- #1 Pseudoregalia
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,764 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Parkour 11.7%, Nonlinear 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #2 Liturnian
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 33.6%, 3D Platformer 19.4%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Third Person 8.5%, Platformer 5.3%
- #3 Sandloop
96% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Yoku Games
Windows
Help Hura save her village from invaders by exploring the intricate lands of Iman and gaining ancient skills that will enhance her mobility!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, Parkour 14.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #4 Veil: Alter Unknown
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peter Lantz
Windows
A sci-fi, momentum-driven parkour adventure. Wield a grappling hook and glider as you try to escape an unknown, alternate dimension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.8%, 3D Platformer 13%, Surreal 12.3%, Parkour 12.2%, Nonlinear 9%
- #5 Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Ganzheit
Windows
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, 3D Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Third Person 7.3%
- #6 Maseylia : Echoes of the Past
94% matchNo user reviews83% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Sol Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a fully interconnected 3D world where every new ability dramatically expands your freedom. A true non-linear Metroidvania with breathtaking movement, atmospheric sci-fi beauty, and deep environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Nonlinear 16.9%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Parkour 14%, Third Person 7.3%
- #7 Valkyrie Saga
92% matchVery Positive92% of 289 reviews2026
Dev: Public Void
Windows
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.9%, Nonlinear 15.5%, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Parkour 14.1%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
- #8 Palingenesia
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cozy foxPub: Sailing Fox
Windows
Explore the ruins of a mysterious castle filled with deep magic, brutal monsters, and ancient secrets. Fight your way through the dark castle to find the king's son.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, 3D Platformer 19.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Third Person 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #9 Junklands
91% 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 26.2%, 3D Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Third Person 8.2%
- #10 Aurora Heights
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: heypinds
Windows
Aurora Heights is a precision platformer and climbing game sprinkled with metroidvania. Help Hoshi, a fallen star, ascend back to the heavens. Climb to reach the top. Unlock new abilities, collect keys, discover secrets, and explore mysterious landscapes where other stars have failed.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Parkour 15.7%, 3D Platformer 14%, Surreal 10.5%, Third Person 7.5%
- #11 DreamWatcher
91% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Third Person 7.4%
- #12 AlterMage
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AlterTech
Windows
AlterMage is a first-person spell-slinging sword-swinging metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Parkour 17.3%, 3D Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Exploration 7%
- #13 Convent Of Magical Chambers
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LucakPub: SadRooster
Windows
3D adventure Immersive sim inspired by the early 2000s level design, explore an abandoned convent filled with ghosts and magical chambers and try to solve the mystery behind the creation of the chambers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, 3D Platformer 21.1%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Third Person 8%, Platformer 8%
- #14 Kochu's Dream
89% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A 3d bug adventure game 🐜🐛🐞 Run, jump and shoot while you chase an elusive fairy . . . Can you turn back into a human?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, 3D Platformer 17.5%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Third Person 7.1%, Parkour 6.9%
- #15 The Solyani's Code
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANGames
Windows
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Nonlinear 18.4%, 3D Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #16 Netherspire
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Explore the ruins of a colossal tower and fight those who threaten its ancient vault in this short 3D Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, 3D Platformer 18.2%, Parkour 17.4%, Third Person 7.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #17 Blood Impact
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edalbung
Windows
Blood Impact is a short metroidvania, with a strong 3D platformer component, combinated with combats. You will use your blood as your main tool to escape a mysterious lab, but don’t forget, blood is vital...
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, 3D Platformer 17.2%, Parkour 11.9%, Third Person 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #18 Amadea
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: q-0q
Windows
Run, jump, and climb your way to the summit of an ancient world in this freerunning Metroidvania adventure! Solve the mysteries of the land to correct the course of fate and save the Mountain from eternal winter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Parkour 23%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, Third Person 8%, Exploration 5.1%
- #19 Blue Fire
85% matchVery Positive81% of 3,093 reviews2021
Dev: Robi StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 7%
- #20 House Of Decay
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White BoxPub: Stellar Stag
Windows
House of Decay is a PSX-style 3D platformer-metroidvania. Explore a world of demons in search of your missing brother, leap across hellish platforms, uncover secrets, find strange pets, and fight cute monsters 🦷
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, 3D Platformer 16.4%, Parkour 12.2%, Surreal 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #21 Tower Of Tears
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: xena-spectrale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peek into a foreboding world populated by disturbing beings and ambiguously cute residents. Tower Of Tears is a non-linear Survival-Horror blended with 3D Metroidvania elements. Explore a vast interconnected tower, ruled by cryptic systems and esoteric mysteries where every decision matters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Third Person 8.1%
- #22 Explosiovania
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Eye
Windows
Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 3D Platformer 24.6%, Nonlinear 19%, Exploration 7.7%, Stylized 5.2%
- #23 The Curse of Tethria
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrew PiperPub: Threax Software
Windows
Explore dungeons, avoid traps, fight monsters and progress through a hand-crafted world. Defeat your enemies with action combat using your sword and shield, the tools you find and items from the environment. Can you overcome these challenges to end the curse and restore the world from evil?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, 3D Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 8.2%, Third Person 8.2%
- #24 Frog Fall
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Colita de Rana
Windows
Eskweenkleh Brahvoh, I made you to escape this labyrinthine prison. Forget their gravity; you bring your own. Embrace confusion; leap over the impossible, roll on, and, kohn ehl fahbohr dehdyohs, bounce high enough to charm the world’s corpse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Parkour 17.4%, 3D Platformer 14%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Surreal 9.2%
- #25 Lumiere
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koolhaus Games
Windows
At the core of everything in Lumiere is Light and Shadow. Journey as Soleil and Umbra as they embark on a mission to unite a beautiful world lost to darkness. With drop-in co-op play, a second player can join the adventure and uncover the mysteries of the land together.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, 3D Platformer 21.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #26 All Goblin
81% matchPositive93% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Proper Goblin
Windows
All Goblin is a surreal third person experience containing jumping puzzles, interconnected world design and a semi-automatic slingshot. All Goblin is an ever expanding Goblin Game, it contains the necessary components for a Goblin related experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Surreal 13.2%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Abstract 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #27 The Dreamthief
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Epictale Interactive AS
Windows
Bjørn watches a mysterious figure steal his parents’ dreams and follows it into a world consumed by nightmares. Explore, fight, solve puzzles, and open rifts between dream and nightmare in a Ghibli-inspired isometric action-adventure about facing childhood fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #28 Persimmon
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mira Santa LuciaPub: Studio Chia LLC
Windows · Linux
Persimmon is a movement-based 3D metroidvania stylized like an ancient Korean painting. Help Sunny travel through a fantastical Chinatown on a quest to overcome her difficult past and reconnect with her heritage as the mid-autumn festival approaches.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, 3D Platformer 20.4%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Stylized 8%
- #29 Longtail!!
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hologram Monster
Windows
Longtail!! is a story-driven action-adventure game where metroidvania-style exploration meets puzzle-filled dungeons. Uncover secrets, master energy powers, and traverse a shifting world on the brink of collapse. A heartwarming, action-packed journey full of charm and discovery awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, 3D Platformer 20.6%, Third Person 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 7%
- #30 ABYSS X ZERO
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Pixel Punk
Windows
Explore an expansive world in this 3D Metroidvania with carefully crafted dungeons and stylish combat. Take control of two different characters, fated to battle each other: Codename A and Codename Z, legendary heroes with unique abilities that change how you fight and interact with the environment.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, 3D Platformer 21.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Third Person 8.4%
- #31 Metro Gravity
76% matchVery Positive93% of 897 reviews2025
Dev: mrkogamedev
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, 3D Platformer 18%, Female Protagonist 11%, Surreal 10.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #32 ACROFLOW
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Powerstar Games
Windows
Dive through dimensions with style in this 3D expressive platformer! Join Acro and Flora on their cosmic quest to reunite and return home. Use their acrobatic abilities to jump, dive and spin through bite-sized arcade platforming challenges set across multiple dream-like realms!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.3%, Parkour 23.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Platformer 7.4%
- #33 Happy! the Hippo
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: grumbo.
Windows
Welcome to Happy! the Hippo, a previously lost 3D platformer collectathon, now brought to life on modern hardware. Roll, bounce, and dive through a handful of enchanting levels. Tackle quests, rescue frogs, and embrace the vintage charm of janky early 2000s platforming, broken glitches and all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Nonlinear 12%, Surreal 9.9%, Third Person 7.8%
- #34 DARK FOREST
77% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: LithiumStudios
Windows
You searching for secret treasure.You being confronted by mysterious creatures, guards and gods.The only way to get away is to destroy everything stands against you.A forest in darkness which had been kept secret, protected and laid the in middle of internal conflict. You ready for the adventure?
Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.6%, Surreal 19.9%, Female Protagonist 17%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 12.2%
- #35 Shawley - Zoo of Wonders
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Join Shawley on a magical rescue mission in "Shawley - Zoo of Wonders"! Navigate through enchanted worlds, defeat foes with your hammer, unlock new skills and save escaped animals to reopen the zoo. A grant platformer adventure full of fun and excitement awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, 3D Platformer 23.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Third Person 8.9%, Platformer 7.4%
- #36 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
74% matchVery Positive99% of 268 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Nonlinear 20.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Surreal 10.7%, Exploration 8.4%
- #37 Poppet Quest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Christopher Goularte
Windows
Poppet Quest is an exploration based 3D Metroidvania. Play as Poppet, a murdered woman returned to life as a doll. Trapped in a toy store, cursed, and losing your sanity, you must battle through legions of toys driven mad. Can you break the curse? Can you save yourself?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, 3D Platformer 21%, Exploration 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Third Person 7.3%
- #38 Drift Vale
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: duhma
Windows
Fall into Drift Vale — a 3D Metroidvania set in a forsaken world of towering cliffs and ancient, deadly spirits. Chain fluid movement, master the boomerang, and unlock hidden powers — it’s the only way to survive the one-way ritual.
Why similar: Parkour 23.4%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Surreal 9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #39 RETRO SCI-FI ADVENTURE
73% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: marutokoPub: OSAKANA GAMES
Windows
RETRO SCI-FI ADVENTURE is a short 3D action game with simple controls.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.9%, Parkour 25.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Third Person 8.9%
- #40 Final Nation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyperlimits
Windows
In this challenging action-adventure you are on a quest to find a mystic crystal to save your country from an evil militant cult. Explore vast lands and secret chambers invested with dangerous enemies. In order to succeed you must escape hazards, collect crucial items, and destroy key targets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, 3D Platformer 20.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Third Person 8.8%
- #41 Astrobarian™
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Juhani Paananen
Windows · Linux
Astrobarian™ is a 3D action RPG game where you and Cordina travel to different worlds — some cultivated, others filled with deadly hazards. Along the way, you may encounter others with different motives and unresolved mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Surreal 14.2%, 3D Platformer 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Third Person 10.7%
- #42 This Game is About Robots
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: a small boat
Windows
This Game Is About Robots is a 3D Metroidvania about a battery robot named S04R who is trapped in the hidden lower levels of Cog Springs, a fully robotic society that unknowingly serves a long-forgotten humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, 3D Platformer 23%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Third Person 8%, Stylized 6.2%
- #43 Project Ants
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ant Team
Windows
Project Ants is a 3D Metroidvania combining the exploration depth of Hollow Knight with the technical hack-and-slash of Ninja Gaiden. Set in a fractured insect kingdom, a fallen Phragmotic Ant Warrior explores a brutal, layered world to uncover the secrets at its core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, 3D Platformer 20.3%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Third Person 7.4%
- #44 Possessor(s)
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 755 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, 3D Platformer 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Platformer 7.7%
- #45 Star Gunners
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Star Gunners is a high-energy, action-packed adventure set in a vibrant alien world. Battle through monster-filled environments, unlock abilities, and explore new areas. Can you save your fallen squad? Experience a hand-painted, retro-inspired adventure with modern twists!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, 3D Platformer 17.9%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #46 Dark Swords Firelink
72% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Lair Games Studio
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Adventure 1.8%
- #47 Bewitching Gears
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WitchCatHat
Windows
★ Bewitching Gears ★ is an adventure platformer about a witch-engineer and her friends. Explore the world full of mechanisms, use magic and artifacts, and ride broomsticks. Solve the Merchant mystery!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, 3D Platformer 19.8%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Third Person 6.4%
- #48 Dreamer's Wake
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
A stylized third person collectathon set in collapsing dreamscapes. Play as a Haniwa, a Japanese clay figure, and explore surreal worlds to restore them from static.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.6%, Surreal 17.1%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Third Person 9.5%, Abstract 9%
- #49 Astro To The Rescue
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlazeGames
Windows · Mac
Astro to the Rescue is an adventure game where you play as an astronaut stranded on floating islands. Rescue the Lumis from the Shadows through thrilling levels, uncover power-ups, and overcome challenges. Navigate unknown terrain and become the hero this alien world needs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Surreal 14.9%, 3D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 8%
- #50 House of Shadow
70% matchPositive100% of 10 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 40.2%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Platformer 3.9%
- #51 Strongloween: The Escape
70% 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 38.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Third Person 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Stylized 7.5%
- #52 Yokai Tales: Fox
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silkroad Studios
Windows
Yokai Tales: Fox blends parkour precision with dynamic combat in a mythological Silkpunk-inspired world, delivering a deep Action-Adventure where movement mastery shapes your fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Parkour 17.1%, 3D Platformer 15.1%, Third Person 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #53 SWAMH
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: katarausoncho
Windows
A 3D action-adventure game where a mermaid uses the power of her song to dispel the dark mist and restore the ocean’s vibrant beauty. Purify the darkened corals by delivering your song and restore their beauty. Swim swiftly by passing through bubble rings scattered across the field.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Third Person 10.7%
- #54 Neffy -Moonlight Labyrinth X-
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: TOM CREATE CO.,LTD.
Windows · Linux
Neffy -Moonlight Labyrinth X- is an action puzzle game where you team up with the young shrine maiden Neffy to solve riddles and overcome traps in a fantasy maze.Originally developed for VR, the game has been carefully optimized for consoles—now more accessible than ever!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Fantasy 12.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #55 Presto!
68% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Circus Cat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump into an N64-style 3D collectathon! Explore surreal worlds as Presto with classic platforming action and a physics-based Rolling Globe for bouncing and rolling around! Collect Stars and Memory Cores to restore the magic of the past, with optional rankings for skilled players.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.5%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Surreal 15.2%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Third Person 10.2%
- #56 Lightwood
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Nonlinear 23.1%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 8%, Stylized 4.5%
- #57 Little Ghost
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alan AbbadessaPub: Sync Book Games
Windows
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Stylized 9.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #58 SUPER ANT
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrygast
Windows
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Surreal 19.3%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 8.4%, Combat 4.8%
- #59 Mona: The Endless Journey
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Level Pub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Mona: The Endless Journey is a 3D side-scrolling Metroidvania. Players play a fragile pillow-carrying girl, adventuring in a nightmarish fantasy continent. They rescue powerful companions, traverse mysteries, solve puzzles, fight eerie creatures, and uncover the world’s hidden truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, 3D Platformer 22.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Surreal 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #60 GRAPPIN
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: POLYLABO
Windows
After a difficult awakening, you stumble upon the Grip, a mysterious artifact and grappling hook. Climb up the Mountain to bring back the Grip to the top and unravel the mystery surrounding the Grip. Bon voyage!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.9%, Parkour 16.9%, Abstract 12.8%, Surreal 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%