- #1 MIO: Memories in Orbit
97% 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 27.9%, Robots 14.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Difficult 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
- #2 Ghost Song
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,404 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Robots 13%, Platformer 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Difficult 8%
- #3 Spirit Fusion
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Platformer 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action 7.1%
- #4 Microvania
95% 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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Robots 13.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Difficult 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
- #5 Chaos Rider
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy Factory Inc
Windows · Mac
The Chaos Rider finally wakes up after ages. Explore a mysterious island with tons of secrets and treasures to discover ! Fight your way through hordes of enemies and fulfill the dream of the Great Architect. Create your own playstyle, beat bosses and do crazy platforming in this epic adventure game
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #6 KAON : Fragmented Core
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kulin Studio
Windows
KAON: Fragmented Core is a 2D action-platformer featuring precision combat, fluid movement, and striking hand-crafted animation. Switch between powerful Transformation Forms to break defenses, pierce armor, and unleash explosive abilities as you uncover the truth behind the Fragmented Core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Platformer 14.6%, Robots 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.6%
- #7 Mechanode
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spriteflick
Windows
An all-action, story-driven metroidvania that confronts the darkest realities of existence and the dawning of consciousness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Robots 12.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #8 Phaze Shift
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 15.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, 2D Platformer 5.7%, Action 5.3%
- #9 Dimension Rift Zero
91% 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 30.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Exploration 6.6%
- #10 Shards of Memories
91% 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 37.7%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #11 Savage Horizons
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Insolence Studio
Windows
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #12 Res Extensa
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overclocked Abacus Games
Windows · Linux
A platform adventure game incorporating elements from immersive sims and cinematic platformers. Run, fight and hack your way through a distant space colony as you attempt to reclaim your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Robots 17.9%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #13 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 33.3%, Robots 18.1%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Action 8.5%
- #14 EON: Reset
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team EON Reset
Windows
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #15 BirdKnight
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GhostFoxCreative
Windows
In a dying world dominated by machines, use the powers of nature to explore a diverse landscape and devastate your foes in this action-driven metroidvania. As humanity's last hope, the BirdKnight must learn the truth behind the mysterious Heart of the World and restore life to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Difficult 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Platformer 7.2%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #16 Florarium
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 9.1%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #17 Far Star
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: This is Vini
Windows · Linux
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Robots 15.9%, Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #18 Akatori
85% 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 28.9%, Difficult 12.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #19 Aetherica: Echoes of Exodus
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ulluminated Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aetherica: Echoes of Exodus is a 2D, hand-drawn, metroidvania inspired action-adventure where you follow Floria and Kipp on their journey through an unique and epic journey inside the long lost dystopian civilization: Providence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Robots 18.6%, Difficult 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 8.5%
- #20 Liminalia
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space74
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mysteries of these forgotten lands in a hand-drawn, narrative-driven 2D action-adventure, as a white-robed girl awakens in the depths of an abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #21 Misspell
83% 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 34.2%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Difficult 6.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #22 Vulpis
82% 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 45.3%, Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Exploration 7.4%, Action 5.5%
- #23 Shieldbound
82% 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%, Hand-drawn 13%, Difficult 12.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 5.9%
- #24 Ariana and the Elder Codex
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8%, Action 6.6%
- #25 Timeless Rain
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Young Cat Games Ltd
Windows
Explore this foreign world and manipulate time to navigate through the challenges that lie along your path! Meet the inhabitants of this strange realm as they push you towards finding the Timeless Rain...
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #26 Somnium Shore
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Platformer 17.9%, Exploration 10%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Action 6.5%
- #27 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
79% 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 46.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Hand-drawn 9%, Action 7.6%, Difficult 6.1%
- #28 Solateria
77% 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 33.1%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 9.5%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #29 Goo Keeper
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Oria Games Inc.
Windows
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #30 Trash Heart
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Robots 9.5%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #31 RIN: The Last Child
78% matchMixed60% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Space Fox GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #32 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Platformer 15.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Action 5%
- #33 Echoes of Nox
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orange Party
Windows
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Robots 7.4%
- #34 Super Roboy
75% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent PenningPub: VP Games
Windows
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Robots 16.8%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #35 Fevercide
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Platformer 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #36 Torii: Beyond The Gates
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows · Mac
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #37 SHEEPO
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #38 Smelted Kin
75% 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 40.9%, Robots 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 7.4%
- #39 Chibits
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Action 5.4%
- #40 Night Breaker
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 10 DEAD Pixels
Windows
Venture into an unusual, alien world full of danger and mysteries in this sci-fi Metroidvania. Grab your gear and face the challenge of sustaining a once-thriving space colony. Can you bring this place back to life? Are you ready to uncover all the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #41 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12%, Exploration 8.9%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #42 Cavalier
72% 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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 13%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #43 Caesura
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Bananas Studio
Windows
Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #44 Inari's Redemption
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmbroisePub: Ambroise Catherine
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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #45 Paradox Soul
73% matchMixed43% of 623 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Robots 18.2%, Difficult 11.3%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #46 Tyto
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamjob Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 8%, Atmospheric 8%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #47 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #48 Croakspire
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lotus Arcade
Windows
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%
- #49 Astra: Fading Stars
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
Windows · Linux
It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Exploration 7.4%
- #50 Puppetmaster
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabriel Games LLC
Windows
Discover a metroidvania with a huge world, platform-fighter dynamic combat, smart bosses, deep lore, and original music, all made by two brothers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Platformer 9.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, 2D Platformer 6.3%
- #51 Briar Flame
67% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Stylized 7.4%
- #52 Honey's Sweet Revenge
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: etheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Action 8.3%
- #53 Marko: Beyond Brave
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Studio MechkaPub: Studio Mechka
Windows
Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #54 Stoatman
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Platformer 16.2%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Exploration 6.9%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #55 SlideNGlide
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #56 Nocturnal 2
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunnyside Games
Windows
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 7.8%
- #57 Ascender
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Robots 19.6%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #58 FrogeON
67% 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 28.4%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Robots 11%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #59 Anokye
65% 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: Metroidvania 41.6%, Difficult 17.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Exploration 5.6%