- #1 NECROTOPIA
97% 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 40.4%, Gothic 18.4% ★, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 9.7%
- #2 Find Eden
96% 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 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Dark 10.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
- #3 Well Dweller
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,655 reviews2026
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 31.4%, Gothic 12.9% ★, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Horror 9.2%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
- #4 Stealer
94% 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 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Gothic 14.8% ★, Horror 7.3%, Platformer 6.6%
- #5 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
94% 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 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Dark 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #6 Potata: Foxy Tale
93% 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 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #7 ANIMAL WELL
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 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: Metroidvania 37.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Horror 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 7%
- #8 Amalu, Wells between worlds
92% 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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #9 Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eldritch House
Windows
Shadow Sacrament is a grim horrorvania where you play as a tormented detective who must investigate the secrets of an ancient, horrific monastery. Explore hidden chambers, solve intricate puzzles, and face terrifying nightmares that lurk in its shadowy halls. Hunt the Haunt.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Gothic 25.7% ★, Survival Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%
- #10 Guillotine
90% 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 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #11 Tool Land
89% matchNo user reviews
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 30%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9.5%
- #12 Astra: Fading Stars
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
Windows · Linux
Trust your soul. Astra: Fading Stars is a challenging, 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania where corruption is spreading across the universe. Explore and uncover secrets, confront deadly bosses and master Astra Call, a power from within your soul, to help you every step of the way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #13 Shell Soul:The Skull
88% 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 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #14 Shyftrs
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wicked Art Games
Windows
Shyftrs is a 2D stylized action adventure metroidvania game that will take you on a journey to uncover the mysteries of your lineage and the world beyond. Your weapon of choice are Cane Sword, Pistol or use your new found prowess. Step up and embrace the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 7.7%
- #15 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
86% 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 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #16 Alice Into the Panopticon
86% 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 42.3%, Gothic 16.5% ★, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Dark 7.7%
- #17 魂途 Xoul
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sounder Studio
Windows
Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Gothic 12.6% ★, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #18 Memory Draw
84% 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 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Platformer 7.4%
- #19 Surface Tension: Eclipse
84% 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 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #20 Hot-Pink
83% 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 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #21 Cavalier
82% 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 36.3%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9.5%
- #22 Savage Horizons
81% match2 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 45.3%, Hand-drawn 19%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Exploration 7.9%
- #23 PITH
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
Windows · Linux
Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Platformer 6.9%, Horror 6.6%
- #24 Leap Year
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,217 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: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 8.3%
- #25 Wurzeltiefe
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AEV Studios
Windows
A compact, painterly metroidvania: a 2–3 hour descent into the Rootdeep. Explore 26 painted caverns, earn five abilities, face two guardians — then chase your own best time with the built-in speedrun timer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #26 Panels
79% 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: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Metroidvania 17.8%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Comic Book 10.1%
- #27 Bluso Hero and the Copper Heart
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Abrigo de Paulo
Windows
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #28 Switch Box
78% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #29 Shards of Memories
78% 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 42.5%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Platformer 6.7%
- #30 Bolt & Whalington
77% 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 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Comic Book 10.1%, Platformer 8%
- #31 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 41.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #32 Dark Labyrinth
76% 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 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.2%
- #33 Öoo
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,903 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: Metroidvania 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #34 Feartten Noir Story
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LAUNCH APP LTD
Windows
Feartten noir Story - is a 2d platformer with a mysterious horror theme. Go through the cursed depths of hell and try to get out of the nightmare of a boy. Are you ready to go through all the circles of hell to overcome your fears?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Dark 13.6%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #35 Creepy Tale
76% matchVery Positive86% of 2,984 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Dark 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%
- #36 Inari's Redemption
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmbroisePub: Ambroise Catherine
Windows
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 7.4%
- #37 TWINSTAR 双星
74% 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 43.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #38 ARANEA, BREACH!
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CROOSER ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Control a heavy armored vehicle equipped with the ARANEA Spider-Bionic Module. Use the mechanical climbing system to overcome spatial limitations, dismantle obstacles, collect resources, and install functional modules to adapt your vehicle to ever-changing exploration environments.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.8%, Metroidvania 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 7.5%
- #39 Ashen Seed
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ad Aspera Games
Windows
A dark, hand-drawn metroidvania of ecological horror. You are a disposable miner in a dying world, burdened with a mysterious power. Navigate the suffocating depths, survive against colossal threats from the surface, and discover what grows from ash and sacrifice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
- #40 Alruna: End of History
71% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
Windows
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 10.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #41 Dirtlight
72% 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 44.4%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%, Puzzle 8%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
- #42 Narcalid
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Lotus Mountain Creative
Windows
So we crashed on a living planet. Explore with 1–4 friends, heal the bosses (yes, heal), and open the gate home before Mother Narcalid slams it. You also sit down and meditate. I used to haul space garbage. This is a promotion, I think.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 7.9%
- #43 The Dying Mind
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoderMC
Windows · Mac
The Dying Mind is a story-driven 2D metroidvania where you explore the fractured mind of a young writer, battle symbolic enemies, and uncover lost memories in a race between life and death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.6%
- #44 GREENFIELD
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Six Foot Giraffe
Windows · Mac
GREENFIELD is a story driven puzzle-platformer set in a lonely atmospheric world. Embark the surreal depths of a fractured mind and a forgotten island facility in search of answers to a haunting mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #45 Bugs in Boots
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jake Berry
Windows
Explore a vast, mysterious, interconnected world made entirely of clay. Meet strange critters, collect forbidden fruit and uncover the mysteries of this place as you journey to see "The Moon" for the first time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #46 The Matter Gun
70% 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 43%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #47 Eldritchvania
69% matchVery Positive85% of 141 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 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 6.2%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #48 Ripple Park
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phase Wanderer
Windows
A poolcore-inspired Metroidbrainia game. Lost in an abandoned water park, use collected items to power mechanisms and explore deeper. Avoid or outwit unknown entities, solve puzzles, and find a way out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Horror 7.6%
- #49 Pages of Time: Prologue
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,971 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 27.1%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #50 Polly's Puzzle Box
68% matchNo user reviews2027
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 39.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #51 Tiny Adventure Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teunu
Windows
Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Platformer 7.3%
- #52 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
67% 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 49.2%, Platformer 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Action-Adventure 4%
- #53 Greak: Memories of Azur
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,557 reviews2021
Dev: NavegantePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Greak: Memories of Azur is a single-player puzzle platformer adventure. Azur is under threat from an enemy attack who have control of strange creatures infecting the land. Take on the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel and utilize their unique abilities to escape the invasion together.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 7.6%
- #54 Bruma
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 4HA Games Studio SpA
Windows
Experience the mysterious journey of a cat searching for the memories of her friend, an old lady who has lost them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 8.1%
- #55 Ghost Song
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,459 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 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 36.2%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Dark 9.4%, Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #56 Lionheart: The Spirit Within
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kinokulak
Windows
Play as a boy who cannot fight and a lion who can. Switch instantly between two interconnected worlds in a hand-painted 2.5D metroidvania where stealth, combat and exploration work together to help you rescue your parents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Platformer 10%, Dark 8.3%
- #57 October Falls
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctoberFallsGames
Windows
As the stormy autumn fog rolls in, journey through a hand-drawn adventure as a little girl searching for her lost cat in the gothic harbor wilderness town of October Falls. Follow clues, aid friendly critters, unlock magic and an ancient transformation to explore the mystery your cat has led you to.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.2%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Gothic 15.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #58 Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows
66% 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 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, 2D Platformer 9%, Platformer 7.4%
- #59 1000 Amps
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 349 reviews2012
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Metroidvania 34.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Adventure 2.4%