- #1 King Story: Prologue
97% 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 39.8%, Surreal 18.3%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Action 6.3%
- #2 Undone Mind
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Albar
Windows
2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Surreal 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Souls-like 9.7%, Side Scroller 8.2%
- #3 Axiom Verge 2
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 935 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #4 Zozo and the Lost Dreams
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Dunes Games
Windows
Help Zozo find his way home in this cartoon-inspired Metroidvania platformer. Pillow-fight sentient pastries, train under an octopus master, and brave a cybernetic jungle as you explore the vibrant landscapes of Zozo's dreams.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #5 Mono
94% 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 41.3%, 2D Platformer 23%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #6 Restless Lands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crackin'
Windows
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Surreal 15.7%, 2D Platformer 10%, Side Scroller 8.2%, Platformer 7.7%
- #7 Bacuri
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Kid Games
Windows
Plunge into Bacuri's journey. Discovering himself, friends, habilities, lands, challenges and enemies. Draft your own path in this 2D platformer crafted in modern pixel art style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Souls-like 10.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Platformer 8.4%
- #8 Bread Adventure
92% 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 41.8%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Action 4.8%
- #9 The Adventures of Panzer 2
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelcraft Games
Windows
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Action 10.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #10 Mutacronia: hidden threat
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatRus GamesPub: KatRus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D platformer detective set inside a living organism. Leukocytus investigates the “Cough,” battles mutants, and uncovers a conspiracy. Harness a dangerous mutation: transform into a monster for power, then regain control to save a dying world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Surreal 17.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #11 Velvet Veil
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonBloom Studios
Windows
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Action 5.9%
- #12 Maelstrom
89% 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 45.6%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%, Platformer 5.6%
- #13 Dormiveglia
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Cartridge
Windows
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Platformer 8.3%, Nonlinear 6.3%
- #14 Eystrandi
88% 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 44.1%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 6.1%, Action-Adventure 6%, Action 5.9%
- #15 史莱狗(Slimg)
87% 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 42.1%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Action 4.8%
- #16 Corrupt Eldritch Order
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WolverineSoft StudioPub: WolverineSoft
Windows · Mac
Play as an assassin hired to complete a job in a dark city filled with corrupted beasts. A 2D Action-platformer where each level will test your will, ingenuity, and resourcefulness as you wade through beasts on your journey to complete your job.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Action 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.3%
- #17 The Weird Dream
86% 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 42.2%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Adventure 7.9%
- #18 Dark Watcher
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matsapura Games
Windows
Embark on a pixelated journey of exploration, platforming, and intense battles in Dark Watcher. Unveil the secrets of a dark realm, unlock abilities, and confront formidable adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Souls-like 9.3%, Horror 7%, Platformer 6.9%
- #19 Todd's Spider Dream
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Out Of The Gutter Gaming
Windows
A 2D platformer where you control Todd, a boy who must punch, slide, and jump his way through waves of spiders, only for his dream to worsen at it's end.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20%, Horror 12%, Surreal 12%, Action 11.2%, Platformer 10.4%
- #20 The Last Tree
83% 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 46.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 9.2%, Platformer 8.1%
- #21 PATHFINDER 08
84% 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 40.9%, 2D Platformer 22%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Adventure 5.9%, Action 4.4%
- #22 Croakspire
82% 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 44.7%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Action 7.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #23 Plague of Yamorn
82% matchPositive89% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: DozenByte
Windows
Cleanse the infected in Plague of Yamorn, a 2D metroidvania. Explore the ruined town of Yamorn and uncover the secrets behind its downfall. Find and craft new equipment, offensive and defensive items. Exploit the plagues empowering properties to gain new powers and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Side Scroller 7.7%
- #24 Battery Samurai
81% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Adventure 6.8%
- #25 Dreadstone - The Immortal Prisoner
81% 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 38.2%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, Action 5.9%
- #26 Little Ghost
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alan AbbadessaPub: Sync Book Games
Windows
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 18%, Surreal 11.8%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Platformer 5.7%
- #27 Tim-Tim 2: "The Almighty Gnome"
80% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: SpoonweaverPub: Spoonweaver Studios
Windows
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 9.2%, Side Scroller 8%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #28 City of None
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Noel & Liam BerryPub: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #29 Mother ZERO
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mitral Pulse Studio
Windows
In Mother ZERO, a cyberpunk action-adventure game, fight your way through a decaying world full of mysteries and threats. Explore deep underground bunkers, battle corrupted creatures, and encounter bizarre characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Souls-like 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Nonlinear 4.8%
- #30 Mother's Sword
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monsitle
Windows
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 15.9%, 2D Platformer 9%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #31 Ariana and the Elder Codex
76% matchVery Positive82% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Action 8%
- #32 BOGs: Earth vs Sea
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hammerhead Shark
Windows
Battle of Gods: Earth vs Sea is a 2D platform game inspired by Vietnamese myth. Destroying monsters, tracing treasures, overcoming challenges... to marry a beautiful princess.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Platformer 8.4%, Souls-like 8.3%
- #33 The Forbidden Forest
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stone Studios
Windows
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Nonlinear 5.8%, Platformer 4.8%
- #34 Ghost Trap: Underworld
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. Fall to the underworld, and explore. Seek to calm the horrors below to ensure a peaceful rest for your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%
- #35 BLIGHTWRECK
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mothware
Windows · Linux
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 19%, Horror 8.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #36 Realm Of I
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: outergod
Windows
Realm Of I is a side-scrolling Metroidvania where you take the role of a prophet. Explore the ravaged landscapes—from abandoned settlements and caverns to vibrant lands and floating islands—uncovering information and newfound abilities and spells to conquer challenges and defeat foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Surreal 14.6%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Souls-like 10.8%, Side Scroller 8.5%
- #37 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Platformer 10.1%
- #38 Shadow King
74% 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 41%, 2D Platformer 21.8%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 5.3%, Action 4.9%
- #39 Zapling Bygone
73% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Souls-like 9.3%, Horror 9.3%, Side Scroller 8.3%
- #40 Surface Tension: Eclipse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redo Games
Windows
Navigate a surreal, dreamlike world in this atmospheric 2D puzzlevania. Manipulate light and shadow to cast solid platforms out of thin air, solve intricate room puzzles, and uncover the mysteries hidden within the high-contrast darkness. Master the eclipse to survive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Surreal 24%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Platformer 4.6%
- #41 Nihilsearch
73% 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 19.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, Adventure 6.6%, Action 6.5%
- #42 Shards of Memories
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Souls-like 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Action 6.4%
- #43 SUPER ANT
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrygast
Windows
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Surreal 22%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 4.9%
- #44 Shadow Labyrinth
70% matchMixed57% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action 9.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #45 Transiruby
70% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Action-Adventure 8%, Action 6.6%, Side Scroller 6.4%
- #46 AOI
71% 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 43.2%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 6.5%
- #47 God Edge
71% 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 37.6%, 2D Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 6.1%, Adventure 5.4%
- #48 Will O Wisp
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
This is a platform action game in which you control light in a world shrouded in complete darkness and rely on it to progress. Use the light to travel from place to place and illuminate the buried truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Platformer 10.8%, Action 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Side Scroller 7.8%
- #49 Torii: Beyond The Gates
69% 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 41.6%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Souls-like 5%
- #50 Deep Enigma
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: 1bit Games
Windows
The game has about 320 rooms, 10 areas, and 328 upgrade hidden items! Can you find them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Surreal 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.2%
- #51 The Curse Of Eira
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElenaWare
Windows
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 20.7%, Action 12.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 11.1%
- #52 SpellTome
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Souls-like 13.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Action-Adventure 6%
- #53 Crown Of Silence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nyro Interactive
Windows
Crown Of Silence is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with Souls-like mechanics set in a gothic world. Forge your own combat style with diverse equipment, challenge ruthless bosses, and uncover the dark secrets of a silenced kingdom through environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Souls-like 9.5%, Platformer 5.6%
- #54 Pentacore
69% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathan CollierPub: Mythril Age
Windows
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 7%, Adventure 5.7%
- #55 Spirit Fusion
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Action 9.3%
- #56 Sealed Bite: Extended
65% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Ruben S. LuisPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Action 6.7%
- #57 Tres-Bashers
67% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Horror 10.8%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #58 Awita: Journey of Hope
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Souls-like 9.9%, Platformer 7.1%
- #59 Enemies Within
67% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Souls-like 11.3%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Platformer 6.3%
- #60 Ataraxie
66% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Gravenoire
Windows · Linux
ATARAXIE, in the pure style of retro games, ties itself with the SNES Gaming era and embrace difficulty, for it wishes to give experienced gamers/players the test they are really looking for!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Platformer 9.8%