- #1 The Last Tree
97% 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 50.3%, RPG 17.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Fantasy 7.2%, Platformer 7.1%
- #2 The Doomed Knight
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holysoft StudiosPub: Holysoft GmbH
Windows
This metroidvania inspired game lets you discover a fascinating world full of monsters, secrets and mysteries!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, RPG 17.2%, Fantasy 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #3 Tower of Pandemonium
96% 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 47.2%, RPG 15.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Platformer 8.1%
- #4 Princess Pomu and the 5 Moons
95% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Dominus
Windows
Paint without T is PAIN! Princess Pomu just lost her Kingdom and her family was captured, and now she's possesed by an evil spirit! Master the simple but satisfying combo system, get more abilites, pick up weapons and explore the surreal world of Illeh in this cute metroidvania with a violent twist.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Fantasy 12%, Violent 7.7%, Combat 7.2%
- #5 Aggelos
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 656 reviews2018
Dev: Storybird GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.4%, RPG 21.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 10.5%, Platformer 5.9%
- #6 Savior
94% 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 55.8%, RPG 19.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 9%, Platformer 5.2%
- #7 Valdis Story: Abyssal City
93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,710 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 10.8%, Platformer 8%, Indie 4.5%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #8 An Imp and an Impostor
91% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: RPG 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #9 Sorcery! Part 3
92% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, RPG 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Fantasy 12.3%
- #10 Faeland
90% matchVery Positive90% of 324 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 58.8%, RPG 20.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 9.3%
- #11 Elliot Quest
91% 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 56.2%, RPG 17.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 8.5%, Platformer 6.8%
- #12 White : The Hero's Return
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiapigeon
Windows · Mac
Just a hardcore, lore-deep RPG based on your choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Fantasy 10%
- #13 OMEA
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dynamic Narration 15.8% ★, RPG 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #14 BeforeDisaster
88% 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 61%, Fantasy 14.6%, Adventure 9%, Combat 8.8%, Indie 3.6%
- #15 Super Panda Adventures
87% matchVery Positive93% of 1,020 reviews2014
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.2%, Platformer 14.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 8.7%, RPG 7.3%
- #16 UnEpic
86% matchVery Positive91% of 8,120 reviews2014
Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, RPG 24.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Indie 7.7%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #17 Lost Tales - The Castle Escape
86% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: HUE HUE GAME STUDIO
Windows
This lost tale is about a princess who has been kidnapped by a King who wants to make her his seventh wife and when she wakes up in a cell the Princess escapes, looking for a way out of this castle, killing anyone who stands in her way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, RPG 30.4%, Adventure 16%, Indie 13.3%
- #18 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, Fantasy 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Adventure 6.6%
- #19 Life on Mars Remake
84% 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 55.3%, RPG 21.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 10.4%
- #20 Chasm
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,617 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 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 64.1%, RPG 12%, Adventure 7%, Platformer 7%, Indie 6.6%
- #21 Scales of Justice
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, RPG 15.6%, Fantasy 13.8%
- #22 Exodus
84% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2014
Dev: Galhmac Game StudioPub: Multi-Form
Windows
Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 14%, Platformer 13.6%
- #23 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
82% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, RPG 18%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Fantasy 11.2%
- #24 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Fantasy 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #25 Ineth
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mean Light Studio
Windows · Linux
A pixel-art Metroidvania with challenging platformer mechanics, set in a medieval magical world. Discover a great variety of spells and abilities to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Find mythical charms and items to help Ineth fight her way out of her prison.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Fantasy 8.2%, Indie 7%
- #26 ReSetna
79% 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 70.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 8.5%
- #27 Labyrinth
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco BattiatoPub: Daniela Trovato
Windows
Labyrinth is a 2D platformer with pixel art graphics in which you will have to find your way through intricate labyrinths, overcome many enemies and deadly traps.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Fantasy 14.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Indie 4.1%
- #28 Shattered Divinities
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StellarSoul
Windows
In Shattered Divinities, embark on an adventure that pits you directly against divinity itself! An ancient War of Gods shattered the world, and their broken power has become the Calamities that consume all life. How will you survive in this land? And how will you uncover the secrets behind the War?
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, RPG 12.1%, Platformer 10.2%, Fantasy 7.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #29 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
78% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Choices Matter 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 15.2%, Fantasy 13.8%
- #30 Tempus Island
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fruit Toast
Windows
An evil being has stolen the king's daughter and is on their way to bring ruin to Nakimbo island, fight through dungeons and rescue the king's daughter, just make sure not to destroy the world whilst you're at it.
Why similar: RPG 27.8%, Top-Down 21.5%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Fantasy 10.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #31 End's Reach
77% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 66.9%, Adventure 10.6%, 3D 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Indie 4.3%
- #32 Bread Adventure
76% matchPositive100% of 21 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 54%, RPG 12.7%, Fantasy 11.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 5%
- #33 Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtlevania Games
Windows · Mac
Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood is a Souls-like Metroidvania where your choices shape reality. Play as Tyro, a vengeful field mouse. Battle the Gladeblight's horrors, manage your Sanity Gauge, and survive a world that warps with your mind. Will you break the cycle or lose yourself to madness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Combat 4.4%
- #34 Max’s Adventures: Christmas Edition
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: J Indie Games
Windows · Mac
Join Max on a mischievous Christmas Eve adventure! When his dad doesn’t return home, Max’s imagination takes over, leading to hilarious choices, festive chaos, and a magical quest to find missing Santa in Christmas Land. Your decisions shape this funny, heartwarming holiday story.
Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Dynamic Narration 15% ★, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #35 Mainasutto: I'm Not Alone
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DAndrëwBox
Windows
Break the time loop, save your world! A combat-focused metroidvania that lets you capture enemy souls and turn their powers against them. Explore a corrupted timeline in a fractured world where death isn't the end. Rewind your choices, change your path, and prevent the Mainasutto.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #36 Turncoat Chronicle
75% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: RPG 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Fantasy 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #37 TheLastHope
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: pinheiro studio
Windows
The Last Hope is a Metroidvania-style platform game with RPG elements, in which the player controls an unnamed character who is transported against his will to the underworld, and now has to discover how to escape and how to survive the dangers around him.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54%, RPG 18.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #38 AOI
74% 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 52.7%, RPG 13.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #39 Ascent DX
72% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #40 Forsaken Castle
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duck Block Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lily is a newly appointed paladin sent to investigate the appearance of undead near a village. Her search leads her to an old castle that is known to have been long abandoned, but signs of life have begun to appear, with lights visible in the distance and drawbridge closed.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, RPG 23.4%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 10.5%
- #41 Evil Genome 光明重影
73% matchMixed68% of 523 reviews2017
Dev: Crystal Depths StudioPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
3D metroidvania game Evil Genome is coming! Heroine Lachesis will lead you to explore the vast wasteland world, experience different battles as well as develop your own character!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, RPG 27.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #42 Gravy the gravedigger
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cupofmilk
Windows
Gravy the gravedigger is a great journey of Gravy the frog through an unknown and mysterious cemetery. However, what brings our hero to such a strange place? Even the little cemetery caretaker doesn't know the reason, and it's up to us to help him in exploring this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #43 Dust: An Elysian Tail
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 18,936 reviews2013
Dev: Humble Hearts LLCPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, RPG 12.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Fantasy 9.7%, Adventure 6.3%
- #44 The Fifth Horseman
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Indie 11.3%
- #45 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
Windows
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Fantasy 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Combat 7%
- #46 House of the Golden Mask
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Fantasy 12.7%, Choices Matter 11%
- #47 Cubic Dungeons
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NE Games
Windows
Embark on an exciting journey into a deep abyss located on an isolated island and explore a unique fantasy world inspired by ancient mythology. Explore dungeons alone or with friends, discover the reason for the emergence of strange creatures and simply have a good time in this exciting action-RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.8% ★, RPG 10.9%, Top-Down 9.2%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #48 Inexistence Rebirth
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: Jonathan Brassaud
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in 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 57.8%, RPG 15.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 6.5%
- #49 The Nascent Necromancer
70% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 19.4%, RPG 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #50 史莱狗(Slimg)
69% 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 55.1%, RPG 14.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Indie 5.3%
- #51 白泽图:黑飨
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juunen
Windows
白泽,诞生在东望山的神灵,某天突然被帝子授职为妖籍司,肩负起查明、统计九州所有妖族的大任。但是在这之前,有件事需要他去调查——五百年前浊兽玄织在九州东方的遥州与黑龙汁光纪大战之后销声匿迹。于是妖籍司白泽五百年来第一次踏上了九州的土地,一边统计妖族信息一边寻找浊兽玄织的消息。
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.1%, RPG 15.5%, Combat 7.6%, Indie 6.3%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #52 Amo
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.6%, Top-Down 19.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #53 The Soul Stone War 3
66% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Fantasy 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #54 Feudal Alloy
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 952 reviews2019
Dev: Attu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 8%, Platformer 6.4%
- #55 Hunter's Legacy
68% 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 61.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Indie 11.3%
- #56 Florarium
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Platformer 9.7%, Fantasy 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Adventure 6.4%
- #57 Dreadstone - The Immortal Prisoner
67% 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 48.9%, RPG 16.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Fantasy 6.8%, Platformer 5.7%
- #58 Side Scape
66% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
A light-hearted, Side-Scroller/ Top-Down hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Top-Down 15.2%, Fantasy 9.8%, Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%
- #59 Inescapable
69% 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 59.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 14.6%, Platformer 8.1%
- #60 Witchcrafter: Empire Legends
67% 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 42.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Platformer 8.3%