- #1 Alwa's Legacy
97% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #2 Switch Box
96% 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 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #3 Core Descent
95% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: travisisgood
Windows
Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%
- #4 The SOL Device 2
96% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Straitlace Studios
Windows
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #5 方块 Block
94% 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 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10.1%, Open World 6.7%
- #6 Shell Soul:The Skull
94% 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 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #7 Öoo
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8%
- #8 Little Witch
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: QianQi
Windows
This is the story of an adventurous little witch and her cat in the paper world. The puzzle mainly tests the player's observation of the stage and the application of elements. Use the cat to eat the elements and use them in the right place to open the channel or get new elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #9 MONOMOON
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 7.2%
- #10 Esquire Robo
91% 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 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%
- #11 Dungeon Gals
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DoricDream
Windows
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #12 KnightLight
89% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 8.3%
- #13 Chefy-Chef
89% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: BUG-StudioPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Once again approaching the refrigerator, Chefy magically finds himself in new worlds in which he has to find the ingredients for his favorite dish!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #14 Faerie Afterlight
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Clay Game StudioPub: Mastiff
Windows
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #15 The Ramsey
87% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #16 Pain-T
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wheel Of Games
Windows
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Open World 7.6%
- #17 Fiadh
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraculum Games
Windows
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #18 Elementalist
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dawid Maziarski
Windows
A puzzle platformer where you collect Elements and use their powers to move around in various ways. Each Element you collect becomes the next one you use, so pay attention to the order!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Metroidvania 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Open World 9.7%, Exploration 8.1%
- #19 SHEEPO
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Open World 8.8%
- #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 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 7.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #21 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
82% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: 半星BanXing
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 9%, Open World 8.1%
- #22 Capybound
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinicius de Moraes
Windows
Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #23 Treasure Adventure Game
82% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 10.9%, Open World 6.7%
- #24 Dutch's Chickens
81% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 7.4%
- #25 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #26 Reso-Seeker
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.9%
- #27 Alruna: End of History
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
Windows
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #28 The Matter Gun
79% 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 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #29 Echoes of Eldoria
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua ShihPub: Summit Studios
Windows
A cute, nature-focused vertical puzzle platformer in which a powerless young wizard chases after the dragon Eldaria for his stolen abilities. Combining the exciting abilities & puzzles of Zelda with the thrill and risk of Getting Over It/Jump King!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #30 Keena The Voidslayer
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #31 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
77% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #32 Slime Cores
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echo Lotus Games
Windows
A shape-shifting, pixel-art, story-rich action adventure metroidvania for PC
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Open World 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #33 Cloud Seeker
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MagniFish Studios
Windows
Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 8.4%
- #34 Restless Lands
76% 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 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.9%
- #35 ANIMAL WELL
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #36 Rift Walker
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ahando
Windows
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 9%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #37 Amalu, Wells between worlds
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Platformer 10.8%
- #38 Battery Samurai
74% 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 40%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #39 Fractured Balance
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vrglab
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.7%
- #40 Randomice
71% matchVery Positive97% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: VideoludidPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Escape from a laboratory house in this unique puzzling platformer with a twist! All important objects are randomly placed in the world before the start of the game. Each playthrough will take a different path through the house, but can always be completed. A perfect introduction to Randomizers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 7.8%
- #41 Homam: An Inventor's Fist
72% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Jerfas Studio
Windows
Experience a unique 2D pixel art platformer where satisfying pounding mechanics meet brain-teasing puzzles. Step into Homam’s shoes, a skilled hero with a powerful fist, and help the legendary inventor Al-Jazari on a time-traveling quest. Solve puzzles, and conquer challenges with agility and wit
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #42 Gridvania
74% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ExpertStars
Windows
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Relaxing 4.9%
- #43 Floating Wonderland
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rinabow
Windows
A 2D platformer set in a world of floating islands where gravity acts with strange properties and can point in any direction. Join one of 4 characters in their own story venturing through these strange and wonderful environments that twist and turn in all directions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #44 Memory Draw
71% 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 32%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #45 Royally Frogged
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Traverse
Windows · Mac
Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #46 A Forest Tale: Porasy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pindó Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through a new mythological realm as Porasy, an Indigenous warrior. Explore uncharted landscapes, unleash the power of Muiraquitãs, unravel your story, and vanquish the Seven Legendary Beasts to carve your own legend. Are you ready to dive into this epic adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7.7%
- #47 Wolf Knight Memoir
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Phat Playing Panda
Windows · Mac
Take command of the Wolf Knight to help him remember his dramatic past life through a story driven adventure and test your skills in this challenging Metroidvania game with die and retry platforming features happening in the fantastic 2D hand drawned world of Aurora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #48 Nonolith
70% 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 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 9%
- #49 Exodus
70% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Ranger Studio
Windows
Save Moses' girlfriend from the clutches of the prince of Egypt, Ramses, in this thrilling adventure across the Egyptian desert. Face enemies and bosses, find items and power-ups scattered throughout a fantastic 2D open world full of challenges, secrets and much more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 9.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #50 PATHFINDER 08
71% 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 38.4%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #51 Elephantasy: Flipside
69% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Open World 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #52 Island Treasures
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heguo Studio
Windows
Island Treasure is a casual game that combines action and decryption. Players will play as bearded pirates and brave an uninhabited island! What treasures do islands have? What dangers will bearded pirates encounter? Let's uncover it together!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 10%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #53 Guillotine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zomorro Studio
Windows
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #54 FeatherCall
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeil Studios
Windows
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #55 Cor Magnetis
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, 2D Platformer 18%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #56 Bread Adventure
66% 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 41.7%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #57 Yuna and the Spirit Forest
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RavenRaiders
Windows
A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 6.5%
- #58 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
64% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #59 Croakspire
67% matchNo user reviews
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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Platformer 8.5%
- #60 Akaku Forest
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dowfamidas
Windows
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Open World 5.4%