- #1 The Matter Gun
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Logic 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #2 Refactor
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NextGen Pants, Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, 2.5D 10.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Action 4.5%
- #3 CYPHER DUNGEON
96% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: DOUBLE PULSES
Windows
Identifier = ZERO. Localization = unknown system. Objectives = survive, decrypt, escape. Codes are key. Death is protocol. The sequence begins now.
Why similar: Voxel 33% ★, Metroidvania 30.9%, Logic 13%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #4 Delearnia: Fractions of Hope
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Win or Learn
Windows
Delearnia: Fractions of Hope is a thrilling puzzle adventure where action, mystery, and mathematics collide. Navigate the enchanting world of Delearnia, conquer challenges, and defeat enemies with the power of mathematics. Rediscover the fun in being a thinker. Become the Mathemagician!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2.5D 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #5 Ember Fall
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ASH GAMES
Windows
Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Platformer 9.6%, Physics 6.7%
- #6 Remains
94% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Dancing CactusPub: Jamk Games
Windows
A 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Use tools to modify the level and how you move to explore forests and the ruins of a post-post apocalyptic world. Find keys and extra batteries to delve ever further, in search of who you are and what happened to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, 2.5D 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Platformer 13.4%
- #7 The Last Awen
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Instinto Studios
Windows
Explore and protect the endangered forest as Fae, the last guardian. Face enemies, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in a challenging 2.5D metroidvania. The Last Awen combines action and exploration in a captivating visual experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, 2.5D 16%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #8 1000 Amps
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 reviews2012
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Metroidvania 31.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 3.4%
- #9 ColorBlend FX: Desaturation Prologue
91% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Pi-Dev Bulgaria
Windows
This is the prologue chapter of our upcoming game ColorBlend FX: Desaturation. Help Splatians blend the stolen colors back to the world and foil the plans of the Evil! Squash juicy slimes, get slimed, solve puzzles, find secrets & survive the death while figuring out the evil plans of the Lord.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, 2.5D 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Platformer 8%
- #10 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, 2.5D 25.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Stylized 5.9%, Adventure 3.9%
- #11 SELINI
89% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, 2.5D 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 9.5%
- #12 Norman's Night In
90% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Bactrian Games
Windows
Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Physics 15%, Platformer 11.8%, Adventure 6.6%
- #13 RollRiddle - Cube'n'Roll
89% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Infinity Score Games
Windows
RollRiddle-Cube'n'Roll is a unique adventure game where players take over 100 levels, each with its unique themes and obstacles. Players can change the appearance of the ball with various skins available to personalize their experience. This game offers a fun, and challenging gameplay experience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Logic 22.3%, Physics 18.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #14 Rift Walker
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ahando
Windows
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #15 Blackfield
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visionary Games
Windows · Mac
In a shadowed parallel universe, 8-year-old Marta navigates desolate landscapes ruled by mechanical overlords and nightmarish creatures, desperately seeking her lost family while survival becomes a relentless test of wits and willpower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 2.5D 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #16 FAR: Changing Tides
86% matchVery Positive93% of 5,368 reviews2022
Dev: OkomotivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.
Why similar: 2.5D 24%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Stylized 9.2%
- #17 GLIDE
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BruteForce
Windows
Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Platformer 8.1%, Logic 8%
- #18 Junklands
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deadleaf Games
Windows
Junklands is a 3D action-platformer that thrusts Rahr, a brave paper fledgling, into a polluted world ruled by its toxic overlords. Forced from home, Rahr must navigate smog-filled lands and sludge-choked rivers on a perilous quest to cleanse the Junklands and restore life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Third Person 9%
- #19 HYPERWORLD (Working Title)
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fluddformat
Windows · Mac
Far away, a strange world awaits you. Explore a vast network of rooms and paths, unlock new abilities, solve mysteries, make friends, discover secrets, and more in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, 2.5D 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Stylized 11.3%, Platformer 9.1%
- #20 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
84% 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 32.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Fantasy 8%, Platformer 7.5%
- #21 Skala
83% matchVery Positive89% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Logic 22.4%, Physics 13.9%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 11%
- #22 WetBread
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: biksbit.games
Windows
WetBread is a 2.5D Metroidvania Platformer, where you gain control of the Dry Rusk, travel through the store shelves of various departments, solve puzzles and fight enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, 2.5D 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 8.1%, Stylized 7.4%
- #23 Pandamonium
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: ToxicByteGames
Windows · Mac
A panda who stumbles into the Lost Capital of Hell. Explore a beautiful and dangerous world with hand drawn crisp pixel art and 2.5D graphics. Face perilous foes, bosses and friendly allies. Customize yourself with abilities and outfits that will help you conquer your way through this doomed land.
Why similar: Voxel 25.5% ★, Metroidvania 25.4%, 2.5D 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 8.1%
- #24 A.T.O.M.
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beta Game Studio
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric 2D sidescroller platformer metroidvania game in a post nuclear-disaster setting where you play as a nuclear-fueled droid sent to Earth to find out if human life is possible once again. You will explore unique areas, unlock secret paths, learn new abilities, fight bosses and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, 2.5D 17.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #25 Logialand
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireGrim
Windows
Dive into a world where physics reign supreme, allowing you to manipulate objects and press buttons in unique ways to solve intricate puzzles. Use the power of elements to your advantage - from conducting electricity with a wet object to defrosting frozen doors with heat.
Why similar: Logic 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Physics 15.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Third Person 10.5%
- #26 THEMIS
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Carp Games Studio s.r.o.
Windows
Explore The Sequence. A set of unique hard-core platforming and deadly puzzle rooms hiding a dark secret behind its digital walls. Using both physics and game play mechanics, THEMIS is challenging players into a battle of minds and quick reflexes. Do you have what it takes to become Truly Awakened?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Logic 14.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Third Person 12.2%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #27 Him
80% 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 54.8%, 2.5D 11.9%, Stylized 10.5%, Platformer 6.1%, Combat 5.7%
- #28 Strongloween: The Escape
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: François LinckPub: François Linck Games
Windows
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Third Person 11.5%, Stylized 10.1%, Puzzle 8.9%, Combat 8.2%
- #29 Shell Soul:The Skull
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #30 We're Closed Sorry
78% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: GUMBO DAY
Windows
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, 2.5D 25.3%, Stylized 9.7%, Action 6.6%, Combat 5.1%
- #31 Spatial Dip
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
Windows · Mac
Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Physics 10.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Logic 6.6%
- #32 Mayhem in Single Valley
77% matchVery Positive87% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Fluxscopic Ltd.Pub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In this fast-paced, puzzle-loaded action adventure, you’ll juggle housework, zombie hordes, family dinners and radioactive squirrels! Oh, and you have to prevent the end of the world while keeping everyone from finding out it was all your fault.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, 2.5D 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Physics 10.3%
- #33 TVs: The Awakening
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Mizrab
Windows · Mac
TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.5% ★, 2.5D 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Logic 12%, Platformer 9.8%
- #34 Tool Land
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Physics 10.1%, Stylized 9.4%
- #35 Endless Night: The Darkness Within
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Guy Games
Windows · Linux
Help Jake survive his inner darkness in Endless Night: The Darkness Within — a psychological action-adventure through surreal dreamworlds and fractured memories. Master fluid platforming, battle twisted manifestations of fear, and uncover the truth buried deep in Jake’s subconscious.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2.5D 21.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Stylized 9.5%
- #36 Infinite Library
74% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Breck OrtizPub: Infinite Library
Windows
In this award winning puzzle-platformer you are tasked with saving the Infinite Library from impending doom! Use unique movement and abilities to navigate dangerous puzzles and dispel the darkness before it's too late!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2.5D 22.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Action 7.7%
- #37 Teslagrad 2
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 552 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Logic 7.5%
- #38 方块 Block
72% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: GlanielStudio
Windows
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Logic 11.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #39 Memories of Fireflies
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Smart StudioPub: Smart Flix
Windows
Confront your darkness in Memories of Fireflies, a Voxel-based Puzzle Platformer which takes place in a dark and dangerous world that you must venture to discover its secrets. Overcome challenges, enemies and puzzles to get even deeper in this dangerous world.
Why similar: Voxel 34.5% ★, 2.5D 22%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #40 Switch Box
73% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Third Person 7.2%
- #41 Echoes of Adventure
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Deprechoes
Windows · Mac
Feel the consequences of your own choices! Solve puzzles by repeating the same level with each character and their special ability. But be careful. What helps you with one character could stop you in the next run.
Why similar: 2.5D 34.2%, Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, Logic 11.4%, Stylized 10%
- #42 Reina and Jericho
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reclamation Games
Windows
Create a perfect chain of cause and effect in Reina & Jericho, an intense story-driven adventure through a fortress defended by Reina's worst enemies. Confront Reina's past, present, and future as she battles her foes and bends time itself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, 2.5D 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Platformer 8.9%
- #43 Ascender
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Conspiracy 14.5% ★, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #44 Tomoshibi no Yoru
70% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: NISAKE
Windows · Mac
A cooperative puzzle adventure where a small flame and a girl journey together through the night. Guided by light, they brave wind and rain to reach the shrine.
Why similar: 2.5D 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Stylized 14.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #45 Arenion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoD
Windows
Explore a giant interconnected world riddled with monsters and machines. Ensnared by the convoluted web spun by a dangerous criminal syndicate hailing from a distant land, you uncover a horrifying secret. Will you yield to their manipulation or rise up to fight for what’s right?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2.5D 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Platformer 7.5%
- #46 Esquire Robo
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidFrogLLC
Windows
"When her friend vanishes on a distant planet, a lone android uncovers a conspiracy that threatens not just the colony, but the fate of the entire universe."
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, 2.5D 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #47 2 Volt
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Quantized Bit
Windows · Linux
Use electric beams to interact with the environment and discover its secrets.
Why similar: 2.5D 27%, Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Physics 10.3%
- #48 Fungi Crossing
69% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Bingonian
Windows
Traverse terrain and solve puzzles as odd sticky mushrooms!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Physics 17.3%, Platformer 9.7%, Stylized 9.3%
- #49 Puppetmaster
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabriel Games LLC
Windows
Discover a metroidvania with a huge world, platform-fighter dynamic combat, smart bosses, deep lore, and original music, all made by two brothers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, 2.5D 18.5%, Combat 11%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #50 Ayna: Shattered Truth
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: designmatic
Windows
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, 2.5D 20.4%, Stylized 9.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Combat 8.8%
- #51 Anatta
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayS'more
Windows
Imagine waking up on a deserted shore without a clue how you ended up there. Anatta is a puzzle-platformer that takes you deep into the mysteries of an enigmatic island. Discover its haunting past and carve your path to salvation.
Why similar: 2.5D 28%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, Platformer 12.3%, Logic 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #52 Memory Draw
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Physics 14.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #53 Nonolith
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justcamh
Windows · Mac · Linux
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Logic 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Platformer 9.6%
- #54 Tessel Run
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tessel Devs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics-based puzzle platformer featuring hand-drawn tangram tessels, layered parallax worlds, and color that changes the rules of physics.
Why similar: 2.5D 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Physics 15%, Platformer 13%, Logic 9.2%
- #55 GREENFIELD
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Six Foot Giraffe
Windows · Mac
GREENFIELD is a story driven puzzle-platformer set in a lonely atmospheric world. Embark the surreal depths of a fractured mind and a forgotten island facility in search of answers to a haunting mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, 2.5D 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Puzzle 9.8%, Platformer 7.5%
- #56 Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Fat Panda GamesPub: Games Starter
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 6.7%, Indie 5.9%
- #57 Shadow Complex Remastered
68% matchVery Positive85% of 953 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, 2.5D 22.8%, Platformer 15.4%, Action 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #58 Spirit Fusion
67% 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 45.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Stylized 9%, Adventure 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #59 Saga Cube
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Vlaarsan Studio
Windows
A fun and casual puzzle platformer where you play as Heuggy the little mouse. Alongside Koda the fox, you travel the world in search of cube fragments in order to restore the harmony between humans and foxes.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.7%, Logic 17.1%, Third Person 14.7%, Physics 12%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #60 Dream City
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuggleGreen
Windows
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Platformer 18%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 1.8%