- #1 The Waste Land
97% matchMixed51% of 102 reviews2014
Dev: FledermausPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Adventure 24.4%, Action 23.8%
- #2 Claws of Furry
96% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Terahard Ltd
Windows
Punch and claw your way through forty fast paced levels of pure mayhem, while honing your Ninja Cat skills, in order to rescue your Master from the evil claws of an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Co-op 46.6%, Action 27%, Adventure 26.4%
- #3 Metamorfose S
95% matchVery Positive81% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: Andre MonteiroPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metamorfose S is a 2D action-adventure game with RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Action 29.1%, Adventure 28.1%
- #4 Ghostly Matter
94% matchMixed67% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: Small BrosPub: Milestone S.r.l.
Windows
Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Action 28.3%, Adventure 26.7%
- #5 Inescapable
94% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Adventure 27.4%, Action 22.9%
- #6 Duckles: the Jigsaw Witch
93% matchMostly Negative32% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Turbulon Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lured by a vengeful spirit of a defeated witch, our 16-bit hero, and his friends, find themselves trapped on a mysterious island full of deadly sorceresses! What heinous plans does this gruesome Witch have for him? And what is the true origin of the island?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Adventure 28.5%, Action 27.8%
- #7 Maui the Shapeshifter
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play on Worlds
Windows
Restore harmony as shapeshifting demigod Maui on an adventure to save his island home from all-consuming darkness in this epic 2D open-world Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Adventure 30.5%, Action 29.7%
- #8 TRISTOY
92% matchMixed60% of 161 reviews2015
Dev: Uniworlds Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Grab a friend and try to escape from the dungeons of TRISTOY in this story-driven coop-platformer.
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Co-op 34.2%, Adventure 30.6%
- #9 Ninja Smasher!
91% 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 54.8%, Action 23.2%, Adventure 22%
- #10 Nakiti Generations
90% matchMixed52% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: Diablohead
Windows
2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.2%, Action 19.3%, Adventure 16.5%
- #11 Pharaoh Rebirth+
89% matchVery Positive92% of 349 reviews2016
Dev: KROBON stationPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An ancient evil has been set loose, and Jonathan cursed in the process. Jonathan must now collect seven holy grails from around all of Egypt to cleanse himself of the curse of Sehur the First. Be delighted by the quirky humor, charming characters, and the beautifully designed world, in Pharaoh Rebirth+!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Action 29.3%, Adventure 28.7%
- #12 Demon Peak
89% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Action 24.7%, Adventure 24.5%
- #13 ReSetna
86% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66%, Action 17.5%, Adventure 16.4%
- #14 Hunter's Legacy
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Lienzo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.7%, Action 22.8%, Adventure 22.5%
- #15 Vanishing Starlight
84% 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 48%, Adventure 27.6%, Action 24.4%
- #16 Inexistence
87% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 44.6%, Action 35.6%, Adventure 19.8%
- #17 Life on Mars Remake
86% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Oscar Kenneth Albero Ingles
Windows
Remake of the 8 bits MSX2 game of the same name, with a 16 bits look. Genre: Metroidvania (2D Metroid/Castlevania style) with RPG elements. Explore, investigate, find improvements for your suit, find weapons, upgrade your weapons in workshops, fight incredible mutants...
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Action 24.5%, Adventure 23.2%
- #18 MegaSphere
85% 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 50.5%, Action 25.4%, Adventure 24.1%
- #19 Echo's Esker
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Connor FahrenwaldPub: Fahrenwald Games
Windows
You are lost in the catacombs and finding your way out won’t be easy, but upon reaching the surface you will find you are not the only one who is lost. The mysterious spirit hound Echo is far from home, but with her by your side, exploration is as simple as a game of fetch.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Action 37.6%, Metroidvania 23.7%
- #20 Leon's crusade (La cruzada de León)
84% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Molosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game indie of adventure, action and exploration style "Metroidvania".
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Adventure 32.6%, Action 31.8%
- #21 SULVER'S JOURNEY
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Vincent Acampora
Windows
Sulver's Journey is a fantasy adventure that follows the warrior Sulver as he must collect the 8 shards of the Planetary Crystal that space conqueror Genesis has shattered and spread across planet Maroth.
Why similar: Adventure 41.2%, Action 40.5%, Metroidvania 18.3%
- #22 The Mummy Demastered
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 898 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.1%, Action 19.9%, Adventure 17%
- #23 Cathedral
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.8%, Action 19.2%, Adventure 18%
- #24 Nyana
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OrionGames Inc
Windows
Join Nyana on her quest to both shatter the chains that have shackled her people and rebuild their society back up from the brink of extinction. Nyana is a story rich metroidvania set in an oppressive, yet beautifully hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Action 26.7%, Adventure 25%
- #25 Greedy Guns
80% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Tio Atum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Inspired by classic shooters like Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug, and Contra, Greedy Guns brings the run-and-gun formula into the 21st Century! Help these greedy mercenaries survive their most epic contract yet. Explore, explode, survive!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Adventure 28.9%, Action 28.1%
- #26 Exile's End
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: Magnetic RealmsPub: Marvelous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Japan's take on classic Commodore 64/Amiga action-adventure games. NOT a Metroidvania. Use your wits and your weapons to discover an ancient secret and gain your redemption. Art and music by Japanese legends of console gaming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Action 42.7%
- #27 Bone Appetit
79% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!
Why similar: Action 51.9%, Metroidvania 38.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #28 The Search: Lost Dreams
77% 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 53.3%, Action 17%, Co-op 14.9%, Adventure 14.8%
- #29 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
76% 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 49%, Action 26.3%, Adventure 24.6%
- #30 Star Rover
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Browny Application
Windows
Star Rover is a Third-Person Action platformer game in Metroidvania style that you as the player can play in various locations on a planet. Upgrade yourself and collect a lot of weapons to prepare for the battle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Action 27.2%, Adventure 21.9%
- #31 HomeGrove
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlipswitchX
Windows
Wander a whimsical world full of danger and surprise. Outsmart your environment as you punch, grab, and throw enemies and objects in this action-puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Adventure 30.2%, Action 28.5%
- #32 Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark
73% matchMixed65% of 550 reviews2025
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take control of the demon sisters Kirika and Masha as they attempt to revive their Demon Lord Maxim and rebuild their castle in this 2D action Metroidvania adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Action 21.1%, Adventure 18.6%, Co-op 16.9%
- #33 Mono
74% matchNo user reviews
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 52.7%, Action 25.6%, Adventure 21.7%
- #34 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
76% 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 67.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 15.2%
- #35 3am in Leicester
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: krishGames
Windows
Walk the streets of Leicester City and collect food. Become sober. Stay alert. There are ghosts. Made with the Godot Engine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Action 28.7%, Adventure 26%
- #36 Savior
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starsoft Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Savior is an action-adventure platformer. Dramatically change a vast open world. Parkour effortlessly with pain-free intuitive platforming. Engage a variety of opponents with strategic, precision melee combat. Discover a rich world full of quests, colorful characters and countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.2%, Adventure 21.2%, Action 20.6%
- #37 Honey's Sweet Revenge
72% 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 60%, Action 20.3%, Adventure 19.7%
- #38 Battle Droid T1
77% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Kelly J Rutkowski
Windows
Terminate an alien underground base on Mars using the T1 Battle Droid in old school metroidvania style .
Why similar: Metroidvania 50%, Action 25.3%, Adventure 24.7%
- #39 Traps N' Gemstones
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2015
Dev: Donut Games
Windows
A "Metroid-vania"-style platform adventure, voted GAME OF THE YEAR by Gamezebo.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56%, Adventure 22.8%, Action 21.2%
- #40 Him
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Gumbo Day
Windows
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Action 16.9%
- #41 Roots of the mind
70% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: David J. Productions
Windows
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Adventure 29.7%, Action 27.4%
- #42 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
71% 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 60.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Action 19.7%
- #43 Dispersio 2
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dispersio 2 is a retro-style metroidvania. As you progress through the game, you will gain new abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players. Can you beat the game with only 1 HP?
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.1%, Adventure 22.4%, Action 18.5%
- #44 The Last Tree
69% 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 57.6%, Adventure 22%, Action 20.4%
- #45 bobo robot
70% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Action 40.1%, Metroidvania 19.2%
- #46 Voidnomicon
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shichi Studio
Windows · Mac
2d platformer, action, adventure - "Metroidvania" set in fantasy world filled with ancient magic and monsters. Pixel art graphic with anime style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.9%, Adventure 22.6%, Action 9.6%
- #47 Raven: The Last Neko Slayer
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Blue Slayer Gaming
Windows
Raven: The Last Neko Slayer is a metroidvania game aiming to recapture the spirit of old action platformers with a unique style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Action 26.5%, Adventure 23.5%
- #48 Elliot Quest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Action 20.6%
- #49 XECUTER
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Rain Games
Windows
Select any of the 12 targeted foes in any order you like and hunt them down in large castle-like stages. Craft over 400 weapons, different armor sets to mix and match to help aid you in intense combat and expand your move set.
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Adventure 35.8%, Metroidvania 28.1%
- #50 Bitter Tides
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bottom Feeders
Windows
Set in a mysterious desert dream world, Bitter Tides is a first-person stealth and horror game. Your tools are lures and traps with which you avoid and ensnare those creeping things from the deep.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%
- #51 Unnamed Adventure/无名之旅
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: MAI
Windows
Unnamed Adventure, an indie action platformer where every single level, puzzle is crafted by hands. Wander around in a mysterious kingdom where surprise and finding may hide in every corner you visit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Action 30.3%, Adventure 29.1%
- #52 Squink
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: myJeanDev
Windows · Mac
Gather your friends and to play as Squids trying to escape the office life. One wrong jump can send you to the bottom.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%
- #53 Mò The Frog
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: PrimesoftGames
Windows
Mo the frog is a classic 2D platform in which you will have to committ fully to ho through many levels that are present in the game. Dress the part of Mò the frog in the epic adventure to free Avalaar's kingdom from the oppression which the terrible Peter's the troll and his henchmen, the black captains, try to bring by conquering it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Action 28.5%, Adventure 26.6%
- #54 Eleven Eleven
67% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: NBCUniversal International NetworksPub: Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment LLC
Windows
Their fate has been decided, but how you watch is up to you. Eleven Eleven is a groundbreaking entertainment experience that puts you in the center of the story. Follow six main characters as they count down the last 11 minutes and 11 seconds of life on the island planet of Kairos Linea.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%
- #55 Ghrian
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: GHRIAN STUDIO
Windows
An action game GHRIAN allows players to act as heros in a plage-striken world which is horrific but still beautiful.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%
- #56 Mystic Towers
67% matchMixed68% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Animation F/XPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
As Baron Baldric, you’re charged with keeping the peace for the common folk of the land. But when the grand Lazarine Towers are overcome by dark forces, you must wield your magical staff and set out to make things right. A love and affable character, Baldric will win your heart with his mannerisms and charm.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%