- #1 EMUUROM
96% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #2 Elephantasy
97% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
After falling from the sky into a miniature world, a tiny Elephant has a big adventure in store for them! Climb, dash, lift, and swim while exploring colorful pixel-art environments in this cute 2D puzzle-platformer! Can you collect all the Gems, reach the Tower in the clouds, and return home?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Nature 12.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 7.2%
- #3 ANIMAL WELL
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #4 Islets
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,293 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 34.9%, Platformer 13.4%, Open World 8.1%, Nature 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #5 SHEEPO
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 581 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 41.7%, Platformer 17.2%, Open World 12.5%, Exploration 8%, Cute 6.4%
- #6 Promenade
93% matchVery Positive95% of 873 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #7 Toki Tori 2+
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,089 reviews2013
Dev: Two Tribes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Open World 10%, Platformer 9%
- #8 Adapta Solva Legacy
91% matchVery Positive97% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Ares BrazeltonPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Isometric 20.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 7.6%
- #9 Treasure Adventure World
92% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Platformer 24.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Cute 9.2%
- #10 Iron Diamond
90% matchVery Positive89% of 56 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 34.4%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.1%
- #11 Yono and the Celestial Elephants
91% matchVery Positive83% of 355 reviews2017
Dev: NeckboltPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Yono and the Celestial Elephant is a grand adventure, featuring carefully designed puzzles, treasure hunts, a sprinkling combat and a world full of people.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Adventure 27.2%, Cute 26.6%, Family Friendly 14.6%
- #12 Dimensional Animals
89% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #13 Alwa's Legacy
89% matchVery Positive87% of 625 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #14 Öoo
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,955 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 29.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Nature 7.1%
- #15 Puzzles For Clef
87% matchVery Positive82% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Weasel TokenPub: indie.io
Windows
Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 11.6%, Cute 8%
- #16 Weaving Tides
88% matchVery Positive84% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: Follow the Feathers
Windows · Mac
Dive into a magical woven world on the back of your own carpet dragon! Explore the textile landscape, solve puzzles, challenge quirky creatures and unravel the great mysteries of a long forgotten past in Weaving Tides!
Why similar: Isometric 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 6.7%
- #17 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
86% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 半星BanXing
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Open World 10.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #18 DE-EXIT - Eternal Matters
86% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SandBloom StudioPub: HandyGames
Windows
Embark on a surrealistic afterlife journey to discover the secrets of the broken and mysterious Plane of Memory in this cinematic adventure with a hint of stealth. Dive into a wonderful voxel world with an intense atmosphere and save the day!
Why similar: Platformer 22.1%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Family Friendly 9.2%
- #19 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
83% matchVery Positive96% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #20 Lone Fungus
84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,159 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Platformer 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Colorful 12.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Metroidvania 9.1%
- #21 Randomice
82% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: VideoludidPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Escape from a laboratory house in this unique puzzling platformer with a twist! All important objects are randomly placed in the world before the start of the game. Each playthrough will take a different path through the house, but can always be completed. A perfect introduction to Randomizers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #22 Even the Ocean
84% matchVery Positive86% of 281 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: Nature 26.3%, Platformer 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Colorful 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #23 Haiku, the Robot
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Open World 11.1%, Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #24 Webbed
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,044 reviews2021
Dev: Sbug Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Physics 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Nature 8.3%
- #25 Fishy 3D
82% matchVery Positive95% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
An adventure game about a hungry fish 🐟 Dive, jump, swim and eat your way through a lush micro-world. Can you escape the polluted pond?
Why similar: Open World 15.9%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Nature 12.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #26 ILA: A Frosty Glide
78% matchVery Positive99% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Rain StudiosPub: First Break Labs
Windows
Set foot on a magical island and explore a whimsical small open world as ILA, a spirited young witch-in-training searching for her lost kitty, Coco. With your trusty skatebroom, find secret places, collectables, and improve your magic and flying abilities as you reach the summit.
Why similar: Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 14%, Open World 14%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 10.1%
- #27 Tux and Fanny
79% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2022
Dev: Ghost Time GamesPub: Means Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.
Why similar: Nature 16.1%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 11.6%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #28 Elfie: A Sand Plan
77% matchVery Positive100% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Pressed Elephant
Windows · Mac
Elfie: A Sand Plan is a relaxing and intuitive puzzle game where you help a small ambitious elephant build some sand castles. Enjoy spending time at the beach with your new rotund friend!
Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Nature 15.3%, Relaxing 15.2%, Family Friendly 14.4%, Cute 14.2%
- #29 Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature
77% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Dreamhunt StudioPub: Mindscape
Windows
Be a stone Golem and try to save Nature with the help of an adorable Fox! Reconnect ancient sources of energy in environmental puzzles. Discover secrets from a lost civilization and save animals on an emotional quest in a cozy, colorful world.
Why similar: Exploration 17.6%, Cute 16.9%, Colorful 15.2%, Relaxing 14.1%, Family Friendly 13.6%
- #30 Whirlwind Magician
78% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Santi Ponce
Windows
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Nature 10.1%, Cute 8.2%
- #31 Gecko Gods
76% matchVery Positive96% of 476 reviews2026
Dev: InresinPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Explore a forgotten land in Gecko Gods, a puzzle-adventure as a tiny gecko. Climb walls, solve ancient puzzles and uncover a lost civilisation in a world full of hidden paths, quiet secrets and natural wonder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 17.1%, Open World 11.3%, Nature 11%, Adventure 6.4%
- #32 Phoenotopia: Awakening
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,820 reviews2021
Dev: Cape Cosmic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #33 Witchcrafty
81% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Platformer 15.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Cute 7%
- #34 A Planet Full of Cats
73% matchVery Positive90% of 418 reviews2026
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A Planet Full of Cats is a hidden object adventure with metroidvania-style exploration in true Devcats fashion. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Relaxing 9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #35 Hollow Floor
75% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Cute 7.6%, Exploration 5.9%
- #36 Crypt Custodian
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,896 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Platformer 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 7%
- #37 The Ramsey
75% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 7%
- #38 Slip 'n Slime
72% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Magic Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slip 'n slide around this casual puzzle adventure! Be a cute slime and explore a magical world. Only stop sliding when you run into something -- SPLAT! Perfect to pick up 'n play for a minute or binge in a weekend.
Why similar: Puzzle 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Cute 14.1%, Colorful 12%, Exploration 11.5%
- #39 Patch me if you can
71% matchVery Positive99% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Puzzle 18.2%, Nature 15.7%, Exploration 15.4%, Cute 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #40 Faerie Afterlight
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Clay Game StudioPub: Mastiff
Windows
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 7.4%
- #41 A Monster's Expedition
72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,622 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.8%, Open World 19.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Family Friendly 8%
- #42 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
70% matchVery Positive99% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.8%, Metroidvania 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #43 CUBOTS The Origins
76% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Street Lamp Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Isometric 18.8%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #44 Mekabolt
74% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Puzzle 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #45 Cozy Crunch
70% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Jobblesack Games Inc.
Windows
A cozy, upgrade-filled, adventure that goes from curious kitty to unstoppable leaf-crunching beast. Stomp, explore, and uncover cozy forest secrets with your magical fairy guide.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.8%, Exploration 17.1%, Nature 16%, Cute 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%
- #46 Critter Crops
73% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Skyreach Studio
Windows
Enter the world of Mutter Island as Sylvie, a newfound witch with the ability to grow magical Critters. Restore the island, welcome the unwelcome, and uncover the mystery of Sylvie's past!
Why similar: Isometric 30.6%, Open World 16.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Colorful 7.8%, Cute 7.7%
- #47 Moonleap
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,353 reviews2023
Dev: guselect
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #48 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
68% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a vast, interconnected dream world full of secrets and collectibles in this metroidvania adventure inspired by classic 2D platformers. Reclaim your lost memories to save Slumberland from the mysterious Oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Cute 8.3%
- #49 Lil Gator Game
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,948 reviews2022
Dev: MegaWobblePub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends and uncover everything the island has to offer. Climb, Swim, Glide and slide your way into the hearts of the many different characters you meet on your travels!
Why similar: Cute 21.6%, Relaxing 19.5%, Family Friendly 19.3%, Colorful 17.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #50 eWorlds: A 3D Platformer Adventure
69% matchVery Positive85% of 404 reviews2024
Dev: GGTech Studios
Windows
After an accident, your ship crashes on an unknown island, a convergence point between worlds. Explore impossible landscapes, overcome traps and puzzles, recover the lost Loops, and see if you can find the legendary Golden Loop in this 3D platforming narrative adventure.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.9%, Platformer 19.2%, Exploration 14.1%, Cute 12.8%, Colorful 11.7%
- #51 Dungeon Gals
67% matchVery Positive100% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: DoricDream
Windows
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #52 Teslagrad
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,464 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Platformer 22%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Nonlinear 5.6%
- #53 Flipping Death
71% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.6%, Adventure 39.4%
- #54 Harmony's Odyssey
68% matchVery Positive93% of 593 reviews2022
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33%, Puzzle 16.2%, Cute 11.7%, Family Friendly 10.3%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #55 Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
67% matchVery Positive92% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Furniture & Mattress LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Nature 20.2%, Puzzle 19.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Colorful 12%, Adventure 9.4%
- #56 Yooka-Replaylee
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,041 reviews2025
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?
Why similar: Platformer 23.5%, Open World 20.5%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 13%, Cute 10.3%
- #57 Semblance
70% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2018
Dev: NyamakopPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Cute 7.5%
- #58 Carto
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,210 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Nature 14.7%, Open World 13.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Cute 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%
- #59 Beasts of Maravilla Island
69% matchVery Positive87% of 505 reviews2021
Dev: Banana Bird Studios, LLCPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Beasts of Maravilla Island is a 3D adventure game where you take on the role of a young wildlife photographer who traverses Maravilla Island's magical ecosystems to discover extraordinary creatures, learn their behaviors, and, most importantly, photograph their majesty.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.3%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Cute 11.5%, Colorful 9.9%
- #60 The Eternal Cylinder
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,213 reviews2022
Dev: ACE TeamPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Open World 16.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.2%