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Games Like Ginger Snap: Islands of Rot

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  1. #1 The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
    97% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2018
    Dev: GrimTalin
    Windows

    Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Old School 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Platformer 7.4%

  2. #2 DreamWatcher
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2020
    Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
    Windows

    Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, 3D Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Platformer 7.9%

  3. #3 Labyrinth of Light
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Roman GlebovPub: Gleb Romanov
    Windows

    Labyrinth of Light is a first-person puzzle game with platforming elements. The player can walk on any illuminated wall. Through a giant concrete maze in the Brutalist style, the player saves a withering tree.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, 3D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Platformer 10.3%, Old School 10.2%

  4. #4 Gauntlet Force: Rise of the Machines
    95% 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 29.9%, Beat 'em up 20.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Old School 10.6%, Exploration 5.6%

  5. #5 Liturnian
    94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: Solar Fish Games
    Windows

    Discover a strange world inhabited by living lights. Liturnian is a 3D-Metroidvania with fluid movement, fights against strange creatures and exciting puzzles.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 5.1%

  6. #6 Pseudoregalia
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,681 reviews2023
    Dev: rittzler
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Old School 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

  7. #7 Valkyrie Saga
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 199 reviews2026
    Dev: Public Void
    Windows

    Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 19.5%, Nonlinear 18%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Old School 10.3%, Platformer 8.6%

  8. #8 Hob
    93% matchVery Positive88% of 5,495 reviews2017
    Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 3D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Open World 10.7%

  9. #9 OOLO
    91% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Riddle Master Productions
    Windows

    OOLO is a modern take on the classic isometric adventure. Embark on a non-linear journey across mysterious forests, haunted catacombs, and magical factories. Solve puzzles to collect keys and discover upgrades that change the way you explore this lush fantasy world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Nonlinear 15.5%, 3D Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Old School 10.5%

  10. #10 Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Ganzheit
    Windows

    A parkour-focused 3D Metroidvania set in AI-run Seoul after a population collapse. Solve movement-driven puzzles through acrobatic traversal and momentum-based exploration. With fractured memories, you’re searching for someone who might help—guided only by a voice you may not trust.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 20.4%, 3D Platformer 17.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Platformer 8.7%

  11. #11 Bitup
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cosmogonia Games
    Windows

    BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, 3D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 7.9%

  12. #12 Explosiovania
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: White Eye
    Windows

    Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. After descending into a broken underworld, you must learn to traverse Satan Hill. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, 3D Platformer 21.3%, Nonlinear 20.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Old School 7.4%

  13. #13 Lyden Lys
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Løftet
    Windows

    Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

  14. #14 Piroot
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Frank Force Games
    Windows

    Journey to the center of the planet in Piroot, an open world adventure! Explore and survive as a shipwreck's lonely survivor. What secrets lie at the planet's core, and can you trust the voice leading you there?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Old School 15.4%, Open World 10.3%, Platformer 9.3%

  15. #15 Get the Ball Rolling
    87% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: GET THE BALL ROLLING LLC
    Windows

    A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, 3D Platformer 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Platformer 5.1%

  16. #16 Nonolith
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Justcamh
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Nonlinear 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%

  17. #17 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
    86% 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 38.4%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Platformer 12%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Old School 10.3%

  18. #18 A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures
    85% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2022
    Dev: origamihero games
    Windows

    Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Nonlinear 24.2%, Old School 14.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  19. #19 HIIT
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fisco Games
    Windows

    Trapped on a mysterious planet, HIIT finds himself in a hostile world filled with challenges to overcome. Explore this Metroidvania adventure focused on platforming and puzzles to uncover what happened in Zaruma before your arrival.

    Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Old School 13.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Open World 9%

  20. #20 The Matter Gun
    84% 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 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle 8.1%

  21. #21 ANIMAL WELL
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
    Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 34.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 9.4%, Platformer 9.3%

  22. #22 Junklands
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Deadleaf Games
    Windows

    Junklands is a 3D action-platformer that thrusts Rahr, a brave paper fledgling, into a polluted world ruled by its toxic overlords. Forced from home, Rahr must navigate smog-filled lands and sludge-choked rivers on a perilous quest to cleanse the Junklands and restore life.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Nonlinear 18.2%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 9%

  23. #23 Oirbo
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2025
    Dev: ImaginationOverflow
    Windows

    As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Old School 12%, Open World 9.7%, Platformer 7.8%

  24. #24 Sisyphus Is a Bug
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: moraguma
    Windows · Linux

    As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%

  25. #25 Dungeon Gals
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DoricDream
    Windows

    A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

  26. #26 Treasure Adventure Game
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: Robit Games
    Windows

    Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Platformer 10.9%, Open World 7.6%

  27. #27 The Curse of Tethria
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Andrew PiperPub: Threax Software
    Windows

    Explore dungeons, avoid traps, fight monsters and progress through a hand-crafted world. Defeat your enemies with action combat using your sword and shield, the tools you find and items from the environment. Can you overcome these challenges to end the curse and restore the world from evil?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 3D Platformer 17.1%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Old School 11.2%, Platformer 9%

  28. #28 Ex Vitro
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: Evolver Dynamics
    Windows

    EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

  29. #29 Shawley - Zoo of Wonders
    78% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
    Dev: EpiXR Games UG
    Windows

    Join Shawley on a magical rescue mission in "Shawley - Zoo of Wonders"! Navigate through enchanted worlds, defeat foes with your hammer, unlock new skills and save escaped animals to reopen the zoo. A grant platformer adventure full of fun and excitement awaits!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 3D Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Open World 11%

  30. #30 Amalu, Wells between worlds
    78% matchNo user reviews
    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 34.8%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Platformer 10.8%

  31. #31 Final Nation
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hyperlimits
    Windows

    In this challenging action-adventure you are on a quest to find a mystic crystal to save your country from an evil militant cult. Explore vast lands and secret chambers invested with dangerous enemies. In order to succeed you must escape hazards, collect crucial items, and destroy key targets.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, 3D Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.9%

  32. #32 Dark Swords Firelink
    77% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
    Dev: Lair Games Studio
    Windows

    Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Nonlinear 24.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Action 2.1%

  33. #33 Phaze Shift
    76% 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 40.8%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Platformer 14%, Exploration 5.9%, Combat 5.5%

  34. #34 Brock: Hammers and Gods
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ornhammer Games
    Windows

    In a game about a hammer, everything should look like a nail. Explore densely packed worlds in this 3D platformer and help Brock to create the most famous lightning-throwing hammer of all mythologies.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, 3D Platformer 14.5%, Old School 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 8.4%

  35. #35 Noreya: The Gold Project
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 158 reviews2024
    Dev: DreamirlPub: PixelHeart
    Windows · Linux

    Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Open World 9%

  36. #36 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 30.1%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 9.6%, Open World 8.7%

  37. #37 Forgotten Journey
    76% matchMixed66% of 108 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Windows

    Forgotten Journey is a puzzle oriented platformer, where the player will follow a linear path jumping, climbing and solving puzzles with the help of an AI companion that will follow her.

    Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

  38. #38 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
    72% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2025
    Dev: BASTI GAMES
    Windows

    Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Old School 12.5%, Nonlinear 11%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%

  39. #39 Kuzo
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Eads Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore an overgrown landscape of magic as you create your own platforms and shape your path through the world. Discover the history of a forgotten planet, collect relics to awaken your abilities, and create the very terrain you traverse.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 8%

  40. #40 Tool Land
    73% 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 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Nonlinear 20.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

  41. #41 SUPER ANT
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Andrygast
    Windows

    Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Combat 13.8%, Exploration 8%, Retro 7.5%

  42. #42 Droian
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: United Ghouls Studio
    Windows

    Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 20%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

  43. #43 Plungeez
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team ZerothPub: QUByte Interactive
    Windows

    Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Metroidvania 23.9%, Platformer 19.2%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Retro 6%

  44. #44 EMUUROM
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: borbware
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7.8%

  45. #45 Stone
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Heijingshi
    Windows

    "Stone" is an action-adventure game, a 3D Metroidvania. You are led to an unknown world, given a stone body, and given the ability to change into various forms. You explore and fight in this unknown world and finally solve the mystery of this world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, 3D Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%

  46. #46 Cloverskar
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex K.
    Windows

    Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Nonlinear 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Open World 9.5%

  47. #47 Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
    70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Normal Distribution LLC
    Windows

    The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Old School 9.4%, Open World 8.7%

  48. #48 Cryselts
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: B3N Games Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Nonlinear 19%, Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

  49. #49 Quarion
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
    Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
    Windows · Linux

    A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Nonlinear 28.1%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.5%, Retro 6.6%

  50. #50 100 Pumpkins 2
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
    Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
    Windows · Linux

    Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Nonlinear 24%, Platformer 9.6%, Open World 9.2%, Old School 9%

  51. #51 Ball Space
    68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: pheelGames
    Windows

    A single player 3D puzzle platformer set in low earth orbit. Roll, jump, and float around in space as a ball collecting records, coins, and new friends. Listen to the records you collect and uncover forgotten secrets. Gravity changes from area to area so be prepared for some unusual challenges.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 25.6%, 3D Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Open World 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%

  52. #52 This Game is About Robots
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: a small boat
    Windows

    This Game Is About Robots is a 3D Metroidvania about a battery robot named S04R who is trapped in the hidden lower levels of Cog Springs, a fully robotic society that unknowingly serves a long-forgotten humanity.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 3D Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 6.9%, Combat 4.8%

  53. #53 Wisdom Tower
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Luminight
    Windows · Linux

    A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 9.9%

  54. #54 Leap Year
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 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 27.9%, Nonlinear 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 9.1%

  55. #55 MONOMOON
    69% 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 29.8%, Nonlinear 21%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 8%

  56. #56 The Bomb Split
    67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: syzygy.systems
    Windows · Linux

    Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 7.8%

  57. #57 Esothe
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: mort-art
    Windows

    A journey of a lonely wanderer through a forgotten land, located on a plateau separated from the rest of the world by a high wall...

    Why similar: Nonlinear 21.4%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

  58. #58 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
    66% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
    Dev: pets club 2
    Windows · Mac

    Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 23.6%, Metroidvania 21%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Platformer 10.2%

  59. #59 Remains
    66% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Dancing CactusPub: Jamk Games
    Windows

    A 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Use tools to modify the level and how you move to explore forests and the ruins of a post-post apocalyptic world. Find keys and extra batteries to delve ever further, in search of who you are and what happened to the world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Exploration 9.9%

  60. #60 Shell Soul:The Skull
    66% 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 39.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

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