- #1 Space Hole 2018
97% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Sam AtlasPub: Mr. Sam Atlas
Windows
Launch in and out of the space ball in Space Hole 2018! Myriad holes lead to plentiful Space Gems, opening further holes. New dimensions such as the Impure Light Zone and HoM, the Red Hot Dimension and Filled Space await the shuttle on its way. You Gotta Go in the Space Hole~
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.6%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Abstract 13.6%, Stylized 7.6%
- #2 The Matter Gun
96% 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 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Platformer 8.5%
- #3 Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
96% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Sam AtlasPub: Mr. Sam Atlas
Windows
Evolution concludes in this expressive platformer. Movement is your power, transformation is your gift. Discover sites and evolve as you explore an organic underworld open-world, Earth looming in the distance...
Why similar: Metroidvania 20%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Abstract 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Stylized 7.4%
- #4 HYPERWORLD (Working Title)
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fluddformat
Windows · Mac
Far away, a strange world awaits you. Explore a vast network of rooms and paths, unlock new abilities, solve mysteries, make friends, discover secrets, and more in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Stylized 12%, Exploration 7.7%
- #5 Fourmiworld
94% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Metroidvania 25%, Abstract 16%, Stylized 11%, Exploration 9.7%
- #6 Time Flipper
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Lusho
Windows
Press one button to switch between timelines. Use this time-flip device to find and liberate missing people. Lead them out by switching the world state. You carry no weapons, so you must time-flip your way around the enemies and violence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Puzzle 8.2%, Stylized 7.8%
- #7 Superspective
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Locally Euclidean Games
Windows
Solve mind-bending physics and logic puzzles in Superspective, a first-person puzzle game where gravity is relative, rooms twist and fold back on themselves, and surreal architecture challenges how you think about space. Experience unreality.
Why similar: Abstract 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Stylized 11.8%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #8 Spectacle: Worlds Unseen
92% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Change your surroundings in the blink of an eye. Wield powerful glasses that let you see and interact with the world in new ways. Spectacle is a surreal first-person puzzle game about observation, spatial reasoning, and lizards.
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Abstract 14.3%, Puzzle 12.8%, Stylized 10.9%
- #9 Al'ulA
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Astrolabs EntertainmentPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Al’ulA is a first-person non-euclidean puzzle game set in a strange fractal dimension inspired by medieval Morocco. You will use an alien artefact to solve puzzles while guided by a strange alien entity.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Abstract 16.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Stylized 7.8%
- #10 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
90% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Abstract 18.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Platformer 7.7%
- #11 1000 Amps
91% 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 39%, Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 3.1%
- #12 Labyrinth of Light
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman GlebovPub: Gleb Romanov
Windows
Labyrinth of Light is a first-person puzzle game with platforming elements. The player can walk on any illuminated wall. Through a giant concrete maze in the Brutalist style, the player saves a withering tree.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
- #13 Get the Ball Rolling
88% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: GET THE BALL ROLLING LLC
Windows
A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Exploration 12.1%, 3D Platformer 10.1%, 3D 4.7%
- #14 Andarin Weppes
86% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Abstract 18.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Platformer 7.3%
- #15 Namnokh
89% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Gutslap Games
Windows
Namnokh is a Puzzle-Platformer where you take on the role of the nomadic Wanderer. After discovering an ancient sentient Box, you must use it's powers to bounce, change it's weight and pass through certain parts of the environment to traverse the ruins of Namnokh.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Psychedelic 18.2%, Puzzle 14.5%, Stylized 12.9%, Platformer 12.5%
- #16 Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
Windows
A gravity-bending 3D adventure where everyone turns to stone!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Puzzle 10.8%, Stylized 9.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #17 ANIMAL WELL
85% 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 38.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Platformer 7.8%
- #18 Dream City
86% 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.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #19 Zoy
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SpringDing
Windows
Explore the sandbox world with Zoy, collect fluorescent petals, navigate through the crisscrossing labyrinths, and uncover the stories hidden behind the world. You can also roam between the gurgling brooks and magnificent waterfalls and enjoy a relaxing and pleasant time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 11%, Platformer 7.2%
- #20 Dreaming Sarah
84% matchVery Positive91% of 2,855 reviews2015
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Abstract 16%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #21 Spatial Dip
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
Windows · Mac
Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Platformer 6.2%
- #22 Tool Land
82% 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!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Stylized 10.8%, Platformer 9.4%
- #23 Rhombus
80% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Axel Born
Windows · Linux
Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment in this small metroidbrainia.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Abstract 22.8%, Metroidvania 18.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 10%
- #24 Shell Soul:The Skull
81% 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 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #25 Red and White
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Rukashi
Windows
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Abstract 25.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 1.4%
- #26 Substantia Cana
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Equitatus Studio
Windows
Substantia Cana is an indie, puzzle-platform game with rich story. The game takes place in a stylized, abstract environment.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Abstract 17.5%, Stylized 16.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, 3D Platformer 12.1%
- #27 Öoo
77% 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 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Platformer 8.8%
- #28 Refactor
79% 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 51%, Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Platformer 10%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 0.7%
- #29 Hob
79% matchVery Positive88% of 5,495 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Platformer 11.1%
- #30 InOut
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bora Kara
Windows · Mac
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Abstract 11.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #31 No Strings Attached
77% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: The Circus FreaksPub: Threehaw Company Ranch
Windows
No Strings Attached is a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newly-sentient puppet, in a struggling circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more to escape your Master’s true intentions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Exploration 16.4%, Stylized 15.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, Platformer 12.2%
- #32 Mechinus
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huey Games
Windows
Roll-and-ride contraptions, clockwork puzzles and steampunk stealth await in this puzzle-platforming adventure set in a mechanical ecosystem. You play as Cognito, whose duty to maintain the lifecycle of this captivating world leads him on an epic journey to heart of the machine in order to save it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Abstract 13.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Stylized 7.4%
- #33 Bitup
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmogonia Games
Windows
BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 11%, 3D Platformer 8.8%
- #34 The Static
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: aFonte Games LLC
Windows
The Static is a 3D-platformer where you control a television-traversing ghost dead set on rescuing their spectral neighbors. Reunite lost spirits and breathe new (after)life into a once-forgotten ghostly neighborhood.
Why similar: Abstract 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Stylized 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%
- #35 Nonolith
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justcamh
Windows · Mac · Linux
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.1%, Platformer 8%
- #36 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
74% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: 半星BanXing
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Stylized 12.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10%
- #37 A Wizard's Wool
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nuclear Candy Games
Windows · Mac
Join Windle the Wizard on magical 3D adventure to rescue sheep, battle monsters and save the kingdom from being torn apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Stylized 9.5%, Platformer 9.3%
- #38 Astro To The Rescue
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlazeGames
Windows · Mac
Astro to the Rescue is an adventure game where you play as an astronaut stranded on floating islands. Rescue the Lumis from the Shadows through thrilling levels, uncover power-ups, and overcome challenges. Navigate unknown terrain and become the hero this alien world needs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Stylized 10.1%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.6%
- #39 Explosiovania
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Eye
Windows
Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. After descending into a broken underworld, you must learn to traverse Satan Hill. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Exploration 10.1%, 3D Platformer 9.7%, Stylized 9.4%
- #40 Delearnia: Fractions of Hope
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Win or Learn
Windows
Delearnia: Fractions of Hope is a thrilling puzzle adventure where action, mystery, and mathematics collide. Navigate the enchanting world of Delearnia, conquer challenges, and defeat enemies with the power of mathematics. Rediscover the fun in being a thinker. Become the Mathemagician!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Stylized 9.1%
- #41 Stone
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heijingshi
Windows
"Stone" is an action-adventure game, a 3D Metroidvania. You are led to an unknown world, given a stone body, and given the ability to change into various forms. You explore and fight in this unknown world and finally solve the mystery of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Platformer 8%
- #42 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
72% 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 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle 14%, Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 10%
- #43 Lyden Lys
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Løftet
Windows
Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 8.9%
- #44 WaxHeart
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WaxHeart Team
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric puzzle-adventure platformer where a wax child with a lantern for a heart journeys through a ruined world in search of their lost memory.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Abstract 19.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Stylized 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%
- #45 Lest - Deluxe 24
70% matchMixed58% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Radkoil Interactive
Windows
Play a Surreal and Abstract game of Hide and Seek across abstract realities watching as your beloved home falls into decay as you try desperately over and over again to hunt down your target through the stages of Denial, Guilt, Depression, Resentment, and Acceptance.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Abstract 18.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Platformer 9.7%
- #46 UvsU: You vs You
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%
- #47 Final Nation
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyperlimits
Windows
In this challenging action-adventure you are on a quest to find a mystic crystal to save your country from an evil militant cult. Explore vast lands and secret chambers invested with dangerous enemies. In order to succeed you must escape hazards, collect crucial items, and destroy key targets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Platformer 8.9%, 3D Platformer 7.9%
- #48 MONOMOON
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10%, Stylized 8%
- #49 Sisyphus Is a Bug
67% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, Platformer 9%
- #50 Doll Parts
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Stella BarbagiannisPub: Doll Parts Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as a doll trying to help her owner through puberty. Solve puzzles, navigate your environment, and discover journal pages to survive the horrors of growing up.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Stylized 11.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Platformer 10.4%
- #51 FeatherCall
69% 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 29.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 14%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 11.2%
- #52 Scared by Squares
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Siege IndustriesPub: Clique Games
Windows
Explore eerie spaces filled with cube-shaped anomalies and use your senses to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and survive.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.9%, Abstract 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Stylized 9.8%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #53 Find The Cat
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Quentin Edel
Windows
You've lost your cats. Go find them. Find The Cat is a short puzzle platformer in which you have to find and collect colored cats to bring them back home.
Why similar: Abstract 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Stylized 10.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #54 Supraworld
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,411 reviews2025
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Zero hand-holding. Dismantle this dense open-world of unconventional puzzles by thinking outside the box and exploiting every ability you discover. Solve mysteries hidden in plain sight where every piece of supposed decoration has a purpose.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Comedy 9.1%
- #55 Educe
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tristen MacPherson
Windows · Mac
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.5%, Exploration 16.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, Adventure 6.2%
- #56 Switch Box
67% 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 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #57 KnightLight
67% 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 40.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #58 Under Iron Water
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Joel Carter
Windows
A first person adventure game with light platforming elements. On an island, somewhere in the ocean, a powerful creature has been captured but is slowly gaining power. It sends it's minions across the island to spread it's influence, one such location being the old village crypt, where you awaken.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Abstract 22.1%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Stylized 11%, Exploration 10.4%
- #59 Dutch's Chickens
67% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #60 This Game is About Robots
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: a small boat
Windows
This Game Is About Robots is a 3D Metroidvania about a battery robot named S04R who is trapped in the hidden lower levels of Cog Springs, a fully robotic society that unknowingly serves a long-forgotten humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Stylized 10.9%, 3D Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 6.1%