- #1 Eldritchvania
97% 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 34.9%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.6%
- #2 Voidwrought
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 884 reviews2024
Dev: PowersnakePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Lovecraftian 21.6%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Platformer 8.3%
- #3 ANIMAL WELL
96% 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 44.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #4 OUTBUDDIES DX
95% 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 53.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Adventure 5.6%
- #5 Axiom Verge
94% 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 64.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 4.4%, Adventure 3.1%
- #6 Lone Fungus
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #7 Quarion
93% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.5%, Exploration 13%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 6.4%
- #8 Haiku, the Robot
92% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 10%
- #9 Noreya: The Gold Project
91% matchVery Positive84% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: DreamirlPub: PixelHeart
Windows · Linux
Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%
- #10 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
90% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 6.2%
- #11 Genopanic
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #12 Inexistence
91% 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 55.5%, Action 13.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #13 Ascent DX
88% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #14 PSYCRON
89% 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 50.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #15 Souldiers
87% matchMixed69% of 2,964 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Lore-Rich 8.3%, Action 3.8%, Adventure 3.3%
- #16 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
85% 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 57.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #17 Cathedral
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.5%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 6%
- #18 Environmental Station Alpha
86% 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 58.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Adventure 4.7%, Exploration 4%
- #19 Oblitus mortis
84% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Oblitus mortis
Windows
A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #20 Chasm
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,617 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Adventure 5.6%, Action 3.7%
- #21 Solateria
82% 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 52.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Lore-Rich 6.9%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #22 Hollow Floor
82% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 6.2%
- #23 After Death
83% 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 59.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 6%
- #24 Overbowed
81% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Action 4.7%
- #25 KnightLight
80% 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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Exploration 15%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Puzzle Platformer 6.4%
- #26 Astronite
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Platformer 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #27 Iconoclasts
79% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Platformer 10%, Adventure 5.9%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #28 Unbound: Worlds Apart
78% 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 44.2%, Platformer 16.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #29 Kingdom Shell
78% matchVery Positive89% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Cup of PixelsPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Platformer 7%
- #30 Alwa's Legacy
77% 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 48.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 6.8%
- #31 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
79% 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 52.7%, Platformer 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Exploration 5.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #32 Islets
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Story Rich 6%
- #33 Aestik
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Hooded Traveler Games
Windows
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 8.4%
- #34 Exographer
74% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18%, Exploration 13.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Investigation 9.9%
- #35 Aeterna Noctis
75% 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 52.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Puzzle Platformer 5.3%
- #36 Alwa's Awakening
76% matchVery Positive80% of 909 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 2.5%
- #37 Moonlight Pulse
73% 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 53.5%, Exploration 13%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Action 4.9%
- #38 Elliot Quest
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 6.2%
- #39 Axiom Verge 2
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 907 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 6.8%
- #40 Ato
73% matchVery Positive97% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: Tiny Warrior Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Platformer 7.7%
- #41 Azaran: The Demon Bottle
72% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Benji
Windows · Linux
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle 9.8%, Action 9.1%
- #42 DEVIATOR
73% 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 57.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 7.7%, Atmospheric 7%, Action 5.1%
- #43 Öoo
69% 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 43.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%
- #44 SELINI
71% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Puzzle Platformer 5.6%
- #45 Cosmobreeder Yiffai
71% matchVery Positive86% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: KEMOSHOCO
Windows
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.1%, Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Story Rich 5.2%, Action 3.4%
- #46 Kandria
71% matchVery Positive95% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Shirakumo Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a ruined open world of caverns and settlements. Hack and slash your way through missions: patrol, repair, scavenge - choose your quests and dialogue. Or go fishing, forage mushrooms, and race the clock! The old world is gone - the future is up to you.
Why similar: Exploration 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Platformer 20.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #47 Iron Diamond
70% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
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!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Exploration 13.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 6%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #48 Awita: Journey of Hope
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Exploration 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 10.5%, Atmospheric 7%
- #49 Enigmoon
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 757 reviews2015
Dev: Tupã Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.3%, Platformer 28.7%
- #50 Erra: Exordium
69% matchVery Positive84% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Pixel LLCPub: Kirkidexi LTD
Windows · Linux
Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.8%, Atmospheric 22%, Adventure 17%, Story Rich 11.1%, Action 11.1%
- #51 Super Win the Game
70% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Adventure 4.4%
- #52 100 Pumpkins 2
68% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #53 Xanthiom Zero
68% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Exploration 12%, Platformer 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #54 Hyper Light Drifter
67% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 8.9%
- #55 Simona's Requiem
69% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Team Simona
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Platformer 13.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Atmospheric 6%
- #56 Super Mombo Quest
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Adventure 8%, Action 5.4%
- #57 Plus Ultra: Legado
66% matchVery Positive89% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Póntica
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast, colorful world in this 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set during the Age of Discoveries. Grab your halberd and become a hero amid the storm!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #58 Guns of Fury
65% 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 58%, Platformer 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Action 3.4%, Adventure 2.8%
- #59 MIO: Memories in Orbit
63% 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 55.8%, Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 14%, Atmospheric 9%, 2D 2.9%
- #60 GIGASWORD
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Studio HybridPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Platformer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Puzzle 7%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%