- #1 Saga of Yurina
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FIVE DUCK GAMES
Windows
A Katana-parrying action Metroidvania set in an era of falling cherry blossoms! Defeat your foes with pure, flawless swordplay and prove your absolute mastery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Precision Platformer 15.7%, Action RPG 10.9%, PvE 10.2%, Platformer 8.9%
- #2 Umbra
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludum Elite
Windows
Umbra is a fantasy-style game that is story-driven with Metroid-Vania style elements, encouraging world exploration and discovery. Dive into an unforgiven world and discover the secrets behind an abandoned kingdom, and its mysterious and deceiving ruler.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Precision Platformer 18.2%, Action RPG 13.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #3 Dark Throne
96% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Elroy SaltzherrPub: Dark Throne
Windows
Awaken as a knight in this 2D Metroidvania platformer. Explore, unlock abilities, and battle foes to escape a treacherous dungeon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Precision Platformer 22%, PvE 10.8%, Action RPG 10.7%, Platformer 9.7%
- #4 Evil Castle & Princess
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameLightProject
Windows
"Evil Castle & Princess" is a game similar to Metroid Castlevania, mainly a horizontal action game based on exploration and combat. Wear your favorite weapons to explore the mysterious and dangerous relic castle! Destroy all the monsters that block you and find the secrets of the magic castle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Action RPG 17.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #5 Silvercall
94% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CUNX
Windows · Mac
Silvercall – A retro action-platformer RPG. Play as an amnesiac adventurer, battling through perilous terrain and collecting Memory Crystals to uncover your past and your lover's dark transformation into the "Saintess".
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Action RPG 14.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, RPG 8.5%
- #6 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Crimson Curse —Will Your Fate Bloom in Despair or Salvation Set 23 years after Castlevania Dracula's Curse - follow a young Belmont's journey in an all new 2D Action-Exploration title from KONAMI, Evil Empire and Motion Twin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Action RPG 17.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, RPG 8.1%
- #7 A Field of Flowers
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ikiruska Studios
Windows
In this norse-inspired metroidvania, explore and seek truths of what truly happened to you, having lost your home and your only friend in a single night. Fight and copy new magic from others to gain power, as you swear revenge on a mysterious stranger that took everything from you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Action RPG 13.5%, PvE 12.8%, Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #8 9 Years of Shadows
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,183 reviews2023
Dev: Halberd StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Action RPG 14%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Anime 7.3%
- #9 Super Mombo Quest
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Precision Platformer 27.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Action 3.8%
- #10 A Forest Tale: Porasy
91% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Pindó Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through a new mythological realm as Porasy, an Indigenous warrior. Explore uncharted landscapes, unleash the power of Muiraquitãs, unravel your story, and vanquish the Seven Legendary Beasts to carve your own legend. Are you ready to dive into this epic adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Action RPG 12%, Platformer 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #11 LarsGadiel
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diabolical Mind
Windows
LarsGadiel is the prequel to Xenon Valkyrie, a game originally created for Nintendo's 8-bit console that was never released (at least for now), but is now coming to Steam. It's a classic Metroidvania, featuring the original maps and design from that era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Precision Platformer 17.5%, Action RPG 12.7%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #12 Chronicles of Teddy
90% matchMixed69% of 333 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Platformer 11.4%, RPG 8%, Action RPG 6.1%
- #13 Lovanium - The Rising Suns
89% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poser Games
Windows
Find a way to escape Lovanium before it's too late. Extract resources, trade them, confront the wildest and most dangerous enemies, and fully harness the power of the suns. Are you up for it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Action RPG 12.8%, RPG 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #14 YeGung
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MinSOO
Windows
This game is a bow action RPG game, so you can advance without developing your character, and you can easily defeat enemies as you strengthen your character. Features include main quests, daily quests, field hunting grounds, reinforcement, and stores.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Action RPG 17.3%, PvE 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #15 The Journey of Clinbo
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mechanical Heart
Windows
Ember Journey of Clinbo This is a fantasy, pixel-art Metroidvania-style game. You are Clinbo, the only "transgressor" robot to possess a soul in a limbo between life and death—a realm where countless souls are judged by a single standard: "Harmony."
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Action RPG 15.6%, Platformer 13.1%, RPG 9%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #16 Naru-Morph!
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huge Tails Studio
Windows
Naru-Morph! is a 2D action platformer featuring a morphing gimmick.Utilize various abilities unique to each morph to explore the world, defeat fierce enemies, and to reach the Heavens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, PvE 17.6%, Platformer 15.1%, Anime 6%, Action 4.7%
- #17 Aggelos 2
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Precision Platformer 16%, Platformer 15.8%, Action RPG 15.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #18 Janosik 2: Prologue
85% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Linux
Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Precision Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Action 4.4%
- #19 Axel Quest
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: PowerSlash Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements. Explore, fight monsters, collect equipment, unlock new paths, and challenge bosses in a handcrafted pixel-art world inspired by retro classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Action RPG 15%, Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #20 Earthblade
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows
You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Action RPG 15%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #21 Shattered Divinities
81% matchVery Positive94% of 496 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 46.4%, Platformer 14.7%, Action RPG 7.9%, RPG 6.7%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
- #22 Xolotl
83% 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 35.5%, Precision Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Colorful 3.5%
- #23 Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda
82% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Barış TaranPub: Yoto Games
Windows
Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda! Story based platform game. Sometimes it will drive you crazy with its difficulty! Overcome obstacles, pass levels and collect the story!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Precision Platformer 26.3%, Action RPG 14.9%, Platformer 7.9%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #24 AOI
82% 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 41.6%, Platformer 15%, Action RPG 13%, RPG 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #25 TwinZ
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Will2Palme
Windows
TwinZ is an action-platformer with RPG elements inspired by 8-bit era games. Explore a vast continent and its kingdoms, villages and dungeons while improving your character throughout the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Action RPG 17.2%, Precision Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 12.6%, RPG 11.8%
- #26 Swords & Bones 4
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: SEEP
Windows
The fourth installment of Swords & Bones immerses you in a new fantasy adventure, with pixel art in a side-scrolling action-platformer style. In this latest chapter, harness the power of magic to emerge victorious!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Action RPG 13.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #27 Sunken Sky
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Codenightly
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the world of Sunken Sky and get ready for an epic action adventure through a vast open world. No place is beyond your reach - from the tallest mountains to the very minds of others. Battle bizarre creatures and befriend even stranger people. All in a detailed, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Anime 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #28 Jubilee
79% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Precision Platformer 26%, Platformer 17.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Action 7.1%
- #29 Bardella and the Curse of Silence
78% 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 35.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Action 7.6%, PvE 7.4%
- #30 Pulse Jumper
79% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Fifth Edge Studios
Windows
Pulse Jumper is a Precision-Platformer where you can jump with guns!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Precision Platformer 27.7%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #31 Torii: Beyond The Gates
77% 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 40.3%, Action RPG 15.2%, Platformer 14.2%, RPG 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #32 Vernal Edge
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 637 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #33 RELICBORN
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Gnome Works
Windows
Relicborn is a story-driven platformer game that tells the story of Alice, a young dressmaker who finds herself in an undiscovered world, searching for a distant, long lost possibility. ARPG elements, fantasy environments, legendary loot, a skill system along with many secrets to be discovered!
Why similar: Action RPG 17.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, RPG 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #34 Alchemist's Mountain
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Art Bunny Studios
Windows
Alchemist's Mountain is a classic platforming puzzle dungeon adventure with a literal twist! Rotate the dungeons to solve them and chart your path to the pinnacle of the Starfall Spire where legends rumor lie the secret to immortality and everlasting wealth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Action RPG 16.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #35 A Song in Elyel Nalore
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sunflower Games
Windows
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Action RPG 20.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Action 5%
- #36 Ariana and the Elder Codex
73% matchVery Positive82% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Anime 7.2%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #37 Battery Samurai
75% 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 43.6%, Precision Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #38 Wolf Knight Memoir
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Phat Playing Panda
Windows · Mac
Take command of the Wolf Knight to help him remember his dramatic past life through a story driven adventure and test your skills in this challenging Metroidvania game with die and retry platforming features happening in the fantastic 2D hand drawned world of Aurora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Precision Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #39 Hell Being
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLife
Windows
Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, PvE 16.4%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #40 House of Shadow
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 39%, Precision Platformer 21.9%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Platformer 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #41 Knytt Underground
74% matchVery Positive84% of 483 reviews2013
Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.7%, Metroidvania 30.2%, Platformer 17.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, 2D 1.4%
- #42 Amata
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Zxyyr
Windows · Linux
Rage across the mad realms of a dead god as Charlet, the immortal artificer. Explore a vast, arcane desolation wrought by hatred. Cleanse the twisted inhabitants of ancient, forgotten worlds. Help Charlet find a way home using her powerful and varied suite of combat and platforming abilities.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27%, Action RPG 16.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #43 Balloon to the Moon 2
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Prospective Games
Windows
Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Precision Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Anime 6.6%
- #44 Frogreign
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arkanpixel
Windows
Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Action RPG 14.7%, Platformer 14.4%, Action-Adventure 9%, RPG 7.9%
- #45 Betrayer: Curse of the Spine
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Triple Ch3rry StudiosPub: Proponent Games
Windows
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine is an Action-Adventure Metroidvania. The game features decision making, crafting, fast-paced combat, multiple endings, intricate storytelling, an open world to explore, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Precision Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, RPG 5.9%
- #46 Death Projection
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Wing Studio
Windows
Explore every corner of the realms of death in this Metroidvania! Face enemies, platforming challenges, and gain more power as you try to bring balance to this world, as a reaper!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Precision Platformer 28%, Action-Adventure 11%, Platformer 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #47 LUCID
70% 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 27.7%, Precision Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #48 Cantirium: God Slayer
70% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Nekod team
Windows · Mac · Linux
A colorful metroidvania in which you must help catgirl save a world on the brink of destruction, honing your exploration and combat skills in epic battles to challenge the gods themselves!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Anime 8.1%
- #49 Cor Magnetis
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Precision Platformer 26.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #50 Fevercide
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Action RPG 18.8%, Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #51 Dreadstone - The Immortal Prisoner
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tortuga Software
Windows
Dreadstone – The Immortal Prisoner is an upcoming indie 2D Metroidvania platformer. Especially important to us are the game elements “looting” and “leveling“. The goal is to create a combination of our favorite games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Action RPG 17.5%, RPG 10.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #52 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
66% matchVery Positive84% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Action RPG 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Action 3.2%
- #53 The Flame and the Fart
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Saucy Steel Games
Windows
The Flame and the Fart: Hunt treasure, forge gear, build your hero. Loot bones, ores, relics from monsters; smelt and forge legendary equipment. Mix basic attacks, dashes, and spirit skills via gems into your own style. Battle through forests, snowy mountains, cursed villages, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Action RPG 16.9%, Platformer 14.4%, RPG 11.1%, Magic 3.8%
- #54 Castle In The Darkness 2
67% 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 28.4%, Action RPG 17.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, RPG 8.9%
- #55 Into The Underdusk
68% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Stone Crow Games
Windows
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Precision Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Action 3.4%
- #56 Runan Ritual
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BehnderPub: Checkpoint Loop
Windows
A momentum-heavy 2D Metroidvania where you dash, double-jump and wall-cling beneath Goen, the last city on earth, chaining whip combos and parrying to bank Maia essence for permanent rituals or short-lived upgrades you drop on death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, PvE 18.6%, Platformer 16%, Story Rich 6.8%, Action 5%
- #57 Mystik Belle
69% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Platformer 9.6%, RPG 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #58 Whim
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Stonk
Windows
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Precision Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #59 Necrosphere64
66% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Precision Platformer 31.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Action 3.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
- #60 Worldless
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,593 reviews2023
Dev: Noname StudiosPub: Coatsink
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Action RPG 15.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Stylized 5.8%