- #1 Florarium
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Platformer 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Story Rich 7.2%, Emotional 6.7%
- #2 Spirit Fusion
96% 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 39.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #3 The Starlight Amulet
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreddeGredde
Windows
Explore a mysterious island in this beautiful hand-drawn side-scrolling adventure. Befriend the characters you meet in order to learn new abilities that let you reach new areas. Story, visuals, game design and music by FreddeGredde.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Fantasy 8.5%, Emotional 8.4%
- #4 Hamstory
95% 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 27.7%, Platformer 15%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Nature 10%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #5 Echoes of You
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlost Pixel
Windows
Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 12%, Emotional 9.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #6 Shadow Labyrinth
94% 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 45.7%, Underground 19% ★, Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Adventure 4.8%
- #7 Cavalier
93% 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 35.9%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Fantasy 8.7%, 2D 6%
- #8 Liminalia
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space74
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mysteries of these forgotten lands in a hand-drawn, narrative-driven 2D action-adventure, as a white-robed girl awakens in the depths of an abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, 2D 6.4%
- #9 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 44.1%, Underground 22.8% ★, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #10 Honey's Sweet Revenge
91% 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 49.9%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Adventure 7.3%
- #11 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
90% 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 41.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #12 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
89% 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 50.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #13 Misspell
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
Windows
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Hand-drawn 15%, Action-Adventure 7%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #14 Caesura
88% 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 41.9%, Platformer 15.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Emotional 6.5%
- #15 NECROTOPIA
87% 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 48.1%, Platformer 16.5%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Gothic 9.6% ★, Fantasy 6%
- #16 Stress testing
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: CALICO CAT
Windows
This is a challenging level game with almost no language barriers, showcasing a resilient spirit of challenge
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Underground 16.8% ★, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Medieval 9.1%
- #17 Souno's Curse
86% matchMixed70% of 23 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 26.5%, Underground 16.2% ★, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Emotional 9.7%
- #18 Torii: Beyond The Gates
85% 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 45.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, 2D 5.5%
- #19 Dewborne Dawn
84% 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 47.7%, Hand-drawn 20.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Fantasy 5.8%
- #20 Islets
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Platformer 16.6%, Fantasy 9.9%, Nature 9.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #21 Potata: Foxy Tale
83% 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 37.7%, Platformer 17.2%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Fantasy 8.9%, Adventure 6%
- #22 RuneShroom
82% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Shroom ConnoisseursPub: Ahlman Games
Windows
RuneShroom is a 2D action platformer where you play as Mushu. You must journey forth! Armed with an array of hand animated spell to drive the snails who have decimated the your people's lands, and who now endanger the very diety who gave you life.
Why similar: Underground 18.9% ★, Platformer 17.5%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Nature 12.1%
- #23 Hot-Pink
82% 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 28.3%, Underground 18.4% ★, Platformer 18.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #24 Cururu: Whispers of the Forest
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inversu Studio
Windows
After the fall of humanity, nature blooms. In a Naturepunk vision of Brazil rooted in ancestral spirit, follow the journey of Cururu, a young frog imbued with sacred water powers, as he purifies biomes and explores folklore in a tale of healing and redemption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Nature 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #25 Puppetmaster
80% 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 45.5%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #26 IN THE DARK
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Jasper Tucker
Windows · Mac
A short 2D metroidvania that explores some darker themes contrasted by bouncy, pixel art visuals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Underground 24.5% ★, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Emotional 5.9%
- #27 Phaze Shift
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Platformer 18.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, 2D 6.5%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #28 Timeless Rain
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Young Cat Games Ltd
Windows
Explore this foreign world and manipulate time to navigate through the challenges that lie along your path! Meet the inhabitants of this strange realm as they push you towards finding the Timeless Rain...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Hand-drawn 18%, Platformer 14.2%, Nature 11.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #29 Stoatman
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Platformer 17.6%, Fantasy 10.9%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #30 Kingless Dungeon
76% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: G3 Studio
Windows
《Kingless Dungeon》 is a 2D hack and slash platformer where you control the Shadow Prince, a warrior with no memory. Fight undead enemies, discover your skills, and explore this deep dungeons filled with traps and secrets. Can you reclaim your memories and escape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Nature 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%
- #31 Side Scape
77% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
A light-hearted, Side-Scroller/ Top-Down hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Fantasy 7.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #32 Bitlands
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ByteForge
Windows
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Nature 10.2%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #33 Ineth
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mean Light Studio
Windows · Linux
A pixel-art Metroidvania with challenging platformer mechanics, set in a medieval magical world. Discover a great variety of spells and abilities to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Find mythical charms and items to help Ineth fight her way out of her prison.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Platformer 24%, 2D 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #34 Shards of Memories
76% 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 44.9%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Action-Adventure 11%, Platformer 10.2%, Fantasy 6%
- #35 Kaila: The Journey to the Underworld
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Igolito Arts Studios
Windows
Play as Kaila, a young girl determined to rescue her mother from the clutches of Graygar, the Grey Soul. Explore a vast world, uncover secrets, unlock powerful abilities, and face challenging bosses on a journey to the Underworld. Are you ready to defy Death itself?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Fantasy 10.7%, Medieval 10.1%
- #36 Asili Forest
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: EMILYGOLD LIMITED
Windows
You mission in Asili Forest is simple, search and destroy all rogue robots and save Asili Forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Platformer 16.7%, Nature 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #37 Museful
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Action-Adventure 11%, Emotional 10.5%, 2D 7.3%
- #38 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
75% matchVery Positive92% of 6,988 reviews2014
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.2%, Platformer 26.8%, 2D 10%, Action-Adventure 0.5%, Adventure 0.3%
- #39 The Doomed Knight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holysoft StudiosPub: Holysoft GmbH
Windows
This metroidvania inspired game lets you discover a fascinating world full of monsters, secrets and mysteries!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Fantasy 12.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Platformer 9.9%
- #40 Bread Adventure
72% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, Fantasy 9.5%, 2D 5.8%
- #41 Solaris: Good Harvest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moving Pixels
Windows
A humble farmer sets out to rescue his chicken from monstrous abductors. Punch, slash, and parkour your way through elemental-infused chaos in this fast-paced 2D action-platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Medieval 9.5%, Adventure 9.4%
- #42 Memoria
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Counting SheepPub: Counting Sheep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Emotional 11.9%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #43 Painted Legend: Knights of Ink & Paper
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Storyan teaM
Windows
An action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania subgenre. The graphics are made in the style of a checkered notebook and blue ink. Defeat crowds of monsters, overcome traps, explore the game world, unlock new characters and find secrets! And all this to the accompaniment of driving music!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #44 Into The Underdusk
73% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Stone Crow Games
Windows
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Underground 23.3% ★, Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, 2D 4.2%
- #45 Sorrowself
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vieri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save your sister from a certain death by finding her soul fragments in this mystical hand-drawn world! Utilize a variety of morphing abilities and fight through the dream-like Land Of Sorrow. It is known to be flooded with crying creatures who are creating a chaos under the dark soul Self.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Platformer 14.5%, Emotional 13.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #46 Matachín
71% 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 39.9%, Platformer 19.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #47 Peaky Circus
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Snow 15.7% ★, Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #48 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Fantasy 8.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #49 Golden Knight
69% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Guara Studios
Windows
Defeat the forces of darkness and bring peace back to the kingdom of Valerond in this action-packed mini metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Platformer 16.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Medieval 10.8%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #50 Old Ninja : UnderWorld
69% 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 46.6%, Underground 20.8% ★, Action-Adventure 8%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 7%
- #51 Bruno: Lost In Nightmares
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruno Batista
Windows
A Metroidvania game Where the player will have to face their worst nightmares With a sword, bow and arrow, and some secret powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Platformer 17.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Adventure 9.6%
- #52 Melilot versus the Madgic
69% 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 32.8%, Underground 27.3% ★, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Nature 7.9%
- #53 Iron Diamond
68% 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 40.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Platformer 11%, Medieval 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #54 Constance
65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,256 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Backpack
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #55 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Medieval 8.3%
- #56 Ariana and the Elder Codex
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Fantasy 7.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #57 Well Dweller
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Gothic 7.3% ★
- #58 The Little Brave
66% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Dmitrii Batov
Windows
Become a brave hero and embark to the dangerous journey though mysterious forbidden lands. Reveal secrets of the legendary past, find the last pieces of gone magic and gain courage to slay the terrible monster!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Platformer 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Medieval 8.1%
- #59 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
67% 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 47.4%, Platformer 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Adventure 6.1%
- #60 Elysian Echoes
66% 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 35.2%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Medieval 7.4%