- #1 Chibits
97% 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 48.6%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 5.9%, Action 4.6%
- #2 Kong: Survivor Instinct
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: 7Levels
Windows
When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Beat 'em up 21.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #3 Gensokyo Night Festival
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,726 reviews2019
Dev: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 99.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Gensokyo Night Festival is a 2D action-exploration game set in the world of Gensokyo.Join Suika Ibuki as she wreaks havoc throughout Gensokyo against the backdrop of the festival held at Hakurei Shrine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Beat 'em up 14.1%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #4 The Curse Of Eira
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElenaWare
Windows
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 7.3%
- #5 Observance of Homeland
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Certeis Lirre (Be Games Do Crimes)Pub: Certeis Lirre
Windows
A minimalistic free-exploration metroidvania with quick, responsive movement and an extremely diverse cast of bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #6 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
94% 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 47.9%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Action 5.1%
- #7 Maelstrom
93% 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 50.9%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 7.6%, Action 5.6%, Adventure 4.8%
- #8 Kokoro's Gensokyo Journey: The Lost Masks
92% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: CygnusA-1
Windows
A 2D exploration danmaku action Touhou fangame (AKA a danmaku Metroidvania). Control Hata no Kokoro in a journey to find her masks. Look for power-up items along the way and challenge powerful bosses to reclaim them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Action 8.9%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #9 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
91% 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 47.2%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 6.1%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #10 Shantae and the Seven Sirens
91% matchVery Positive90% of 1,969 reviews2020
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 6.6%, Adventure 3.6%
- #11 Nferium TaskForce
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sky Lotusk
Windows
Nferium Taskforce is a 2D platformer where you control a black cat, an agent of the secret organization KR9. Explore challenging environments, face dangerous enemies, and use special abilities to prevent global chaos caused by evil forces manipulating nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Beat 'em up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.3%
- #12 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,751 reviews2023
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Anime 6.4%
- #13 Guacamelee! Gold Edition
89% matchVery Positive93% of 5,988 reviews2013
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.5%, Beat 'em up 22.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 4%, Adventure 2.3%
- #14 Ariana and the Elder Codex
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Action 6%, Anime 4.7%
- #15 Elowyn and the Stolen Souls
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the magic world of Elowyn! Evolve with her and discover all the secrets to magic in this metroidvania with incredible characters and scenary. Learn powerful spells, create potions, unravel many riddles and live the entire fantasy!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9%, Exploration 6.2%
- #16 A Dream of Burning Sand
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Eldwood
Windows · Linux
Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Action 6%
- #17 Gauntlet Force: Rise of the Machines
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forge Studios
Windows
Gauntlet Force: RotM is a metroidvania-lite action-brawler platformer. Fight brutally against an army of silly robots while ascending the interconnected Fortress of Doom. Collect upgrades and evolve your weapon to slay your way through bizzarre and evil villains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Beat 'em up 22.9%, Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 7%, Action 6.6%
- #18 Sunken Sky
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Codenightly
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the world of Sunken Sky and get ready for an epic action adventure through a vast open world. No place is beyond your reach - from the tallest mountains to the very minds of others. Battle bizarre creatures and befriend even stranger people. All in a detailed, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Platformer 8.9%, Anime 5.9%
- #19 Jubilee
84% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, 2D Platformer 19%, Platformer 15.3%, Action 8.6%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #20 Somnium Shore
83% 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 46.6%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Action 6%
- #21 Earthblade
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows
You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Exploration 6.3%
- #22 Axiom Verge 2
82% 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 45.9%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 7.1%, Female Protagonist 6.2%
- #23 Alice Into the Panopticon
81% 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 47.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13%, Adventure 5.7%, Exploration 5.6%
- #24 Croakspire
81% 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 50.4%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 5.9%, Action 5.6%
- #25 Eystrandi
80% 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 51.3%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Action 4.8%
- #26 HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition
79% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Action 8.5%, Exploration 6.3%
- #27 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
77% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Cacareco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 6.4%, Action 5.8%
- #28 Pentacore
79% 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 50.7%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 3.9%
- #29 Garden of Butterflies
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Besouroterra
Windows
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Action 5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #30 Wattson the Bulb
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 16.5%, Action 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #31 Crimson Glaive Sigma
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Artery
Windows · Linux
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Bullet Hell 22%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #32 Gastova: The Witches of Arkana
76% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: MechWolf Productions
Windows
Gastova is a lighthearted 2D platforming adventure game. Journey into Arkana and become the Guardian Witch!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Anime 5.4%
- #33 Maya Star
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: RetroLamen
Windows
In a magical land ruled by an ancient evil, a prophecy says that salvation will come with the awakening of a new hero. Explore different maps, fight evil creatures and decide the fate of Maya Star.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Action 9.3%, 2D 3.3%
- #34 Ganymede
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Clydeware LLC
Windows
Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 7.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #35 Dust: An Elysian Tail
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 18,936 reviews2013
Dev: Humble Hearts LLCPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Beat 'em up 17.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Action 5.8%, Adventure 3.6%
- #36 Faye Freelance: Rebel Reporter
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JH (@jjonahjonahson)
Windows
Faye Freelance: Rebel Reporter is a brand new NEWSVANIA that combines the nostalgic charm of pixel platformers with the spirit of Journalism in a stylish twist. Face your foes not with guns and blades, but with pen and ink! Featuring stylized pixel-art aesthetic and hand-crafted animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, 2D Platformer 18%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Platformer 6.9%, Action 6.7%
- #37 Bread Adventure
73% 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 50.9%, 2D Platformer 20%, Platformer 14.1%, Action 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #38 Rabi-Ribi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,161 reviews2016
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Bullet Hell 20%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Anime 6%
- #39 Echoes of the Outworlder
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outworlder LLC
Windows
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, 2D Platformer 18%, Exploration 6.2%, Story Rich 6%, Anime 5.2%
- #40 Mystik Belle
73% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.6%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Platformer 8.2%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5.1%
- #41 Tyto
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamjob Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Action 5.5%
- #42 Sealed Bite: Extended
70% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Ruben S. LuisPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Action 5.4%
- #43 Battery Samurai
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 5%
- #44 Valdis Story: Abyssal City
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,710 reviews2013
Dev: Endlessfluff Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 69.7%, Platformer 12%, Action 4.7%, Beat 'em up 3.4%, Exploration 2.2%
- #45 Trapers Platformer
71% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: molamucho.com
Windows · Linux
Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 7.4%, Action 4.9%
- #46 The Last Tree
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.4%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 11.6%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 7%
- #47 Dusted Dusk
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 6.9%, Action 5.2%
- #48 ReSetna
68% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.8%, Platformer 16.8%, Action 7.1%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #49 PLAN:B
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BAKSAL.Studio
Windows
A black cat pulls multiple triggers of revenge. Set, a feline mercenary with a massive bayonet, is haunted by her past and driven to avenge her fallen comrades. In a cyberpunk world of twelve races, she uncovers hidden truths through brutal action and vast Metroidvania exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Action 8.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #50 Caesura
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Bananas Studio
Windows
Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Action 4.4%
- #51 TAIKER
71% matchMixed59% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: Team 4U
Windows · Mac · Linux
TAIKER is a platformer RPG. Peggy and her robot assistant Chopy will explore various area. Obtain skills to beat enemy and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Beat 'em up 19.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Anime 6.4%
- #52 Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 189 reviews2018
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
I swear it's a nice action metroidvania game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Anime 6.6%
- #53 A Song in Elyel Nalore
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sunflower Games
Windows
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.9%
- #54 Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Stephen Ciuca
Windows
Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke is a Metroidvania with action and RPG elements. Jump, slide, wall jump, swim, and battle your way through the Dukedom. Other mechanics include pushing boxes, pulling levers, and swinging on ropes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.7%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Action 6.8%, 2D 2.6%
- #55 史莱狗(Slimg)
67% 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 51.2%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Action 4.1%
- #56 Glimmer in Mirror
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 913 reviews2023
Dev: MapleDorm GamesPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #57 Phaze Shift
67% 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 52%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 4.2%
- #58 Awita: Journey of Hope
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 10%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Exploration 5.9%
- #59 ROCKETRON
68% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Fly through the sky! Rain down fire on the enemy forces from above! Enjoy solid combat and simple non-linear exploration in this high flying side-scrolling action shooter!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Beat 'em up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.2%