- #1 Anokye
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 16.3%, Platformer 7%, Hand-drawn 5.2%
- #2 Cliff Kingdom
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 20.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 6.6%
- #3 Vesuvius
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 22.8%, Difficult 15.4%, Platformer 8.5%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
- #4 Last Souls
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Wihler
Windows · Mac
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Nonlinear 8.3%
- #5 Solateria
94% matchVery Positive84% of 579 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Souls-like 20.3%, Difficult 14.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Platformer 6.9%
- #6 Fox Wanderer
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ninth Dream
Windows
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 19.5%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 8%, Lore-Rich 6.8%
- #7 Dimension Rift Zero
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Souls-like 20.6%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #8 DREIFRAME
92% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Souls-like 21.8%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 4.1%
- #9 Intertwined
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 20.2%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #10 Runic Curse Remastered
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 21.7%, RPG 6.8%, Platformer 6.8%, Action 5.2%
- #11 Steel Flood
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egobounds
Windows
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 21.1%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #12 Sutra Pilgrim
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SvenFish Games
Windows
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim! Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Souls-like 22.8%, Exploration 6%, Mythology 6%, Platformer 5.9%
- #13 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Souls-like 21%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #14 Fatal Claw
86% matchVery Positive96% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: NDEV GAMESPub: Com2us Holdings
Windows
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Souls-like 17.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Platformer 7.7%
- #15 Children of Birch
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Souls-like 21.5%, Difficult 13.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Mythology 7.9%
- #16 Void Memory
88% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Souls-like 19.6%, Difficult 11.8%, RPG 11%, Action 6.7%
- #17 Shieldbound
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 14%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Platformer 9.1%
- #18 Deepening Fire
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 634 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 14.4%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Platformer 8.1%
- #19 Torii: Beyond The Gates
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows · Mac
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Souls-like 8.4%, Action RPG 7.5%
- #20 SHADE Protocol
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Legendary
Windows · Linux
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Souls-like 21.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 5.4%
- #21 The Light of the Darkness: Renascence
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Souls-like 15.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Platformer 8.3%
- #22 Swords of Legends
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aurogon Shanghai
Windows
Swords of Legends is a single-player action-adventure RPG set in the primordial age, a world drawn from the strange tales of classical Chinese literature, where mortals, gods, and wandering souls walk the same earth.
Why similar: Xianxia 36.7% ★, Wuxia 17% ★, Lore-Rich 11%, RPG 7.4%, Action RPG 5.7%
- #23 Hollow Knight
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 546,509 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 9.3%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
- #24 CRAVE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hang The Eyelids
Windows
Ceaseless hunger draws you yet a bit closer to the gates of Foghorn. Devour men and beasts alike to acquire a wide array of combat abilities. Through shadows and mold, track down the paling memories of this bygone kingdom, all in a classic hand-drawn action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 15.6%, Difficult 15%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Platformer 7.4%
- #25 Spright
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Souls-like 21.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Action 5.2%
- #26 Last Vanguard
79% matchVery Positive85% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Souls-like 18.9%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #27 Benders of Moona
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 18.5%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 6%
- #28 三国仁义传 The Righteousness: SanGuo
78% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: 硕狗累累工作室(HarvestDog)
Windows
Enter a world of moving Chinese lianhuanhua! This solo-developed 2.5D Metroidvania blends the Three Kingdoms with mythic beasts from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas." Explore a hand-drawn world, master horseback combat, and face punishingly hardcore boss trials in this mythic epic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Souls-like 19.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Lore-Rich 7.7%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #29 Salene
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DejaView
Windows
Salene is a action-platformer with quick precise combat set in a world ravaged by a war of angels and men. Conquer the Seven Virtues, gain new skills and learn the Songs of Creation to rise up and face the divinity that commands them all!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Souls-like 20.4%, Platformer 9%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, Exploration 8%
- #30 Vapor World: Over The Mind
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ALIVE Inc.
Windows
Lost in darkness, a boy drawn into a twisted dream, no way out. Vapor World is a narrative-driven souls-like platformer focused on deflection combat set in atmospheric world of dream. Descend within shattered mind seeking lost memories. Face dark, beautiful world born of anguish and regret.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Souls-like 18.6%, Difficult 13.3%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Platformer 7.3%
- #31 Lotus Knight
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
Windows · Mac
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Souls-like 26.5%, Platformer 13.9%, 2D 5.3%, Nonlinear 4.7%
- #32 Shards of Memories
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Souls-like 18.1%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Platformer 7%
- #33 Isadora's Edge
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InboundShovel Games
Windows
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Difficult 14.4%, Souls-like 14.2%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%
- #34 LUNARIS
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richard BuenoPub: Two Void Studios
Windows
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Souls-like 16.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 6.6%
- #35 Nine Sols
73% matchVery Positive94% of 42,418 reviews2024
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Souls-like 19.7%, Difficult 14%, Hand-drawn 9%, Platformer 8.4%
- #36 Plateman
75% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: 柠檬弓工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 7.7%, Action 5%
- #37 Tails of Fate
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chase the Bunny
Windows · Linux
Fulfill this tale, as darkness swarms the fantasy lands of Fauna. Venture epic kingdoms and treacherous dungeons in a 2D action platformer, with Metroidvania elements in a hand-crafted pixel art world filled with souls-like boss fights, dungeon platforming, and dynamic enemy combat design.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Souls-like 18%, Difficult 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Action RPG 7.9%
- #38 Misspell
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
Windows
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Souls-like 13.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Difficult 7.7%
- #39 Necrowave
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arfhis The Wizard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with his butt stuck in a microwave. It's a 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 19.6%, Nonlinear 8.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #40 Omen Fall
73% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: WITCHCRAFT VIDEO GAME Ltd.
Windows
Omen Fall is an action-packed, story-driven fantasy adventure game that draws players into a past woven with forgotten agreements. Fight against the darkness in this 2D metroidvania experience presented with pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Souls-like 18.1%, Difficult 13%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Lore-Rich 8.5%
- #41 Mask of Soul
70% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: XION ENTERTAINMENTPub: XIONPLUS
Windows
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Souls-like 23.6%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Platformer 10.7%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #42 SpellTome
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Souls-like 24%, Platformer 11%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
- #43 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Souls-like 22.4%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 5.6%
- #44 The Last Comfort
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ∙DELMAR
Windows
Descend into a dying child’s fractured subconscious in this dark 2D Metroidvania. As a simple toy thrust into a grueling nightmare, you must master heavy, deliberate combat and adapt your skills to slay massive monstrosities. Will you fight the inevitable, or embrace the final sleep?
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Souls-like 17.1%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #45 Astronium
72% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
Windows
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 19.1%, Difficult 16.9%, Exploration 5.5%, Action 4.4%
- #46 Vulpis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Difficult 19%, Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #47 Akatori
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast GamesPub: Games Harbor
Windows
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.5%, Metroidvania 19.9%, Difficult 15.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #48 Hollow Knight: Silksong
66% matchVery Positive89% of 410,760 reviews2025
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 35.3 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Souls-like 19.9%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 8.2%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
- #49 Onchu
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Banana Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assume the role of Onchu, a druid boy stranded on an island corrupted by dark magic. Learn new magic and abilities in this 2D Metroidvania and explore a stunning sidescrolling world to save the island from destruction.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 19.8%, Hand-drawn 10%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Platformer 9.6%
- #50 The Light of the Darkness: Origins
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
An Action-RPG soulsvania where you explore a seamless and interconnected world through a zoomable map with no loading break. Engage in epic aerial battles, absorb essence to level up, and craft powerful spell combos by defeating brutal bosses and harnessing their Mystic Nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 20.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Action RPG 7.8%
- #51 Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
68% matchVery Positive82% of 956 reviews2024
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Mythology 9.6%, Platformer 9%, Lore-Rich 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #52 Midpoint
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frandy
Windows
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 22.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 6.9%, Exploration 6.4%
- #53 AWAKEN - Astral Blade
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,206 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Pigeon GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
AWAKEN - Astral Blade is a 2.5D action-adventure metroidvania where you play as Tania, a bionic warrior fighting through a world twisted by Karpas energy. Master parries, upgrade your abilities, and survive relentless enemies and bosses. Is there any chance of survival in such a desperate place?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 13.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Action RPG 6.9%
- #54 Fire in the Beastlands
69% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Chimney Castle
Windows
Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Souls-like 18.7%, Difficult 12.9%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Action RPG 6.7%
- #55 Umbra Sepulcri
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Pixel Games
Windows
You are a necromancer. The souls of the dead are your weapon. Push the limits of your combat skills in this story-driven, action packed Metroidvania. Enter in a dark world, where the sun's rays no longer heat up and evil creatures roam free in the night.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Souls-like 19.8%, Difficult 13.6%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Platformer 7.1%
- #56 Feather's Edge
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clockwork Acorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Difficult 16%, Platformer 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Action 6.1%
- #57 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,580 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 44.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Action 7.2%, Difficult 7.1%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #58 Lightward
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Souls-like 26.6%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Action 5.3%
- #59 MIO: Memories in Orbit
64% matchVery Positive82% of 4,021 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 16.4%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%