- #1 Our Metal Bowl
97% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Mystery 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 9%
- #2 Limos' Lair
96% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Oleg Fedotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Top-Down 10%, Puzzle 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #3 Amo
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Top-Down 10.7%, Retro 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #4 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,528 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Top-Down 11.5%, Retro 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #5 Nulphia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keyreal
Windows
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #6 Elementallis
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AnKae GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top-down action-adventure with elemental magic gameplay. Guided by guilt, you embark on a journey to restore the elements in a dying world. Harness and master elemental powers to fight enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a vast world filled with ancient temples.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Action-Adventure 12%, Top-Down 9.8%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #7 The Bounty Huntress
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: IC Games
Windows
In this a Metroidvania style game made in crispy pixel art, Join Rhea , a bounty huntress with a task to save some people who have been kidnapped and taken to an old abandoned castle where there are many dangers, she needs your help to rescue these people and to bring peace to the city of Vaunard
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11%, 1990's 8.2%, Retro 6.5%
- #8 Legends of Cumans
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Cuman Legacy
Windows
You're the last surviving Elf who must find the Secret Sword, the only weapon capable of defeating the immortal Lord Velomdor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 8.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #9 The Forgotten Castle
91% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DogKing Games
Windows
Play as an old man who wakes up in a mysterious castle full of magic and danger. Explore every corner of the castle and discover what is hidden between the walls of this misterious and ancient place while you keep fighting with monsters and improving your abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #10 An Automaton's Journey
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xyros GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Top-Down 11.9%, Exploration 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #11 Lelu
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jamierowan
Windows
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Top-Down 8.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #12 Code: Elyse
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jump_Button
Windows
Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 8%, Mystery 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #13 Odallus: The Dark Call
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,345 reviews2015
Dev: JoyMasher
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Retro 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 4.6%
- #14 Horn of Balance
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martijn den Hollander
Windows
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #15 Once Glorious Artahk
86% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Bismuth Tales
Windows · Linux
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #16 Dispersio 2
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dispersio 2 is a retro-style metroidvania. As you progress through the game, you will gain new abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players. Can you beat the game with only 1 HP?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Retro 8.6%, Adventure 7.6%
- #17 PATHFINDER 08
86% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
Windows
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Retro 6.7%
- #18 Isle of Reveries
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: desertcucco
Windows · Linux
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve head-scratching puzzles, and fight dangerous enemies in this retro-inspired action adventure.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Retro 11.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #19 Cave of the Skinwalker
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Linky Enterprises
Windows
Journey through Elsana as a wizard, warrior, and archer in this fantasy 2D top down action-adventure game. Explore diverse environments, fight enemies, solve puzzles, and save the many regions of the world from hidden dangers. Can you discover the secrets of the Cave of the Skinwalker?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #20 Garrison
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WKH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Top-Down 11.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #21 Educe
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tristen MacPherson
Windows · Mac
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #22 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
82% 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 47.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, 1990's 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Retro 9%
- #23 The Ramsey
82% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #24 Toni Island Adventure
81% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Frolic Studio
Windows · Linux
Something strange is happening on Salamino Island. As the volcano threatens to erupt, buried secrets begin to surface. Meet quirky characters, help rebuild the island, and take on challenges that will test your wits. Amidst the chaos, one thing is certain: there’s always time for pizza!
Why similar: Mystery 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Retro 10.8%, Top-Down 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #25 Azaran: The Demon Bottle
80% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Benji
Windows · Linux
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #26 Aggelos
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 656 reviews2018
Dev: Storybird GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, RPG 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Retro 9.4%, Adventure 8.7%
- #27 Eystrandi
79% 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 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 7.8%, Adventure 5%
- #28 Ascent DX
78% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Mystery 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Retro 7.1%
- #29 Goldstained
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lantern Jump
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Story Rich 7.2%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #30 入替人-ReplaceR-
78% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: ラルカス
Windows
It's a 2D action shooting adventure game where you switch between multiple guns and use interchangeable gimmicks to try to break through the stages! What awaits you in a mysterious facility in a corner of the universe?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Retro 9.9%, Action 7.5%
- #31 Havenlocked
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Achromi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded in a strange tropical paradise, you must find a way to escape, but things may be deeper than they seem. Havenlocked is a 1bit top-down adventure focusing on item-based exploration of two intertwined worlds! Explore and uncover the many secrets of the haven and its abyss.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #32 Shadow King
77% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Retro 12.3%, 2D 4.1%
- #33 Cathedral: Crow's Curse
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in the same universe as Cathedral, but with its own story and style, Cathedral: Crow's Curse is an action-adventure with tight combat and a focus on exploration. Parry, dodge and fight your way through numerous enemies in a rich detailed world as you uncover the events leading up to Cathedral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 9.4%
- #34 Wavekin
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Folie Studio
Windows
An ocean. Ruins. A song. Recover what silence has erased. You are the last hope of a civilization on the brink of oblivion, with your voice as your only tool. Dive, listen, awaken. Unarmed, guided only by your senses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Mystery 22.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 11.1%
- #35 Scales
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MichaelDamianPub: Independent Developer
Windows
Scales is a story-driven action-adventure RPG about a human-reptile hybrid. Players devour reptiles to absorb their DNA, and evolve through a corrupt world, where player choices ultimately determine the outcome of the story, blending combat with a darkly comedic narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Top-Down 9.8%, RPG 6.1%
- #36 Quebec Mortis
74% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Palass Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top down retro adventure game including 4 different stories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Retro 10.7%, Mystery 10.7%
- #37 Sliding Hero
73% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Silent Chicken
Windows
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #38 Echoes of You
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlost Pixel
Windows
Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Mystery 10%, Adventure 8.2%
- #39 Time Thief
72% matchVery Positive97% of 213 reviews2022
Dev: Matheus Mortatti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time Thief is an action adventure game where leaving your village makes the clock tick. Manage your time to stay alive, stealing seconds from creatures around its overworld with your sword.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.5%, Retro 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Exploration 11.6%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #40 Slumbering Feline
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: The Flavare
Windows · Linux
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Retro 10%, Exploration 7.8%
- #41 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
72% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #42 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, 1990's 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, RPG 7.2%
- #43 ANIMAL WELL
69% 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 40.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #44 1-Bit Explorer
70% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Fiddleling
Windows
An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 15.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, RPG 9.9%
- #45 Chronicles of Teddy
73% matchMixed70% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, RPG 7.9%, Retro 7.4%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #46 TOTS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: the 9999 KEYS collective
Windows · Mac
the masks are more than disguises. put them on. see what you become. play the prologue and wishlist the full game.
Why similar: Mystery 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Retro 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, 1990's 9.8%
- #47 Silvercall
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CUNX
Windows · Mac
Silvercall – A retro action-platformer RPG. Play as an amnesiac adventurer, battling through perilous terrain and collecting Memory Crystals to uncover your past and your lover's dark transformation into the "Saintess".
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, RPG 8.8%, Retro 5.9%
- #48 Environmental Station Alpha
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Retro 6.7%, Adventure 4.5%, Exploration 3.7%
- #49 Secrets Under Eco
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Doer Entertainment
Windows
Explore Melior's military base in Secrets Under Eco; a 3D FPS pure metroidvania experience. Find equipment and fight enemies with unique wall-bouncing combat to escape the building and country that was once called home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #50 Yeomna : The Legend of Dongbaek
69% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: catnipstudio
Windows
Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Action 6.7%, 2D 6%
- #51 Elliot Quest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 6.1%
- #52 Liona's Adventure
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peyman Hadizadeh
Windows
Once in a peaceful village , there lived a brave little warrior named Liona,One fateful night, the village was attacked by a horde of monstrous creatures. Liona's parents died in battle. Liona, witnessing the loss of her parents, felt a fire ignite within her heart—a burning desire for vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, RPG 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #53 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
65% 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 47.3%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 6.9%, RPG 6%
- #54 Pipsqueak!
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
Windows
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Retro 8.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #55 Microvania
66% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Dreampunk
Windows · Mac
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Retro 9.9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #56 Bioframe Outpost
67% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Omni SystemsPub: Omni Systems Publishing
Windows
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 13%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 5.6%
- #57 The Spectral Web: Hitodama
67% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Aevin Abstract
Windows · Linux
Explore a Labyrinth full of magic, monsters, and mystery in this dungeon crawler inspired by retro classics. Wield unique spells to battle enemies, break blocks, and uncover hundreds of secrets hidden within the Labyrinth's walls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Top-Down 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Adventure 5.1%
- #58 Secret of Dawnstone
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A.P.L. Studios
Windows · Linux
Secret of Dawnstone is an action adventure set in an Alpine open world - featuring changing seasons, folklore-inspired monsters, and enemies that stay dead. Inspired by classics like Zelda, Secret of Mana, and Gothic II.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Retro 12.3%, Top-Down 12.2%, Mystery 12.1%
- #59 Cathedral
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Retro 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 6%