- #1 Caesura
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Bananas Studio
Windows
Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #2 Pages of Time: Prologue
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,877 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #3 Clover
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: River Wolf Games
Windows
Clover's world is thrown into disarray when it starts to snow during the summer cider festival. A sense of curosity will help clover to understand the mystery behind the changing weather patterns, and through skill and mindful exploration maybe even bring magic to their world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Time Travel 12.7% ★, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%
- #4 Cavalier
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coin Laundry Games
Windows · Mac
The King's pup levels up! Cavalier is a single player hand drawn Metroidvania. Combat enchanted creatures while you explore the expanding map, and restore the magical kingdom in this charming medieval adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%
- #5 Looppip
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Petal Twirl StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Looppip is a magical seed that carries an ancient hourglass with the power to turn back time. Your mission is to save the bee hives, essential for the survival of life on Earth, and reverse the environmental collapse threatening nature.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.6% ★, Metroidvania 26.3%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 6.4%
- #6 Echo Weaver
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlight KidsPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
A time loop metroidbrainia where time is your best resource and secrets are your only upgrades. You're the last of the Weavers, a remnant of a ruined society trapped in a glitching time loop. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, Metroidvania 24.9%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%
- #7 Guillotine
93% 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 35.6%, 2D Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, Puzzle 7.9%, Platformer 7.4%
- #8 Memory Draw
92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 6.8%
- #9 Potata: Foxy Tale
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Potata Company
Windows
Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #10 Timeshift
91% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Typha
Windows
A unique take on 2D platformers. Use your momentum and warping abilities to escape the Rift!
Why similar: Time Travel 26.7% ★, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Action 9.9%
- #11 EON: Reset
90% 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 42%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Hand-drawn 11%, Platformer 9.8%, Lore-Rich 7%
- #12 Irang : the last hope
89% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SnoozyMondayPub: DCD
Windows
In Joseon, a kingdom honoring the Four Deities, chaos reigns. Nobles have unleashed sealed evils in a power grab, causing calamities. Join Irang and Haru on a journey to liberate the Deities and reclaim Joseon's last hope.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Action 9.5%
- #13 Reso-Seeker
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 2D Platformer 16%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%, Platformer 5.3%
- #14 方块 Block
87% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: GlanielStudio
Windows
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #15 OTHERSIDE: Untamed Words
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OthersideCraft
Windows
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Platformer 9.3%, Lore-Rich 4.8%
- #16 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Platformer 7.1%, Family Friendly 5.3%
- #17 Echo of God
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visioneternal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A world of discovery, ruled by the Gods. Inspired by the late 90s PlayStation era, a JRPG disguised as a Metroidvania. Filled with exploration, boss battles, party mechanics, dual ability skills, beautiful locations, collectibles, and character upgrades, while still being silly.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Time Travel 34.2% ★, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 9.1%, Action 4.8%
- #18 NECROTOPIA
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: day-to-day management
Windows
NECROTOPIA is an exploratory action game, in which a monster, who woke up on a stormy night by lightning, picks up junks as weapons and searches for who he/she is. Use various types of weapons to defeat enemies and explore the fascinating world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Action 6.6%
- #19 SHEEPO
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Adventure 5%
- #20 Fiadh
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraculum Games
Windows
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #21 Spirit Fusion
83% 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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #22 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
82% 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 29.1%, 2D Platformer 20%, Platformer 12.4%, Action 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%
- #23 Akaku Forest
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dowfamidas
Windows
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 8.6%
- #24 Treasure Adventure Game
82% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Action 5.3%
- #25 Shards of Memories
81% 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 43.2%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 6.5%, Action 5.9%
- #26 Amalu, Wells between worlds
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Platformer 9.1%
- #27 Barty's Adventure
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Sam, LLC
Windows
Discover the world of Barty’s Adventure: a cozy, time-loop metroidvania set in the world of children’s toys. Make new friends, explore unique biomes, and master the three-day cycle to stop the Colic from returning once and for all!
Why similar: Time Travel 48.7% ★, Metroidvania 31.8%, Platformer 7%, Adventure 4.6%, Cute 4%
- #28 Hamstory
77% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Dotori Doguldan
Windows
is a 2D pixel platformer with heartfelt emotion and thrilling challenge. Time your jumps to leap forward—falling is okay. Find your route through the paths ahead. Journey to Haessi Star with warm encouragement from animal townsfolk, experiencing a world that transforms with every season.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 7.9%
- #29 Torii: Beyond The Gates
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows · Mac
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Hand-drawn 12%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 5.2%
- #30 Savage Horizons
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Insolence Studio
Windows
A compact, action-driven metroidvania. Explore a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral. Designed to be completed in under two hours, with all the exploration, progression, and challenge fans of the genre expect.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, 2D Platformer 22.9%, Hand-drawn 20.5%, Action 4.7%, Platformer 4%
- #31 Vision Soft Reset
79% matchVery Positive89% of 154 reviews2019
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows
Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.5% ★, Metroidvania 31.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 7.8%, Action 3.2%
- #32 Tool Land
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Platformer 9.6%
- #33 Hot-Pink
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhetkenshek
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #34 Battery Samurai
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.4%, Action 6.4%
- #35 Smelted Kin
76% 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 45.6%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%, Action 8.3%, Platformer 7.5%
- #36 红与黑 Red&Black
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: ONEHUANG
Windows
"Red and Black" is a 2D Platformer. Players reach their destination by controlling gravity and switching colors. In a fantasy time and space, the protagonist meets his past self.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.6% ★, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #37 Set In Stone
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maëlig Moreau
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Lore-Rich 7.6%, Action 5.7%
- #38 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
73% 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 44.9%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 5.9%
- #39 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
Windows
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, 2D Platformer 22.2%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 4.9%
- #40 DragonLoop: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.9% ★, Metroidvania 30.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Action 4.5%
- #41 Little Witch
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: QianQi
Windows
This is the story of an adventurous little witch and her cat in the paper world. The puzzle mainly tests the player's observation of the stage and the application of elements. Use the cat to eat the elements and use them in the right place to open the channel or get new elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, 2D Platformer 17%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Platformer 8.7%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #42 Will O Wisp
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
This is a platform action game in which you control light in a world shrouded in complete darkness and rely on it to progress. Use the light to travel from place to place and illuminate the buried truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Action 9.3%, Emotional 8.5%
- #43 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogteam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 6.7%
- #44 PolarUP
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Zebra Studio
Windows
You simply have to get to the finish by using your magnet powers.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 23.3%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Adventure 10.9%
- #45 Ember Fall
71% 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 39.7%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%
- #46 Leap Year
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 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: Metroidvania 31.7%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 8.3%
- #47 Light of Atlantis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duck 'n' Run Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 6%
- #48 TRAIT
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctaGames
Windows
Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 7.6%, Action 5.4%
- #49 Shining Symbol
70% 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 49.1%, 2D Platformer 23%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 5%
- #50 Chibits
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 6.2%, Adventure 4.9%
- #51 Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Stephen Ciuca
Windows
Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke is a Metroidvania with action and RPG elements. Jump, slide, wall jump, swim, and battle your way through the Dukedom. Other mechanics include pushing boxes, pulling levers, and swinging on ropes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, 2D Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 8.2%, Comedy 4.3%
- #52 Inari's Redemption
69% 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 37.3%, 2D Platformer 19%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%, Platformer 7.4%
- #53 Matachín
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jenofonte
Windows
Matachin, is a 2D video game of Metroidvania-type platforms, with digital illustration and its own music from the Pasto region in Colombia. Your goal is embark on a fantastic adventure full of mysteries for rescue a whole town from sadness releasing the spirit of carnival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, 2D Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Emotional 8.9%
- #54 Iron Diamond
67% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Platformer 7.2%, Action 5%
- #55 Shell Soul:The Skull
68% 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 44.6%, 2D Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 7.4%, Action 6.3%
- #56 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #57 Öoo
64% 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 36.6%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #58 BIOMORPH
66% matchVery Positive92% of 651 reviews2024
Dev: Lucid Dreams Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Artificial Intelligence 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Platformer 8.9%
- #59 RE:AKTOR
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RE:BASE Studio
Windows · Linux
RE:AKTOR is a metroidvania about going fast and rewinding time. Race the clock, unlock new abilities and shortcuts, and solve temporal puzzles. Tear through walls and enemies with damage that scales with momentum, and punch ever deeper into a mysterious underground facility.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.9% ★, Metroidvania 31.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Action 4.4%
- #60 小石游记 Little Stone Journey
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZHANG SHENG
Windows
"Little Stone Journey" is a single-player action-adventure game. In a mysterious place shrouded in mist, one day, Little Stone was born here and began its journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, 2D Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 5.8%