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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, 2D, Platformer, Metroidvania.

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Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 22 reviews
Released: 2017-03-17
Developer: GameChanger Studio
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 3.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

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    97% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2016
    Dev: Lienzo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, Platformer 21.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 7.4%, Action 7.1%

  2. #2 Smelted Kin
    96% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
    Dev: Microbat Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Robots 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%

  3. #3 Outpost Delta
    96% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
    Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Robots 10.1%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8%

  4. #4 Amalu, Wells between worlds
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IndieTech Studio
    Windows

    Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 6.5%

  5. #5 1000 Amps
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 reviews2012
    Dev: Brandon Brizzi
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Metroidvania 28.2%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Indie 4.4%

  6. #6 The SOL Device 2
    94% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
    Dev: Straitlace Studios
    Windows

    After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 6.8%

  7. #7 Mereonozis 2D: The Kingdom of Gremlins
    93% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Pavel Gorev
    Windows

    A puzzle-bazed metroidvania. Help the robot to repair the station. But there are gremlins who will try to break everything you've just fixed!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 7.6%, Cartoon 6.7%

  8. #8 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: From Highberg
    Windows

    Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 8.3%

  9. #9 The Rusted
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Rodd Games
    Windows · Mac

    Explore hauntingly beautiful, abandoned environments filled with corrupted machines in a rusted world. Test your platforming skills, and fight to survive. The Rusted is a fully hand-drawn action-adventure where you play as a loyal robot dog.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Robots 21.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Futuristic 6.7%

  10. #10 The Matter Gun
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Karumbe Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%

  11. #11 Relic Light
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TDGame Studio
    Windows

    Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Robots 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%, 2D Platformer 6.4%

  12. #12 H=ZERO
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira Pub: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira
    Windows

    In a future where humanity has vanished, machines maintain vast underground complexes under the command of artificial intelligences. You are a unit activated to deliver a mysterious payload. Face hostile systems, precision challenges, and uncover the forgotten purpose of your existence.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Robots 16.5%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 8.3%

  13. #13 Fiadh
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Miraculum Games
    Windows

    Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 7.4%

  14. #14 Potata: Foxy Tale
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Potata Company
    Windows

    Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Adventure 5.2%

  15. #15 Memory Draw
    86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Restart Studio
    Windows

    Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Platformer 8.3%

  16. #16 Shell Soul:The Skull
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BlueWindGame
    Windows

    A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Exploration 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%

  17. #17 Öoo
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
    Dev: NamaTakahashi
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 7.1%

  18. #18 Switch Box
    86% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: 鲁搬三试
    Windows

    "Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 7.5%

  19. #19 Tool Land
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: bjsjsk
    Windows

    Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

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    84% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: Robit Games
    Windows

    Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 11%, 2D 4.5%

  21. #21 Dark Labyrinth
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xiaote
    Windows

    You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 7%

  22. #22 Mind Over Magnet
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,301 reviews2024
    Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Robots 21.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 8%

  23. #23 Refactor
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NextGen Pants, Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Platformer 11.5%, Adventure 6%, Indie 4.4%

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    82% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
    Windows

    In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Robots 13%, Platformer 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%

  25. #25 Parallyzed
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2017
    Dev: KoreezPub: Double Coconut
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A frantic adventure platformer - control twin sisters at the same time as they navigate intense, hand-crafted parallel worlds!

    Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Indie 44.4%

  26. #26 Norman's Night In
    80% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
    Dev: Bactrian Games
    Windows

    Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Hand-drawn 7.1%

  27. #27 Autonomous Odyssey
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SunOracle Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Robots 19.6%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%

  28. #28 Passages
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Secret Game Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Solve intricate puzzles and evade obstacles with precise, skillful platforming. Collect musical instruments that change your environment with ancient magic, and gain skills and items that enhance your ability to move through that environment. Succeed, and you may just save your family.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Cartoon 9.2%, Puzzle 7.1%

  29. #29 Guillotine
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zomorro Studio
    Windows

    You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 8.6%

  30. #30 FeatherCall
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DreamVeil Studios
    Windows

    FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 8.7%

  31. #31 Ember Fall
    77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: ASH GAMES
    Windows

    Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.

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  32. #32 FrogeON
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JofraDev
    Windows

    A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Robots 9.7%, 2D 5.9%

  33. #33 Alwa's Legacy
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
    Dev: Elden Pixels
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Retro 5.2%

  34. #34 Akaku Forest
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dowfamidas
    Windows

    Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 7.8%

  35. #35 Dutch's Chickens
    75% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
    Dev: Chilling Moose Games
    Windows

    Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!

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  36. #36 Project TERRA
    74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
    Dev: Helios Project
    Windows

    In a strange and hostile world, Raka, an exploration robot, finds themselves alone and separated from their friends. Help them reunite with their companions and unravel the mysteries hidden within this new world.

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  37. #37 KnightLight
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
    Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Windows

    A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

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  38. #38 Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition
    75% matchMixed52% of 24 reviews2017
    Dev: Tiny PixelPub: Gamera Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition is an arcade­ action competitive and asymmetric game, with semi­procedural level creation. Play as a Boss or fight it as a hero, through retro-inspired, pixel art battle arenas.

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  39. #39 Syncro Bots
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vexallon
    Windows

    A 2D pixel-art platform-puzzle game where you are pure energy and control different robots, combining the unique abilities of each to solve puzzles and restore the energy generators.

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  40. #40 Hot-Pink
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zhetkenshek
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.

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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
    Dev: Daniel Linssen
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

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  42. #42 Trapers Platformer
    73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
    Dev: molamucho.com
    Windows · Linux

    Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 12.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%

  43. #43 Retro Machina
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
    Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

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  44. #44 Dream City
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MuggleGreen
    Windows

    A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.

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  45. #45 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Adventure Islands
    Windows

    Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Traverse
    Windows · Mac

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    70% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2025
    Dev: Dreampunk
    Windows · Mac

    Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.

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  48. #48 Cavalier
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Coin Laundry Games
    Windows · Mac

    The King's pup levels up! Cavalier is a single player hand drawn Metroidvania. Combat enchanted creatures while you explore the expanding map, and restore the magical kingdom in this charming medieval adventure.

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    70% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2023
    Dev: PoRtCuLLiS Enterprises
    Windows

    Make portals and levitate objects to solve puzzles - help Catoise get back home after a shopping trip in space ends in a crash landing. Collect parts of the damaged ship scattered across this strange planet. Meet friendly and unfriendly animal characters along the way.

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    68% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
    Dev: GlanielStudio
    Windows

    Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!

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  51. #51 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Section 8 Studios
    Windows

    Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.

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  52. #52 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frogteam Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!

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    68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Kuma Gee
    Windows · Linux

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    69% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

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    67% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
    Dev: North Folk Studios
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    Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!

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  56. #56 Marsel - The Alien Clown
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 1UP Games Studio
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  57. #57 TRAIT
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: OctaGames
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    Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.

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    67% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2015
    Dev: Cococucumber
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    64% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
    Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
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    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.

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  60. #60 Dungeon Gals
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DoricDream
    Windows

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