- #1 SHEEPO
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 615 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 80.2%, Casual 8.5%, 2D 4.6%, Funny 2.9%, Indie 2.7%
- #2 A Planet Full of Cats
96% matchVery Positive90% of 585 reviews2026
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Planet Full of Cats is a hidden object adventure with metroidvania-style exploration in true Devcats fashion. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.6%, Puzzle 12%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Casual 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #3 Quarion
96% 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 79.5%, Space 11.6%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #4 Map Map - A Game About Maps
95% matchVery Positive93% of 281 reviews2026
Dev: Pipapo Games
Windows
In this game YOU make the maps! Become the cartographer of a small adventure crew and use proper navigation tools like a real explorer. Map the environment to turn unknown islands into a hand-drawn journey toward a legendary treasure.
Why similar: Puzzle 55.6%, Casual 34.4%, Indie 10%
- #5 Hollow Floor
94% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 91.8%, 2D 4%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #6 Space Sprouts
94% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Space 20%, Puzzle 11%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Funny 6.6%
- #7 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
93% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Demistar
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Minimalist 24.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Casual 4.6%, 2D 3.5%
- #8 Auridia
91% matchVery Positive98% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
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 83.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #9 EMUUROM
91% matchVery Positive91% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78%, Puzzle 15.8%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #10 Xeodrifter
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 65.7%, Space 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 2.8%
- #11 Entropy
90% matchVery Positive94% of 199 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Space 58.1%, Minimalist 29.7%, Casual 12.2%
- #12 Dodd Goes to the Museum
89% matchVery Positive98% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Schwegg
Windows
Explore Dodd's local museum in this short and sweet, casual and relaxing side-scroller adventure! Visit various exhibits within the museum's four wings and talk to various characters along the way!
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, Funny 13%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #13 Chroma Zero
89% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.9%, Puzzle 27.3%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Sci-fi 13%, Indie 3.5%
- #14 Fourmiworld
88% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Metroidvania 81.8%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 5.6%, Puzzle 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #15 Genopanic
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.6%, Funny 10%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 5.2%
- #16 The Multi-Medium
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Puzzle 27%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Casual 19.4%, Funny 18.3%, 2D 10.5%
- #17 Quantum Void
85% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: TacNours
Windows
Lost in an unexplored star system after a dimensional anomaly dispersed your fleet, you start to pick up signals scattered throughout the system. Explore the wrecks of the corporate fleet, discover the secrets of the anomaly, and try to get the good ending.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Space 21.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Walking Simulator 6%
- #18 Hello World
86% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Hello World StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
You have strayed into the world of computer! ? During the exploration, you will have a series of interesting interactions with folders, garbage files, Word documents, PowerPoint documents, Excel documents, anti-virus software, blinking cursors while typing and even binary 0 and 1 in computer!
Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Casual 17.8%, Minimalist 14.2%, 2D 11.3%, Funny 8.3%
- #19 Low Oxygen
84% matchVery Positive89% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, Casual 21.3%, Space 17.7%, Funny 13.9%, 2D 9%
- #20 Infinitevania
82% matchVery Positive93% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: JHT Games
Windows
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 88.1%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #21 Boots Quest DX
84% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Harrison LemkePub: Discount Realms
Windows · Mac
An offbeat adventure game about traveling to the ends of the earth in search of the Best Boots. Solve puzzles, complete quests, collect items, and don weird hats as a hapless young boot enthusiast in a compact open world full of strange friends and foes. You can even jump.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Puzzle 25.3%, Casual 22.9%, Funny 12.6%, 2D 9.4%
- #22 Looking for Aliens
83% matchVery Positive95% of 354 reviews2021
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack!
Why similar: Space 36.5%, Puzzle 22.2%, Casual 14.6%, Funny 14.6%, 2D 8.2%
- #23 Broken Reality 2000
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 354 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Get ready for a new adventure in the world of NATEM! Explore beautiful worlds, solve puzzles with new tools and meet wonderful people in this journey through a digital universe full of secrets in search of someone special.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.8%, Puzzle 15%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Casual 10.6%
- #24 Moonleap
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,464 reviews2023
Dev: guselect
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Why similar: Minimalist 49.4%, Puzzle 19.9%, Funny 10.7%, Casual 10.2%, 2D 7.4%
- #25 Cosmic Collapse
81% matchVery Positive99% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
Why similar: Puzzle 41.4%, Casual 25.5%, Space 17.6%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #26 Orbitmine
79% matchVery Positive82% of 489 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.
Why similar: Space 55%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Casual 13.4%, 2D 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #27 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 1,850 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!
Why similar: Casual 46.6%, Minimalist 33.9%, Indie 8.3%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #28 Space Expedition
78% matchVery Positive93% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Space 62.1%, 2D 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #29 bobo robot
80% matchVery Positive87% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Metroidvania 75.7%, Indie 24.3%
- #30 Astro Miner
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyLabsPub: QubicGames
Windows
Embark on a Colorful Journey Through the Galaxy! Explore new planets and mine various minerals using your vacuum gun!
Why similar: Space 67.2%, Casual 31.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 Interior Worlds
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 616 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.8%, Casual 35.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #32 Islets
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,458 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 84.6%, Funny 8.3%, 2D 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #33 Paradise Marsh
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 545 reviews2022
Dev: LazyEti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland... Catch bugs and chat with many characters while playfully wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!
Why similar: Funny 36.6%, Walking Simulator 34.3%, Casual 29.1%
- #34 Pine Hearts
74% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Luminal Games LtdPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.1%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Funny 6.7%, Puzzle 6.6%, Casual 6.2%
- #35 Moonlight Pulse
73% matchVery Positive92% of 263 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.4%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #36 Funi Raccoon Game
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,815 reviews2026
Dev: CrayonPub: The Crayon Eating Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Explore a series of whimsical, interconnected worlds to steal everything not nailed down. Make a garbage bin a garbage home :)
Why similar: Casual 92.4%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #37 Orbit HD
78% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2015
Dev: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore the cosmos as a comet, orbiting planets with a realistic gravity system and a backdrop of procedurally generated nebulae. Learn to use planetary gravity to your advantage, and relax in the ambience of space.
Why similar: Space 45.8%, Minimalist 24.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Casual 9%, Indie 2%
- #38 Puzzlement
75% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares
Why similar: Minimalist 44.4%, Puzzle 23.7%, Casual 18.3%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #39 Linelith
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,460 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.3%, Minimalist 24.3%, Casual 19.8%, Grid-Based Movement 14.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #40 Exographer
72% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Puzzle 27.6%, Sci-fi 14.8%, 2D 9%, Indie 2%
- #41 Solar System
77% matchMixed44% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Rediscover the solar system! Solar System is a relaxing game, which will allow you to deepen your knowledge of the Solar System by interacting with the planets!
Why similar: Casual 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #42 PSYCRON
73% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.2%, Space 22.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Dewdrop Dynasty
70% matchVery Positive81% of 230 reviews2026
Dev: GoodgisPub: Firith Studio
Windows · Linux
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 78.9%, Funny 11.6%, 2D 5%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #44 Goodboy Galaxy
71% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.1%, Space 16%, Sci-fi 6.7%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 0.4%
- #45 Patch me if you can
69% matchVery Positive98% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Puzzle 35.6%, Funny 23.7%, Casual 20.8%, 2D 13.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #46 Orbox C
71% matchVery Positive94% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: wins_84Pub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Bounce the box in outer space. Blow bombs, break the ice, collect orbs, activate sensors and more! The game starts easy and slowly grows in difficulty to the real challenge. When you want a clever brain teaser for 5-20 min session - this is the best choice.
Why similar: Space 36%, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Sci-fi 12%, Casual 11.1%
- #47 Other Worlds India
74% matchMixed62% of 141 reviews2017
Dev: SharF Co.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Pure metroidvania game, adventures, secret locations, tons of weapons, and of course hardcore gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 71.6%, Funny 10.7%, Casual 10%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 1.3%
- #48 Ufouria: The Saga 2
70% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: SUNSOFT
Windows
Explore the unique and wacky world of SUNSOFT's Ufouria in this exploration-based side-scrolling game. The levels' terrain change each time you play with new secrets to explore. Be charmed, comforted and tickled by the fluffy felt-like remake of the strange-but-cute world of Ufouria!
Why similar: Metroidvania 95.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #49 Fugue in Void
73% matchMixed67% of 259 reviews2018
Dev: Moshe LinkePub: Sedoc LLC
Windows · Mac
A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Casual 33.2%, Sci-fi 18%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #50 Supraland Six Inches Under
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,240 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.
Why similar: Metroidvania 73.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Funny 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #51 Self-Checkout Unlimited
71% matchVery Positive82% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Argent Games
Windows · Mac
Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.
Why similar: Casual 44.1%, Walking Simulator 41.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #52 Xanthiom Zero
68% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.9%, Space 27.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 homebound
69% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Justin Yip
Windows · Mac
Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.
Why similar: Casual 30.7%, Puzzle 27.6%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, 2D 7.8%
- #54 Go Outside Simulator
67% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: SimRed
Windows
For when you can't or won't go outside, go outside from the comfort of inside. Explore different environments, look for hidden Easter eggs, chill and relax in virtual worlds. Go Outside Simulator is a for fun game used to help in the future development of real games and useful programs.
Why similar: Casual 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #55 Revenge of the Savage Planet
65% matchVery Positive86% of 3,578 reviews2025
Dev: Raccoon Logic Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Space 29.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Puzzle 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #56 Elephantasy: Flipside
68% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 80.8%, Puzzle 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #57 Trash Quest
68% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.3%, Minimalist 20.7%, Sci-fi 5%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 0.3%
- #58 Zolg
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.4%, Minimalist 28.1%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1%
- #59 Solar 2
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,228 reviews2011
Dev: Murudai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Why similar: Space 65.8%, Casual 14.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 4.6%
- #60 Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,087 reviews2012
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
Why similar: Puzzle 38.4%, Funny 29.6%, 2D 16.2%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 6.1%