- #1 ANIMAL WELL
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #2 The Matter Gun
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #3 Nonolith
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justcamh
Windows · Mac · Linux
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #4 Bruma
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 4HA Games Studio SpA
Windows
Experience the mysterious journey of a cat searching for the memories of her friend, an old lady who has lost them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Cats 15%, Narration 11.4%, Nonlinear 9%
- #5 Amalu, Wells between worlds
94% matchNo user reviews
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 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #6 Mold
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: soraslove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 7.5%
- #7 Dungeon Gals
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DoricDream
Windows
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #8 Iconoclasts
92% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #9 MONOMOON
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #10 Sisyphus Is a Bug
90% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%
- #11 Dark Swords Firelink
91% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Lair Games Studio
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the vast kingdom of Lordhem. Unleash the power of the dark sword to defeat enemies and save the kingdom. Explore a pixel art medieval fantasy world full of creatures and dangers. Are you ready to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #12 Relic Light
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TDGame Studio
Windows
Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Drama 8.2%, Exploration 7.4%
- #13 1000 Amps
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 reviews2012
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Metroidvania 31.6%, Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 10%, 2D 2.6%
- #14 Wisdom Tower
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminight
Windows · Linux
A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 9.4%
- #15 Ascent DX
86% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #16 Dream City
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuggleGreen
Windows
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 17.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #17 Leap Year
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 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 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #18 Soulchain
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #19 EMUUROM
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: borbware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #20 Simple Game
83% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: SVGames
Windows
It is a simple game. Help Chibisi make a pie. Simply collect five apples and the victory is yours. But you must not think if there is something hidden there...
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.5%, Nonlinear 15%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Puzzle 7.9%, Platformer 7.8%
- #21 Mable & The Wood
84% matchMixed56% of 86 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 30.9%, Nonlinear 15%, Platformer 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #22 Tool Land
82% 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 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #23 Phaze Shift
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer 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 43.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 5.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #24 Plungeez
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team ZerothPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Take a dive in the world of Plungeez, a puzzle platformer where Bonnie, a fierce woman who, after falling in the underground, must explore the sewers of Salvador in search of a way out. Light torches, boilers, and use plungers to climb and solve puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Metroidvania 25.1%, Platformer 19.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #25 Art House
80% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Fish StudiosPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Psychological 6.7%
- #26 Irang
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: BREMEN
Windows
Under the tyranny of the four-throated, magic collapsed and darkness fell. Irang embarks on a journey to find her missing family and uncover her birth's secret. In a Metroidvania-style adventure, she explores a decayed world, enhances envoy powers, and aims to restore the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7%
- #27 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 31.9%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #28 Noreya: The Gold Project
77% matchVery Positive84% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: DreamirlPub: PixelHeart
Windows · Linux
Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 10%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #29 The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: GrimTalin
Windows
Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #30 Shell Soul:The Skull
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #31 Memory Draw
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.1%
- #32 Treasure Adventure Game
78% 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 43.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D 3.9%
- #33 Eldritchvania
77% matchVery Positive85% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Platformer 11.5%, Psychological 8.3%, Exploration 7.9%
- #34 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
75% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Platformer 10.5%
- #35 Catto Chateau
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guac GameDev LLC
Windows
A non-linear Metroidvania platformer that's cute but also a bit creepy. Find upgrades, learn spells and banish the spirits who have become twisted by The Duchess's curse!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Cats 11.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #36 Fiadh
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraculum Games
Windows
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #37 Jenny's Adventures
73% 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 40.5%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Cats 10.7%
- #38 Remains
73% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Dancing CactusPub: Jamk Games
Windows
A 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Use tools to modify the level and how you move to explore forests and the ruins of a post-post apocalyptic world. Find keys and extra batteries to delve ever further, in search of who you are and what happened to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #39 Quarion
71% matchVery Positive94% of 149 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 39.6%, Nonlinear 21.8%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #40 InOut
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bora Kara
Windows · Mac
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #41 Crypt Custodian
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,759 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Cats 15.5%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 8.7%
- #42 DreamWatcher
74% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Nonlinear 13%, Platformer 10%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #43 Find Eden
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
Windows
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #44 Öoo
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #45 Saira
75% matchVery Positive81% of 324 reviews
Dev: Nicklas NygrenPub: Kreatoriet AB
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Platformer 21.7%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #46 Auridia
70% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #47 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #48 Rift Walker
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ahando
Windows
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%
- #49 Constance
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,256 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Backpack
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Nonlinear 16%, Platformer 11.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #50 Kuzo
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eads Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an overgrown landscape of magic as you create your own platforms and shape your path through the world. Discover the history of a forgotten planet, collect relics to awaken your abilities, and create the very terrain you traverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #51 Switch Box
70% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #52 Our Metal Bowl
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Mystery 9%
- #53 Ginger Snap: Islands of Rot
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meepalasheep
Windows
Two games in one! GingerSnap: an action platformer with a unique ability combination system. YMIR: a non-linear puzzle platformer with collectable upgrades.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #54 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
Windows
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Multiple Endings 9%, Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #55 Gato Roboto
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Cats 19.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, 2D 4.5%
- #56 Randomice
66% matchVery Positive97% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: VideoludidPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Escape from a laboratory house in this unique puzzling platformer with a twist! All important objects are randomly placed in the world before the start of the game. Each playthrough will take a different path through the house, but can always be completed. A perfect introduction to Randomizers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #57 Cryselts
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B3N Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #58 Somnium Shore
67% 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 44.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #59 Chegra: The Lost Recipe
67% 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 45.6%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 7.9%, Story Rich 7%
- #60 Ex Vitro
66% matchVery Positive94% of 145 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 36.6%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%