- #1 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
97% matchVery Positive81% of 5,532 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 43%, Metroidvania 31%, RPG 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Action 5.1%
- #2 UNSIGHTED
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,179 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Pixel PunkPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Souls-like 25.9%, RPG 14.1%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #3 FOUNTAINS
95% matchVery Positive84% of 469 reviews2024
Dev: John PywellPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Souls-like 35.3%, RPG 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #4 Inexistence
96% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Action 23.3%, RPG 23.1%, Indie 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #5 Axiom Verge
94% matchVery Positive90% of 6,527 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 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 76.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 7.3%, Indie 6.8%
- #6 BLADECHIMERA
92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,390 reviews2025
Dev: Team LadybugPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Action 11.4%, Indie 4%
- #7 Void Memory
94% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Souls-like 26.2%, RPG 23.9%, Action 11.9%, Indie 8.3%
- #8 Disjunction
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Ape Tribe GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.
Why similar: RPG 51.6%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Action 19.4%, Indie 8%
- #9 GRIME II
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,757 reviews2026
Dev: Clover BitePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Souls-like 34.9%, RPG 15%, Action 5.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #10 Kandria
90% matchVery Positive95% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Shirakumo Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a ruined open world of caverns and settlements. Hack and slash your way through missions: patrol, repair, scavenge - choose your quests and dialogue. Or go fishing, forage mushrooms, and race the clock! The old world is gone - the future is up to you.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Pixel Graphics 39.4%, Action 18.8%
- #11 Immortal Planet
91% matchMixed62% of 390 reviews2017
Dev: teedoubleuGAMES
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 57%, RPG 22.6%, Action 12%, Indie 8.3%
- #12 Blade & Bones
91% matchMostly Negative31% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Coffee Addict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Combat driven metroidvania experience. Discover a tale long lost in our past. Seven swords need to be found in this world where you will discover ancient secrets and fight with an intense combat system that rewards players for their skills and knowledge.
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Action 23%, Souls-like 20.2%, Indie 14.9%
- #13 Back To Ashes
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: InDID
Windows
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.
Why similar: Souls-like 52.9%, RPG 23.8%, Action 13.6%, Indie 9.6%
- #14 Salt and Sanctuary
88% matchVery Positive89% of 21,666 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 53.6%, Metroidvania 30.8%, RPG 9.5%, Action 4.1%, Indie 2.1%
- #15 Drova - Forsaken Kin
86% matchVery Positive94% of 9,474 reviews2024
Dev: Just2DPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Drova is an Action-RPG that marries the dark grim tones of its genre with the mysticism of Celtic mythology. Encounter a society where ancient restless spirits and divided factions battle for dominance. Uncover forgotten abilities and unravel the secrets of a past shrouded in mystery.
Why similar: Souls-like 46.9%, RPG 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 8.4%
- #16 Hyper Light Drifter
87% matchVery Positive93% of 18,790 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, RPG 12.9%, Action 10.8%
- #17 Obsurity
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Discover all the secrets of two completely different worlds.
Why similar: Souls-like 70.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Action 8.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #18 Souldiers
85% matchMixed69% of 3,040 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.6%, Souls-like 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Action 9.2%
- #19 Rusted Moss
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,620 reviews2023
Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action 13.5%, Indie 8.7%
- #20 BIOMORPH
83% matchVery Positive92% of 675 reviews2024
Dev: Lucid Dreams Studio
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 83.2%, Action 16.8%
- #21 Retrace the Light
82% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Xiaming Game
Windows
Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Souls-like 36.1%, RPG 14.6%, Indie 6.6%
- #22 MegaSphere
84% matchMixed64% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: AKGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.3%, Action 20.1%, Indie 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #23 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,913 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Souls-like 58.5%, RPG 25.9%, Action 14.2%, Indie 1.5%
- #24 Death Trash
81% matchVery Positive92% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Souls-like 53.7%, RPG 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%
- #25 Meifumado
82% matchMixed48% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Old Bit Studio
Windows
Meifumado is an action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic, immersive world inspired by Japan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Souls-like 31.1%, RPG 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Action 7.1%
- #26 Emberbane
80% matchMixed61% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Hamlet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Four elements. One destiny. Embark on an elemental journey inspired by tales of balance and power, reborn as a Metroidvania adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Souls-like 31.8%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #27 MIO: Memories in Orbit
77% matchVery Positive82% of 4,021 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 56.2%, Souls-like 32.2%, Indie 6.8%, Action 4.9%
- #28 The Tarnishing of Juxtia
79% matchMixed68% of 688 reviews2022
Dev: Actual NerdsPub: Mastiff
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.6%, Metroidvania 29%, RPG 16.1%, Action 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #29 Deepening Fire
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 634 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Souls-like 35.5%, RPG 13.9%, Action 6.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #30 Elementallis
76% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: AnKae GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top-down action-adventure with elemental magic gameplay. Guided by guilt, you embark on a journey to restore the elements in a dying world. Harness and master elemental powers to fight enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a vast world filled with ancient temples.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, RPG 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Action 9.6%, Indie 5.2%
- #31 Chasm
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,698 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, RPG 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 8.1%, Indie 7.1%
- #32 Void Sols
75% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2024
Dev: Finite Reflection StudiosPub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Mac
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
Why similar: Souls-like 60.5%, RPG 26.7%, Action 12.8%
- #33 MEAT RPG
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 210 reviews2021
Dev: Trippin Bears
Windows · Mac · Linux
M.E.A.T. is a pixel art RPG game in a horror sci-fi setting, with renowned fight, movement and character development systems. Unravel the mystery of a sinister substance and become the hero of a small Canadian city during the Gold Rush era.
Why similar: RPG 53.8%, Pixel Graphics 28.3%, Action 17.9%
- #34 Automaton Heart
74% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Luke Vincent
Windows · Linux
Automaton Heart is an RPG with platforming elements where you visit obscure and interesting places while upgrading your organs and strategizing about which items to bring along.
Why similar: RPG 65.2%, Action 34.8%
- #35 Tombwater
73% matchVery Positive93% of 240 reviews2026
Dev: Moth AtlasPub: Midwest Games
Windows
A Souls-Like Western full of Eldritch horrors. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the darkness that lies beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that may just drive you to madness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Souls-like 33.4%, RPG 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Action 6.7%
- #36 Darxanadon
77% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Souls-like 34%, RPG 13.9%, Action 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #37 ANIMAL WELL
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,075 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 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 72.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Action 7.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #38 Valdis Story: Abyssal City
76% matchVery Positive84% of 2,713 reviews2013
Dev: Endlessfluff Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.5%, RPG 15.2%, Action 8.9%, Indie 5.4%
- #39 HunterX: code name T
75% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Souls-like 31.1%, RPG 19.6%, Action 10%, Indie 1.6%
- #40 Svarog's Dream
73% matchVery Positive90% of 870 reviews2023
Dev: VI Game Forge
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Awaken as a soul from the Underworld. Discover who you are and explore an ever-changing open world full of mystery. Battle beasts and gods, or forge alliances with them. Die and be reborn in this adventure.
Why similar: RPG 79.7%, Action 20.3%
- #41 Last Vanguard
73% matchVery Positive85% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Souls-like 37.4%, Action 7.9%, Indie 3.8%
- #42 Dread Delusion
71% matchVery Positive90% of 5,082 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, RPG 30.7%, Souls-like 27%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #43 Skautfold: Usurper
74% matchMixed69% of 342 reviews2018
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, RPG 22.2%, Action 13%, Indie 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #44 INAYAH - Life after Gods
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: Exogenesis StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.8%, Action 19.2%, Indie 2%
- #45 Slavania
71% matchMixed64% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: FrostLeaf Games LLC
Windows
Fantasy metroidvania with a moral choice and hunting the bosses who are not going to patiently wait for you in their lair. Study the monsters. Track'em. Kill'em. Exploration of the vast interconnected fairytale world, an acrobatic combat system and weird locals are what awaits you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.2%, Souls-like 39%, Action 6.8%
- #46 Environmental Station Alpha
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,634 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 7.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #47 GIGASWORD
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Studio HybridPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Souls-like 35.3%, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #48 HAAK
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,420 reviews2022
Dev: BlingamePub: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, RPG 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 9.5%, Indie 7.7%
- #49 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 516 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.7%, Action 15%, Indie 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #50 Masks of the Void: Origins
66% matchVery Positive98% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: ROLLDBOX GAMESPub: Forthright Entertainment
Windows
Throw everything that surrounds you in this telekinesis-based rogue-lite bullet-heaven with the power of the masks! Dive into the Void, uncover the mysteries of the Masks, and face what lies beyond life and death. What will you do to protect your home from obliteration?
Why similar: RPG 69.4%, Action 30.6%
- #51 Foregone
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,396 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Souls-like 30.9%, Action 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #52 Sands of Aura
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 835 reviews2023
Dev: Chashu EntertainmentPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 61.5%, RPG 19.3%, Action 10.2%, Indie 8.9%
- #53 Ash & Rust
67% matchMixed65% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Ash and Rust Studios
Windows
For seasoned ARPG lovers, a unique Indie entry is here! Construct a deep build as you fight your way through mysterious places. Enemies are strong and smart, but you'll have a massive arsenal of tools and abilities to master in order to vanquish them. Dive in!
Why similar: RPG 67.9%, Action 32.1%
- #54 3089 -- Futuristic Action RPG
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 557 reviews2014
Dev: Phr00t's Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. Will you obey your creator, the Overlord, or find your own path?
Why similar: RPG 57.8%, Action 23.3%, Indie 18.8%
- #55 OUTBUDDIES DX
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.6%, Action 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Indie 10.4%
- #56 Genopanic
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Action 12.3%
- #57 Anomaly Agent
63% matchVery Positive95% of 9,735 reviews2024
Dev: Phew Phew Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Why similar: Souls-like 84%, Pixel Graphics 16%
- #58 After The End: The Harvest
69% matchMixed69% of 102 reviews2017
Dev: ElushisPub: Elushis Music & Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans!
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #59 Unworthy
67% matchVery Positive81% of 848 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 33.4%, RPG 12.4%, Action 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #60 Moonlight Pulse
65% matchVery Positive92% of 246 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 73.9%, Action 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%