- #1 PorBor
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
Windows
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Underground 21.8% ★, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #2 Quarion
96% matchVery Positive94% of 159 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 33.5%, Underground 14.7% ★, Nonlinear 12.1%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #3 TheLastHope
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: pinheiro studio
Windows
The Last Hope is a Metroidvania-style platform game with RPG elements, in which the player controls an unnamed character who is transported against his will to the underworld, and now has to discover how to escape and how to survive the dangers around him.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Underground 22.1% ★, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #4 The Matter Gun
95% 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 38.3%, Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Logic 10.6%
- #5 Ubirajara
94% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: WandersonPub: Grupo ODS
Windows
Come discover a world full of Brazilian cultural personalities, with several exclusive powers to be used strategically, play win and try to be the best by entering the world rank!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Platformer 19.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Funny 7.4%
- #6 Cryselts
93% 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 35.7%, Platformer 17%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Exploration 12%, Nonlinear 9.3%
- #7 Ascent DX
93% matchVery Positive99% of 279 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 45.1%, Platformer 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 8.5%
- #8 Kami: The Great Guardian
92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Endemic Artifacts
Windows
In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Platformer 20.4%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 5.8%
- #9 Portal Walk
91% 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 29.6%, Underground 21.3% ★, Platformer 16.3%, Logic 13.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #10 Alice Into the Panopticon
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lunarians
Windows
Guide Alice, a young girl lost in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, in her quest to return home. In this 2D action-adventure metroidvania game you will meet peculiar characters, traverse a multitude of sceneries, and fight powerful beings known as Egregores to unravel the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 19%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #11 Plungeez
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team ZerothPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Explore a non-linear underground world in this puzzle-adventure. Solve intricate environmental challenges, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate a pixel-art labyrinth where every path leads to a new mystery. Can you plunge into the depths and find what lies beneath?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Underground 27% ★, Platformer 12.9%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #12 Hot-Pink
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhetkenshek
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Platformer 20.5%, Underground 19.5% ★, Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #13 Delta's Discs
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeeski GamesPub: Forgate Games LLC
Windows
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Underground 24.8% ★, Platformer 13%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #14 Nonolith
88% matchNo user reviews2026
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 31.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Logic 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.7%
- #15 Shadow Labyrinth
87% matchMixed57% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Underground 21.3% ★, Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Dark 4.3%
- #16 Florarium
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Platformer 19.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #17 Ex Vitro
86% matchVery Positive94% of 146 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 35.6%, Platformer 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Exploration 11%, Nonlinear 10.9%
- #18 Ineth
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mean Light Studio
Windows · Linux
A pixel-art Metroidvania with challenging platformer mechanics, set in a medieval magical world. Discover a great variety of spells and abilities to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Find mythical charms and items to help Ineth fight her way out of her prison.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Platformer 27.1%, Adventure 10.2%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #19 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
84% matchVery Positive92% of 7,026 reviews2014
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.5%, Platformer 30.1%, 2D 9.1%, Funny 0.7%, Adventure 0.4%
- #20 Phantom Rend
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonmixer Studios
Windows
Phantom Rend is an intense Action-Adventure! Where you Find Your Ways through a Vast phantom Infested Island nation, wage Epic battles against formidable foes, Upgrade your skills and items, Uncover ancient secrets, Meet and befriend creatures of all walks of life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Modern 15.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D 6%
- #21 Exodus
84% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2014
Dev: Galhmac Game StudioPub: Multi-Form
Windows
Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Platformer 29%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 7.4%
- #22 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
Windows
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 18.6%, Exploration 14.6%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #23 A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures
82% 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 38.1%, Platformer 17.8%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Cartoon 7%
- #24 Cliff Kingdom
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Nonlinear 8.2%
- #25 Super Panda Adventures
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,022 reviews2014
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 31.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 2.8%
- #26 ReSetna
79% 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 61.5%, Platformer 24.9%, Adventure 9%, Indie 4.6%
- #27 Melilot versus the Madgic
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madamusing Games
Windows
Drive back magic horrors with your star gun and save your cute bunny friends in this 2D metroidvania adventure. Jump and propel yourself with your weapon to navigate the depths of underground rabbit ruins, giant trees and paths in the clouds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Underground 28.7% ★, Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Exploration 9.7%
- #28 Pod's Itty Bitty Adventure
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: keyofw
Windows
"Pod's Itty Bitty Adventure" is a short retro-themed open-world Metroidvania platformer that prioritizes movement and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Adventure 6.8%
- #29 Vulpis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Platformer 22.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 8%, 2D 6.4%
- #30 Whim
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Stonk
Windows
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Platformer 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 10.7%
- #31 Near The Sun
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nonlinear
Windows
God's punishment burns the earth to ashes, and eventually consumes the underground world as well. A stylish 2D stealth action game where how you explore determines your fate. A boy carries his sister on his back and races through the underground world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Underground 19.9% ★, Platformer 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Exploration 4%
- #32 Somnium Shore
77% 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 45.1%, Platformer 24.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 3.5%
- #33 The Adventures of Graham
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cents
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi retro Metroidvania. Help Brigadier General Graham recover his gear, defeat enemies, and complete his mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Platformer 19.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 4.8%
- #34 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,577 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Exploration 4.7%
- #35 Jenny's Adventures
75% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Pranav Gaur
Windows
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #36 Spright
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Platformer 21.6%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 5.6%
- #37 Shattered Divinities
72% matchVery Positive94% of 496 reviews2026
Dev: 星魂游戏Pub: TrueColor Games
Windows
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 20.1%, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 7.3%, Exploration 6.7%
- #38 Acrolyte
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyber Komodo
Windows
Acrolyte is a 2D action-adventure platformer which brings the player through vast, mysterious alien landscapes. Awaken from your dying rest in an endless pursuit of revenge against ancient forces beyond your own comprehension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Underground 23.4% ★, Platformer 12.8%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #39 Wilbur's Quest
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wil Wright
Windows
Wilbur's Quest is a puzzle metroidvania about a worm. You've woken up in a strange land and need to discover what lies beyond the surface. Throughout your journey you'll need to push blocks, unlock doors, grow, and discover new abilities in order to escape this subterranean labyrinth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Underground 24.7% ★, Adventure 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Exploration 6.3%
- #40 Pentacore
73% matchMixed58% of 12 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 49%, Platformer 20.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #41 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogteam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Platformer 17.4%, Exploration 12.5%, Funny 10.7%, Cartoon 7.4%
- #42 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
70% matchVery Positive96% of 258 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 48.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Nonlinear 6.1%
- #43 Mage
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Game Sage Productions
Windows
Dungeon exploring Wizard action! Learn spells, defeat bosses and escape the evil in this 2D metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #44 Ghost Trap: Underworld
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. Fall to the underworld, and explore. Seek to calm the horrors below to ensure a peaceful rest for your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Platformer 20.3%, Underground 19% ★, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 9.5%
- #45 Gauntlet Force: Rise of the Machines
71% 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%, Platformer 22.3%, Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #46 Treasure Adventure World
71% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Platformer 23.8%, Adventure 19%, Indie 8.7%, 2D 6.8%
- #47 Hunter's Legacy
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Lienzo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Platformer 28.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 6%
- #48 Emerald Dreams: Sanity - Platformer Quest
69% matchVery Positive91% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Involve GamesPub: INVOLVE IT SOFTWARE LLC
Windows
Emerald Dreams: Sanity - Platformer Quest is an exciting 2.5D platformer and adventure Metroidvania that takes you on a journey through mysterious worlds. The game offers a rich story set in a dark fantasy universe where every decision you make can lead to one of multiple endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Underground 26.7% ★, Platformer 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Exploration 7.3%
- #49 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,594 reviews2019
Dev: Game AtelierPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Platformer 21.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 7.7%, Cartoon 4.9%
- #50 Dvalloc
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ClockSpell
Windows
Become Dvalloc The Dwarf and save your village from cursed rune's corruption! Explore an underground world, battle dangerous enemies, save your dwarven friends and acquire new weapons and abilites, all while admiring stunning pixelart visuals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Underground 20.4% ★, Platformer 11.3%, Nonlinear 8.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #51 Mainasutto: I'm Not Alone
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DAndrëwBox
Windows
Break the time loop, save your world! A combat-focused metroidvania that lets you capture enemy souls and turn their powers against them. Explore a corrupted timeline in a fractured world where death isn't the end. Rewind your choices, change your path, and prevent the Mainasutto.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Platformer 17%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%
- #52 Zahalia: The Knights of Galiveth
70% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Multi-Character Metroidvania Style Action RPG Featuring PermaDeath!! Switch at anytime between characters in a quest to stop The Dark Prince Rhigor from using the Ethi to unleash The Darkness on the realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Platformer 19.4%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Exploration 9.1%, 2D 5.6%
- #53 Memory's Reach
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 100 Stones Interactive
Windows · Mac
Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Underground 23.7% ★, Logic 15.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Nonlinear 8.1%
- #54 Dark Swords Firelink
68% 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 52.1%, Platformer 22.9%, Nonlinear 14.2%, 2D 5.9%, Adventure 4.1%
- #55 Dream City
67% 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 40.6%, Platformer 26.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Indie 2.4%
- #56 DREIFRAME
65% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Platformer 18.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, Exploration 7.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #57 Necrowave
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arfhis The Wizard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Exploration 10.8%
- #58 Temporal Branches
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Relic LTD
Windows
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Platformer 19.8%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Adventure 6.5%, Character Customization 5.8%
- #59 Butterfly: Twisted Thread
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kaita studio
Windows
Butterfly: Twisted Thread is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where you use a mystical butterfly to draw platforms, objects, and attack tools into the world. Explore interconnected areas, solve physics-based puzzles, fight enemies, and unlock new paths through creative drawing.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Underground 20.2% ★, Platformer 19.9%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 4%
- #60 Dust and Shadow
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HyperStep Studio
Windows
Dust and Shadow lets you shift between multiple time dimensions, altering the map in real time. Face enemies, traps, and the environment to uncover the mystery. Unlock powerful abilities as you progress through the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Platformer 22.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%