- #1 Temporal Branches
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Relic LTD
Windows
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Character Customization 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #2 Dooblets
96% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: RomboPub: Team Rombo
Windows
This adventure supports 2 - 4 players! Play through 4 unique worlds filled with challenges and puzzles with your friends!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 43.6% ★, Online Co-Op 20.7%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Character Customization 10%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #3 Bone N Soul
96% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Chan Mee
Windows
Bone N Soul is a two player metroidvania. Cast spells and bombard your enemies in ranged combat or become more personal and possess your enemies to advance through a place where desire reigns.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Co-op Campaign 36.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Adventure 7.1%, 2D 4.8%
- #4 Shifted Heart
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pickle Jar Games
Windows
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Character Customization 13.2%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, 2D Platformer 11.8%
- #5 EXIL
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mystic Clockwork Studio
Windows
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Multiple Endings 7%, Combat 6.2%
- #6 Cryselts
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B3N Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Character Customization 6%
- #7 Salt and Sacrifice
93% matchMixed63% of 1,814 reviews2023
Dev: Devoured StudiosPub: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 26% ★, Metroidvania 24.3%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Character Customization 11.4%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
- #8 Pentacore
92% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathan CollierPub: Mythril Age
Windows
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #9 A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures
91% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: origamihero games
Windows
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Nonlinear 19.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #10 Maelstrom
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, 2D 6.2%, Combat 5%
- #11 Hand Cannon: Janky Reality
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Suicidal Robot Games
Windows
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Transhumanism 28.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #12 Chibits
89% 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 49.7%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, 2D 4.7%
- #13 Eystrandi
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leiksmidr studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Nonlinear 7.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #14 Fall from Space
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joel JarmanPub: TBD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fall from Space is a non-linear, sci-fi ARPG for the Gameboy. Combining Metroidvanian action with an open world RPG, and an epic story that spans a solar system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Nonlinear 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #15 Cube Faces
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RomboPub: Team Rombo
Windows
Cube Faces is a co-op, adventure, platformer for 2 - 4 players. Filled with unique challenges, mini-games and puzzles! You and your friends must help the residents of Dreamland!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 26.9% ★, Online Co-Op 24.3%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Character Customization 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #16 Phaze Shift
86% 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 48%, Nonlinear 12%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, 2D 5.7%, Character Customization 5.3%
- #17 Dormiveglia
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Cartridge
Windows
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #18 Two Cubes
85% matchVery Positive97% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: RomboPub: Team Rombo
Windows
Two Cubes is an Online Co-Op platformer where players can only touch their colour! The game requires 2 players who own the game to play!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 39.5% ★, Online Co-Op 28%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Adventure 4.1%
- #19 Black Parallax
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Syntropic Design
Windows
An action metroidbrainia set in a dying dwarf galaxy. Scavenge wrecks, meet strange characters, and fight your way through a cold universe to piece together an interstellar puzzle.
Why similar: Transhumanism 29% ★, Metroidvania 27.7%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #20 SUPER ANT
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrygast
Windows
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Nonlinear 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Combat 10.8%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #21 史莱狗(Slimg)
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cow Studio
Windows
Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, 2D 4.1%
- #22 Echoes of Nox
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orange Party
Windows
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #23 Axiom Verge 2
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 907 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Nonlinear 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #24 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Dog and Spider Productions
Windows
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #25 Ex Vitro
80% matchVery Positive94% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Evolver Dynamics
Windows
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Sci-fi 6%
- #26 Fly to hope
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Huhi Games
Windows
Fly to hope is a platformer action game. Use your shotgun and machete to overcome enemies. Fight with strong bosses and collect 3 missing part of your aircraft.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 3.9%
- #27 EXTROCORE
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Sumika
Windows
An apocalyptic sci-fi game where you slay demons with style. Jump, dodge, dash, and parry to avoid incoming fire. Use Rewires to shape your build, level up to put points into Attributes and Perks, and progress through the world to unlock more Abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Transhumanism 26.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Shooter 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #28 Citadel Knight
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fayvit
Windows
A challenging action game where you explore a dark kingdom, face brutal creatures, and uncover hidden secrets. Fight with strategy, discover powerful relics, and navigate treacherous dungeons as you unravel the mysteries of the Citadel.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Combat 8.7%
- #29 Overplasma
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted 4M
Windows
Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #30 Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
77% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Normal Distribution LLC
Windows
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, 2D 5.1%
- #31 The Forbidden Forest
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stone Studios
Windows
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Adventure 3.1%
- #32 PATHFINDER 08
78% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
Windows
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, 2D Platformer 22%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Adventure 4.3%
- #33 Caustic Bloom
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niles GamesPub: TBD
Windows
In this top-down Metroidvania, descend into the belly of Sarcophagus II, an underground laboratory overrun by mutated creatures. Blast your way through this labyrinth of chaos, facing overwhelming odds in an effort to rescue your friends and recover your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Online Co-Op 20.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #34 Croakspire
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lotus Arcade
Windows
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Combat 5.8%, Adventure 5%
- #35 Treasure Adventure Game
76% 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 49.1%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 4.6%
- #36 The Search: Lost Dreams
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gninjastudio
Windows
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, 2D Platformer 20%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Combat 5.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #37 Twinland
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Kaiju Sushi
Windows
Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #38 Ruptured
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Limited Limitations
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an experiment gone wrong, the world finds itself split in two! Swap between similar but slightly different versions of the world to explore the remnants of the mysterious company that caused it all. Unlock various abilities, weapons, and upgrades to navigate your way through this broken world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Character Customization 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #39 Nihilsearch
74% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Sci-fi 8%, Adventure 4.9%
- #40 House of Shadow
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: High Clarity Games
Windows
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Nonlinear 16.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Combat 5%
- #41 A.T.O.M.
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beta Game Studio
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric 2D sidescroller platformer metroidvania game in a post nuclear-disaster setting where you play as a nuclear-fueled droid sent to Earth to find out if human life is possible once again. You will explore unique areas, unlock secret paths, learn new abilities, fight bosses and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Multiple Endings 5.7%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #42 Cosmobreeder Yiffai
71% matchVery Positive86% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: KEMOSHOCO
Windows
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #43 Heart Forth, Alicia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alonso Martin
Windows · Mac · Linux
A terror in the sky is bent on exterminating a young wizard and her loved ones. Featuring a riveting and sinister story, set out to explore a vast world in this modern Metroidvania RPG, filled with devious monsters, lethal dungeons, creative puzzles, lively towns & many uncharted wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #44 Piroot
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frank Force Games
Windows
Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Nonlinear 15.8%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Combat 5.9%
- #45 Shattered Ninja
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YangBinPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows
A Super Ninja-themed Game That Has “Metroidvania” Core Experience, The World Fell Into Wasteland And Chaos With Unknown Reasons, Rebirthed With Bio-Technology called Katana - 007 , Will Fight Against Evil Mechanical Lifeform Under The Guidance Of Master Ninja,Collect The Lost Advanced Ninjutsu。
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Nonlinear 7.6%
- #46 Far Star
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: This is Vini
Windows · Linux
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, 2D Platformer 15%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Character Customization 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #47 Anzu Castle Gracula
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Rainbow Cemetery
Windows
Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Nonlinear 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #48 Overbowed
70% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 5.7%, Combat 5.5%
- #49 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 50.8%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Character Customization 11.7%, Combat 7.1%, 2D 4.5%
- #50 Horde of Viscount
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Swiggins Studios
Windows
A metroidvania with: Both arcade and exploration areas - Use finite subweapons for advanced movement - Difficulty from casual up to souls-bourne-ring - Customize with equipment - Build your Town - Complete Quests - Having trouble on a stage? There are infinite lives; no game overs here!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #51 100 Pumpkins 2
68% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Nonlinear 19.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #52 Quarion
67% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
- #53 Shell Soul:The Skull
69% 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 47.3%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Combat 4.2%
- #54 Shadow King
68% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, 2D Platformer 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Combat 5.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #55 Set In Stone
68% 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 49.6%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Nonlinear 14.4%, 2D 5.2%, Adventure 3.6%
- #56 Faeland
67% matchVery Positive90% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 4.2%
- #57 Bread Adventure
66% 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 52.1%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, 2D 5.3%, Combat 4.5%
- #58 PorBor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
Windows
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #59 Dvalloc
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ClockSpell
Windows
Become Dvalloc The Dwarf and save your village from cursed rune's corruption! Explore an underground world, battle dangerous enemies, save your dwarven friends and acquire new weapons and abilites, all while admiring stunning pixelart visuals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Combat 7%
- #60 Mable & The Wood
69% matchMixed56% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Triplevision GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Nonlinear 16.4%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%