- #1 Environmental Station Alpha
97% matchVery Positive82% of 1,660 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 58%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 4.5%, Sci-fi 3.2%
- #2 VVVVVV
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,563 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.1%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Metroidvania 5.5%
- #3 Leap Year
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,217 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.2%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Nonlinear 13.6%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.8%
- #4 Jubilee
95% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 25.1%, Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #5 Nullstar: Solus
94% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 23.8%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action 8.8%
- #6 Trash Quest
94% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Precision Platformer 26.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Minimalist 6.9%
- #7 Super Magbot
93% matchVery Positive84% of 425 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 55%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Space 5.3%
- #8 MIO: Memories in Orbit
91% 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 37.8%, Precision Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.9%
- #9 Genopanic
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Precision Platformer 25.2%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 7.2%
- #10 Exographer
90% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.7%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Platformer 16.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #11 Xeodrifter
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 32.5%, Precision Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #12 ANIMAL WELL
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 45%, Nonlinear 14%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 12%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #13 Germinal
89% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Monitors
Windows
Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.3%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Action 5.2%
- #14 Stray Savior
89% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.1%, Platformer 24%, Precision Platformer 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Action 7.4%
- #15 Cave Story+
87% matchVery Positive93% of 8,352 reviews2011
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 16.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #16 PSYCRON
86% 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 36.6%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Space 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Platformer 9%
- #17 Hollow Floor
85% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Precision Platformer 31%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 5.9%
- #18 1 Screen Platformer
86% matchVery Positive87% of 429 reviews2019
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows · Mac
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.9%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #19 ElecHead
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,460 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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Why similar: Platformer 33.7%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Minimalist 12.6%, Action 7.8%
- #20 Deleveled
84% matchVery Positive80% of 398 reviews2020
Dev: ToasterFuelPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Master momentum in this unique jumping game that features no jump button! Preserve your potential energy and fall to new heights as you solve these clever puzzles and maneuver your way to victory.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 15.1%, Minimalist 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #21 Space Expedition
82% matchVery Positive93% of 193 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Exploration 16.4%, Space 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
- #22 Quantum Void
81% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: TacNours
Windows
Lost in an unexplored star system after a dimensional anomaly dispersed your fleet, you start to pick up signals scattered throughout the system. Explore the wrecks of the corporate fleet, discover the secrets of the anomaly, and try to get the good ending.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Space 15%, Exploration 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Action 4.8%
- #23 Xanthiom Zero
82% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Space 11.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #24 Dungeon Escape
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 916 reviews2016
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A challenging 2D precision platformer with minimalist graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack. Escape a dangerous dungeon filled with enemies and deadly traps.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.3%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 14.9%, Minimalist 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #25 PizzaBoy
80% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Breadless
Windows · Linux
Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.3%, Metroidvania 27.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 7%
- #26 Axiom Verge
81% matchVery Positive90% of 6,640 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Exploration 4.5%
- #27 DeadCore Redux
79% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows
DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.4%, Platformer 17%, Exploration 13.3%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Action 5%
- #28 Rift Racoon
79% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2019
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
Rift Racoon is an intense precision platformer about a lost racoon with a fun abillity: teleportation! Teleport through dangerous traps, use your claws to climb walls and jump your way across difficult platforming levels with retro visuals!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.7%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #29 Ninja Ming
76% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.4%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #30 Astronite
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Precision Platformer 19%, Nonlinear 13.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.6%
- #31 Grocket
77% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: NoobedidoobPub: Noobuddies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grocket is a minimalist, precision-based adventure and puzzle game. To survive in space, you not only have to escape numerous dangers, but also prove your skills at playing with and against other players.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.2%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Minimalist 8.9%, Space 8.5%
- #32 Low Oxygen
76% matchVery Positive89% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.4%, Platformer 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Adventure 7.6%, Space 7.5%
- #33 Auridia
74% matchVery Positive97% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 15.1%, Exploration 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Action 3.8%
- #34 Ninjahtic
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Platformer 31.6%, Action 26.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%
- #35 Downwell
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,640 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 52.7%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 15%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Action 3.4%
- #36 EMUUROM
72% matchVery Positive90% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Nonlinear 18.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #37 Jumpbound
73% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Another Round Entertainment
Windows
Jump and dash your way to the top in this challenging first-person platformer. Unlock new air jumps and dashes at every milestone as you master your movement abilities and climb through a mysterious, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 60.4%, Platformer 19.7%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Adventure 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #38 Lone Fungus
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,192 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.7%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Exploration 8.4%
- #39 Moonleap
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,479 reviews2023
Dev: guselect
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Why similar: Minimalist 26.5%, 2D Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D 7.2%
- #40 Rebel Transmute
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Space 10.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #41 A dead world's dream
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: JoqLePecheur
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A Dead World's Dream is a challenging retro platformerAs a peaceful alien, explore a harsh world looking for hidden species.Unlocking upgrades and power-ups, travel to even more treacherous places.Carefuly examine your surroundings before jumping toward new dangers and secrets.
Why similar: Platformer 51.2%, Exploration 31.2%, Adventure 17.6%
- #42 Hoppup!
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Stephen Damm Boeaas
Windows
Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 56.4%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 1.4%, Adventure 0.9%
- #43 MotionRec
69% matchVery Positive100% of 464 reviews2025
Dev: HANDSUMPub: PLAYISM
Windows
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #44 This Is No Cave
68% matchVery Positive97% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: monome.studio
Windows
A one-click parkour game in space. Zoom through intricate levels using your suit's thrusters and grapple hook, all while evading colossal alien worms and racing against the clock.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 12.3%, Minimalist 12.1%, Space 11.2%
- #45 MO:Astray
70% matchVery Positive92% of 5,064 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%
- #46 Lorn's Lure
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,899 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: Platformer 30.5%, Exploration 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Minimalist 12%, Adventure 7%
- #47 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Platformer 17.6%, Space 8.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #48 Venineth
70% matchVery Positive80% of 269 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.3%, Space 18.1%, Exploration 14.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Action 12.1%
- #49 JAILBREAKER
69% matchVery Positive91% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Awfy
Windows · Linux
A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.5%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Minimalist 8.1%
- #50 Beam
70% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.7%, Space 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #51 Capsized
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,104 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 46.7%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Action 14%, Space 8.2%, 2D 7.4%
- #52 Quarion
65% matchVery Positive95% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #53 You Have to Win the Game
67% matchVery Positive93% of 5,732 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.5%, Precision Platformer 17%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, Exploration 3%
- #54 Out There Somewhere
67% matchVery Positive93% of 6,924 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Metroidvania 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Space 7.8%
- #55 Escape From Tethys
69% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.9%, Platformer 21%, Exploration 11.5%, Action 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #56 LOVE 3
67% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Fred WoodPub: Retroware
Windows · Linux
LOVE 3 is a precision platformer with minimalistic pixel graphics and tight controls. Face challenging obstacles, discover hidden secrets, and place custom checkpoints after you overcome each new danger.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Minimalist 13.6%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 9.7%
- #57 Gato Roboto
66% matchVery Positive94% of 5,267 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 5%, Action 4.8%
- #58 Fowl Damage
65% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: May GardensPub: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows
Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.8%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 16%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 4.8%