- #1 Rebel Transmute
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #2 PROT
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ginger Crab Games
Windows
PROT is a unique sci-fi sandbox adventure. You are PROT, a little lost dustbin-shaped robot. Use your creativity and problem-solving skills to collect, recycle, and fabricate tools and build a rocket. Your family is scattered across the solar system and needs your help.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Science 21.3%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Exploration 8.2%
- #3 Microvania
96% matchPositive81% of 31 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 36.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Nonlinear 8.2%, Aliens 8.2%
- #4 Omega Warp
95% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Cian Games
Windows · Linux
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Aliens 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #5 XGA SPECIAL EDITION
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: XStationGames
Windows
Survive the nightmare of XGA! Trapped in the rotting corpse of a space station, you must explore, fight and hide in this intense Horror-Metroidvania! But remember, XGA is hunting you....
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Space 14%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #6 Vanishing Starlight
94% matchMixed50% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: 上海心柒网络科技有限公司Pub: 上海星游纪信息技术有限公司
Windows
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Space 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #7 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
93% matchVery Positive87% of 905 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Adventure 5.6%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #8 The Future Project
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Infinite Level
Windows
Take control of an AI soldier, explore planets, and partake in fast paced combat in The Future Project, a first person metroidvania. Explore distinct worlds, obtain new weapons and abilities, and defeat powerful enemies in humanity's quest to journey the stars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Space 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #9 PSYCRON
91% 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 41.4%, Space 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #10 Star Mission: Remote Sectors
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Ralph Schaedler
Windows
A story-driven sci-fi adventure focused on exploration, atmosphere, and discovery. Unlock superhuman abilities, uncover forgotten technology, and gather resources to craft devices that help you solve mysteries on a remote and ancient planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Science 19.2%, Space 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 7.1%
- #11 Xanthiom Zero
90% matchVery Positive96% of 142 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 39%, Space 18%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 9.6%, Aliens 8.8%
- #12 TWINSTAR 双星
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Space 19.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, 2D 4%
- #13 Rescue Hornet
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Take command of the galaxy's newest search and rescue ship, the Rescue Hornet, and venture into this metroidvania set on a hostile alien world. Use all your tools including your powerful claw arm to defend yourself from dangerous creatures, solve puzzles and search for survivors of an alien attack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #14 Our Metal Bowl
87% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #15 Starfall
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolarmPub: Solhenge
Windows
A space adventure with retro gfx from the golden age of quest gaming with real type-in commands, puzzles to solve and challenging minigames.
Why similar: Space 24.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Puzzle 13.1%, Aliens 11.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #16 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
86% matchVery Positive85% of 184 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%, Sci-fi 14%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #17 Robokid
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: novaRayX
Windows
You are a robot with the mindset of a child, but your advanced robotic body allows you to fight better than most humans. Your goal is to solve the mystery of how the aliens got aboard the spaceship and, more importantly, to find a new energy source to survive. A strange scientist will accompany you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Science 14.6%, Aliens 12.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Space 7.6%
- #18 Iron Diamond
84% matchVery Positive89% of 56 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 41.3%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #19 First Contact
85% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Haguy EisPub: Eis Interactive
Windows
Strange radio bursts have been detected! Embark on an immersive adventure as you analyze radio signals coming from space, decipher hidden messages, symbols, sounds, and translate alien languages. Follow an engaging story with countless dialogues and game-changing choices.
Why similar: Science 39.4%, Aliens 16.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Space 11.7%, Puzzle 9%
- #20 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Space 19.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, 2D 3.5%
- #21 The Swapper
83% matchVery Positive94% of 7,551 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Space 22%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Puzzle 19.7%, Metroidvania 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #22 故障与漏洞世界
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stellar Reverie
Windows
《故障与漏洞世界》是一款平台解密游戏。你将探索这个未知且充满危险的世界,获取各种奇妙能力并发掘出意想不到的用法,最终解开这个世界的秘密。
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #23 404: The Absent God
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kootoapin
Windows
Explore planet 404, battle the Zorgs and local tribes, and hunt for the Eye of Vyr’Nox, the legendary Relic of the Absent God.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #24 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nao Games
Windows
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.3%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, 2D 5.9%, Action 2.3%
- #25 Relic Light
81% 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 37.1%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 9%
- #26 Bagburnian Remote
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman Chumak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Message from extra-terrestrial intelligence.
Why similar: Science 38%, Space 23.2%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Indie 9.5%
- #27 Horn of Balance
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Martijn den Hollander
Windows
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #28 Kryh Explorer
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Terminal Game Studios
Windows
Explore the world of the crystal-mining creatures, the Kryh, Meet other alien races, improve your equipments and customize your burrow. Great adventures are waiting in Kryh Explorer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Space 18.4%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Aliens 6.6%
- #29 Dirtlight
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #30 The Solyani's Code
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANGames
Windows
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Nonlinear 15%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #31 Faunamorph
77% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Marangon Productions
Windows
Mutant foes await: Transform into different animals and recombine your own DNA to unlock new abilities in Faunamorph. Uncover the mysteries of your origin in this action-packed 2D metroidvania about genetics and mutations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Science 19.6%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Exploration 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #32 K2-18b: Legacy
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Void Dev
Windows · Linux
In this walking simulator, you'll immerse yourself in a mysterious and unknown atmosphere accompanied by original, atmospheric music. As you navigate unique labyrinths, you'll uncover a fascinating storyline, explore the world of an exoplanet, and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Science 30.8%, Space 17.4%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #33 End's Reach
76% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.8%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #34 Lelu
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jamierowan
Windows
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Sci-fi 10%
- #35 Cryselts
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B3N Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #36 Moadra
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gloomsoft
Windows
Endure... Evolve... Or Die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #37 Stranger Than Fiction
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incisive Games
Windows
Stranger than Fiction is a first-person puzzle adventure game where you uncover the mysterious inner workings of cosmos during the Scientific Revolution. Explore Tycho Brahe's island, find clues, and figure out which interpretations are true and which need to be let go.
Why similar: Science 28.9%, Space 17.2%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #38 Exographer
73% matchVery Positive95% of 139 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: Science 34.5%, Metroidvania 14.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Sci-fi 10%
- #39 JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time
74% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Superbrothers
Windows
Embark on an interstellar trip and deploy to a mythic ocean planet in a low-flying jett in this cinematic science fiction action adventure with immersive sim elements from Superbrothers, known for Sword & Sworcery EP.
Why similar: Science 26.7%, Space 17.5%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%
- #40 Starcrest Saga
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erianko
Windows
Starcrest Saga is collection of games set in the Starcrest franchise, developed by Erianko.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Science 27.2%, Space 14.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #41 Chaos Rider
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy Factory Inc
Windows · Mac
After millennia of slumber, an ancient spirit awakens in a powerful robotic body. Reborn as the Chaos Rider, you return to unleash a new era of magic on the world. Explore a vast mysterious realm, master new powers and forge alliances. Customize and adapt your playstyle to uncover ancient secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Nonlinear 6.1%
- #42 Zexion
71% matchVery Positive90% of 523 reviews2025
Dev: Gallant Leaf
Windows · Linux
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Aliens 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #43 The Celestial Seeker
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VinciWare
Windows
Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Space 11.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #44 No One's Earth
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No One Plays
Windows
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Aliens 9%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #45 Moonlaw
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Aliens 9.4%, Adventure 5.1%
- #46 Dewborne Dawn
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mythwalk Studios
Windows
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #47 Void Of Space
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jhey, GeemuStudiosPub: GeemuStudios
Windows
Void Of Space is an RPG, horror-survival game, a science fiction adventure. Explore the colonizer ship Genesis IV, abandoned in the atmosphere of an unknown alien planet. Craft items, find weapons and equipment to defend against the hostile life forms you encounter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Science 22.3%, Space 11.3%, Aliens 9.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #48 Alpha Particle
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Function Unknown
Windows
Alpha Particle is sci-fi action game about a defenceless particle that must overcome it's obstacles creatively
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #49 Quant
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PetRem Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quant is a colorful adventure game, that will teach you Quantum Physics! Follow Atom, in the quest for independence. Guided by Professor Svobodan Randov, he will uncover his Quantum powers, and free himself from the oppressing world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Science 27%, Space 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #50 Utopia: Haven
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: João Mendonça
Windows
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Adventure 6%, Indie 4.5%
- #51 Grav1ty
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduardo MachadoPub: Eduardo Machado
Windows
Discover an enigmatic universe. Explore diverse biomes, face ancient guardians, and uncover hidden secrets in this captivating 2D pixel art platformer. Embark on an unforgettable cosmic odyssey!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Space 12.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 8%
- #52 Lightwood
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%, 2D 3.9%
- #53 PATHFINDER 08
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
Windows
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Adventure 5%
- #54 Xanthiom 2
65% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Aliens 6.1%
- #55 Nulphia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keyreal
Windows
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #56 Laser Maze
69% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: -Yodasaurus- Games
Windows · Mac
Laser Maze is a puzzle game that takes place in an abandoned space station where you solve puzzles by redirecting lasers, moving boxes, and navigating through computer terminals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Space 15.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #57 Soul Passage
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emrah Ozbay
Windows · Mac
The fate of the unbound souls is in your hands. Take control of Obligor with lots of different skill and weapon combinations, and fight, and explore different planets in Soul Universe. A fantastic 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania with a unique quest and story system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.5%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Adventure 6.8%
- #58 The Message from Deep Space
63% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2026
Dev: Applesinmypants
Windows · Mac
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
Why similar: Science 46.4%, Aliens 14.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Space 10.7%
- #59 Moonlight Pulse
65% matchVery Positive92% of 251 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 41.1%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Space 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #60 Lost Call
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skurry
Windows
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 8.7%, Action-Adventure 6.9%