- #1 Vanishing Starlight
97% match9 user reviews78% of 9 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 44.3%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Space 12.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #2 Omega Warp
96% 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 34.4%, Aliens 13%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Space 9.7%
- #3 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
96% matchVery Positive87% of 891 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 64.1%, Exploration 11%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 5.5%
- #4 Quantum Curse
95% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Aliens 14%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Space 11.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #5 Moonlaw
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 125 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 57.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Aliens 11.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Adventure 6%
- #6 Grav1ty
94% 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 40.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Space 9.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #7 PSYCRON
93% 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 45.4%, Space 12.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
- #8 Xanthiom Zero
92% 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 42.2%, Space 15.4%, Aliens 12.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #9 Microvania
91% 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 43.1%, Aliens 12.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #10 Yeomna : The Legend of Dongbaek
91% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: catnipstudio
Windows
Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.6%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #11 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
90% 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 64.6%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #12 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
89% 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 54.6%, Space 16.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #13 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
89% 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 53.3%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%, 2D 6.5%
- #14 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
88% 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 53.5%, Exploration 13.9%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 6.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #15 Amo
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.9%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #16 End's Reach
86% 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 67.9%, Action-Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #17 Echoes of Nox
85% 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 46.7%, Exploration 16.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Space 6.9%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #18 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
86% 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 48.3%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%, 2D 6.8%
- #19 Museful
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 10.9%, 2D 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%
- #20 Code: Elyse
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jump_Button
Windows
Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.6%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Story Rich 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%, 2D 6.3%
- #21 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
81% 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 56.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Adventure 9%, 2D 4.4%
- #22 Outpost Delta
84% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Aliens 11.2%, Sci-fi 11%, Exploration 10.2%, Space 8.5%
- #23 Educe
82% 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 70.5%, Exploration 18.9%, Adventure 10.6%
- #24 Xeodrifter
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Space 8.9%, Aliens 7.1%
- #25 Hippoxxus
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohan Patel
Windows · Mac
Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Space 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Aliens 9.5%
- #26 Ganymede
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Clydeware LLC
Windows
Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Exploration 17.4%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Space 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #27 Beyond Sentinel
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Embraceware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Aliens 12.6%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 11%
- #28 GoldFish Brain
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: WEIPub: IRON LIVER
Windows
Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.2%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 3.7%, Sci-fi 2.7%
- #29 Lola - The Escape
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Humberto Jiménez OleaPub: Hujiol Games
Windows · Mac
In this challenging action platformer. Help the little cow Lola to escape from the Martians who kidnapped her. Explore and avoid obstacles in each level. Her main ability is to float while she falls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Space 8.2%
- #30 Res Extensa
77% 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 44.7%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #31 Eystrandi
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leiksmidr studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, 2D 7%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #32 PATHFINDER 08
78% 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 53%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 6.5%, 2D 2.6%
- #33 Dusted Dusk
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Adventure 6%, 2D 4.5%
- #34 Croakspire
76% 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 58.1%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 3.3%
- #35 Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtlevania Games
Windows · Mac
Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood is a Souls-like Metroidvania where your choices shape reality. Play as Tyro, a vengeful field mouse. Battle the Gladeblight's horrors, manage your Sanity Gauge, and survive a world that warps with your mind. Will you break the cycle or lose yourself to madness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.7%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, 2D 7.2%, Adventure 6.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #36 Garm Ruins
74% matchPositive98% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: kiukiu
Windows
An exploration-type action game in which "Fluffy Girl Doge" is the main character. Get the skills of "Doge" and explore the unknown ancient ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.6%, Action-Adventure 22.3%, 2D 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #37 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
75% 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 63.7%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 5.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #38 BeforeDisaster
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.3%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #39 Axiom Verge
74% 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 72.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Exploration 5.8%, 2D 4.6%, Adventure 3.7%
- #40 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WORD GAMESPub: Selecta Play
Windows
Esdraz: The Throne of Darkness is a Metroidvania game focused on a dynamic combat system with a wide-ranging arsenal that players can tailor to fit their individual combat style. Fight a variety of enemies and evolving bosses while you come up with the best strategy to beat every encounter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 12.2%, 2D 6.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #41 Chaos Rider
73% 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 51.9%, Exploration 15%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 7.8%, Adventure 4.3%
- #42 Florarium
72% 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 58.4%, Exploration 15.9%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 5.6%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
- #43 Rebel Transmute
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 272 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 41.7%, Space 15.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #44 King Story: Prologue
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Kinto Games LLC
Windows
A storm of darkness is taking over the world. Adventure in search of your quest escaping the demon darkness that chases you. Upgrade your items to progress through the maze like environment in this Metroidvania-like challenge. Can you find a Hermit’s lost son in your quest to save the world?
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.4%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Space 10.9%, Adventure 6.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #45 Cryselts
71% 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 47.5%, Exploration 16.3%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%, 2D 5.7%
- #46 Pain-T
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wheel Of Games
Windows
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.3%, Exploration 18.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, 2D 5.3%, Adventure 5.3%
- #47 Attraction
71% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: DAthoughts
Windows
You are a friendly explorer robot, searching for answers in a far away planet. Harness the power of the cosmos with your matter gun in this clever and minimalist adventure-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Space 16.8%, Exploration 13.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #48 Far Star
70% 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 47.3%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Space 10.7%, Adventure 6.3%
- #49 HOSTILE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew WalshPub: Studio Hostile
Windows
Explore a vast space station caught in a crisis and adrift in the void. Discover new weapons, fight challenging foes, and discover the dark secrets of Project HOSTILE in this in this Sci-fi Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Aliens 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Space 10.8%
- #50 The Future Project
69% 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 45.9%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Aliens 12.2%, Space 11.9%, Sci-fi 11%
- #51 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 64.9%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #52 Moonlight Pulse
67% 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 44.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Space 9.3%
- #53 Blightseeker
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernoodle Games
Windows
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #54 Phaze Shift
68% 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 58.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, 2D 7.2%, Adventure 6.5%
- #55 Goodboy Galaxy
66% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Aliens 14.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Space 7.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #56 The Search: Lost Dreams
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gninjastudio
Windows
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.3%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Adventure 7.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #57 Astronaut Adventure
68% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Black Jack Game StudiosPub: Black Jack
Windows
The Astronaut's Adventures in the Vast Universe
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Adventure 12%, Sci-fi 10%, 2D 6.7%
- #58 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 55%, Exploration 15.8%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #59 Robokid
65% 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 44.9%, Aliens 19.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Space 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #60 Ninja Smasher!
69% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Q-Cumber Factory
Windows
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 6.6%