- #1 Turdy
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turdy the Game
Windows
Play as Turdy the Turtle, (what kind of name is that...) as he traverses the vast open world. Collect coins and discover secret items, pets, passages, levels, costumes, and more while meeting some interesting characters along the way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 15.4%, Open World 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Action RPG 8.6%, Old School 7.6%
- #2 The Adventures of Poppe
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Shiny Byte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Old School 9%, Retro 8.6%, 1980s 8.1%
- #3 Albert's Journey
96% 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 29.5%, Retro 11%, Platformer 10%, Old School 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
- #4 Powernaut VANGARDT
95% 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 21%, Action RPG 10.5%, Retro 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8%, Platformer 7.8%
- #5 Curse of the Draugr Kings
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XSKR LLC
Windows
What awaits you in the depths of this ancient tomb? Get ready to explore and discover the secrets of the dungeon of the draugr kings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, 1980s 8.4%, Platformer 7.7%, Side Scroller 7.4%
- #6 Garrison
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WKH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 8.2%, 1980s 7.1%
- #7 100 Pumpkins 2
93% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Open World 8.4%, 1980s 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #8 Aggelos 2
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Action RPG 11.9%, Retro 8%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Platformer 7.6%
- #9 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
91% matchVery Positive95% of 278 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 38%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Old School 7.9%, Platformer 7.7%
- #10 Shadow King
91% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #11 Ghost Trap: Underworld
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. But this time, he's going to hell. Explore the underworld, face its horrors, and fight to bring peace to the tortured souls of your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Old School 7.9%
- #12 Twinland
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Kaiju Sushi
Windows
Twinland is a Metroidvania set in a kingdom full of weird creatures, dangerous dungeons and powerful artifacts. Explore varied locations, fight numerous bosses – and be on lookout for secrets 'cause they are everywhere!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Action RPG 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #13 Dusted Dusk
89% 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 38.1%, Action RPG 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #14 Earthblade
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows
You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Action RPG 10.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #15 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
86% matchVery Positive99% of 248 reviews2026
Dev: Cacareco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Exploration 8.2%, Platformer 8.2%
- #16 Pixtalgia
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixitalia Games
Windows
A hand-crafted action-adventure that pays tribute to the 8-bit golden era. Explore, fight, experience different genres of classic gameplay and grow stronger in a world built one screen at a time by a solo first-time developer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Retro 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Old School 8%
- #17 Little Beast in the Big Maze
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Castle Teeth Games LLC
Windows · Linux
A fantastical, atmospheric Metroidvania platformer where you jump, fight, and expand your abilities to escape your exile and confront the beastly Queen who banished you. But will this fairy-tale end with you becoming a hero, or a beast?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #18 Beyond the Mountains II
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EricPub: Corporate Frog
Windows
Uncover a vast land filled with secrets, monsters, and ancient myth in BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS II, a direct sequel to BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. Stranded in a foreign land and armed only with your wits and curiosity, you will collect items, unlock secrets, and fight monsters to save the Oracle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Action RPG 14.4%, Action-Adventure 8%, Adventure 7.7%, Action 7.5%
- #19 史莱狗(Slimg)
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cow Studio
Windows
Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #20 City of None
84% 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 31%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #21 Bluso Hero and the Copper Heart
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Abrigo de Paulo
Windows
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Exploration 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Adventure 7.4%
- #22 Beholgar
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, 1980s 8.6%, Platformer 8.5%, Side Scroller 7.4%
- #23 Super Beefit
82% 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 32.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Retro 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Action 7.4%
- #24 Maxwell's Odyssey
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
Explore the dungeons of an ancient castle in search of a vanished sorceress. Blast through monsters, solve puzzles, and dodge the deadly traps waiting inside.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Old School 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Adventure 6.7%
- #25 The Bounty Huntress
81% 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 41.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Side Scroller 7.3%, Old School 7.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #26 Goo Keeper
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Oria Games Inc.
Windows
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Old School 10.3%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #27 Between Worlds
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pletenica Studios
Windows
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Open World 12.2%, Retro 11.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Side Scroller 8.2%
- #28 Dr. Atominus
80% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Pikku-a
Windows · Linux
Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Open World 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Platformer 8.6%
- #29 Overbowed
78% matchVery Positive91% of 93 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 38.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Retro 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Platformer 8.3%
- #30 Terry Tales
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ansimuz Games
Windows · Mac
A retro-inspired 2D action-adventure where exploration, combat, and classic pixel art come together in a mysterious interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Action RPG 15%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Platformer 5.8%
- #31 Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
77% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Normal Distribution LLC
Windows
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Open World 8.5%, 1980s 6.5%
- #32 Tiny Turnip DX
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luke Sanderson
Windows
Help a turnip reach the stars in this award-winning 1-bit metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Open World 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Old School 8.1%
- #33 Saga
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flynn's Arcade
Windows
Help Saga in her quest for revenge. A Viking girl who has lost everything to evil will embark on an epic journey to find answers and put an end to the hordes of enemies ravaging her land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Action RPG 9.6%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, 1980s 7.2%, Old School 7.1%
- #34 PATHFINDER 08
77% 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 37.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #35 The Ramsey
75% 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 28.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #36 Ascent DX
73% matchVery Positive99% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Open World 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #37 Castle In The Darkness 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LABS Works
Windows
From Matt Kap and Simon Parzer ("The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth"), Castle In The Darkness 2 drops players into a brand-new adventure! Explore a vast world and overcome the darkness in this fun and fast-paced adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Action RPG 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 8.5%, Side Scroller 7.5%
- #38 HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition
74% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Action 8.2%
- #39 Slime's Journey
75% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A mini metroidvania with retro style graphics about a Slime who have his parents took by an Evil Shaman, and now fight against lots of magical creatures to get them back!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 7.3%, Side Scroller 7.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #40 Croakspire
73% 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 40.8%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #41 Pipsqueak!
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
Windows
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #42 Little Droid 2: Escape
71% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: KingStyle
Windows
"Little Droid 2: Escape" is a classic 2D (Metroidvania) side-scrolling pixel art adventure where you need to find a way to escape a mysterious planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Arcade 9.9%, Retro 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #43 Faeland
72% matchVery Positive84% of 378 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Begin your journey in Faeland, a handcrafted 2D action-adventure RPG set in a beautiful fantasy world inspired by the 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Action RPG 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 6.9%
- #44 Super Wiloo Deluxe
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lightUP
Windows
You are Wiloo, and a lonely alien known as Dr. ETvaldo has kidnapped your dog! Now only you can save your best friend! This game is the Deluxe version of "WILOO" and "Super Wiloo Demake," rebuilt using current codebase, featuring updated pixelated graphics and many improvements!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 15%, Old School 13.9%, Retro 11%, Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #45 Guns of Fury
70% matchVery Positive88% of 968 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Old School 11.7%, Retro 10.2%, Platformer 9%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #46 Pentacore
71% 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 41.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #47 Necrosphere64
70% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 8.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Arcade 6.5%
- #48 Tres-Bashers
70% matchVery Positive96% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, 1980s 8.1%, 2D Platformer 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Side Scroller 6.9%
- #49 Polyroll Pocket
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows
An all new, Pocket-Sized adventure starring Polyroll! Kaiser Kiwi has landed on the moon with a diabolical plan to wipe out the Polyrolls. You'll need to uncover secrets, reclaim the stolen batteries from Kiwi's goons, and power up your rocket ship to blast off for the final confrontation!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Open World 10.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Arcade 7.6%
- #50 BUDUKUTUA
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Gabriel David CarnezPub: GabyMakeGames
Windows
A colorful world full of secrets and challenges. Explore, help others, unlock new masks, and reactivate the three Light Crystals before darkness takes over.
Why similar: Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Arcade 9%, Side Scroller 9%
- #51 Echoes of Nox
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orange Party
Windows
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #52 Giant's Heart
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drunk Dragon
Windows
A mysterious journey across a collapsing island. Reforge a lost blade, defeat ancient giants, and uncover the truth about your past. Save the island before it’s too late.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Action RPG 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #53 A Dream of Burning Sand
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Eldwood
Windows · Linux
Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 Elowyn and the Stolen Souls
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the magic world of Elowyn! Evolve with her and discover all the secrets to magic in this metroidvania with incredible characters and scenary. Learn powerful spells, create potions, unravel many riddles and live the entire fantasy!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Action RPG 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.7%
- #55 Sylv and the Ancient Tree
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kelkorne
Windows
The balance of Sunroot Island is fading. Join Sylv, guardian of the Ancestral Tree, in a vibrant platforming RPG adventure. Reclaim the elemental energy stolen by the egocentric Umbra before the biomes collapse and the corrupted wildlife takes full control.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Arcade 8.2%
- #56 A Song in Elyel Nalore
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sunflower Games
Windows
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Action RPG 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D Platformer 8%, Platformer 7.4%
- #57 The Battle Of Olympus
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: INFINITY Co.,Ltd.
Windows
The 1988 classic action-RPG returns! The original creators are rebuilding the code and redrawing the pixel art for a handcrafted Steam remake of a mythic journey across ancient Greece. Support development in Early Access.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Old School 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Platformer 7.6%
- #58 Silvercall
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CUNX
Windows · Mac
Silvercall – A retro action-platformer RPG. Play as an amnesiac adventurer, battling through perilous terrain and collecting Memory Crystals to uncover your past and your lover's dark transformation into the "Saintess".
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Action RPG 11.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #59 Blaster Master Zero 3
67% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2021
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Retro 9.3%, 1980s 8.8%, Old School 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #60 The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ProgramancerPub: Retroware
Windows
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest (TASQ) is a parody/homage platformer set in a dark 8-bit world. Your vampire-hunting rival robbed you of fame by killing Count Dracula first! Reclaim your glory by resurrecting Dracula piece by piece and slaying the dark count yourself!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Action RPG 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Old School 7.9%, 1990's 7.1%