- #1 Find Eden
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
Windows
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, Dark 7.9%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
- #2 ANIMAL WELL
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,075 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 8.5%, Mystery 5.8%
- #3 Potata: Foxy Tale
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Potata Company
Windows
Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Platformer 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #4 NECROTOPIA
95% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: day-to-day management
Windows
NECROTOPIA is an exploratory action game, in which a monster, who woke up on a stormy night by lightning, picks up junks as weapons and searches for who he/she is. Use various types of weapons to defeat enemies and explore the fascinating world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.6%, Gothic 13.8% ★, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D Platformer 4.8%
- #5 Dirtlight
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, Platformer 6.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #6 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Exploration 8.2%
- #7 Polly's Puzzle Box
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Box Penguin Games
Windows · Mac
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 7%
- #8 Shell Soul:The Skull
91% 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 45%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #9 The Matter Gun
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Platformer 6.1%
- #10 Florarium
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.4%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Platformer 6.9%, Adventure 4.2%
- #11 TWINSTAR 双星
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Platformer 5.6%
- #12 Amalu, Wells between worlds
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Platformer 5.7%
- #13 Well Dweller
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Gothic 9.9% ★, Exploration 6.1%, Dark 4.8%
- #14 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Section 8 Studios
Windows
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Dark 6.8%, 2D 5.9%, Exploration 5.8%
- #15 Memory Draw
86% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Puzzle 7%, Adventure 4.8%
- #16 Astra: Fading Stars
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
Windows · Linux
It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Mystery 6.7%
- #17 Öoo
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,170 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 9%, Platformer 5.6%
- #18 Leap Year
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,092 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #19 Stealer
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frizerice
Windows
Platformer with elements of metroidvania. Begin your adventure as a thief who is immersed in darkness. Use your lantern to explore eerie locations, search for clues, and interact with surrounding objects to uncover secrets and achieve your goals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Gothic 11.4% ★, Exploration 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #20 Butterfly: Twisted Thread
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kaita studio
Windows
Butterfly: Twisted Thread is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where you use a mystical butterfly to draw platforms, objects, and attack tools into the world. Explore interconnected areas, solve physics-based puzzles, fight enemies, and unlock new paths through creative drawing.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Puzzle 10.6%, Platformer 6.8%, Gothic 6.8% ★
- #21 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gentle Turtle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up on Hart Island, dazed and amnesiac, holding a mysterious magic pencil... that you're accused of stealing ? In this hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania, your creativity is your weapon: sketch your tools to survive the dangers and piece together your memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Platformer 7.8%, Adventure 5.6%, 2D 5.3%
- #22 PITH
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
Windows
Traverse a wonderful and strange world of cubes shrouded in fog in PITH, a 3D metroidvania adventure. Find tools to help delve deeper and uncover secrets that were hiding in plain sight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #23 Stoatman
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Exploration 8%, Platformer 7.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #24 Alice Into the Panopticon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lunarians
Windows
Guide Alice, a young girl lost in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, in her quest to return home. In this 2D action-adventure metroidvania game you will meet peculiar characters, traverse a multitude of sceneries, and fight powerful beings known as Egregores to unravel the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Gothic 11.2% ★, Exploration 9.4%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #25 Norman's Night In
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Bactrian Games
Windows
Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #26 Savage Horizons
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Insolence Studio
Windows
A compact, exploration-driven metroidvania. Venture across a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%, 2D Platformer 5.4%
- #27 Tool Land
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #28 TOUKAN
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: .mar1000
Windows
Explore a mysterious world where every melody can reveal a forgotten passage. Use your beak, your song and your knowledge to progress and uncover the many secrets buried deep within the Metroidvania Puzzle-Platformer that is TOUKAN.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #29 Guillotine
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zomorro Studio
Windows
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 6.7%, 2D Platformer 5.7%
- #30 Reso-Seeker
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Adventure 4.5%
- #31 Sylvaris: Black Reign
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrameBound Studio
Windows
Sylvaris: Black Reign is a fast-paced, hand-drawn 2D action platformer with metroidvania elements. Set in a chained, industrial world beneath the surface, it features aggressive combat, a risk-reward Overload system, and build variety shaped through perks.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Exploration 7.1%, Platformer 6.9%, Dark 5.4%
- #32 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.2%, Hand-drawn 11%, Platformer 8.2%, Adventure 6.2%, Exploration 3.8%
- #33 Cavalier
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coin Laundry Games
Windows · Mac
The King's pup levels up! Cavalier is a single player hand drawn Metroidvania. Combat enchanted creatures while you explore the expanding map, and restore the magical kingdom in this charming medieval adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 6.1%, 2D 5.3%
- #34 Mold
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: soraslove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Mystery 7.6%
- #35 Panels
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diceless Games
Windows
Puzzle platformer with a dash of metroidvania and a unique panel switching mechanic. All this with beautiful hand drawn visuals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Comic Book 7.5%
- #36 Phantom Rend
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonmixer Studios
Windows
Phantom Rend is an intense Action-Adventure! Where you Find Your Ways through a Vast phantom Infested Island nation, wage Epic battles against formidable foes, Upgrade your skills and items, Uncover ancient secrets, Meet and befriend creatures of all walks of life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 6%, 2D 5.4%
- #37 Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: King's Pleasure
Windows
Embark on a journey through a land of darkness to save your lost shadow. With the help of a mysterious beast’s shadow, master new abilities, outsmart enemies, and uncover hidden truths in your quest to reclaim what’s been taken.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Mystery 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #38 Narcalid
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Lotus Mountain Creative
Windows
Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12%, Exploration 7.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #39 Hot-Pink
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhetkenshek
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Hand-drawn 11%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 9%
- #40 Cliff Kingdom
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Hand-drawn 16%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 5.7%, Adventure 4.3%
- #41 Shards of Memories
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Exploration 6.8%, 2D Platformer 4.4%, Platformer 4.3%
- #42 Ethereal Odyssey
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KU3 Dev
Windows · Linux
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 9%, Action 5.5%
- #43 MONOMOON
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Mystery 6.5%
- #44 Surface Tension: Eclipse
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redo Games
Windows
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Puzzle 10.5%, Atmospheric 6%, Platformer 5%
- #45 Pages of Time: Prologue
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,930 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Hand-drawn 17%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 6.2%
- #46 SHEEPO
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 593 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 49.7%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 5.2%
- #47 Dream City
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuggleGreen
Windows
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Platformer 9.6%
- #48 Somnium Shore
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Exploration 12.6%, Platformer 9%, Adventure 7.3%, Puzzle Platformer 6.5%
- #49 OTHERSIDE: Untamed Words
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OthersideCraft
Windows
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 6.6%, Platformer 6.5%
- #50 Eldritchvania
68% matchVery Positive85% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 7.8%, Mystery 6.8%
- #51 Refactor
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NextGen Pants, Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Adventure 7%, Platformer 6.6%, Action 3.9%
- #52 Spright
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Exploration 11%, Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Dark 5.5%
- #53 Bolt & Whalington
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orca StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Comic Book 7.7%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,580 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.2%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Adventure 8%, Platformer 6.9%, Action 4.5%
- #55 Liminalia
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space74
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mysteries of these forgotten lands in a hand-drawn, narrative-driven 2D action-adventure, as a white-robed girl awakens in the depths of an abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Exploration 7.6%, Platformer 7.3%, 2D 5.8%
- #56 Demon Quest
66% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Pattern Games
Windows
A pure exploration and puzzle adventure on a dangerous alien world. Solve environmental challenges through logic, experimentation, and clever use of versatile tools. Sneak past enemies, plan your moves, and hunt down the 23 sacred talismans to earn your escape—or face eternal captivity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Dark 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #57 Dark Labyrinth
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaote
Windows
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Platformer 6.2%
- #58 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
70% matchVery Positive87% of 903 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Puzzle 5.7%, 2D 4.9%
- #59 Honey's Sweet Revenge
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: etheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Platformer 5.6%, Action 4.7%