- #1 Iron Diamond
97% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Platformer 8.1%
- #2 Jenny's Adventures
96% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Pranav Gaur
Windows
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 12.2%
- #3 Amalu, Wells between worlds
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Platformer 11.1%
- #4 Memoria
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Counting SheepPub: Counting Sheep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Exploration 9.1%
- #5 SHEEPO
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 581 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
- #6 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
93% matchVery Positive96% of 258 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 43.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Nonlinear 7.2%
- #7 Deaths Of Peck
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THE LINE Studio
Windows
Deaths of Peck is a fast-paced 2D platformer where the only way to WIN is to DIE! Play as Peck, a tiny goblin cursed with immortality. Orcs took your friends. No matter how many deaths it takes to save them, you always bounce back stronger - in this charmingly gory, hand-drawn adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Hand-drawn 10%, Adventure 4.8%
- #8 Temporal Branches
92% 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 42.5%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #9 Tater Spud
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Nate DeHart
Windows
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 10.5%
- #10 Stoatman
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 8.7%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #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 41.2%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Platformer 5.8%
- #12 Treasure Adventure Game
89% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D 3.9%
- #13 Cloud Seeker
88% 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 30.9%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 16.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 5.9%
- #14 OTHERSIDE: Untamed Words
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OthersideCraft
Windows
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #15 Ariana and the Elder Codex
86% 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 43.8%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #16 Escape Zolstar
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Nonlinear 17.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 9.2%
- #17 Chibits
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 11.8%, 2D 4.2%
- #18 Set In Stone
85% 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 43.3%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Nonlinear 12%, 2D 4.4%
- #19 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
83% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a vast, interconnected dream world full of secrets and collectibles in this metroidvania adventure inspired by classic 2D platformers. Reclaim your lost memories to save Slumberland from the mysterious Oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Platformer 9.4%
- #20 Chegra: The Lost Recipe
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ciderheart Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Nonlinear 14%, Exploration 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 7.8%
- #21 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogteam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #22 Overplasma
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted 4M
Windows
Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #23 KILL HIM
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 鱼俞ycy
Windows
In slaughter and exploration, seek the truth. KILL HIM is a black-and-white Metroidvania game where you will traverse a hostile world, challenge powerful enemies, and uncover the secrets hidden behind everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Nonlinear 7.6%
- #24 Bite Sized
80% 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 45.5%, Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 4.6%
- #25 Xolotl
81% 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 37.7%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 10.8%
- #26 Shattered Divinities
77% 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 49.6%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Exploration 6.6%, Adventure 6%
- #27 Ubirajara
82% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: WandersonPub: Grupo ODS
Windows
Come discover a world full of Brazilian cultural personalities, with several exclusive powers to be used strategically, play win and try to be the best by entering the world rank!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Nonlinear 9.7%
- #28 Kami: The Great Guardian
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Endemic Artifacts
Windows
In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Platformer 16.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Nonlinear 6.8%, 2D 5.3%
- #29 City of None
79% 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 36.4%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 16.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #30 NECROTOPIA
79% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: day-to-day management
Windows
NECROTOPIA is an exploratory action game, in which a monster, who woke up on a stormy night by lightning, picks up junks as weapons and searches for who he/she is. Use various types of weapons to defeat enemies and explore the fascinating world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, 2D 4.7%
- #31 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
78% 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 46.5%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.5%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #32 Eystrandi
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leiksmidr studios
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 47.8%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Nonlinear 7.1%, Exploration 5.3%
- #33 Tool Land
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #34 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 43.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 7.6%
- #35 Divine Guardian | Vệ Thần
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Young Buffalo
Windows
Explore the enchanted Vietnamese jungle, combat mystical monsters, and rescue creatures on your quest to challenge the gods and restore harmony to the Universe as the DIVINE GUARDIAN, immerse yourself in an epic 2D hand-drawn refreshing adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #36 House of Shadow
75% 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 41.1%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Exploration 12%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 7.4%
- #37 Ethereal Odyssey
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KU3 Dev
Windows · Linux
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Family Friendly 8.7%
- #38 Trapers Platformer
75% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: molamucho.com
Windows · Linux
Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 13.8%, Exploration 13.7%, 2D 4.6%
- #39 Savage Horizons
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Insolence Studio
Windows
A compact, exploration-driven metroidvania. Venture across a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Exploration 12.9%, Platformer 5.4%
- #40 Quarion
71% matchVery Positive94% of 159 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 40.9%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 5.8%
- #41 Dirtlight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Platformer 15.3%, Exploration 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #42 Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
73% 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 44.4%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Platformer 14.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #43 Ex Vitro
72% matchVery Positive94% of 146 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 36.8%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 11.7%
- #44 Elowyn and the Stolen Souls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the magic world of Elowyn! Evolve with her and discover all the secrets to magic in this metroidvania with incredible characters and scenary. Learn powerful spells, create potions, unravel many riddles and live the entire fantasy!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 12.3%, 2D 4.1%
- #45 Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myrwood Games
Windows
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Magic 8%
- #46 Pain-T
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wheel Of Games
Windows
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Hand-drawn 5.4%, Magic 4.6%
- #47 Somnium Shore
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Platformer 18.2%, Exploration 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #48 Ineth
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mean Light Studio
Windows · Linux
A pixel-art Metroidvania with challenging platformer mechanics, set in a medieval magical world. Discover a great variety of spells and abilities to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Find mythical charms and items to help Ineth fight her way out of her prison.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.5%, Platformer 21.1%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 6.6%, Magic 6%
- #49 Florarium
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #50 Matachín
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jenofonte
Windows
Matachin, is a 2D video game of Metroidvania-type platforms, with digital illustration and its own music from the Pasto region in Colombia. Your goal is embark on a fantastic adventure full of mysteries for rescue a whole town from sadness releasing the spirit of carnival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Family Friendly 6.3%
- #51 PorBor
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
Windows
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, 2D Platformer 17%, Exploration 13.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.7%
- #52 PhotophoBoy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: More_RetroGames
Windows · Linux
A retro style platform game with metroidvania undertones in which the light wants to destroy you. Acquire specific skills to be able to explore a subway fortress where there is a hidden mystery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Nonlinear 22.3%, Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%
- #53 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Adventure 5.6%
- #54 Alice Into the Panopticon
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lunarians
Windows
Guide Alice, a young girl lost in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, in her quest to return home. In this 2D action-adventure metroidvania game you will meet peculiar characters, traverse a multitude of sceneries, and fight powerful beings known as Egregores to unravel the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 6.6%
- #55 KnightLight
67% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Exploration 14.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Family Friendly 4.4%
- #56 The Journey of Clinbo
68% 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 40.5%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Exploration 14.1%, Platformer 13.7%, Magic 4%
- #57 Velvet Veil
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonBloom Studios
Windows
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Adventure 4.2%
- #58 Slacker Dungeon
67% 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 35.4%, Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 14%, Exploration 12.3%, Magic 6.6%
- #59 Leap Year
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,047 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Platformer 11.2%
- #60 Spirit Fusion
67% 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 45%, Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 14%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Adventure 8.3%