- #1 Even Heroes Die
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevyn Jaremko LLC
Windows
Race to find the cure to your mortal illness in this roguelike Metroidvania hybrid.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Perma Death 19.7%, Roguelite 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Nonlinear 9.6%
- #2 The Forbidden Forest
96% 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 34.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #3 I WIN!
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink & Thread Studio
Windows
Escape an AI-controlled simulation in a fast-paced, first-person speedrunning platformer. Discover hidden "bugs," exploit unintended shortcuts, and race for the best times while the AI desperately tries to keep you trapped.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Perma Death 18.9%, Nonlinear 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 8.4%
- #4 Set In Stone
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maëlig Moreau
Windows · Linux
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Nonlinear 12%, Platformer 11.8%
- #5 Phaze Shift
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift! A tag-team, action Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Nonlinear 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.3%
- #6 Halchemist
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Team Flask
Windows
For Mercuri, a girl who fell into a fallen kingdom, everything is overwhelming. She digs deeper into the depths of the kingdom with the help of Golem Hando. Take down the enemies in front of you with TAG-ACTION that alternates between two characters and continue your exploration!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
- #7 A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures
93% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: origamihero games
Windows
Foil a little nerd's world domination plans with Kittey in A Game with a Kitty 1 and help a grumpy little Archchancellor solve a mystery in Darkside Adventures! And as a bonus, the collection also features Treasure Hunter Man 1.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Nonlinear 18.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #8 Pentacore
92% 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 42.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, 2D 5.7%
- #9 史莱狗(Slimg)
91% 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 40.7%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #10 Celestial Lumina
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Juan Centeno
Windows
Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the corrupted Darkness threatening to overtake the world. Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to awaken the radiant abilities within you & uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Nonlinear 13%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 8.5%
- #11 PATHFINDER 08
91% 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 38.7%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Nonlinear 10%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #12 DurDanto
89% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Shihan KhanPub: DevsLair Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
DurDanto is a metroidvania game where you play as Zubok in a fallen city with beautiful pixel art environments while facing different enemies. Use elemental abilities to uncover secrets of the fallen city, overcome the enemies & roguelike dungeons by skills & spells!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Roguelite 19.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #13 Pixgun
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted Twice Games
Windows
Chexie is a teenage girl who, as a result of mysterious events, is transported to the virtual kingdom of Pixgun. There she discovers a magic wand that becomes her key to survival. Your task is to discover the source of corruption in the kingdom and the plight of its inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #14 Temporal Branches
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Relic LTD
Windows
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Nonlinear 17.4%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #15 Shifted Heart
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pickle Jar Games
Windows
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 8.9%
- #16 Eystrandi
86% 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 43.6%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Nonlinear 7.4%, Platformer 6.5%
- #17 Peppermint
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cowboy Fish Games
Windows
Pepper finds that her home has been taken over by an encroaching, melted, pink candy, endangering herself, her friends and her Queen. Seek out the pieces of sentient candy magic and save Pepper and her friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Nonlinear 9.1%
- #18 EON: Reset
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team EON Reset
Windows
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #19 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 34%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #20 Mr.Moon
84% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Goflyon
Windows
Discover what it means when you draw the attention of Mr.Moon in this small and bite-sized Metroidvania full of moon cheese. But dont get caught, because death is permanent.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Perma Death 20.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #21 Museful
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
A colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #22 Diggy Diggy Mole
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 42.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Platformer 7.1%
- #23 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Dog and Spider Productions
Windows
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Nonlinear 15%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #24 Pipsqueak!
81% 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 37.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #25 Artifacts
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Eric LaberPub: Self Published
Windows
Become Strong And Reclaim What You Lost! Artifacts is a 2D adventure platformer set in an ancient interconnected kingdom littered with powerful relics. Collect synergistic artifacts to challenge the mighty, corrupted foes that lurk beneath the ground.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Roguelite 18.6%, Platformer 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #26 Boki: The Summit
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gilad GoodmanPub: Boki: The Summit
Windows
Boki is a Metroidvania, Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG, Precision platformer in which you play as a young mountain goat who must climb a mountain in search of revenge. Dodge, battle and fluidly maneuver through several uniquely crafted areas and biomes to explore the secrets of a tyrannical kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Lore-Rich 11%, Nonlinear 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.7%
- #27 Haiku, the Robot
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,547 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.5%
- #28 Chiaroscuro
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackberryKinPub: BlackberryStudio
Windows · Mac
Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #29 100 Pumpkins 2
78% 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 29.9%, Nonlinear 17.8%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #30 Dormiveglia
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Cartridge
Windows
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Nonlinear 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D 5.5%
- #32 Bread Adventure
76% 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 42.7%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #33 Isostasy
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Peter J HopkinsPub: Gravel Studios Games
Windows
A 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania platformer with 8-bit NES-style graphics and sound. Find weapon upgrades and other power-ups that allow you to explore an open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Platformer 11.1%
- #34 REMNOLITH
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEKOS Game
Windows
REMNOLITH is a mystical 2D metroidvania about a stone-bound Wanderer who awakens with no memory of his past. Explore a mysterious world, face creatures touched by the Miasma, cleanse forgotten shrines, and recover Remnoliths — strange traces left behind by death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Nonlinear 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #35 Isadora's Edge
75% 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 29.1%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #36 LUCID
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Matte Black StudioPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Nonlinear 14.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 9.7%
- #37 BIOMORPH
73% matchVery Positive92% of 695 reviews2024
Dev: Lucid Dreams Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.5%
- #38 Mable & The Wood
76% matchMixed55% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: Triplevision GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Nonlinear 15%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #39 Rolled: A Pinball Nightmare
73% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: No Agenda Studios
Windows · Linux
A pinball horror adventure game. You will bounce and ping your way through a nonlinear world in hopes to get back to the life you were living before.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #40 Xolotl
74% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Nonlinear 15.3%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Shadow King
72% 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 40%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Platformer 7.7%
- #42 Warden
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.Forge
Windows
An adventure, action, RPG, sim game featuring high mobility combat, branching dialog driven objectives and endings. A sell-sword and bounty hunter at the top of your game you'll cross a kingdom, meet people, learn agendas, talk around, stealth past or carve up opponents, maybe be a hero, or not.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Nonlinear 14%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%
- #43 Little Beast in the Big Maze
71% 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 38.1%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #44 Maelstrom
73% 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 46.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, 2D 7.3%
- #45 Axiom Verge 2
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 971 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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Nonlinear 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #46 Peaky Circus
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #47 Ataraxie
69% 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 33.3%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #48 Citadel Knight
69% 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 34.7%, Nonlinear 16%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #49 A Dream of Burning Sand
72% 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 30%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #50 Microvania
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Dreampunk
Windows · Mac
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Platformer 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #51 Quarion
66% matchVery Positive95% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Nonlinear 21.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D Platformer 5%
- #52 Ex Vitro
68% matchVery Positive94% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Evolver Dynamics
Windows
EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Nonlinear 16.2%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #53 Salene
68% 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 34.2%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Platformer 10.7%
- #54 Dr. Atominus
70% 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 34.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 12%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #55 Grimmy Tales
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BonkersBlokes
Windows
(incomplete)
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Roguelite 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.7%
- #56 Meganoid
70% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meganoid is a brutal, fast-paced platformer where every descent into its ever-shifting spaceship is a new challenge. Navigate deadly traps, outsmart security drones, and discover powerful upgrades to reshape how you play. Will you rush to survive, or risk it all to uncover its deepest secrets?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Perma Death 21.7%, Roguelite 14%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 9.3%
- #57 Twinland
69% 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 34.6%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 8.8%
- #58 Enfeathered
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfsmore
Windows
Flap, Dash, Jump, Glide, Dash, and more, through a vast world full of places to explore, people to talk to, and enemies to fight. Use all of your movement tools in order to both explore and fight, all in chunky 2d pixelart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 15%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #59 Overbowed
66% 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 43.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #60 Tac-Tums: DreamQuest
65% 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 39.2%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, 2D 5.8%