- #1 Axiom Verge
97% matchVery Positive90% of 6,545 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Retro 8.4%, Side Scroller 5.2%, Platformer 5%
- #2 B.I.O.T.A.
96% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2022
Dev: small brosPub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.9%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Aliens 10.6%
- #3 Valfaris
96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,730 reviews2019
Dev: Steel MantisPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Action 12.9%, Retro 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #4 Weapon of Choice DX
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 501 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Aliens 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Retro 10.8%
- #5 The Tribulation Entanglement
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.8%, Hand-drawn 15%, Surreal 14.7%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Retro 11.5%
- #6 Destructivator 2
94% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.1%, Retro 15.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%, Action 8.6%
- #7 Zapling Bygone
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 199 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 31.8%, Side Scroller 18.4%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Aliens 10.9%, Sci-fi 10%
- #8 GRIME
92% matchVery Positive85% of 6,637 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Surreal 14.8%, Combat 9.5%, Difficult 8.3%
- #9 Guns of Fury
91% matchVery Positive88% of 936 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Retro 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #10 Moonlight Pulse
91% matchVery Positive92% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Surreal 17.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action 5.9%
- #11 Viscerafest
89% matchVery Positive85% of 702 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: Retro 26.6%, Aliens 25.7%, Stylized 17.6%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Action 10.4%
- #12 Environmental Station Alpha
90% matchVery Positive83% of 1,635 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.2%, Retro 8.1%, Platformer 6.1%, Action 5.5%, Difficult 5.5%
- #13 Headlander
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,054 reviews2016
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Adult Swim Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Action 8.6%, Platformer 6.4%
- #14 Elderand
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 800 reviews2023
Dev: MantraPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Side Scroller 22.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Combat 10.9%, Violent 4.7%
- #15 Rusted Moss
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,644 reviews2023
Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Retro 12.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Difficult 9%
- #16 ENCHAIN
86% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: mattlawrdev
Windows
Grapple, throw, and break your fellow undead in this bone-smashing exploration movement shooter. Challenge the afterlife, collect secret artifacts, and uncover the deprived depths as you clamber out of a hopeless abyss.
Why similar: Retro 33%, Stylized 26.8%, Action 13.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%
- #17 Iron Meat
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Ivan Valeryevich SuvorovPub: Retroware
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Linear 9.8%
- #18 Powernaut VANGARDT
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Retro 14.2%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Action 6.4%
- #19 Haunted Lands
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 248 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Side Scroller 21.9%, 2D Platformer 18%, Retro 14.9%, Difficult 9.7%
- #20 PSYCRON
84% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Linear 6.2%
- #21 ION Shift
83% matchVery Positive91% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.6%, Sci-fi 20.3%, Difficult 14.2%, Violent 9.2%, Aliens 8.8%
- #22 ANTONBLAST
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,575 reviews2024
Dev: Summitsphere
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 33.1%, Surreal 20.2%, Retro 18.7%, Action 10.2%, 2D 7.5%
- #23 Prison City
82% matchVery Positive83% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: Retroware
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.9%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Retro 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Linear 11.6%
- #24 Zombotron
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,570 reviews2019
Dev: Ant.Karlov Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Aliens 11.3%, Action 8.6%
- #25 Contract Rush DX
79% matchVery Positive100% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: FigburnPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Contract Rush DX is a hand-animated 2D Shoot 'Em Up, with multiple playable characters. Explore the world, collect powerful upgrades throughout levels, and unleash them to defeat difficult boss battles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Hand-drawn 22.7%, Difficult 12.3%, Action 7.6%, Combat 7.1%
- #26 Rebel Transmute
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Retro 11.5%, Combat 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #27 Gunbrella
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,030 reviews2023
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Uncover the dark secrets of a gritty, tangled metropolis and battle diabolic villains with your trusty Gunbrella, a bulletproof brolly that doubles as a firearm.
Why similar: Side Scroller 44.2%, Difficult 15.5%, Combat 14.1%, Platformer 10.2%, Action 7.4%
- #28 Steel Assault
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 440 reviews2021
Dev: Zenovia InteractivePub: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.2%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Retro 14.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Difficult 8.7%
- #29 Furi Demake - The Chain
77% matchVery Positive89% of 455 reviews2023
Dev: SylphPub: The Game Bakers
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Fight your way free in this 8-bit-inspired version of Furi's first boss fight against The Chain. Frantic action, nervous controls, a blend of shoot and sword fight reimagined in 90s style. Only 1 boss fight! A gift to Furi’s fans.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.9%, Retro 19.5%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Combat 11.6%
- #30 Primal Light
78% matchVery Positive81% of 422 reviews2020
Dev: Fat Gem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.5%, 2D Platformer 25.6%, Retro 16.8%, Difficult 10.3%, Linear 8.1%
- #31 Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest
75% matchVery Positive86% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Maddison BaekPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.4%, Surreal 21.7%, Stylized 17.5%, Difficult 11.4%, Platformer 7.3%
- #32 EARTH'S DAWN
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 271 reviews2016
Dev: One or Eight
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Earth’s Dawn is looming and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance! Dive into frantic side-scrolling combat and take the fight to the alien horde before destroying hulking bosses!
Why similar: Side Scroller 61%, Action 30.5%, 2D 8.5%
- #33 Berserk Boy
75% matchVery Positive85% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: BerserkBoy Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Retro 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #34 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
77% matchVery Positive87% of 905 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 64.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Psychedelic 9.7%, Action 8.5%, 2D 4.8%
- #35 Hell is Other Demons
76% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Retro 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Difficult 10.5%
- #36 Super Cyborg
76% matchVery Positive86% of 836 reviews2015
Dev: Artur Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
Why similar: Retro 31.8%, Side Scroller 23.5%, Action 18%, Difficult 10.7%, Platformer 8.6%
- #37 Blasphemous
73% matchVery Positive90% of 65,282 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.9%, Side Scroller 10%, Difficult 7.3%, Violent 5.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #38 Voidwrought
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Powersnake
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Combat 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Action 5.1%
- #39 Stray Savior
73% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.9%, 2D Platformer 27.2%, Action 11.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Linear 8%
- #40 Chenso Club
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 322 reviews2022
Dev: PixadomePub: Aurora Punks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Aliens are attacking! Who will save us? Chenso Club will! Using chainsaws, hammers, and the aliens’ own life force against them - these fearless warriors will pulverise enemies on their way to victory. Go solo! Go co-op! Go hack those aliens in this action-packed, side-scrolling platform brawler!
Why similar: Aliens 40.9%, 2D Platformer 30.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 9%, 2D 6.7%
- #41 Exophobia
73% matchVery Positive88% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Zarc AttackPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Aliens 13.7%, Combat 13%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Stylized 10.3%
- #42 Possessor(s)
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 672 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Side Scroller 22%, Action 10.1%, Stylized 9.1%, Combat 7.4%
- #43 F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,116 reviews2021
Dev: TiGamesPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Retro 8.8%, Combat 6.9%, Linear 6.4%
- #44 Spiritfall
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,950 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle GiantPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Spiritfall is a fast-paced Action Roguelite with combat inspired by Platform Fighters. Slash, smash, launch, and wall-splat a multitude of enemies using an ever-changing arsenal of divine powers.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 39.1%, Difficult 17.9%, Combat 14.4%, Platformer 11%, Action 8.6%
- #45 Alien Scumbags
72% matchVery Positive97% of 117 reviews2020
Dev: Monster Finger Games
Windows
Alien Scumbags is a sci-fi action platformer with a big slice of horror and a stack of pop culture references. You'll run, hide and kill across several levels, collect items from capsule machines and unlock characters.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Aliens 11.2%
- #46 Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
68% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Combo Game StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Aliens 15.3%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Retro 12.1%
- #47 Grimhook
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,086 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: Combat 23%, Stylized 20.5%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Action 12.9%, Platformer 11.6%
- #48 Palpus X Annihilation
69% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Vargek (Meister Palpus)
Windows
Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!
Why similar: Aliens 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Combat 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Retro 9.5%
- #49 Xanthiom Zero
70% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Retro 10.1%, Aliens 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.8%
- #50 Utomah
70% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: REDACTEDPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one's inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. Prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.6%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Surreal 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Linear 8.4%
- #51 Enchanted Portals
72% matchMostly Negative39% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Xixo Games Studio
Windows
Extreme battles versus crazy bosses in this Intense 2D Platformer
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Action 19.8%, 2D 11.6%, Platformer 6.1%
- #52 Capsized
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,103 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Sci-fi 37.1%, Action 28.6%, Platformer 24.2%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #53 The Last Faith
66% matchVery Positive84% of 5,500 reviews2023
Dev: Kumi Souls GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Difficult 8.1%, Violent 7.8%, Action 5.7%
- #54 MO:Astray
67% matchVery Positive92% of 5,046 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.1%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Action 15.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #55 Ultros
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,200 reviews2024
Dev: HadoquePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Psychedelic 19%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #56 Karma Knight
69% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Side Scroller 21%, 2D Platformer 19%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Difficult 7.8%
- #57 Custodian: Beginning of the End
69% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Red-Pixel
Windows
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Side Scroller 22.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Difficult 7.9%, Platformer 4.7%
- #58 KILLBUG
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 531 reviews2023
Dev: Samurai PunkPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
KILLBUG is a fast-paced, first-person movement shooter set in an endless arena. Slash and shoot your way through hordes of ravenous insects, mastering fluid aerial movement mechanics as you fight for glory on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Difficult 30%, Combat 29.8%, Action 19.4%, Violent 11.3%, Stylized 5.7%
- #59 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
68% matchVery Positive85% of 3,713 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 15.5%, 2D 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #60 Souldiers
66% matchMixed69% of 3,056 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.5%, Combat 14.1%, Difficult 8.9%, Action 7%, 2D Platformer 4.7%