- #1 Genopanic
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.1%, Metroidvania 13.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Exploration 9.4%
- #2 Low Oxygen
96% matchVery Positive89% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Side Scroller 8.9%
- #3 EMUUROM
96% matchVery Positive91% of 301 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: Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Metroidvania 12.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 9.3%
- #4 Space Expedition
95% matchVery Positive93% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #5 Planet of the Eyes
94% matchVery Positive84% of 593 reviews2015
Dev: Cococucumber
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Exploration 6.8%
- #6 Xeodrifter
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.7%, Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Exploration 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #7 PLANET ALPHA
93% matchMixed70% of 1,133 reviews2018
Dev: Planet Alpha ApSPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #8 Venineth
92% matchVery Positive80% of 269 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 11%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #9 The Way
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,310 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #10 Axiom Verge
91% matchVery Positive90% of 6,599 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Platformer 18%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Exploration 6.6%
- #11 The Multi-Medium
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Science 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #12 Xanthiom Zero
89% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.6%, Metroidvania 15.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #13 Xanthiom 2
88% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.8%, Metroidvania 15%, Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 11%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #14 Astronite
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 17.3%, Metroidvania 13.2%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 12.3%, Side Scroller 11.6%
- #15 Derelict Star
86% matchVery Positive96% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.6%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Exploration 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #16 Environmental Station Alpha
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,654 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Adventure 7.2%, Exploration 6.6%
- #17 EXOTERRA: A Space Journey
84% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: ManuHerreraDev
Windows
EXOTERRA: A Space Journey is a first-person science fiction puzzle game set aboard a stranded ship in the vast, dark expanse of outer space. Explore the HOPE-03 and uncover the mysteries it holds as you solve fully interactive escape-room-style chambers powered by a physics-based system.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.7%, Physics 21.3%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 11%
- #18 Waking Mars
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,202 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Platformer 19%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Exploration 15.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Metroidvania 9.6%
- #19 MIO: Memories in Orbit
82% matchVery Positive83% of 4,771 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.5%, Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #20 Xenosis
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Noah LeePub: USC Games
Windows
Xenosis is a thrilling metroidvania where you traverse an ancient temple that has been overrun by alien creatures. Armed with your blaster, you must combat a variety of challenging enemies and upgrade your weapon to escape
Why similar: Science 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Metroidvania 10.4%, Platformer 9.9%
- #21 Bionic Bay
81% matchVery Positive85% of 882 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Science 30.9%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 13.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Physics 7.9%
- #22 Planet RIX-13
83% matchVery Positive95% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Planet RIX-13 is а 2D adventure, in which you play as a space explorer engaged in searching for planets potentially suitable for life.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 25.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Indie 6.8%
- #23 Axiom Verge 2
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 971 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 21%, Metroidvania 18.9%, Platformer 16.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Side Scroller 8.1%
- #24 Exo One
79% matchVery Positive90% of 5,262 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Exploration 27.4%, Physics 22.8%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Adventure 12.7%
- #25 Inescapable
84% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 33.5%, Adventure 24%, Platformer 23.8%, Action 12.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #26 Anoxemia
82% matchMixed63% of 438 reviews2015
Dev: BSK GamesPub: Mandragora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Platformer 13.8%, Physics 13.6%, Puzzle 11%, Side Scroller 9.9%
- #27 Ascent DX
77% matchVery Positive99% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Exploration 18%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #28 MO:Astray
78% matchVery Positive92% of 5,055 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Adventure 8.1%
- #29 Entangled
79% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.4%, Puzzle 13%, Physics 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Platformer 11%
- #30 Escape From Tethys
80% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Platformer 32.4%, Metroidvania 31.5%, Exploration 18.2%, Action 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #31 Out There Somewhere
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,922 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Sci-fi 8%
- #32 Exophobia
77% matchVery Positive88% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: Zarc AttackPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Exploration 21.8%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Adventure 9.4%
- #33 Öoo
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,736 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Metroidvania 12.3%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #34 Lone Fungus
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,186 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: 2D Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Side Scroller 8.9%
- #35 Erra: Exordium
76% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Pixel LLCPub: Kirkidexi LTD
Windows · Linux
Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 36.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 7.7%
- #36 ANIMAL WELL
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 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: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Metroidvania 16.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #37 LUNARK
75% matchVery Positive88% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Canari GamesPub: WayForward
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Why similar: Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #38 Auridia
73% matchVery Positive98% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #39 Ghost Song
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,454 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #40 Rebel Transmute
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%
- #41 KnightLight
72% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Metroidvania 13.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Side Scroller 9.7%
- #42 Quarion
70% matchVery Positive95% of 172 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 23.2%, Platformer 17.6%, Exploration 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
- #43 A dead world's dream
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: JoqLePecheur
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A Dead World's Dream is a challenging retro platformerAs a peaceful alien, explore a harsh world looking for hidden species.Unlocking upgrades and power-ups, travel to even more treacherous places.Carefuly examine your surroundings before jumping toward new dangers and secrets.
Why similar: Platformer 45.6%, Exploration 28.6%, Adventure 25.8%
- #44 Inexistence
74% matchMixed66% of 372 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 28.5%, Action 17.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Platformer 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #45 Goodboy Galaxy
70% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 17.7%, Metroidvania 15%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #46 Leap Year
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,195 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 10.9%
- #47 PSYCRON
71% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.6%, Metroidvania 16.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #48 Pid
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,431 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 25%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Side Scroller 3.6%
- #49 ITORAH
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 reviews2022
Dev: Grimbart TalesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 17.3%, Metroidvania 17%, Exploration 12.3%, Side Scroller 8.7%
- #50 SHEEPO
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 615 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: 2D Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 20.2%, Metroidvania 19.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #51 Ex Vitro
67% matchVery Positive94% of 153 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: 2D Platformer 24.3%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Platformer 17.3%, Exploration 14.2%, Sci-fi 8%
- #52 DE-EXIT - Eternal Matters
68% matchVery Positive83% of 60 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 28.4%, Puzzle 21.5%, Exploration 21.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 9%
- #53 Iconoclasts
67% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Metroidvania 19.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 7.1%
- #54 Epitasis
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.
Why similar: Science 36.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 13%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #55 Relicta
69% matchMixed67% of 472 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
Why similar: Science 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #56 Capsized
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,103 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 44.7%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Action 11%, Physics 8.9%, 2D 7.3%
- #57 Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop
65% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows · Linux
Embark on a pixel adventure with Ponchee the bunny in "Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop". Solve puzzles, protect plants, and uncover deep mysteries with Usagi-01 on an uninhabited planet.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #58 The Mobius Machine
65% matchVery Positive83% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Platformer 22%, Exploration 20.9%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Adventure 5.3%
- #59 Teslagrad
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,474 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: Platformer 25%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Metroidvania 14.5%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 5.5%
- #60 MotionRec
62% matchVery Positive100% of 447 reviews2025
Dev: HANDSUMPub: PLAYISM
Windows
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Metroidvania 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%