- #1 Outpost Delta
97% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Robots 8.3%
- #2 Utopia: Haven
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: João Mendonça
Windows
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Retro 13.5%, Platformer 13%, Side Scroller 9%, Space 7.2%
- #3 Alchemist's Castle
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 142 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 31.9%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #4 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
95% 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 37.6%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Space 12.9%, Retro 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #5 Iconoclasts
94% matchVery Positive86% of 4,950 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #6 Alwa's Awakening
93% matchVery Positive80% of 923 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Retro 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #7 CHIP: Rescuer of Kittens
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khamitovs TeamPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Retro 13.7%, Robots 10.6%, Space 8.4%
- #8 Far Star
92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: This is Vini
Windows · Linux
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Platformer 12%, Robots 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #9 Ruby's Realms
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Roguelike 9.4%, Platformer 9.2%
- #10 Xeodrifter
91% matchMostly Positive75% 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 32.8%, Platformer 12.3%, Retro 12%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #11 Powernaut VANGARDT
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Retro 11.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Shooter 9.4%
- #12 Smelted Kin
88% 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 38.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Robots 12.3%, Platformer 9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #13 StarCore Legacy
88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Remake to 2016's Legends of the Universe - StarCore, a Metroidvania style Action-Platformer with several abilities, enemies and areas to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Space 13.2%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Retro 10.9%, Platformer 9.2%
- #14 Zorezdra
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Varanid Cyber
Windows
Zorezdra is a sci-fi platformer/metroidvania with an 8-bit graphical aesthetic. Run, jump, fight and glide your way through a vast starport as you search for the truth about your protagonist's complex origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Robots 8.9%, Platformer 8.3%
- #15 Sealed Bite: Extended
86% matchPositive86% of 29 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 38.7%, Side Scroller 21%, Platformer 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Retro 5.4%
- #16 Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,689 reviews2014
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 19.2%, Female Protagonist 15%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Retro 5.2%
- #17 GLIDE
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BruteForce
Windows
Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 8.7%, Space 6.8%
- #18 Best Buds vs Bad Guys
84% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Reset Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a 2D run ’n’ gun from a game developer Dad and his 11 year old son, with a special message behind it. Travel to 11 different worlds, all presented in classic 16-bit style, with a catchy chip-tune soundtrack and lots of over-the-top weapons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Retro 13.4%, Shooter 10.9%
- #19 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
84% 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 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Retro 11.6%
- #20 Axiom Verge
83% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Platformer 10.9%, Retro 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #21 CrushBorgs
82% matchVery Positive94% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Xitilon
Windows
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Why similar: Robots 18.6%, 1990's 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Retro 13.5%, Platformer 10.4%
- #22 Ghost Song
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,413 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Robots 11.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #23 Albert's Journey
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bite My Pixel
Windows · Mac
Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Side Scroller 16%, Platformer 15.4%, Retro 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #24 Lorera
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 49 reviews2020
Dev: 96Brothers
Windows
Hook your way through the colorful world of Lorera and solve its biggest mystery. From a little flower to a vicious warrior, Lorera is all about growth and persevering your way through obstacles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 10.3%, Retro 8.4%
- #25 Shadow Complex Remastered
80% matchVery Positive85% of 954 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.8%, Side Scroller 19%, Platformer 15.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Shooter 5.7%
- #26 Spaceport Hope
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 490 reviews2016
Dev: team BitClubPub: team BitClub , Sunken Treasure Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Platformer 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Retro 7.7%, Space 7%
- #27 Xanthiom Zero
77% matchVery Positive96% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Space 13.8%, Retro 11.2%, Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #28 Cosmos Bit
78% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.9%, Platformer 17.8%, Space 16.2%, Retro 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #29 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
78% 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 36.5%, Platformer 15.2%, 1990's 9.3%, Space 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #30 Super Free Play
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spunge Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Eat the food, get the power. Super Free Play is a 2D co-op platformer where Jay and Dasha jump through portals to fight bosses across the worlds of classic video games. Burger smash, noodle dash, taco rocket. Co-op or solo.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Side Scroller 21.4%, Platformer 12.9%, 1990's 8%, Retro 6.6%
- #31 Rubi: The Wayward Mira
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayward Games
Windows
A game about saving a dying planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Retro 8.6%
- #32 Axiom Verge 2
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 935 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 13%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #33 Foregone
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,396 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #34 Out There Somewhere
74% matchVery Positive93% of 6,918 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Metroidvania 12.2%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #35 Gato Roboto
74% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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 44.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Retro 9.4%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #36 Ascender
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Robots 14.7%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #37 Freedom Planet 2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,697 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Retro 9.2%
- #38 MURICA
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Acme Pixel Foundry
Windows
Get portal-napped to an alternate version of The United States 2000 years in the future. Travel the 16-bit landscape of MURICA on a search for the way home; and maybe save the past while you're at it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Retro 5.8%
- #39 Hatup
73% matchVery Positive92% of 59 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 27.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.2%, 1990's 8.1%
- #40 The Bounty Huntress
72% 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 45.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, 1990's 8.6%, Retro 7.2%
- #41 Ageless
72% matchMixed55% of 404 reviews2020
Dev: One More Dream StudiosPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Platformer 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #42 The Mummy Demastered
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 911 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Retro 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Platformer 7.6%, Action 6.3%
- #43 Environmental Station Alpha
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 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 52.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 6.5%, Action 3%
- #44 Eternal Bonds
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: CasticalGames
Windows
Solve puzzles by switching between the perspective of an astronaut and their robot. Flip levers to deactivate lasers, send boxes through portals, and much more to get both characters to the exit doors!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Robots 11.9%, Retro 9.9%
- #45 Chasm
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,681 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Platformer 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Action 3.7%
- #46 TWINSTAR 双星
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Space 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #47 The Way
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,302 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Retro 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #48 Future Knight (CPC/Spectrum)
71% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Retro 14.8%, Robots 11.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Shooter 8.9%
- #49 Carestia
69% 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 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Robots 10.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Space 10.3%
- #50 Blaster Bunny Sacrilege
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Powergames1142
Windows
Our protagonist wakes up without remembering anything about her life. Your objective in the adventure will be to remember what you did to lose it, and who knows... Maybe you will discover the dark secrets of humanity that SHE don't want you to know.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Side Scroller 21%, Platformer 14.5%, Shooter 13.9%, Space 7.3%
- #51 Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 46 reviews2021
Dev: Christophe GalatiPub: Deneos
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and unity?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 13.7%, 1990's 8.7%, Retro 7.8%
- #52 Gear Path
69% 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%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 7.6%
- #53 Citadel Stormer 2
67% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Unearthly Resilience Games
Windows
Blast your way through a world of deadly robots and monstrous machines in this explosive run-and-gun action platformer inspired by '90s classics!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Robots 14.2%, Retro 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #54 Inferno
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bombfire
Windows
Inferno is a fire-fueled 2D platformer where betrayal ignites transformation. Play as Kai, a Sergeant in the Krorion Space Forces, searching for his traitorous commanding officer. Run, jump, dash, and FIRE to unleash Sergeant Kai’s Inferno power against devastating odds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Space 9.7%, 1990's 6%
- #55 Refactor
67% 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 47.1%, Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 12.9%, Action 5.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #56 A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2014
Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Platformer 19%, Robots 17.9%, Action 8.3%
- #57 Chronicles of Teddy
68% matchMixed69% of 333 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 43%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Retro 7.5%
- #58 Alwa's Legacy
66% matchVery Positive87% of 625 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 11.8%, Retro 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%