hand-drawn 5.1%

  9. #9 Children of Birch
    91% 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: Metroidvania 32.7%, Souls-like 23.3%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 7.5%, Indie 4.2%

  10. #10 Hollow Knight: Silksong
    89% 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: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 20.3%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 5.9%, Indie 3.5%

  11. #11 Intertwined
    90% 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: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 6.6%, Indie 4.6%

  12. #12 Last Souls
    89% 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 29.4%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 7%, Hand-drawn 4.1%

  13. #13 WarriOrb: Prologue
    88% 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: Metroidvania 27.7%, Souls-like 21.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 7%, Open World 3.9%

  14. #14 Unbound: Worlds Apart
    87% 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: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 12.1%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 9.2%, Indie 5.5%

  15. #15 Misspell
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
    Windows

    Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Souls-like 14.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Difficult 7.7%, Hand-drawn 6.1%

  16. #16 Shieldbound
    86% 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 29.2%, Souls-like 22.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 7.3%, Hand-drawn 5.5%

  17. #17 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
    85% 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: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 4.4%

  18. #18 Crownless
    84% 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: Metroidvania 43%, Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 5.2%, Adventure 4.7%

  19. #19 LUNARIS
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Richard BuenoPub: Two Void Studios
    Windows

    LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Souls-like 17.9%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 4.5%

  20. #20 Akatori
    83% 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: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 21.7%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 6.8%, Exploration 4.5%

  21. #21 Fading Light
    82% 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: Metroidvania 39.6%, Souls-like 16.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Adventure 4.2%

  22. #22 Lotus Knight
    82% 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 43.9%, Souls-like 29.1%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 3.9%

  23. #23 Nara: Facing Fire
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Glowing Glade Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a world where a mysterious energy known as Va flows through and connects all living beings, a child with the power to command this energy was born. As the last of her kind, young Nara must unravel the dark secrets of her power and face the flames and shadows that took someone special from her.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 22.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 7%, Exploration 4.3%

  24. #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: Metroidvania 29.8%, Souls-like 23.5%, Difficult 12.9%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 6.4%

  25. #25 Vulpis
    80% 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 47.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 5.2%, 2D 4.7%

  26. #26 Ceplion
    79% 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 28.8%, Souls-like 19%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 3.8%

  27. #27 PlayBound
    79% 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: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 15.2%, Difficult 11.5%, Indie 8%, Adventure 7.6%

  28. #28 Gedda Cake
    78% 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 31.4%, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 3.9%

  29. #29 Unworthy
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 842 reviews2018
    Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Souls-like 32.8%, Difficult 12.5%, Indie 4.9%, Adventure 3.6%

  30. #30 Colorless World
    77% 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 32.9%, Souls-like 24.6%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 3.6%

  31. #31 Phantom Rend
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonmixer Studios
    Windows

    Phantom Rend is an intense Action-Adventure! Where you Find Your Ways through a Vast phantom Infested Island nation, wage Epic battles against formidable foes, Upgrade your skills and items, Uncover ancient secrets, Meet and befriend creatures of all walks of life.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Souls-like 17.9%, Exploration 5.4%, Indie 5.1%, Hand-drawn 4.7%

  32. #32 Enemies Within
    76% 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 33.7%, Souls-like 22.6%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 6.3%, Exploration 5.5%

  33. #33 Lightward
    76% 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: Metroidvania 43.2%, Souls-like 29.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 4.1%

  34. #34 Foregone
    75% 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: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Indie 4.9%

  35. #35 Nine Sols
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 38,824 reviews2024
    Dev: RedCandleGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Souls-like 22.7%, Difficult 15.2%, Platformer 6.9%, Hand-drawn 5.4%

  36. #36 DEVIATOR
    74% 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: Metroidvania 36.3%, Souls-like 25.9%, Platformer 8%, Difficult 6.5%, Hand-drawn 5.5%

  37. #37 Astronium
    75% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
    Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
    Windows

    Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 18.1%, Indie 4.2%, Exploration 3.9%

  38. #38 Phosfi
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: UpRoom Games LLC
    Windows · Linux

    Phosfi is an atmospheric, metroidvania style action-platformer. Explore and fight your way through a dark and dangerous coastal world full of mysteries and ancient treasures. Discover long buried temples and fend off Eldritch monstrosities in this beautiful 2D hand drawn and animated adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 24.9%, Difficult 15.1%, Hand-drawn 6.4%, Adventure 4.5%

  39. #39 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 reviews2021
    Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Difficult 7.6%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 6.9%

  40. #40 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
    73% 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 41.3%, Metroidvania 33.3%, Difficult 8.1%, Platformer 4.1%, Indie 3%

  41. #41 CRAVE
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hang The Eyelids
    Windows

    Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 16.9%, Platformer 6.3%, Hand-drawn 4.9%

  42. #42 MIO: Memories in Orbit
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
    Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 18.3%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 5%

  43. #43 Salt and Sanctuary
    72% 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 44.6%, Metroidvania 28.7%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 4.4%, 2D 3%

  44. #44 Tairo: Lost In Time
    71% 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: Metroidvania 48.2%, Souls-like 35.4%, Platformer 4.2%, Indie 4.2%, Adventure 3.9%

  45. #45 Seedless Light
    71% 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 45.3%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 5.9%, Adventure 4.5%

  46. #46 Loreninha Paints Dreams and Rainbows
    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Eminho & Lorena Team
    Windows · Linux

    A cute dreamworld hides a growing darkness. Explore, fight, and steal the powers of your enemies.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 19.8%, Platformer 6.5%, Cute 2.3%

  47. #47 Shards of Memories
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Iron Twelve Games
    Windows

    Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Souls-like 21.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Indie 6%, Platformer 5.9%

  48. #48 Vitavania
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nekod team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Sandbox Metroidvania. No words. Life and drifting autumn leaves with adorable catgirls! . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Souls-like 17.9%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Adventure 6%, Platformer 5.5%

  49. #49 La-Mulana
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,571 reviews2013
    Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Difficult 21.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 4.2%, Indie 4%

  50. #50 Go Alone
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: orobi
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Souls-like 30.4%, Adventure 6.4%, Exploration 5.5%, Action 3.9%

  51. #51 Last Vanguard
    67% 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 34.9%, Souls-like 22.9%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 7.1%, Hand-drawn 4.8%

  52. #52 ARO: Tales In The Dome
    68% 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 31.4%, Souls-like 23.9%, Difficult 15.5%, Exploration 4.9%, Hand-drawn 4.1%

  53. #53 Frauki's Adventure!
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2021
    Dev: CLYDE games
    Windows · Linux

    Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 4.8%

  54. #54 Eden's Guardian
    67% 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 30.1%, Souls-like 23%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 4.2%

  55. #55 Stellar Poetry
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MXL-StudioPub: TrueColor Games
    Windows

    Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Souls-like 26.1%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 8.2%, Multiple Endings 3.4%

  56. #56 Aeterna Noctis
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,963 reviews2021
    Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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 31%, Souls-like 22.1%, Difficult 15.4%, Platformer 7.3%, Hand-drawn 4.4%

  57. #57 Momento Temporis: Light from the Deep
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 48 reviews2016
    Dev: Burning Ice Games
    Windows · Mac

    All alone, Hania sets out on a journey to find the answers to her past across this uncharted, perilous and magical world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 7%

  58. #58 Raji: Prologue
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 621 reviews2020
    Dev: Nodding Heads Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 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 37.3%, Difficult 16.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Adventure 5.1%

  59. #59 Mò The Frog
    68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2018
    Dev: PrimesoftGames
    Windows

    Mo the frog is a classic 2D platform in which you will have to committ fully to ho through many levels that are present in the game. Dress the part of Mò the frog in the epic adventure to free Avalaar's kingdom from the oppression which the terrible Peter's the troll and his henchmen, the black captains, try to bring by conquering it.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 13%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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