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  1. #1 Mira The Dreamers
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sinecera StudioPub: Dawnbright Games
    Windows

    Awaken in a silent nightmare where memories turn into monsters. Mira is an atmospheric 2D Metroidvania set in a fractured subconscious. Master fluid combat, piece together lost dreams, and uncover the mystery of the Somnus in a world reacting to your every move.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Precision Platformer 25.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 8.9%, Dark 6.2%

  2. #2 Somnium Shore
    96% 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 45.9%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.8%

  3. #3 Knytt Underground
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 482 reviews2013
    Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

    Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.1%, Metroidvania 33.7%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 3.3%

  4. #4 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 891 reviews2012
    Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 64%, Adventure 8.9%, 2D 8.3%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 7.4%

  5. #5 Necrosphere64
    94% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2024
    Dev: Any%
    Windows

    An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Precision Platformer 32.9%, 2D 6.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Action 5.9%

  6. #6 Leap Year
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
    Dev: Daniel Linssen
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Precision Platformer 27.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%, 2D 6.6%

  7. #7 SlideNGlide
    93% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: RBCMrRhoads
    Windows

    A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Precision Platformer 31.2%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 6.5%

  8. #8 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 6,153 reviews2024
    Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, Precision Platformer 25.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Action 5.1%, Adventure 5.1%

  9. #9 Duckles: the Jigsaw Witch
    92% matchMostly Negative32% of 25 reviews2016
    Dev: Turbulon Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Lured by a vengeful spirit of a defeated witch, our 16-bit hero, and his friends, find themselves trapped on a mysterious island full of deadly sorceresses! What heinous plans does this gruesome Witch have for him? And what is the true origin of the island?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 15.5%, 2D 13.6%, Indie 6.1%

  10. #10 Super Mombo Quest
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
    Dev: Orube Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Precision Platformer 32.3%, Adventure 7.7%, 2D 6.8%, Action 6.7%

  11. #11 Hollow Floor
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
    Windows

    Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Precision Platformer 31.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Exploration 5.7%, 2D 4.8%

  12. #12 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WORD GAMESPub: Selecta Play
    Windows

    Esdraz: The Throne of Darkness is a Metroidvania game focused on a dynamic combat system with a wide-ranging arsenal that players can tailor to fit their individual combat style. Fight a variety of enemies and evolving bosses while you come up with the best strategy to beat every encounter.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, 2D 9.5%

  13. #13 Ethereal Odyssey
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KU3 Dev
    Windows · Linux

    Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Action 12%, Exploration 10.2%

  14. #14 House of Shadow
    88% 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 46.2%, Precision Platformer 24.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Action 6.4%

  15. #15 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 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 58.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Action 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, 2D 4.4%

  16. #16 Jubilee
    86% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
    Dev: finalbossblues
    Windows

    Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Precision Platformer 29.8%, Action 12.1%, Exploration 8.9%, 2D 7.1%

  17. #17 Passages
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Secret Game Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Solve intricate puzzles and evade obstacles with precise, skillful platforming. Collect musical instruments that change your environment with ancient magic, and gain skills and items that enhance your ability to move through that environment. Succeed, and you may just save your family.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Precision Platformer 29.9%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, 2D 7.1%, Dark 6.8%

  18. #18 Super Beefit
    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Bad Castle
    Windows

    Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 6.4%

  19. #19 Trash Heart
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Francis Vace
    Windows

    Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Precision Platformer 33%, Action 6.2%, Exploration 6.1%, Adventure 5.3%

  20. #20 Ani Leaving Sirius
    84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: e2gamestudio
    Windows · Mac

    A dying planet in energy chaos, dangerous districts and challenging combats. Your only chance to escape the planet is through inconsistent portal! Gain energy crystals by slaying enemies. Improve your abilities and acquire drones. Complete your escape quest in this challenging rouge-lite gameplay.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Precision Platformer 27.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 7.8%

  21. #21 Honey's Sweet Revenge
    83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: etheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
    Windows

    Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 59.5%, Hand-drawn 11%, Adventure 10.8%, Action 10.3%, 2D 6.7%

  22. #22 ACE
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: High ContrastPub: Morgonrock
    Windows

    Can you find all of the geodes and escape a cosmic horror in this unique, stylized platformer world? Procedurally create a near infinite number of unique levels that you can share with the world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Precision Platformer 32.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 5.4%

  23. #23 Derelict Star
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
    Windows · Mac

    A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Precision Platformer 35.1%, Exploration 8.9%, 2D 7.1%, Action 4.5%

  24. #24 Dust and Shadow
    81% 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 41.9%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 9.5%, 2D 6.2%

  25. #25 The Bomb Split
    80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: syzygy.systems
    Windows · Linux

    Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Precision Platformer 36.6%, Exploration 7.4%, 2D 5.5%, Action 5.2%

  26. #26 Xolotl
    81% 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 44%, Precision Platformer 31.9%, Exploration 8.6%, 2D 7.6%, Action 4.9%

  27. #27 The Pale Piper
    78% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
    Dev: FreeTimeDev
    Windows · Linux

    Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Precision Platformer 33.9%, Exploration 8.6%, 2D 6.5%, Dark 6.2%

  28. #28 Necrosphere
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2017
    Dev: Cat Nigiri
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

    Why similar: Precision Platformer 54.3%, Metroidvania 31.9%, Action 10.1%, Indie 3.7%

  29. #29 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 43%, Precision Platformer 32.2%, Exploration 8.5%, 2D 7.6%, Action 4.7%

  30. #30 The Waste Land
    79% matchMixed51% of 102 reviews2014
    Dev: FledermausPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 63%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 14.8%, Indie 5.8%

  31. #31 You Have to Win the Game
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 5,714 reviews2014
    Dev: Minor Key Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 67.3%, Precision Platformer 16.2%, 2D 6.3%, Exploration 2.8%, Adventure 2.3%

  32. #32 Phantom Rend
    77% 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 51%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, 2D 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 5.7%

  33. #33 Narcalid
    76% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: Lotus Mountain Creative
    Windows

    Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Precision Platformer 24.9%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Exploration 6.9%, 2D 6.6%

  34. #34 Nocturnal 2
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Sunnyside Games
    Windows

    Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Exploration 8.2%, 2D 7.4%

  35. #35 Hijiri in the Succubus Castle
    75% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
    Dev: The N Main Shop
    Windows

    This is a Metroidvania in which you control the beautiful wizard Hijiri, who is trapped in a succubus's castle, and aims to escape! Get various items to enhance your actions and stats, and explore every inch of the vast castle!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Faith 44.3%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  36. #36 Museful
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nostalgicat
    Windows

    Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, 2D 11.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 7.3%

  37. #37 Jumper Jon
    73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Ogre Pixel
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Precision Platformer 24.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 6.2%

  38. #38 Thread
    74% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2022
    Dev: Medow
    Windows · Linux

    A puppet themed platformer metroidvania with a focus on platforming rather than combat. Throw your crystal scissors into walls to create your own platforms, explore a twisting and mysterious land, and solve puzzles on a worldwide scale.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Precision Platformer 27.6%, Exploration 7.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Adventure 5.6%

  39. #39 Demon Peak
    74% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2017
    Dev: Kajak Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 56.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Action 14.2%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 5.2%

  40. #40 Colors Assemble
    73% matchNo user reviews2029
    Dev: Dibakar Jana
    Windows

    Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Precision Platformer 41.1%, 2D 8.8%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  41. #41 Into The Underdusk
    73% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
    Dev: Stone Crow Games
    Windows

    Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Precision Platformer 33%, 2D 6.5%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 5.3%

  42. #42 Timeless Rain
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Young Cat Games Ltd
    Windows

    Explore this foreign world and manipulate time to navigate through the challenges that lie along your path! Meet the inhabitants of this strange realm as they push you towards finding the Timeless Rain...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Precision Platformer 23.1%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Adventure 6.8%, 2D 5.9%

  43. #43 Song of Yosef
    71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Timothy Horton
    Windows

    Song of Yosef is a Metroidvania platformer with wacky enemies and fun physics.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Precision Platformer 28.5%, Faith 19.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Action 4.3%

  44. #44 Crownless
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Wallnut
    Windows

    Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 56.7%, Exploration 9.8%, 2D 9.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 7.9%

  45. #45 Florarium
    71% 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 56.5%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 6.5%, 2D 5.4%

  46. #46 Nakiti Generations
    72% matchMixed52% of 30 reviews2017
    Dev: Diablohead
    Windows

    2D action adventure game set in the far future on a mysterious abandoned planet with yourself as the only survivor.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 74.1%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 4%

  47. #47 Dewborne Dawn
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mythwalk Studios
    Windows

    In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.7%, 2D 4.3%

  48. #48 Yeomna : The Legend of Dongbaek
    70% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2022
    Dev: catnipstudio
    Windows

    Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 71.8%, 2D 12.2%, Action 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.9%

  49. #49 Vampire's Best Friend
    68% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
    Dev: SinksAdventure
    Windows

    Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Precision Platformer 33.9%, 2D 8.1%, Exploration 6%, Action 5.8%

  50. #50 Null Path
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: NordlePub: Moist Men Studios
    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 44.1%, Precision Platformer 42%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 1.3%

  51. #51 Battery Samurai
    69% 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 55.3%, Precision Platformer 21.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 7.7%, 2D 5%

  52. #52 Aeterna Lucis
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
    Windows

    Aeterna Lucis is the highly anticipated sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Following the gameplay steps of the first entry in the series, Aeterna Lucis is a Metroidvania that combines fast-paced combat, a large interconnected map, secret hunting, optional challenges, and a rich and deep story.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Precision Platformer 24%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, 2D 7.7%, Exploration 7.3%

  53. #53 Gauntlet Force: Rise of the Machines
    68% 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 47.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Action 9.9%, 2D 9%

  54. #54 forma.8
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2017
    Dev: MixedBag Srl
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Adventure 13.3%, Action 12.5%, Exploration 12.2%, 2D 11.2%

  55. #55 Ceplion
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mert Ali Barlas
    Windows

    Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Precision Platformer 26.5%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, 2D 7.7%, Exploration 7%

  56. #56 Lone Fungus
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
    Dev: BASTI GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Precision Platformer 27.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 6.6%, Action 5.9%

  57. #57 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: VP Games
    Windows

    Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Precision Platformer 26.5%, Adventure 12%, Action 11.9%, Exploration 6.8%

  58. #58 Code: Elyse
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jump_Button
    Windows

    Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 57.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, 2D 9.7%, Action 8%, Adventure 6.7%

  59. #59 Cathedral
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
    Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 68.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 10.8%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 4%

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