- #1 Filiy Eclipse
97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Muramasa Fudo
Windows
Filiy Eclipse is an exploration action RPG that explores a mysterious world.Explore the surface, underground and sky of the star to discover what happened aboard it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Action RPG 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, RPG 11.3%, Action 5.9%
- #2 Dreadstone - The Immortal Prisoner
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tortuga Software
Windows
Dreadstone – The Immortal Prisoner is an upcoming indie 2D Metroidvania platformer. Especially important to us are the game elements “looting” and “leveling“. The goal is to create a combination of our favorite games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Action RPG 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, RPG 11.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #3 Torii: Beyond The Gates
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows · Mac
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Action RPG 13.1%, RPG 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #4 AOI
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Pura Studio
Windows
This is a 2d platform adventure exploration game that combines platform jumping and straightforward fighting. Players will gradually find the lost memory and uncover the truth of this fantastic world with AOI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action RPG 11.3%, RPG 10.5%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
- #5 GoldFish Brain
94% 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 49.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Action RPG 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Action 4.1%
- #6 The Weird Dream
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: UMO StudioPub: WhisperGames
Windows
The Weird Dream is a 2D Metroidvania game set in the ruins of Alpha City. Control a mysterious rabbit, confront mutated inhabitants, level up your skills, and unravel the truth behind Alpha City's destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Action RPG 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Action 5.9%
- #7 Dusted Dusk
93% 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 42.2%, Action RPG 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Action 4.9%
- #8 Bread Adventure
91% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, RPG 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #9 Aldebaran Legend
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Solitude Games
Windows
In a village located to the south, there is one of the twelve guardians, the warrior of Leo, known for his determination in combat and number of victories. Our hero will be responsible for finding the mystical artifacts, to prevent the kingdom from being bathed in blood and darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Action RPG 17.8%, RPG 17.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action 8.3%
- #10 Power (of) Metal
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Power (of) Metal is a 2D hack/slash platformer, journey of Maleqqi who want to fulfill his emptiness inside of him and he will find the Power (of) Metal
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Action RPG 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, RPG 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #11 Shallow Blue(浅蓝计划)
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: TheDarkxOrlik
Windows
You are No. 13, a new game tester joining the Shallow Blue project. Following orders from your superiors, complete the testing of this mech game. But don't forget to maintain a healthy life and take care of the essential tasks that must be done.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Action RPG 16.2%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, RPG 14.6%, Action 5.1%
- #12 Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Stephen Ciuca
Windows
Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke is a Metroidvania with action and RPG elements. Jump, slide, wall jump, swim, and battle your way through the Dukedom. Other mechanics include pushing boxes, pulling levers, and swinging on ropes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, RPG 12.8%, Action RPG 10.4%, Action 6.7%
- #13 A Song in Elyel Nalore
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sunflower Games
Windows
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Action RPG 18.4%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Action 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #14 小Q~LITTLE Q~
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LIN YUANHUI
Windows
This is an RPG game similar to the Metroid series. Players will play as a little scientist and create a robot named Little Q to destroy the mechanical city of Crazy Scientists
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Action RPG 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, RPG 12.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #15 DAO
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: XiaoDou Games
Windows
DAO is a platform action adventure game. You travel back to a dark era. As the last Daoer of your sect, you set off on a journey of vengeance. Combine diverse weapons and talismans to fight numerous foes, and piece together the kingdom's lost memories from fragments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Action RPG 15.2%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, RPG 11.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #16 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Crimson Curse —Will Your Fate Bloom in Despair or Salvation Set 23 years after Castlevania Dracula's Curse - follow a young Belmont's journey in an all new 2D Action-Exploration title from KONAMI, Evil Empire and Motion Twin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Action RPG 16.8%, RPG 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #17 魂途 Xoul
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sounder Studio
Windows
Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Action RPG 14.3%, RPG 11%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #18 The Last Tree
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, RPG 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 6.3%
- #19 TIES: Soul Link
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: North Tokyo
Windows
TIES: Soul Link is an emotional and brutal 2D metroidvania that combines action RPG with adventure platforming. Explore a decaying world in the year 2097, uncover its secrets, and face savage, bloody battles that will test your endurance and your deepest fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Action RPG 13.6%, RPG 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #20 Nihilsearch
84% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, RPG 9.9%, Action 5.2%
- #21 Ceraphic Requiem
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elias IDIRI
Windows
Dive into a ruined world devastated by the gods. Ceraphic Requiem is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania with a demanding combat system. Master elemental magic combos, unravel the mysteries of the decay, and impose your will in the final moments of a moribund world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Action RPG 14.4%, RPG 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
- #22 Maelstrom
83% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Action 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #23 Endless Darkness
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameLab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil has taken over the world but it created you in the process, now you are the only hope left.. Jump into the darkness and become a true hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Action RPG 16.9%, RPG 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #24 The Flame and the Fart
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Saucy Steel Games
Windows
The Flame and the Fart: Hunt treasure, forge gear, build your hero. Loot bones, ores, relics from monsters; smelt and forge legendary equipment. Mix basic attacks, dashes, and spirit skills via gems into your own style. Battle through forests, snowy mountains, cursed villages, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action RPG 15.4%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 3.5%
- #25 史莱狗(Slimg)
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cow Studio
Windows
Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, 2D Platformer 17%, RPG 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #26 Tower of Pandemonium
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Freddy Guerra
Windows
Tower of Pandemonium is a top-down RPG and 2D platformer where your choices determine your fate, featuring 6 guilds, 6 classes, action, puzzles, mystery and memorable characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Action RPG 15.9%, RPG 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 4.6%
- #27 Nameless adventure
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Haberon Games
Windows
Nameless Adventure is an action RPG with elements of metroidvania, sandbox, and platforming. You will face a dangerous dungeon that transforms in real time and holds many secrets. Only by reaching its deepest depths will you uncover the truth about what this "dungeon" really is...
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Action RPG 15%, RPG 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #28 Primal League
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoodyChimera
Windows
The Primal League is platformer metrodvania with multiple playable characters, a vast world and intricate crafting system
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, RPG 20.2%, Action RPG 17.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #29 Faeland
78% matchVery Positive87% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, RPG 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Adventure 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #30 Castlevania Dominus Collection
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,622 reviews2024
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Action RPG 15.1%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, RPG 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #31 Shattered Divinities
75% matchVery Positive94% of 496 reviews2026
Dev: 星魂游戏Pub: TrueColor Games
Windows
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, RPG 8.9%, Action RPG 7.6%, 2D Platformer 6.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #32 God Edge
78% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Weaver Games
Windows
Travel across Azmra and slay barons using the God Edge; A sword capable of transferring power from the slain to the slayer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, RPG 13.3%, Action RPG 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #33 The Journey of Clinbo
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mechanical Heart
Windows
Ember Journey of Clinbo This is a fantasy, pixel-art Metroidvania-style game. You are Clinbo, the only "transgressor" robot to possess a soul in a limbo between life and death—a realm where countless souls are judged by a single standard: "Harmony."
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action RPG 15.2%, RPG 12.1%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #34 EXIL
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mystic Clockwork Studio
Windows
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Action 7.1%, Action RPG 7%
- #35 BeforeDisaster
76% 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 53.4%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Action 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #36 Faction Reticent
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Alpherisk
Windows
A "whimsical fantasy" action platformer game with an open-ended progression. Utilize the given abilities to you to its fullest potential, and look epic while doing it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action RPG 14.4%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, RPG 5.1%
- #37 Silvercall
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CUNX
Windows · Mac
Silvercall – A retro action-platformer RPG. Play as an amnesiac adventurer, battling through perilous terrain and collecting Memory Crystals to uncover your past and your lover's dark transformation into the "Saintess".
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Action RPG 15%, RPG 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Action 5.6%
- #38 Castle In The Darkness 2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LABS Works
Windows
From Matt Kap and Simon Parzer ("The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth"), Castle In The Darkness 2 drops players into a brand-new adventure! Explore a vast world and overcome the darkness in this fun and fast-paced adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Action RPG 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, RPG 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #39 Twell
74% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas RobPub: Lucas Rob Holding B.V.
Windows
This adventure is about you waking up in this world named Twell. The only thing you can do now is explore what this world has to offer. Explore 8 unique dungeons, discover many secrets and visit many locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, RPG 17.3%, Action RPG 12.7%, Action 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #40 Shining Symbol
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 小桨哥
Windows
This is a galactic castlevania-type game, based on the design of four elephants and twenty-eight stars as the boss, four scenes, five attribute skills, and a variety of gem abilities waiting for you to unlock.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, RPG 5.8%, Action 5.8%
- #41 Scales
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MichaelDamianPub: Independent Developer
Windows
Scales is a story-driven action-adventure RPG about a human-reptile hybrid. Players devour reptiles to absorb their DNA, and evolve through a corrupt world, where player choices ultimately determine the outcome of the story, blending combat with a darkly comedic narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Action RPG 20.2%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, RPG 8.7%, Action 6.2%
- #42 The Instruments Of Faith: Padua's Destiny
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boss Battle Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Instruments Of Faith Padua's Destiny is an epic apocalyptic 2D pixel Metroidvania fantasy action-adventure video game. Journey through the Universe as Young Padua, one of the 7 Guardian protectors of the Universe, to restore the balance of Good over Evil before it is too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 17%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Action 6.5%, Action RPG 5.2%
- #43 Horde of Viscount
70% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Swiggins Studios
Windows
A metroidvania with: Both arcade and exploration areas - Use finite subweapons for advanced movement - Difficulty from casual up to souls-bourne-ring - Customize with equipment - Build your Town - Complete Quests - Having trouble on a stage? There are infinite lives; no game overs here!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Action RPG 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, RPG 13.1%, Action 4.5%
- #44 Fevercide
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Action RPG 18%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.2%
- #45 The Song of Awakening
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noeski LLC
Windows · Mac
The Song of Awakening is a 2D action-platformer where you play as a bard with the power to create magic through music. Explore a world once ruled by the Lyramancers, wielders of music-magic, who were extinguished by a mad king. Defeat the malevolent god of silence and restore harmony to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Action RPG 20.4%, RPG 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #46 OTHERSIDE: Untamed Words
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OthersideCraft
Windows
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Action RPG 14.1%, RPG 9.9%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
- #47 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
68% matchVery Positive96% of 258 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 48.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, RPG 8.5%, Adventure 6%
- #48 Teratale: Tide of Wishes
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ManafishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel with your mysterious partner Tupa, fight powerful monsters, discover treasures and secrets scattered around the world, and uncover the truth of the world, Tupa and yourself with the help of the tide of wishes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Action RPG 19%, RPG 18.7%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 9.4%
- #49 Makis Adventure
70% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #50 Shadow King
70% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Action 4.3%
- #51 SIR ABANDON
68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Retro-Role-Playing-GamePub: RRPG2022
Windows
SIR ABANDON is an open-world Metroidvania RPG blending exploration, dynamic combat, and character progression. Complete quests, battle epic bosses, find hidden treasures, and upgrade your hero with a class system, gear, and talents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Action RPG 18.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, RPG 12.1%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #52 Tails of Fate
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chase the Bunny
Windows · Linux
Fulfill this tale, as darkness swarms the fantasy lands of Fauna. Venture epic kingdoms and treacherous dungeons in a 2D action platformer, with Metroidvania elements in a hand-crafted pixel art world filled with souls-like boss fights, dungeon platforming, and dynamic enemy combat design.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Action RPG 15.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, RPG 8.8%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #53 Witchcrafter: Empire Legends
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Codeward
Windows · Mac · Linux
A systemic, dark fantasy metroidvania RPG where you are a young witchcrafter striving to control his power of 4 elements on a journey to find a mythical fifth one and save his kidnapped father. Your decisions count in this branching, thought-provoking story set in a vivid, murky world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Action RPG 16.8%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, RPG 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 5.7%
- #54 Legend of Gaia: Rebirth
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yusheng
Windows
Legend of Gaia: Rebirth is a Metroidvania action game. Three forces collide across the continent of Eterna: the Divine Empire, the Gaia Faction, and the forces of Sin. Descend into Mount Olympus and recover the shattered fragments of the Rebirth Relic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Action RPG 14%, RPG 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #55 Axel Quest
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: PowerSlash Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements. Explore, fight monsters, collect equipment, unlock new paths, and challenge bosses in a handcrafted pixel-art world inspired by retro classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action RPG 15.3%, RPG 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #56 Croakspire
68% matchNo user reviews2026
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 49.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Action 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #57 Earthblade
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows
You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action RPG 15.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Action 3.8%
- #58 Liona's Adventure
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peyman Hadizadeh
Windows
Once in a peaceful village , there lived a brave little warrior named Liona,One fateful night, the village was attacked by a horde of monstrous creatures. Liona's parents died in battle. Liona, witnessing the loss of her parents, felt a fire ignite within her heart—a burning desire for vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, RPG 20.9%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #59 Mono
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Project Mono
Windows
『Mono』 is a 2D action game set in a monochrome world. Explore the land to enhance your abilities, defeat the formidable foes standing in your way, and resolve the crisis befalling this black-and-white realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Action 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #60 Sunrise Of The Time: End Of Blue
65% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: EOSGAMES
Windows · Mac
No maps. No markers. Only dialogue, instinct, and a ruthless world. Sunrise of the Time: End of Blue is a dark 2D action-adventure built on rare but meaningful encounters. Survive Gilens’ first Hunt. This is not a power fantasy... it’s fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, RPG 15.4%, Action RPG 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.6%