- #1 Max Stern
97% matchMixed53% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Lupan Artiom OlegPub: None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
If one day the perfect routine goes wrong, and your airship is knocked out over a mysterious tropical island - be ready to fight for your life, gather together all the parts of the Spanish chronicle, solve puzzles and, finally, yes… grind the armed skeletons into dust on your way.
Why similar: Action 40.5%, Adventure 33.3%, Indie 26.2%
- #2 Captain Lycop : Invasion of the Heters
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Aéronie
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A space shooter mixing adventure, action and tactics. Face off against pen-pushing insects, merciless enemies and epic bosses. Your only hope is to banish all cowardice and follow a virtuous path.
Why similar: Action 36.4%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 28%
- #3 Unearthing Colossal
96% matchMixed42% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Power Up to Maximum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Take on the role of an epic titan of death named Reaper. Your nemesis the Bringer of Life has broken from tradition - the cycles of life - and created a sentient race known as the Humans. Now it's up to you as Reaper to complete the cleansing cycles of life and death.
Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Action 35.2%, Indie 27.1%
- #4 Parvaneh: Legacy of the Light's Guardians
95% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Bearded Bird Game StudioPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fadia, a young and courageous boy sets about protecting ‘Naria’, his home village, from the Khazdaks who are trying to pollute their river.
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.5%
- #5 Systematic Immunity
94% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Systematic Immunity is a challenging precision platformer set inside the human body...and not a particularly healthy one either. This body has been infected by a big, nasty bugger of a germ, who is making it his business to spawn many more germs as fast as he can.
Why similar: Action 38%, Adventure 34%, Indie 28%
- #6 Goo Saga
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Toka Loka Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Goo Saga is a platform adventure game where the player guides an elastic creature named Goo in a perilous journey to find his creator – and with him, the mysterious purpose of his own creation. Will Goo succeed? Puzzles, deadly traps and an army of foes in a labyrinthine underwater lab block his way.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 34.7%, Indie 28%
- #7 The Construct
93% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Cannibal Panda Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 27.1%
- #8 Inexistence
92% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Action 30.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 12.3%, 2D 4.5%
- #9 Metamorfose S
91% matchVery Positive81% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: Andre MonteiroPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metamorfose S is a 2D action-adventure game with RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Action 23.9%, Adventure 23%, Indie 19.5%
- #10 Maui the Shapeshifter
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play on Worlds
Windows
Restore harmony as shapeshifting demigod Maui on an adventure to save his island home from all-consuming darkness in this epic 2D open-world Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Adventure 25.3%, Action 24.7%, Indie 18.4%
- #11 Echo's Esker
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Connor FahrenwaldPub: Fahrenwald Games
Windows
You are lost in the catacombs and finding your way out won’t be easy, but upon reaching the surface you will find you are not the only one who is lost. The mysterious spirit hound Echo is far from home, but with her by your side, exploration is as simple as a game of fetch.
Why similar: Adventure 30.2%, Action 29.4%, Indie 22.6%, Metroidvania 17.7%
- #12 Pharaoh Rebirth+
89% matchVery Positive92% of 349 reviews2016
Dev: KROBON stationPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An ancient evil has been set loose, and Jonathan cursed in the process. Jonathan must now collect seven holy grails from around all of Egypt to cleanse himself of the curse of Sehur the First. Be delighted by the quirky humor, charming characters, and the beautifully designed world, in Pharaoh Rebirth+!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Action 23.9%, Adventure 23.4%, Indie 17%, 2D 3%
- #13 Ghostly Matter
88% matchMixed67% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: Small BrosPub: Milestone S.r.l.
Windows
Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Action 24%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #14 Nekuia
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Blue GatePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explosive, challenging, exhilarating! Nekuia is a 2D platformer involving exploration, adventure, speedruns and reflexes. This innovative and intense gameplay rewards speed and jump skills.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 28%
- #15 The Waste Land
90% matchMixed51% of 102 reviews2014
Dev: FledermausPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Adventure 21%, Action 20.5%, Indie 15.8%
- #16 Demon Peak
86% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Action 20.2%, Adventure 20%, Indie 14.4%, 2D 5.9%
- #17 bobo robot
81% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, Action 30.7%, Indie 23.9%, Metroidvania 14.1%
- #18 Greedy Guns
84% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Tio Atum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Inspired by classic shooters like Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug, and Contra, Greedy Guns brings the run-and-gun formula into the 21st Century! Help these greedy mercenaries survive their most epic contract yet. Explore, explode, survive!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Adventure 22.4%, Action 21.9%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 6.9%
- #19 Inescapable
87% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Adventure 23.2%, Action 19.4%, Indie 17.4%
- #20 Rest House
79% matchMostly Negative29% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: studio Don Quixote
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
“All wrong.” Game consists of five stories that are connected with mysterious characters and events. The main character is trying to discover the meaning each of them. He gets sucked in the events that will lead him to the strange places where he meets strange people, fairy tale creatures and landscapes.
Why similar: Adventure 81%, Indie 19%
- #21 Leon's crusade (La cruzada de León)
82% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Molosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game indie of adventure, action and exploration style "Metroidvania".
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Adventure 26.6%, Action 25.9%, Indie 19.9%
- #22 Magicians & Looters
84% matchVery Positive87% of 128 reviews2014
Dev: Morgopolis Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Guide three sociopathic apprentices through an open world filled with caves, castles and underground cities as you search for your kidnapped teacher. Discover countless secrets, loot hidden treasure troves, and decapitate your enemies. Or immolate them. Or smack them in the face with fruit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Indie 28.6%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 15.8%
- #23 MegaSphere
83% matchMixed64% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: AKGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Action 20.5%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 16.2%, 2D 4.8%
- #24 Vivid Spirit
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LucasMaxBrosPub: The Hidden Levels
Windows
Red, Yellow, Blue. It's Vivid Spirit! Their abilities are dictated by what color they are and it's up to you to figure out how to use them and when to swap. Guide Vivid and her dog, Spirit, on their many adventures through the world of Paper Craft!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Indie 24.3%, Action 21.1%, Adventure 19.7%
- #25 Mystic Diary - Hidden Object
82% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Save your brother and become a master of the Mystic Diary!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #26 Ninja Smasher!
81% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Q-Cumber Factory
Windows
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Action 20.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 14.4%
- #27 Leashed Soul
78% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Level One GamesPub: LumiNet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Use your imagination! How grateful would you be if you got the biggest and best present you could dream of? When Beydo, the wooden doll comes to life he starts on a mission that spans through 50 different levels and different seasons to thank his gift by planting trees and creating life. Embark on an exciting puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Indie 43.1%, Adventure 37.7%, Action 19.2%
- #28 Genius Greedy Mouse
79% matchVery Positive83% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Space Fractal
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GENIUS GREEDY MOUSE is a clay based puzzle game featuring a host of fun and challenging levels.
Why similar: Action 32.8%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 24.5%, 2D 10.1%
- #29 Get The Gems
78% matchPositive81% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: PSY LABS
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Puzzle action game in the style of Boulder Dash or Emerald Mine. Dig through caves, collect shiny gems, dodge falling boulders and avoid sneaky enemies. Encounter a strange bubbling mass and explode nitro bubbles. NEW RELOADED 2022 VERSION!
Why similar: 2D 39.3%, Action 36.2%, Indie 24.5%
- #30 LUXIS
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Dumbfounded
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
LUXIS is a game of memory, reflexes, intuition, and problem solving. Get lost in the atmospheric music and glowing world, then find your way out.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #31 Disastr_Blastr
76% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Dog Theory
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Descend into a radical new dimension of abstract minimalist arcade fury in Disastr_Blastr! Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100+ stages of cortex-shattering cubic mayhem!
Why similar: Action 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #32 Cublast HD
75% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: ThinkFast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cublast HD is the platformer that will challenge your agility and puzzle solving skills, use physics, gravity and precisely timed movements to overcome obstacles and collect Blastpoints!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Karma Miwa
77% matchMixed70% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Space Fractal
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A fun platformer with two fragile flightless birds, which have gone for long and now try to find each other again.
Why similar: Adventure 32.9%, Action 28%, Indie 24.7%, 2D 14.4%
- #34 An Alien with a Magnet
75% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Rejected Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Welcome to the galaxy of An Alien with a Magnet, an amazing new platform-adventure-puzzler with a literal twist! Pick up diamonds, find secret orbs and unlock new levels to get the alien home safely in this new crazy game.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 A Long Road Home
73% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: One Bit Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A Long Road Home is a successor to the point and click adventure games of the past. Explore a mystical fantasy land ruled by a ruthless tyrant, collect items during your travels and test your wit while solving the puzzles in your way. It is up to you to lead an unlikely hero back to his family.
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #36 Brave Furries
71% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Crazy Goat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Furries Princess has been kidnapped! Help these hilariously cute creatures execute a rescue mission. You will need to explore the Evil Wizard's castle and solve his puzzles to succeed. Hours of mildly brain-teasing gameplay awaits!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Runeyana
73% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Blackturn Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In this deep Hack and Slash enhanced RPG you’ll explore a huge world inhabited by different races. Cope with social tensions, get armed and customize your character physically and psychologically to successfully get through this adventure.
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Adventure 46.8%
- #38 Crystal Cosmos
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Sea Beast Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crystal Cosmos is a side scrolling color-based space shooter. You need to match your ship's color to your enemies color in order to destroy them.
Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, Action 31%, Indie 25%, 2D 12.2%
- #39 Gem Monster
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: keggame
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gem Monster is a virtual reality game. In the game you fight different kinds of monsters in which are composed of gems and different colors. The only way to defeat them is to match and remove all the gems on their body.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 HomeGrove
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlipswitchX
Windows
Wander a whimsical world full of danger and surprise. Outsmart your environment as you punch, grab, and throw enemies and objects in this action-puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Adventure 24.8%, Action 23.4%, Indie 19.2%
- #41 Super Skelemania
69% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: Ben Allen
Windows
Dive into Super Skelemania, a single-sitting metroidvania about an acrobatic skeleton. Jump over a pit of thorns, roll your skull like a bowling ball, or headbutt a spider like any good skeleton would!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Action 31.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #42 Vanishing Starlight
56% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 上海心柒网络科技有限公司Pub: 上海星游纪信息技术有限公司
Windows
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Adventure 24.4%, Action 21.6%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 5.7%
- #43 Bear Haven Nights
71% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Action 35.2%, Indie 28.7%
- #44 Acro Storm
72% matchMostly Negative34% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Blue Comet Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Prepare to undertake a journey that's a bit more than it seems in the futuristic, interstellar world of competitive airbike racing! As you scream around tracks and dodge dangerous weaponry, always remember; in a competitor's life, there's always more than a prize at stake...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Jet Buster
68% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Team Grybanser Fox
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #46 Project Abyss
71% matchMixed61% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Tall Story StudiosPub: Prey Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Project Abyss is a deep sea adventure game where you explore as a diver, forced to survive a destiny that goes deeper than anyone imagined.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #47 Interstellar Logistics Inc
70% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Exalted Guy Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Interstellar Logistics Inc. is an action puzzle game. The player shoots an object from Point A to Point B using the gravity of planets, stars, and black holes while hitting certain points along the way. There's a lot more to the game, but that is the basic idea.
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #48 ReSetna
51% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, Action 15.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #49 Dark Passenger
69% matchMixed56% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Idea Cabin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dark Passenger is an audio game which starts you off in a morbid scenario of having a panic attack as your character adjusts to the fact that their eyes have been recently removed from their body.
Why similar: Indie 55%, Action 45%
- #50 Dance Magic
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Targem Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
What if dancing could save the world? In Dance Magic, it can. What if scientists invented a brand new form of biological energy able to convert dancing moves to real power? Then the fate of the whole human race would depend on the most skilled dancer’s will. Do not let this energy be used for destruction!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #51 Infinity Wings - Scout & Grunt
70% matchMixed58% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: XiNFiNiTY GamesPub: OtakuMaker SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Infinity Wings - Scout & Grunt Take control of your chosen fighter (either Scout or Grunt) in this side scrolling shooter.
Why similar: Action 56.9%, Indie 32.3%, 2D 10.7%
- #52 Demented Pixie
68% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Molegato
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Demented Pixie is a blend between twin-stick shooters and roguelikes with unique visuals and ambientation, packed with content, in which nothing is what it looks like…
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 Final Core
67% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Tabc3dd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Final Core is a top down arena shooter game in which you get to build your battleships from a selection of diverse parts, each carefully designed to ensure a wide range of viable strategies. Build your battleship part by part and dominate the arena!
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #54 SuperMoose
68% matchMixed57% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Play Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You have to know Superman and his supernatural powers. Batman, who's speeding through the streets of Gotham in his Batmobile. Or Spider-Man, who jumps on blocks without any problems. So meet SuperMoose.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%