- #1 Dismantled Director's Cut
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Productions Pluie De Sang
Windows
Experience the game in its best form with the Director's Cut Edition. New graphics, new enemies, more weapons, more blood...
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, FPS 15.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #2 Cryselts
96% 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 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Platformer 12.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 10.5%
- #3 Anzu Castle Gracula
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Rainbow Cemetery
Windows
Locked away in a lost corner of the world lies a ruin where the dead refuse to rest. Using your wits and your treacherous whip can you discover the secrets interred within this QBASIC action/adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #4 PowerSlave Exhumed
95% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, FPS 20.4%, Nonlinear 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #5 Mold
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: soraslove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #6 House of Shadow
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: High Clarity Games
Windows
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Action-Adventure 13%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 7.1%
- #7 Rusty's Day Off: Episode One - Janitor on Duty
93% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Onestone Software
Windows
Rusty's Day Off is a stylized FPS with puzzle elements in which you play as Rusty, a janitor, facing his own rogue robots. You'll have to fight, solve puzzles, and jump & run all over the place to get through this day.
Why similar: FPS 21%, Metroidvania 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Nonlinear 10.4%
- #8 Iron Diamond
92% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #9 Horn of Balance
91% 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 32.9%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #10 Levels of Fear: Voidwalker Act I- An Undying Devotion
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: J4de West
Windows
A Survival Horror game: Paranormal Investigator, Jonathan Hunter, awakens in an alternate realm finding himself fighting to survive. Forced to team up with a ghost girl named Angel trapped in a strange artifact, they must work together to escape an underground laboratory and evade dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Exploration 11%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Horror 9.1%
- #11 ANIMAL WELL
89% 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 38%, Platformer 11%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #12 Ariana and the Elder Codex
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 6.6%, Nonlinear 4.7%
- #13 Escape From Tethys
90% matchMixed69% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Platformer 19.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10%, Action 6.3%
- #14 Wisdom Tower
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminight
Windows · Linux
A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #15 Junklands
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deadleaf Games
Windows
Junklands is a 3D action-platformer that thrusts Rahr, a brave paper fledgling, into a polluted world ruled by its toxic overlords. Forced from home, Rahr must navigate smog-filled lands and sludge-choked rivers on a perilous quest to cleanse the Junklands and restore life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #16 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
84% 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 44.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Nonlinear 8.3%
- #17 Shifted Heart
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pickle Jar Games
Windows
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8.2%
- #18 Shadow Lens
86% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: RetromindPub: Retromind Interactive
Windows
A PS2-inspired analog horror game with remastered graphics. Now cracked, its mystery can be unraveled. Collect items and cheats to glitch out of bounds, find exploitable developer rooms, and escape the madness. Are you prepared to step into the shadows?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Platformer 9.9%
- #19 HOSTILE
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew WalshPub: Studio Hostile
Windows
Explore a vast space station caught in a crisis and adrift in the void. Discover new weapons, fight challenging foes, and discover the dark secrets of Project HOSTILE in this in this Sci-fi Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, FPS 14.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%
- #20 PATHFINDER 08
85% 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 41.6%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Platformer 6.3%
- #21 Liturnian
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Solar Fish Games
Windows
Discover a strange world inhabited by living lights. Liturnian is a 3D-Metroidvania with fluid movement, fights against strange creatures and exciting puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Platformer 14%, Exploration 6.6%, 3D 6.4%
- #22 Nym: Path of the Skycaster
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Full Heart Games
Windows
An all new action platforming adventure, forge your own path through the vibrant ruins of Stratos, a sprawling interconnected world above the clouds. Follow the path of the Skycaster, master powerful elemental magics and close the Void before it rips the world asunder!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Platformer 18.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Magic 7%
- #23 And All Would Cry Beware!
83% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Renegade Sector Games
Windows · Mac
90s-style shooter meets Metroidvania. Step through a portal to a mysterious alien world, and discover the fate of the Lost Expedition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, FPS 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #24 Our Metal Bowl
80% 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 30.6%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #25 The Future Project
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Infinite Level
Windows
Take control of an AI soldier, explore planets, and partake in fast paced combat in The Future Project, a first person metroidvania. Explore distinct worlds, obtain new weapons and abilities, and defeat powerful enemies in humanity's quest to journey the stars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, FPS 19.2%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 7.5%
- #26 Explosiovania
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Eye
Windows
Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. After descending into a broken underworld, you must learn to traverse Satan Hill. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Platformer 10.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #27 Microvania
79% 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 37%, Platformer 11.8%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%
- #28 Neon Rain
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neon Brain
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Vakrex, a world brimming with life but plagued by conflict. You must sift through the occupational forces and hostile wildlife to investigate the cosmic phenomena known as Neon Rain. You don't call the shots on this treacherous planet, however. Evolve or die.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, FPS 16.9%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #29 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 47.9%, Platformer 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #30 Strongloween: The Escape
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: François LinckPub: François Linck Games
Windows
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Magic 6.5%
- #31 VOIDSTALKER
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RiPStF
Windows
Into the Void, at your own risk. No menus, no saves. Difficult and potentially confusing game. Lore-Rich / Metroidvania / Hacking Simulator / FPS / 3D Platformer. May just have more in common with a puzzle box than a game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, FPS 16.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #32 Rot Forever
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: #12
Windows
Rot Forever is an FPS horror game set in a decaying megastructure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, FPS 21.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 7.5%
- #33 Remains
75% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Dancing CactusPub: Jamk Games
Windows
A 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Use tools to modify the level and how you move to explore forests and the ruins of a post-post apocalyptic world. Find keys and extra batteries to delve ever further, in search of who you are and what happened to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Platformer 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #34 Croakspire
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lotus 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 47.1%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 10%, Medieval 7.2%
- #35 Xolotl
76% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Nonlinear 16%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 10.1%
- #36 Shadow Man Remastered
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,514 reviews2021
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
He is coming, stalking criminals in the spirit world and the real world. A possessed man is coming, a voodoo mask in his chest and lines of power in his back. Shadow Man is coming, trailing evil from Liveside to Deadside. To stop an apocalypse. To save your soul.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #37 The Forbidden Forest
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stone Studios
Windows
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Platformer 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #38 Glyphen
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ToccGames
Windows
Glyphen is an Immersive Spellcasting Adventure in which you draw mysterious Glyphs to cast spells. Glyphs have meanings and can be combined to invoke complex magic. Draw Glyphs, create spells and become a mage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Magic 11%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Nonlinear 8.4%
- #39 SELINI
71% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Platformer 12.2%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Exploration 8.6%
- #40 Spellforged
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bewx
Windows
Forge your magical journey through the world of Syntheria in this action, adventure, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Medieval 12%, Magic 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #41 Dead Man´s Diary
74% matchMixed45% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: TML-Studios
Windows
It's a fictitious post-apocalyptic world, 15 years after the catastrophe, you have to leave your shelter and explore a world devoid of human life. On your own, you must find a way to survive.
Why similar: FPS 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #42 Tache Noire
71% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: StitchedCliffs
Windows
An exploration Survival Horror game set in the idyllic town of Lucenille. Explore every single crevice and find what happened to your friends. BRING THEM BACK. MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND
Why similar: FPS 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #43 Kaila: The Journey to the Underworld
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Igolito Arts Studios
Windows
Play as Kaila, a young girl determined to rescue her mother from the clutches of Graygar, the Grey Soul. Explore a vast world, uncover secrets, unlock powerful abilities, and face challenging bosses on a journey to the Underworld. Are you ready to defy Death itself?
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Platformer 13.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Magic 8.3%, Medieval 8%
- #44 Delta Manifold
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Void Descent
Windows
Explore a strange interconnected world, find weapons to shoot those that stand in your way, and discover hidden upgrades and abilities to discover even greater secrets in an action adventure first person metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, FPS 19%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, First-Person 7.6%
- #45 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
71% 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 42.8%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Platformer 15.4%, Exploration 14%, Magic 5.8%
- #46 Slumbering Feline
70% 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 40.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #47 Mortal Dark
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows
Mortal Dark is a first person action-adventure retro game where you have to do anything to survive and escape from the hungry creatures.
Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Demons 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 11%
- #48 Malleus Maleficarum
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hairgression
Windows
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Demons 11.6%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Magic 8.2%
- #49 Vitrified
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burning Fort Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vitrified is a post-apocalyptic metroidvania where survival depends on teamwork with your robotic friend ALAN. Explore a mysterious mutant wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities to unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #50 Kalinur
69% matchVery Positive96% of 492 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel vs Pixel
Windows
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Demons 13.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Medieval 6.7%
- #51 Blight Bubbles
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drealight
Windows
Blight Bubbles is a FPS metroidvania. Shoot elemental magic bubbles. Unlock platforming abilities used by shooting lasers at your bubbles. Explore, jump, fight, craft potions and solve puzzles. Uncover the blighted mystery linked to alchemy secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, FPS 18.8%, Platformer 9.7%, Magic 8.6%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #52 BLIGHTWRECK
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mothware
Windows · Linux
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #53 Voltage High Society
68% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Platonic PartnershipPub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
A first-person Metroidvania where you fight with your fists. No guns. Explore a prison island crawling with cybernetic horrors, rip new abilities from what you kill, and punch your way to freedom. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, FPS 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Horror 8%
- #54 Phaze Shift
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Exploration 7%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #55 Bitlands
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ByteForge
Windows
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Magic 7%
- #56 Secrets Under Eco
67% 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 41.6%, FPS 17.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #57 Educe
67% 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 59.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #58 Golden Knight
66% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Guara Studios
Windows
Defeat the forces of darkness and bring peace back to the kingdom of Valerond in this action-packed mini metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Medieval 8.6%, Demons 7.4%
- #59 Citadel Knight
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fayvit
Windows
A challenging action game where you explore a dark kingdom, face brutal creatures, and uncover hidden secrets. Fight with strategy, discover powerful relics, and navigate treacherous dungeons as you unravel the mysteries of the Citadel.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Medieval 7.1%
- #60 Tater Spud
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Nate DeHart
Windows
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%