- #1 Paradox Soul
97% matchMixed43% of 623 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #2 Find Eden
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
Windows
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #3 Eldritchvania
96% matchVery Positive85% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Difficult 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #4 La-Mulana
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,571 reviews2013
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Difficult 21.9%, Puzzle 6%, Platformer 5.6%, Exploration 4.7%
- #5 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Section 8 Studios
Windows
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Dark 10.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, 2D 6.6%
- #6 The Failed
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mavi Topaz
Windows
As a failed experiment, you’re marked for disposal. That was the plan until the lab descended into chaos. Seize your chance and find a way out!
Why similar: Escape Room 46.9% ★, Mystery 16.2%, Linear 12.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 6.1%
- #7 Oirbo
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Difficult 17%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, 2D Platformer 5.9%
- #8 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 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Linear 11.9%, Puzzle 8%, 2D Platformer 7.5%
- #9 Vulpis
92% 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 50.6%, Difficult 22%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D 6%, Exploration 5.6%
- #10 The Green Room Experiment (Episode 3)
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Amanclo Video GamesPub: Maison IBUKI
Windows
You're locked in a dream and you need to wake up. Unravel the mysteries of this surreal exploration series and immerse yourself in a dreamlike, strange and solitary universe.
Why similar: Escape Room 40.7% ★, Mystery 13.3%, Linear 11.7%, Dark 10.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #11 UvsU: You vs You
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Dark 13.3%, Difficult 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #12 Ghost Song
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,404 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Dark 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #13 MIO: Memories in Orbit
88% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 36.8%, Difficult 15.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%, Mystery 5.8%
- #14 Yuna and the Spirit Forest
89% 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 33.6%, Difficult 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #15 Microvania
86% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Dreampunk
Windows · Mac
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Exploration 6.2%, Puzzle 6%
- #16 The Matter Gun
87% 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 44.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #17 Chaos Rider
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy Factory Inc
Windows · Mac
The Chaos Rider finally wakes up after ages. Explore a mysterious island with tons of secrets and treasures to discover ! Fight your way through hordes of enemies and fulfill the dream of the Great Architect. Create your own playstyle, beat bosses and do crazy platforming in this epic adventure game
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Difficult 22.5%, Exploration 7%, Atmospheric 6%, Platformer 4.2%
- #18 Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: King's Pleasure
Windows
Embark on a journey through a land of darkness to save your lost shadow. With the help of a mysterious beast’s shadow, master new abilities, outsmart enemies, and uncover hidden truths in your quest to reclaim what’s been taken.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Difficult 14.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #19 The Pale Piper
83% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Difficult 17.6%, Dark 8.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 6.3%
- #20 Raji: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive89% of 621 reviews2020
Dev: Nodding Heads Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Difficult 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 6.7%
- #21 Virium
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
Windows · Mac
Navigate and explore the twisted organic world with the ability to walk on anything! Climb large creatures, solve puzzles, unlock different forms and abilities, and uncover secrets in this atmospheric Puzzle-Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Sci-fi 12%, Dark 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 9%
- #22 ANIMAL WELL
82% 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 42.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 8.7%, Exploration 7%
- #23 My Chandroid Sweetheart
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WanderStudy Games
Windows
Explore a cute futuristic metroidvania world and solve challenging puzzles with your robot girlfriend. Along the way, gather useful upgrades, encounter quirky characters, and restore power to the city!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Difficult 18%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #24 KnightLight
81% 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 40.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Linear 11.1%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #25 Moadra
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gloomsoft
Windows
Endure... Evolve... Or Die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Difficult 14.6%, Dark 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Exploration 5.7%
- #26 PSYCRON
80% 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 42.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Linear 10.9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #27 Seedless Light
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unknown Bit Games
Windows
Seedless Light is a 2d action-adventure game focused on combat and exploration with a unique and contemplative world of fantastic and vibrant creatures driven by a touching and atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Difficult 22.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Platformer 5.6%, 2D 5%
- #28 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
79% 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 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Mystery 8.2%
- #29 Slitherise
77% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Utayo
Windows
Simple controls, but serious challenge — a fresh climbing indie experience. Guide a mysterious snake as you ascend through a dark, deep world in this 2D physics-based action game: Slitherise.
Why similar: Dark 20.4%, Metroidvania 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Difficult 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #30 Destroyed Base
78% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Riddik
Windows
Destroyed Base is a 2D platformer adventure where your main task is to survive, find resources to strengthen your shelter and defeat the enemies inhabiting these gloomy corners of the forest. Various bandits have escaped into this forest, who, like you, are hunting for various resources.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Linear 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Dark 8.3%, Platformer 6.3%
- #31 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
78% matchVery Positive87% of 891 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 63.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Exploration 6%, 2D 5.6%, Puzzle 5%
- #32 The Green Room Experiment (Episode 1)
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Amanclo Video Games
Windows
You're locked in a dream and you need to wake up. Unravel the mysteries of this surreal exploration game and immerse yourself in a dreamlike, strange and solitary universe.
Why similar: Escape Room 42.1% ★, Mystery 14.2%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 8.6%, Linear 7.5%
- #33 Smelted Kin
77% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Mystery 6.7%
- #34 Shell Soul:The Skull
76% 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 45.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #35 Shadow Tale: Prologue
75% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Bulat Gaineev
Windows · Linux
Shadow Tale is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure with escape the room mechanics. Solve puzzles, meet remarkable NPCs, escape multiple rooms and unwrap a story for eventually to know about mysterious disappearances in a world which is now filled with powerful forces and entities.
Why similar: Escape Room 47% ★, Dark 12.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 5.9%
- #36 The Conundrum: Helix
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nogam Studio
Windows
Amid the echoing clatter of gears and forgotten machines, explore a mysterious temple filled with intricate puzzles A short yet immersive first-person puzzle-platformer where every mechanism reveals a deeper mystery.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.7% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #37 Shadow Labyrinth
73% matchMixed57% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Dark 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Platformer 5.6%
- #38 Somnium Shore
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Difficult 9.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Platformer 7.6%, Puzzle Platformer 5.5%
- #39 SELINI
72% 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 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Dark 9.1%
- #40 Narcalid
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Lotus Mountain Creative
Windows
Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Linear 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #41 Aroya Knight
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ofir AroyaPub: BombBite
Windows
Aroya Knight is a demanding 2D Metroidvania action-platformer. Master punishing, precision combat where every encounter matters and explore the dying world of Cygnus. Collect charms, pick a path each time, and connect to Lola’s and Lucy’s story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Dark 14.4%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #42 Environmental Station Alpha
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62%, Difficult 11.4%, Platformer 5.5%, Sci-fi 4%, Adventure 3.5%
- #43 Colors Assemble
73% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Dibakar Jana
Windows
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Difficult 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 6.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #44 Anokye
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 47.5%, Difficult 24.1%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 4.5%, Exploration 4.4%
- #45 THE SUSPENSE
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M8 WORKSHOP
Windows
How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Dark 16.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #46 Airhead
70% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Difficult 12.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Dark 8.4%, Mystery 7.5%
- #47 Access Denied: Escape
70% matchVery Positive91% of 276 reviews2023
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.
Why similar: Escape Room 41.7% ★, Mystery 16.3%, Linear 9.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #48 Feartten Noir Story
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LAUNCH APP LTD
Windows
Feartten noir Story - is a 2d platformer with a mysterious horror theme. Go through the cursed depths of hell and try to get out of the nightmare of a boy. Are you ready to go through all the circles of hell to overcome your fears?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Dark 17.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #49 Ember Fall
69% 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 42%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Linear 10.7%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #50 Xeodrifter
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Difficult 14.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Platformer 6%, Exploration 5.8%
- #51 Guillotine
69% 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 41.7%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Dark 6.8%
- #52 Trash Heart
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Difficult 22%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%, 2D Platformer 5.6%
- #53 La-Mulana 2
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,044 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.6 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 34.1%, Difficult 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 6.8%, 2D Platformer 6.7%
- #54 OUTBUDDIES DX
69% matchMixed70% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Difficult 19.6%, Platformer 5.6%, Exploration 5.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #55 BirdKnight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GhostFoxCreative
Windows
In a dying world dominated by machines, use the powers of nature to explore a diverse landscape and devastate your foes in this action-driven metroidvania. As humanity's last hope, the BirdKnight must learn the truth behind the mysterious Heart of the World and restore life to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Difficult 19.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Exploration 5.5%, 2D 5.3%
- #56 Servant of the Lake
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series.
Why similar: Escape Room 41.1% ★, Mystery 17.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Dark 5.8%
- #57 TRACE Definitive Edition
65% matchVery Positive98% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO LOOKPub: Coolmath Games
Windows
A point-and-click escape game set on a strange, desolate planet. Collect items and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery of this cryptic world.
Why similar: Escape Room 53.4% ★, Linear 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.4%, Exploration 6.7%
- #58 The SOL Device 2
68% 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 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 7.1%
- #59 Nonolith
67% 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 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #60 Intertwined
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
Choose between Seren and Umbra, two warriors who despise each other. Armed with a spear that can strike in any direction, explore a fractured world, uncover the truth behind your bond, and hunt down the one person you must destroy. Desperate for Separation~Forever Intertwined
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Difficult 22.5%, Exploration 5.4%, 2D 5.4%, Platformer 5%