- #1 Stickility
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reglan
Windows
Explore vast and deep interiors of an underground research center, brimming with creative foes, bosses, NPC's, and more. Craft your equipment from scavenged tech, and uncover Biotec's dark experiments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Underground 20.7% ★, Parkour 11.8%, Inventory Management 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #2 Tunnels
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morrow Systems
Windows
Tunnels is a single-player mining metroidvania adventure. Delve the alien depths, upgrade your tank, master deep itemization, and uncover the mysteries below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Inventory Management 24%, Resource Management 16.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #3 Butterfly: Twisted Thread
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kaita studio
Windows
Butterfly: Twisted Thread is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where you use a mystical butterfly to draw platforms, objects, and attack tools into the world. Explore interconnected areas, solve physics-based puzzles, fight enemies, and unlock new paths through creative drawing.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Underground 17.6% ★, Choices Matter 12.6%, Adventure 3.3%
- #4 Dewborne Dawn
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mythwalk Studios
Windows
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Hand-drawn 24.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Combat 8.2%, Adventure 4.4%
- #5 Honey's Sweet Revenge
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: etheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Adventure 6.2%, Combat 5.4%
- #6 Shining Symbol
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 小桨哥
Windows
This is a galactic castlevania-type game, based on the design of four elephants and twenty-eight stars as the boss, four scenes, five attribute skills, and a variety of gem abilities waiting for you to unlock.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, PvE 14.9%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #7 Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtlevania Games
Windows · Mac
Tyro: Legend of Whisperwood is a Souls-like Metroidvania where your choices shape reality. Play as Tyro, a vengeful field mouse. Battle the Gladeblight's horrors, manage your Sanity Gauge, and survive a world that warps with your mind. Will you break the cycle or lose yourself to madness?
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.5%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 4.5%, Combat 4.5%
- #8 TheLastHope
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: pinheiro studio
Windows
The Last Hope is a Metroidvania-style platform game with RPG elements, in which the player controls an unnamed character who is transported against his will to the underworld, and now has to discover how to escape and how to survive the dangers around him.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Underground 25.9% ★, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Adventure 6.3%, Colorful 2.2%
- #9 Eon's Insomnium
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tryxe
Windows
A dark Metroidvania where memory and madness intertwine. Explore surreal biomes, face grotesque bosses born of trauma, and recover fragments of a forgotten identity in a world that twists with your sanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, PvE 13%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #10 Shadow Labyrinth
90% matchMixed57% of 325 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%, Underground 22% ★, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 4.3%, 2D Platformer 4%
- #11 Dystobel
89% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Ken Davis
Windows
Seek the path to your freedom! Join to 84831 (Babel) on his journey to change the way his world is ruled. Dystobel is a metroidvania based on the change of powers with which you can dodge and nullify attacks, with multiple objects to discover and equip.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Demons 19%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Combat 5.3%
- #12 Shards of Memories
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Hand-drawn 23.9%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, 2D Platformer 4.1%, Combat 3.9%
- #13 Puppetmaster
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabriel Games LLC
Windows
Discover a metroidvania with a huge world, platform-fighter dynamic combat, smart bosses, deep lore, and original music, all made by two brothers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.4%, Hand-drawn 21.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Combat 10.3%, Adventure 4%
- #14 Souno's Curse
87% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Kiro TeamPub: PixelHeart
Windows
Embark on a short and emotional journey through a cursed cave in this 2D hand-drawn platformer with action and metroidvania elements. Uncover a touching story about regrets and the value of living the moment
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Underground 18.4% ★, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Colorful 5%
- #15 Shuwa Shuwa Guin!
86% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Watto Productions
Windows
Wash, dry, and iron all the clothes in this cute and chaotic time management game to earn loads of money! In Shuwa Shuwa Guin, you are a penguin who inherited your grandfather's laundry business, and now you must work hard to keep it open!
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 37.6% ★, Time Management 37.2%, Resource Management 8.7%, Cartoony 5.5%, PvE 5.1%
- #16 Garden of the Atom
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rookbird GamesPub: Blacc Ski Weekend Industries
Windows · Linux
Garden of the Atom is a combat-focused Metroidvania where you hold nothing back. Start with every movement ability unlocked and play as 'Prodigy,' an exiled genius infiltrating a futuristic dictatorship to stop a tyrant from harnessing a cataclysmic meteor shower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Inventory Management 14.9%, PvE 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #17 Spirit Fusion
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Adventure 7.9%, Combat 4.9%
- #18 EXIL
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mystic Clockwork Studio
Windows
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Combat 6.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #19 Wekufu
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stickerb Games E.I.R.L.
Windows · Mac
A Dark, Hand Drawn 2D Hack and Slash Platformer. Play as Sakinko, a young warrior set on a quest to avenge her father’s death and protect her people from the evil spirits that now menace her land, these evil spirits take the name of Wekufu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Demons 24.6%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Combat 7.6%
- #20 BeforeDisaster
83% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.5%, Action-Adventure 18%, Combat 9.7%, Adventure 6%, 2D Platformer 3%
- #21 KILL HIM
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 鱼俞ycy
Windows
In slaughter and exploration, seek the truth. KILL HIM is a black-and-white Metroidvania game where you will traverse a hostile world, challenge powerful enemies, and uncover the secrets hidden behind everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Adventure 4.9%, 2D Platformer 4.5%
- #22 Emerald Dreams: Sanity - Platformer Quest
82% matchVery Positive91% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Involve GamesPub: INVOLVE IT SOFTWARE LLC
Windows
Emerald Dreams: Sanity - Platformer Quest is an exciting 2.5D platformer and adventure Metroidvania that takes you on a journey through mysterious worlds. The game offers a rich story set in a dark fantasy universe where every decision you make can lead to one of multiple endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Underground 26.7% ★, Inventory Management 19.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Adventure 3.5%
- #23 The Weird Dream
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: UMO StudioPub: WhisperGames
Windows
The Weird Dream is a 2D Metroidvania game set in the ruins of Alpha City. Control a mysterious rabbit, confront mutated inhabitants, level up your skills, and unravel the truth behind Alpha City's destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #24 Contingency Plan
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leonardo MoraesPub: TwinTask
Windows
"Contingency Plan" is an action-packed resource management game. Fight, repair, eat, sleep. Race against time to rid your home of the spreading corruption. Each new room presents unique challenges and vital survival tools. Beware, your body isn't what it used to be!
Why similar: Time Management 31.2%, Hand-drawn 20%, Resource Management 16%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Combat 8.2%
- #25 Old Ninja : UnderWorld
80% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Underground 23% ★, Action-Adventure 10.8%, PvE 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #26 Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia
79% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Team Quantum Games
Windows
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Demons 16.3%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Adventure 5.3%
- #27 Sandloop
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yoku Games
Windows
Help Hura save her village from invaders by exploring the intricate lands of Iman and gaining ancient skills that will enhance her mobility!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Time Management 28.9%, Parkour 17.1%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 2%
- #28 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Adventure 5.6%, Combat 4.1%
- #29 PorBor
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
Windows
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Underground 28.2% ★, PvE 13.4%, 2D Platformer 4.6%, Combat 3%
- #30 Honor Mice
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Torerit Studios
Windows
Dash, slash, and shoot through handcrafted levels across vibrant worlds in a fast-paced action platformer! Stop the forces of evil from stealing your mysterious lunch and uncover the destiny that awaits you!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Parkour 18.8%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, 2D Platformer 4.5%
- #31 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WORD GAMESPub: Selecta Play
Windows
Esdraz: The Throne of Darkness is a Metroidvania game focused on a dynamic combat system with a wide-ranging arsenal that players can tailor to fit their individual combat style. Fight a variety of enemies and evolving bosses while you come up with the best strategy to beat every encounter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Action-Adventure 20%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Adventure 8.9%, 2D 1%
- #32 The Wicked Souls
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Konsonautic
Windows
The Wicked Souls is a Metroidvania with a strong focus on an exciting and imaginative story. Explore the mysterious tower in the afterlife with the postman Bones and his mischievous companion Dietrich and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Hand-drawn 20.6%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Combat 7.8%
- #33 Druid: Test of faith
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrey Artamonov
Windows
Make a move on a fascinating journey through the fantasy world, where interesting encounters and amazing stories await you. This wonderful world is waiting for its hero. Will you have the strength to save him? Or will it all come to an end? It all depends on you!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Underground 26.7% ★, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Adventure 3.6%
- #34 Apotheker
77% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2020
Dev: Pine Drake Games
Windows
After inheriting your grandmother's old shop, you must learn the subtle art of potion-making. Balance the effects of your brew using a variety of ingredients and tools and discover the intricacies that the magic of science has to offer!
Why similar: Inventory Management 30.3%, Time Management 29.8%, Resource Management 19%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Colorful 3.5%
- #35 Nameless adventure
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Haberon Games
Windows
Nameless Adventure is an action RPG with elements of metroidvania, sandbox, and platforming. You will face a dangerous dungeon that transforms in real time and holds many secrets. Only by reaching its deepest depths will you uncover the truth about what this "dungeon" really is...
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, PvE 11.5%, Underground 11.3% ★
- #36 Hell Being
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLife
Windows
Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56%, PvE 17%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 4.5%, Combat 4.5%
- #37 Inari's Redemption
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmbroisePub: Ambroise Catherine
Windows
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Hand-drawn 23.1%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, 2D Platformer 4.4%, Combat 3.7%
- #38 Melilot versus the Madgic
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madamusing Games
Windows
Drive back magic horrors with your star gun and save your cute bunny friends in this 2D metroidvania adventure. Jump and propel yourself with your weapon to navigate the depths of underground rabbit ruins, giant trees and paths in the clouds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Underground 31.1% ★, Action-Adventure 13%, Demons 8.8%, 2D Platformer 4%
- #39 Planet IX
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThatCarrotFella
Windows
You and up to 2 friends will upkeep the facility by doing tasks. Most tasks are easy like cleaning rubbish, but some tasks can be the death of you. Complete all 4 shifts in order to receive your paycheck.
Why similar: Time Management 31.9%, Demons 15.6%, PvE 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.3%
- #40 Templar
72% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Estudio 2Pastores
Windows · Linux
Templar is a 2D indie platformer and hack and slash game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Demons 19.4%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, Combat 5.7%
- #41 Code: Elyse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jump_Button
Windows
Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Adventure 4.2%, Combat 3.3%
- #42 End's Reach
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.5%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 EON: Reset
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team EON Reset
Windows
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, Hand-drawn 15%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, 2D Platformer 5.1%, Adventure 4.1%
- #44 DAMON and BABY
68% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
An exciting new style of action adventure fusing shooting action with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Inventory Management 24.7%, Demons 22.8%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Cartoony 6.4%
- #45 BANX
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uni Dreams
Windows
Play as BANX, a hero wielding a balloon as his weapon... and head? In this hand-animated action adventure set in a solar-punk world, take on hundreds of enemies in fast-paced, free-flow combat, fight an epic cast of bosses, and freely bounce through a stunning, dense, and vertical city.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Cartoony 6.4%
- #46 The Cursed Soul
70% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: White Boat Games
Windows
A single-player horror game where you explore a haunted house, collecting items, solving puzzles, and face scares at every turn. Use your inventory to manage your items as you uncover clues to escape. Confront and defeat the monster before it traps your soul forever.
Why similar: Inventory Management 43.4%, Resource Management 27.4%, Combat 12.7%, Demons 6.9%, Adventure 5%
- #47 Elysian Echoes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grinding Crow
Windows
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Hand-drawn 20%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Adventure 4.5%
- #48 Housekeeper: Anomaly
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alex Grim
Windows · Mac
Scavenge abandoned apartments, cut on broken glass, fight anomalies, trade with the merchants, deceive them into buying bad products and most importantly - try to stay alive and care about yourself!
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 42.7% ★, Inventory Management 25.5%, Resource Management 17.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #49 Shellbound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fake Lobster
Windows
Shellbound is a Post-Metroidvania on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite, exploring a (literally) living world, fighting and controlling enemies for platforming, puzzles and combat and evolving its ecosystem like Darwin on steroids – all while unraveling your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Hand-drawn 20.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Combat 8.1%
- #50 Delta's Discs
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeeski GamesPub: Forgate Games LLC
Windows
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Underground 29.1% ★, Action-Adventure 12.9%, PvE 12.4%, 2D Platformer 3.8%
- #51 Raygun Gadabout
67% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Quantum Duck Studio Ltd.
Windows
An exhilarating action-adventure game set in a vibrant retro-futuristic universe. Embark on daring interstellar journeys, uncovering new worlds, and battling formidable alien adversaries. Upgrade your ship and abilities as you explore the vastness of space to save the Galaxy from a hidden threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Hand-drawn 23.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Combat 7.3%, Colorful 5.7%
- #52 Chasm Bound
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rutile Games
Windows
Chasm Bound is a challenging 3D platformer where the player tries to escape from a deep pit in the ground.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Underground 22.7% ★, Resource Management 18.4%, PvE 9.5%, Colorful 3.2%
- #53 Destinesia
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Tay
Windows
Destinesia is a sci-fi metroidvania which you are looking for a new home for humanity. Parkour your way through most dangerous jungles and explore the ancient dungeons. Upgrade your suit with the remains of your ancestors. Reveal the oldest secrets of Homo Sapiens.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Parkour 20.9%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Combat 7.7%, Colorful 4.3%
- #54 Chrono Chasm
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Waking Wombat Interactive
Windows
Descend into a living, ever-changing mine in this action roguelike! Gather crystals to extract their magical essence, manage resources, upgrade your abilities, and fight back against the encroaching darkness to uncover its source—before it consumes you.
Why similar: Underground 36.7% ★, Quick-Time Events 27.6% ★, Resource Management 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, 2D Platformer 2.2%
- #55 Crimson Wanderer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RottenPixel Studio
Windows · Linux
Blast your way through a thrilling adventure that brings back the spirit of 90s arcade classics… with a modern twist.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Colorful 5.5%, Adventure 5.3%
- #56 The Siege and the Sandfox
66% matchMixed65% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: Cardboard SwordPub: PLAION
Windows
A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Underground 16.4% ★, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Parkour 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #57 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nao Games
Windows
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.5%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, PvE 12%, 2D 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #58 The Goddess's Will
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Imagine Tavern
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into a 2.5D isometric action RPG adventure inspired by late-90s and early-00s classics. Face cunning enemy factions, explore a layered world filled with vivid characters, mythic stories, and handcrafted environments. Immerse yourself in a dangerous and unforgiving golden age of power fantasy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Inventory Management 17%, PvE 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Resource Management 11.5%