- #1 Vesuvius
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Souls-like 28.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 8.8%, Adventure 3.3%
- #2 Children of Birch
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Souls-like 25.3%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Mythology 7.6%
- #3 Shieldbound
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Souls-like 23.7%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.1%, Combat 6.4%
- #4 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.7%, Combat 4.9%
- #5 Anokye
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 7.7%, Adventure 3.3%
- #6 Astronium
94% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
Windows
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Souls-like 21.9%, Difficult 15.2%, Combat 7.3%, Exploration 3.8%
- #7 Fox Wanderer
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ninth Dream
Windows
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 24.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 4.8%
- #8 Dimension Rift Zero
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 4.3%
- #9 DREIFRAME
91% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Souls-like 27.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 3.1%
- #10 SHADE Protocol
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Legendary
Windows · Linux
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 3.9%
- #11 Souldiers
90% matchMixed69% of 3,156 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 46.3%, Difficult 13.3%, Souls-like 11.8%, Combat 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #12 Loreninha Paints Dreams and Rainbows
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Eminho And Lorena Team
Windows · Linux
A cute dreamworld hides a growing darkness. Explore, fight, and steal the powers of your enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 7.6%, Action-Adventure 4.3%
- #13 LUNARIS
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richard BuenoPub: Two Void Studios
Windows
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Souls-like 19.6%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Combat 7.2%
- #14 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 26.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 4%
- #15 Benders of Moona
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 4.3%
- #16 Spright
86% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is an epic 2D metroidvania about descending into a vast abyss that twists against you the deeper you go. Equipped with only your diving helm and a longswordm, you will dive head-on into a world that refuses to give way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Souls-like 26%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 5.5%, Action-Adventure 4.1%
- #17 Infinitevania
84% matchVery Positive93% of 303 reviews2026
Dev: JHT Games
Windows
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Souls-like 23.6%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #18 Eden Lumina
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paka Games
Windows
Eden Lumina is a hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Milo has just a yo-yo, and a whole world ahead of him: vast, full of hostile creatures and unlikely friends, its history carved in stone in a language nobody can read anymore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 25.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 3.5%
- #19 Enemies Within
85% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 23.8%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 5.6%
- #20 Lightward
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Souls-like 31.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Adventure 3.3%
- #21 Gedda Cake
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Gedda Cake is a metroidvania about Dragons and Cakes. Play as 6 characters with unique skills and playstyles, swap between them on the fly, battle dangerous foes and explore the vast sugar-coated lands of Sugria. Help them reclaim their invaded world and get The Cake!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 25.6%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 4%
- #22 Intertwined
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 4.2%
- #23 Solateria
81% matchVery Positive83% of 757 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Souls-like 27.6%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Combat 4.4%
- #24 Lotus Knight
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
Windows · Mac
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Souls-like 32.4%, Platformer 14.2%, 2D 3.4%, Adventure 2.7%
- #25 THE DARK DWELLERS
81% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: COLNELIUS
Windows
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 26.1%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 6.5%, Combat 6%
- #26 Sutra Pilgrim
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SvenFish Games
Windows
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim! Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Souls-like 30.2%, Platformer 6.5%, Mythology 6.5%, Exploration 4.8%
- #27 Foregone
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,409 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 23.3%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 5.6%
- #28 Steel Flood
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egobounds
Windows
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 28.1%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 3.4%
- #29 Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
78% matchVery Positive83% of 988 reviews2024
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Mythology 9.4%, Platformer 9.1%, Souls-like 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #30 Stellar Poetry
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MXL-StudioPub: TrueColor Games
Windows
Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Souls-like 26.9%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #31 Hollow Knight
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 563,086 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Souls-like 25.3%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 3.5%
- #32 Go Alone
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orobi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Souls-like 32.1%, Exploration 5.6%, Adventure 5%, Action-Adventure 4.6%
- #33 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,298 reviews2024
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Combat 5.9%
- #34 Blasphemous 2
75% matchVery Positive91% of 21,782 reviews2023
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 21.9%, Difficult 18.5%, Combat 8.6%, Platformer 6.3%
- #35 Isadora's Edge
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InboundShovel Games
Windows
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 17.7%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Combat 5%
- #36 Cliff Kingdom
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
Deranged trolls. Old thinking machines. Nordic inspired animals with dark backstories. Meet them all in this hand drawn adventure where you play as a moth, born without wings, exploring a dark world in search of the kingdoms lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Souls-like 29.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 5.7%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
- #37 Akatori
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: Contrast GamesPub: Games Harbor
Windows
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6%
- #38 Rune Fencer Illyia
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nootbox Games
Windows
Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Souls-like 21.8%, Difficult 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #39 MIO: Memories in Orbit
72% matchVery Positive83% of 5,187 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Souls-like 20.2%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 5.5%
- #40 AXIS Urban Samsara
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radiance Games
Windows
Storm Babylon in a brutal 2.5D action RPG with fast-paced combat, set in a vast vertical open world. Claim weapons from the Asuras. Build deadly combos. Fight your way through realms where ideas become monsters. Reach the Source. Remember who you really are.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Souls-like 19.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 7%, Exploration 3.7%
- #41 Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Beer Games
Windows
Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess is a 2D action with metroidvania elements set in a 16th-century fantasy world, drawn with cozy pixels. Explore a mysterious realm, battle ruthless enemies, and uncover powerful weapons and abilities. And remember: beer is the best medicine in these grim times!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 23.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #42 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
74% matchVery Positive81% of 5,603 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.7%, Metroidvania 31.8%, Difficult 7.3%, Platformer 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #43 Vulpis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Difficult 18.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 5.1%, Adventure 4.5%
- #44 La-Mulana 2
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,088 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 24.7%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 8.4%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #45 Tairo: Lost In Time
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Souls-like 39%, Platformer 5.4%, Action-Adventure 3.4%, Adventure 3.2%
- #46 WarriOrb: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive88% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 26%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 10%, Side Scroller 4.6%
- #47 Windmills
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Poor Locke
Windows
Master your combat techniques and explore a magic world in this combat - focused metroidvania. Help the unreliable narrator complete his story which changes depending on the player's actions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Souls-like 28.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Combat 7.6%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #48 Instance Destroy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abysmal Attrition LLC
Windows
Bite sized metroidvania with several unique mechanics Make weapons from the elements, juggle enemies, find furniture? fight bosses, unlock abilities, find secrets, unlock transformations!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #49 Last Souls
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Wihler
Windows · Mac
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Souls-like 26.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 3.8%
- #50 Frauki's Adventure!
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: CLYDE games
Windows · Linux
Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Souls-like 27.9%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 5%
- #51 Eden's Guardian
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voragine Game Studio
Windows
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 24.9%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #52 Colorless World
70% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Bazzucco Entertainment
Windows
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Souls-like 28.2%, Difficult 11.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Side Scroller 4.8%
- #53 GRIME
68% matchVery Positive85% of 6,798 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 29.5%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
- #54 The Light of the Darkness: Renascence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 21.4%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Combat 5.3%
- #55 Runic Curse Remastered
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Souls-like 30.8%, Platformer 8.1%, Action-Adventure 4.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #56 DEVIATOR
67% matchMixed67% of 1,011 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Souls-like 29.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Difficult 6.1%, Combat 5.6%
- #57 SpellTome
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Souls-like 30.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Combat 3.6%
- #58 Salt and Sanctuary
68% matchVery Positive89% of 21,932 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 49.4%, Metroidvania 27.8%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 5.6%, 2D 2.1%
- #59 Briar Flame
66% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Souls-like 30.7%, Platformer 7.6%, Combat 6.4%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
- #60 Mother's Sword
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monsitle
Windows
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Souls-like 37%, Metroidvania 37%, Platformer 7.4%, Action-Adventure 5.3%, Adventure 4.8%