- #1 Burning Roots
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pehe
Windows
Explore and fight your way trough the castle in this 2D platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Adventure 8%
- #2 Solaris: Good Harvest
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moving Pixels
Windows
A humble farmer sets out to rescue his chicken from monstrous abductors. Punch, slash, and parkour your way through elemental-infused chaos in this fast-paced 2D action-platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #3 Maelstrom
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Fantasy 7.7%, Platformer 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #4 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #5 Bread Adventure
94% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #6 RELICTUM
94% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Triple I
Windows
Become the Messenger of God and descend into the endless abyss to defeat powerful enemies and bosses while fulfilling the divine command in this 2D Metroidvania action adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Platformer 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #7 Golden Knight
93% matchPositive92% of 24 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 30.3%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Medieval 8%
- #8 Overbowed
92% matchVery Positive92% of 94 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 38.8%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Magic 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #9 Croakspire
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lotus Wave Arcade
Windows · Linux
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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 7.5%, Medieval 7.1%
- #10 Greenhouse: Dead Sun
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Volpanic!
Windows
Greenhouse: Dead Sun is a action platformer metroidvania that takes you on a Journey through the worlds Northern Spire. After your 'friend' Calli was called to Northern Sprite you find yourself mysteriously right there with them- What does the Sun have in store for you?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.9%
- #11 Spellforged
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bewx
Windows
Forge your magical journey through the world of Syntheria in this action, adventure, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Medieval 11.9%, Magic 11.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Fantasy 5.5%
- #12 The Curse Of Eira
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElenaWare
Windows
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 8.5%
- #13 Battery Samurai
89% 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 40.9%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #14 City of None
88% 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 33.2%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 13%, Adventure 6.8%
- #15 Tim-Tim 2: "The Almighty Gnome"
87% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: SpoonweaverPub: Spoonweaver Studios
Windows
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Fantasy 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #16 Bardella and the Curse of Silence
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karl Lexvold
Windows
Explore a world of music and magic in the metroidvania Bardella and the Curse of Silence! Fight monsters, solve puzzles, and play music as you fight against the mysterious curse of silence and strive to free the land from its grip.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Magic 8.9%
- #17 Cloud Seeker
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MagniFish Studios
Windows
Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #18 Shadow King
84% 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 38.8%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Platformer 7.1%
- #19 Arwinia
85% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Three Spot Games
Windows
Arwinia is a retro-style fantasy action platformer. Play as Trenton on a quest to find and bring a powerful wizard back from the shadows. As a ranger use your longsword, shortbow, and dexterity to navigate this perilous journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Magic 9.5%, Medieval 9.1%
- #20 RE∀IVE(REVIVE)
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RHYSOMO
Windows · Mac
RE∀IVE is a 2D action metroidvania set on the war-torn artificial island of Atrificia. Switch between a former soldier and his damaged AI companion, Lily, unlock new abilities, and uncover the city’s hidden truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #21 Bite Sized
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bite Sized Studios
Windows · Mac
Platform by biting other creatures in this mouthful of a Metroidvania! Explore a vast, interconnected world where the only challenge that stands in your way is tough puzzle platforming and winding routes. A truly Bite Sized Metroidvania experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Fantasy 7%
- #22 Little Beast in the Big Maze
82% 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 37%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 10%, Medieval 7%
- #23 Eystrandi
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 204 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Platformer 6.2%
- #24 Ataraxie
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Gravenoire
Windows · Linux
ATARAXIE, in the pure style of retro games, ties itself with the SNES Gaming era and embrace difficulty, for it wishes to give experienced gamers/players the test they are really looking for!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #25 Nihilsearch
81% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Futuristic 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #26 Transiruby
79% matchVery Positive92% of 309 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Platformer 8.5%
- #27 PATHFINDER 08
80% 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 39.9%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Action-Adventure 14%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #28 Spirit Fusion
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Adventure 9.7%
- #29 Validus mortis
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Hannu Kokkonen
Windows
Validus Mortis is a 2D platformer in fantasy style. To stop the evil wizards of taking control of the land. explore the stage with your hero knight and find items to progress forward. Slay monsters and gain experience and new spells.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Medieval 11.7%, Fantasy 8.8%, Magic 7.2%
- #30 Wattson the Bulb
77% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 16.4%, Action 9.2%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #31 史莱狗(Slimg)
78% 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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #32 Grim Heart: Bleak Laments
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Unable
Windows
You are Hemwick, ex-witch hunter, chasing an ancient artifact: the Grim Heart. Ready your arsenal and survive brutal encounters in a handcrafted 2D pixel-art world. Your expertise is your greatest weapon and, ultimately, the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Medieval 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #33 AOI
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Pura Studio
Windows
This is a 2d platform adventure exploration game that combines platform jumping and straightforward fighting. Players will gradually find the lost memory and uncover the truth of this fantastic world with AOI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #34 Garuya and the Kaleidoscope of Syzygy
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Celestia Soft
Windows
Explore and fight as Garuya, a rabbit mage who seeks to destroy an ancient relic hidden in a vast and dangerous ruined kingdom. Cast spells, reshape the environment and fight under the light of three moons.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Medieval 7.8%
- #35 Axiom Verge 2
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 978 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #36 Slumbering Feline
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 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 37.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Platformer 11%, Magic 8%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #37 Citadel Knight
74% 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 34.8%, 2D Platformer 15%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Medieval 7.4%
- #38 Pentacore
74% 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 44.8%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Futuristic 5.3%
- #39 Wurzeltiefe
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AEV Studios
Windows
A compact, painterly metroidvania: a 2–3 hour descent into the Rootdeep. Explore 26 painted caverns, earn five abilities, face two guardians — then chase your own best time with the built-in speedrun timer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Adventure 10.1%
- #40 House of Shadow
73% matchPositive100% of 11 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 38.8%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Platformer 6.5%
- #41 BeforeDisaster
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Fantasy 10%, Adventure 7.4%
- #42 The Adventures of Graham
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cents
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi retro Metroidvania. Help Brigadier General Graham recover his gear, defeat enemies, and complete his mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Futuristic 6.1%
- #43 Tac-Tums: DreamQuest
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Carlos Sánchez Valenciano
Windows
Tac-Tums: DreamQuest is a cozy but challenging pixel art action-platformer. A young boy enters his dreams to rescue his Yaya. Explore magical worlds inspired by Venezuela, overcome enemies, puzzles, and platforming challenges, discover new powers as you advance through this retro adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, 2D Platformer 21%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #44 Havoc Fox
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havoc Studios
Windows
Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #45 Diggy Diggy Mole
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Novasplore Games
Windows
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Platformer 7%
- #46 Slacker Dungeon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deleted Layer
Windows
The Slacker Dungeon is a is a 2D side-scrolling metroidvania action game. You have to play as a guy who found an enchanted intelligent sword and went on an adventure in search of wealth and an easy life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Fantasy 9%, Magic 9%
- #47 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
69% matchVery Positive95% of 281 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 44.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Adventure 8.2%
- #48 Spikes&Traps
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Veltrion Studios
Windows
A brutal 2D action platformer filled with deadly spikes, traps and enemies. Master movement, combat and skills to survive. Every level is a new challenge. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Medieval 7.9%
- #49 The Forbidden Forest
70% 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 42.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #50 Alwa's Legacy
71% matchVery Positive87% of 648 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Magic 8.9%
- #51 The Elderseed
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Talebound Games
Windows
Embark on an epic action adventure by unraveling the mystery of the Elder Seed and save the world from falling into chaos. Journey with Milo through colorful handcrafted lands, forests, caves and dungeons. Forge new weapons and encounter strange creatures who will help you throughout your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Medieval 6.9%
- #52 Shattered Divinities
66% matchVery Positive95% of 962 reviews2026
Dev: 星魂游戏Pub: TrueColor Games
Windows
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D Platformer 6.9%, Fantasy 5.1%
- #53 FrogeON
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JofraDev
Windows
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #54 Castle In The Darkness 2
68% 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 28.3%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Magic 7.2%
- #55 Faction Reticent
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Alpherisk
Windows
A "whimsical fantasy" action platformer game with an open-ended progression. Utilize the given abilities to you to its fullest potential, and look epic while doing it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Medieval 4.9%
- #56 The Last Tree
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 7.1%
- #57 Makis Adventure
67% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 8.1%, Fantasy 8%
- #58 Stargazer
67% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Emerald Wizard Studios
Windows · Mac
Jaxx Fury returns to his hometown as the last hope against the dark wizard Nachtengel. With bravery and determination, he must save his people and fulfill his destiny. Guided by Nala, navigate the cursed town's labyrinth and defeat Nachtengel. The town's fate depends on you!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Magic 8%
- #59 Garrison
67% 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 38.6%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #60 Whirlwind Magician
65% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Santi Ponce
Windows
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Magic 8.7%