- #1 Null Path
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NordlePub: Moist Men Studios
Windows
Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Precision Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 7.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #2 Hatup
96% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Precision Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Platformer 8.2%
- #3 Carestia
96% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: River Stone Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the underground, solve the puzzles, get skills and fight against bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 7.1%, Space 5.9%
- #4 Royally Frogged
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Traverse
Windows · Mac
Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Precision Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Platformer 8.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #5 Gato Roboto
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Cats 17.6%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Side Scroller 5.7%
- #6 Colors Assemble
94% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Dibakar Jana
Windows
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Precision Platformer 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 6.3%, Adventure 5.5%
- #7 The Matter Gun
93% 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 42.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #8 Somnium Shore
92% 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 43.2%, Precision Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.4%
- #9 Battery Samurai
91% 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 45.3%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #10 1000 Amps
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 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 34.1%, Metroidvania 33.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 6.5%
- #11 Passages
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Solve intricate puzzles and evade obstacles with precise, skillful platforming. Collect musical instruments that change your environment with ancient magic, and gain skills and items that enhance your ability to move through that environment. Succeed, and you may just save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7%
- #12 About Cannons & Sparrows
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: About Cannons & Sparrows Creative StudioPub: NA
Windows
Prepare yourself for a visually stunning Metroidvania adventure that delivers a cinematic look and an engaging storytelling experience. Embark on a thrilling journey as a small cannon who hatches from a bird's egg, unaware of its true potential.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Precision Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Platformer 8.4%
- #13 Leap Year
88% 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 30.2%, Precision Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 7.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #14 Refactor
89% 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 50.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 2.5%
- #15 FeatherCall
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeil Studios
Windows
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Precision Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 11.9%
- #16 Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!
86% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: JX Games
Windows
Take control of a cat (who also happens to be a ninja) in this platformer with metroidvania elements! Explore the ancient cave system and find new powers to help you overcome obstacles in your search for the Fountain of Kitty Youth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Cats 13.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 10.4%
- #17 The Bomb Split
84% 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 33.7%, Precision Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 6.9%, Retro 5.2%
- #18 Xeodrifter
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Precision Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Retro 7.2%
- #19 TRAIT
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctaGames
Windows
Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Platformer 7.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #20 A Stupidly Realistic Medieval War Simulator
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CARNAGE PRODUCTION STUDIOS
Windows
In this big world a tiny hero comes to save the day, Help Nini Ninja escape the clutches of evil by platforming your way through numerous traps, obstacle and monsters, all while trying to collect the keys to escape the room before the clock runs out, on this modern take on retro platformers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Precision Platformer 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 8.1%
- #21 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 33.2%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 6.8%, Side Scroller 6.3%
- #22 Alruna: End of History
83% matchNo user 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 35.4%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #23 Aggelos 2
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Precision Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 10.9%
- #24 Aleya's Ascent
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minor Games
Windows
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 7.5%
- #25 A Purrtato Tail - By the Light of the Elderstar
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drunk Robot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A character collecting puzzle Metroidvania about potato cats on the Isle of Moar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Platformer 12.8%
- #26 Portal Walk
79% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Art&Fact
Windows
Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Precision Platformer 20%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 9.8%, Logic 6.4%
- #27 You Have to Win the Game
80% matchVery Positive93% of 5,714 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.3%, Precision Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Retro 8.3%, Adventure 2.1%
- #28 SUGAMENIA
78% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: CHUSO GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Platformer 7.1%, Retro 5.8%
- #29 Valerie
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jole
Windows
Follow Valerie on a charming 2D adventure where you'll jump, slide, bounce and boost your way through dense forests and dreamscapes using her bubble powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Precision Platformer 19%, Cats 13.6%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Platformer 8.7%
- #30 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Precision Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 10.2%
- #31 Space Pirates for Life
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tidal Rave
Windows
A hardcore 2D action platformer where you play as a stranded space pirate. Hack, slash, and speedrun through a brutal alien world, with tight precision controls, end-game stats, and an exclusive unlockable track by Tidal Rave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Precision Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #32 Dream City
76% 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 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
- #33 Alchemist's Castle
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2017
Dev: Kabuk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Adventure 7.8%, Retro 7.5%
- #34 RESEED
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headless Division
Windows
RESEED is a puzzle platformer about planning. Record your path through a safe level, then watch it execute through the same level, now filled with traps. Will the seed survive?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Space 7.8%
- #35 Block Bot: Puzzle Journey
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: CyberMoon Games
Windows
BlockBot: Shape-shifting puzzle adventure in a vibrant pixel world. Transform, solve, explore. Each level unlocks new potential. Perfect for quick plays or long sessions, offering unique challenges every time you dive in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Platformer 9%, Cyberpunk 7.4%
- #36 Niva
74% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar VaultPub: Creajeux
Windows
Help Astri find his data cards and beat levels to reach his ship, in this hard-to-finish platformer. Complete all the hand-crafted levels, finish as much as you can and become a god of the universe.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #37 Winslow
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Tommy Owen
Windows · Mac
A boy, home alone, wanders into a shadowy underworld of knights and skeletons. Navigate a cunning labyrinth, find keys, solve color puzzles, and dodge foes in this gripping side-scroller. Uncover secrets in a haunting, nonlinear adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Side Scroller 17%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #38 Binky's Trash Service
75% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Precision Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 7.7%
- #39 Cor Magnetis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #40 Warpswap
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: That Crazy Game Studio
Windows
Teleport, swap, and solve puzzles! Use your unique ability to swap places with blocks and uncover the secrets of a lost planet.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Adventure 13.6%, Platformer 13.6%
- #41 SAOMI
73% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 10%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #42 Lone Fungus
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Precision Platformer 20.9%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%
- #43 Bruce's Jetpack
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Z.L.
Windows
A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Precision Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Adventure 10.8%
- #44 Necrosphere64
71% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Precision Platformer 27.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 6.2%, Retro 3%
- #45 Edgar's Poetical Nightmare
72% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Spacefarer Games Limited
Windows · Linux
A 'poe', steampunk inspired platformer and hack n slash with a poetic story and challenging platforming and stragety based levels with a unique Ghost Phase shift ability! Featuring retro arcade graphics and charming details, this will keep you entertained for hours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Precision Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 7.6%
- #46 Ember Fall
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ASH GAMES
Windows
Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Platformer 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%
- #47 KnightLight
69% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Side Scroller 16%, Platformer 7.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #48 Haxor
71% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: ClimouPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Retro pixels are back! Good old 80s/90s style is back! Enjoy a classic 2D platformer with old era graphics! 16x16 pixel sprites and ambient, flat chip tuned 8 bit music! Guide Kla, the last survivor from Haxor planet, through the world full of vicious creatures, deadly traps and giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Space 6.8%
- #49 Pounce and the Twin Trees
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron GibsonPub: VisceRality Studios
Windows · Linux
Unleash your inner tiger! Pounce through a vibrant world & its mirrored corruption in this challenging metroidvania. Master agility, traverse shifting landscapes & outrun danger. Can you unlock the Twin Trees' secrets & save the day? Wishlist now! #platformer #adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Precision Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 7.9%
- #50 SlideNGlide
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Precision Platformer 25.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #51 The Pale Piper
68% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Precision Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #52 InOut
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bora Kara
Windows · Mac
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Platformer 6.8%
- #53 Trash Heart
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Precision Platformer 26.9%, Platformer 6.6%, Adventure 5.4%, Space 4.5%
- #54 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Side Scroller 11%, Space 10.1%, Retro 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #55 Torto: Cursed Divine
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Torto Racoon
Windows
Torto cursed divine is a 2D adventure with basic climbing mechanics that allow you to explore an island to find challenges and beat them in the order you prefer. Every area you visit has a temple full of puzzles and enemies that will unlock access to a God’s location awaiting for you to battle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
- #56 Potata: Foxy Tale
67% 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 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Side Scroller 5.7%
- #57 Balloon to the Moon 2
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Prospective Games
Windows
Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #58 Dutch's Chickens
67% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #59 Ripple Park
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phase Wanderer
Windows
You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 7%
- #60 Gruniożerca Trilogy
64% matchVery Positive96% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Take IT Studio!
Windows
Gruniożerca Trilogy is a collection of three unique puzzle games starring Grunio – a food-loving pig with a big heart (and an even bigger appetite)! Retro visuals, quirky mechanics, and absurd humor now on modern platforms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Precision Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 7%