- #1 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.9%
- #2 Surface Tension: Eclipse
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redo Games
Windows
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Platformer 7.2%
- #3 Bladeforged: The Seventh Sword
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devaholics Desenvolvimento LTDA
Windows
Bladeforged: The Seventh Sword is a fast-paced 2D pixel art Metroidvania. Wield a versatile guardian blade and a high-tech bracelet to execute fluid combo cancels, parry ruthless abstract enemies, and explore the interconnected world of Regis to stop a cosmic multiversal invasion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action 12.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Adventure 11.2%
- #4 Akaku Forest
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dowfamidas
Windows
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 10.3%
- #5 Battery Samurai
94% 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 39.6%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #6 Death Eclipse: Reign of the Undying
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Tri Art
Windows
Death Eclipse is a 2D dark fantasy action hack-and-slash where the God of Death wages war in a world consumed by immortality. When the cycle of life and death is broken, the realm descends into madness, and only the harbinger of the end can restore its finality.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 7%
- #7 Treasure Adventure Game
92% matchVery Positive87% of 54 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 39.6%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Action 6.2%
- #8 Shell Soul:The Skull
91% 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 37.3%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 9.1%, Action 6.9%
- #9 The Curse Of Eira
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElenaWare
Windows
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Action 13.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 11.7%
- #10 TWINSTAR 双星
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #11 Ember Fall
89% match3 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 34.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Adventure 10%, Platformer 9.1%
- #12 The Adventures of Panzer 2
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelcraft Games
Windows
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Action 12.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Adventure 11%
- #13 Pentacore
88% 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 42.3%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 6.1%
- #14 라쿠카라차(Lacucaracha)
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: weedscatgames
Windows
La Cucaracha is an action-adventure game about a cockroach girl traveling across a dystopian Korea. Explore a 2D pixel-art world and follow Dodam’s lonely yet resilient journey through the ruins of a fallen society.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, 2D Platformer 18%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Action 11.2%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #15 Öoo
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,313 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Platformer 8.9%
- #16 Mono
85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Project Mono
Windows
『Mono』 is a 2D action game set in a monochrome world. Explore the land to enhance your abilities, defeat the formidable foes standing in your way, and resolve the crisis befalling this black-and-white realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, 2D Platformer 25.9%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #17 Maelstrom
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, 2D Platformer 21%, Action 8.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Platformer 7%
- #18 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Section 8 Studios
Windows
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 5.5%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #19 Dirtlight
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 9.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #20 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
Windows
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Platformer 6.7%
- #21 Switch Box
82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #22 Wattson the Bulb
82% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 24%, Platformer 14.7%, Action 14%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #23 Somnium Shore
81% 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 40.7%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 8.8%
- #24 Maya Star
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: RetroLamen
Windows
In a magical land ruled by an ancient evil, a prophecy says that salvation will come with the awakening of a new hero. Explore different maps, fight evil creatures and decide the fate of Maya Star.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 13.7%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 4.1%
- #25 FeatherCall
80% 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 26.3%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #26 Croakspire
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lotus Wave Arcade
Windows
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Action 8.2%, Adventure 7.6%, Platformer 7.2%
- #27 Fiadh
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraculum Games
Windows
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #28 Chibits
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, 2D Platformer 22.2%, Platformer 10.8%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 6%
- #29 Alruna: End of History
76% matchPositive91% of 43 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 32.8%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #30 Amalu, Wells between worlds
77% matchNo user reviews2026
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 36.8%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 6.8%
- #31 Gear Path
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: GooDCrafter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gear Path is a small platformer Metroidvania-like game with exploring and power-ups. It's perfect for playing while waiting for another game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Action 13%, Adventure 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%
- #32 Smelted Kin
77% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Action 9.9%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Adventure 8.3%
- #33 Bite Sized
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bite Sized Studios
Windows · Mac
Platform by biting other creatures in this mouthful of a Metroidvania! Explore a vast, interconnected world where the only challenge that stands in your way is tough puzzle platforming and winding routes. A truly Bite Sized Metroidvania experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 16%, Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #34 Paradigm Overhaul
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kumashunGames
Windows
An action puzzle game that makes full use of the power to break things and the power to heal. Explore a facility filled with dangers, try to escape from the facility, and solve the mysteries of the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Action 13.8%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #35 The Last Tree
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Adventure 11%, Action 10.7%, Platformer 10.3%
- #36 Null Path
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nordle
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 34.5%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 6.4%
- #37 Dusted Dusk
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 8.2%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 6.3%
- #38 Temporal Branches
73% 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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 6.1%
- #39 The Ramsey
73% matchVery Positive91% of 69 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 31.4%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Action 9.1%
- #40 Overbowed
72% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #41 The Last Awen
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Instinto Studios
Windows
Explore and protect the endangered forest as Fae, the last guardian. Face enemies, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in a challenging 2.5D metroidvania. The Last Awen combines action and exploration in a captivating visual experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%
- #42 Bread Adventure
70% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 23.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Action 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #43 Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Stephen Ciuca
Windows
Poor Lucas and the Evil Duke is a Metroidvania with action and RPG elements. Jump, slide, wall jump, swim, and battle your way through the Dukedom. Other mechanics include pushing boxes, pulling levers, and swinging on ropes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Action 9.7%, Comedy 5%
- #44 Alice Into the Panopticon
71% 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%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 6.7%
- #45 Enfeathered
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfsmore
Windows
Flap, Dash, Jump, Glide, Dash, and more, through a vast world full of places to explore, people to talk to, and enemies to fight. Use all of your movement tools in order to both explore and fight, all in chunky 2d pixelart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2D Platformer 21%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 11.3%
- #46 City of None
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Noel & Liam BerryPub: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, 2D Platformer 23.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #47 Tiny Adventure Game
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teunu
Windows
Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Platformer 7.5%
- #48 The Zamazingo
68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: yusuf vuran
Windows · Mac
A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 13.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #49 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Action 13.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Adventure 11.7%
- #50 Disavowed
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Grim RaccoonsPub: Orbis Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disavowed is a Metroidvania that allows the player to freeze time and set up pinpoint shots to stun enemies. It is set in a world of plush and cute creatures where the player has been cast out and needs to go on a journey to gather more strength and get back at his creator for tossing him out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #51 Refactor
69% 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 48.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%
- #52 Pixgun
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted Twice Games
Windows
Chexie is a teenage girl who, as a result of mysterious events, is transported to the virtual kingdom of Pixgun. There she discovers a magic wand that becomes her key to survival. Your task is to discover the source of corruption in the kingdom and the plight of its inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 6.1%
- #53 Shadow Labyrinth
67% matchMixed57% of 332 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 45.9%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Action 11.4%, Platformer 10.6%, Adventure 6.8%
- #54 小石游记 Little Stone Journey
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZHANG SHENG
Windows
"Little Stone Journey" is a single-player action-adventure game. In a mysterious place shrouded in mist, one day, Little Stone was born here and began its journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #55 Sealed Bite: Extended
66% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Ruben S. LuisPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 7.8%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%
- #56 Corrupt
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Gabry Corti
Windows
Survive in a dark and atmospheric action-platformer characterized by environments full of mystery and fearsome enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Action 11.8%, Violent 5.2%
- #57 Dark Labyrinth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaote
Windows
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #58 Xanthiom 2
64% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Action 5.3%
- #59 ONE MORE TRY
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crater Studios
Windows
Do you enjoy high blood pressure and broken keyboards? Welcome to a hilariously frustrating platformer where the only thing standing between you and victory is gravity, spikes, and your own incompetence. Good luck.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.2%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Action 10.6%