- #1 Bite Sized
97% 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 38.4%, Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #2 The Curse Of Eira
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElenaWare
Windows
Wynn has traveled to this dying Kingdom of Alara because she heard a powerful Wizard has taken in her twin sister Eira. Explore the world that has been subjected by the Wizard and his five apprentices and discover enough power ups to find and kill Eira
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 16%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
- #3 The Tale of LUMI
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GamerXP Studio
Windows · Mac
The Tale of LUMI is a fast paced, metroidvania inspired, action game. Collect powers from Gods and Heroes. Upgrade your Skills. Defeat unyielding enemies. Explore LUMI and unveil the secrets that lie within this puzzling Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Mythology 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #4 Ineth
95% 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 44.3%, Platformer 23.9%, Adventure 13.4%, 2D 6.4%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
- #5 Maelstrom
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #6 RIN: The Last Child
94% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Space Fox GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Emotional 12.5%, Adventure 5.3%
- #7 Deaths Of Peck
93% 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 40.9%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 10%, 2D 5%
- #8 Mira and the Legend of the Djinns
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: littleknightgamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An epic 2D pixel art style Metroidvania, inspired by Moroccan culture and spiritual traditions. Wield powerful ancient weapons and forge your way through unrelenting deserts, crumbling necropoli, floating islands and dangerous mountains as you try to uncover the secret of the last Djinn.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Mythology 17.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Emotional 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.3%
- #9 PoPuP
91% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: 번둥천개Pub: 청강문화산업대학교
Windows
Puzzle Flatformer Game Adventures Over Obstacles at a Paper Amusement Park
Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Adventure 23%, Emotional 18.3%, 2D 6.4%
- #10 Caesura
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: No Bananas Studio
Windows
Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 16.9%, Emotional 6.9%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
- #11 Fiadh
90% 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 36%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 16%, Female Protagonist 7%, Emotional 6%
- #12 Shattered Divinities
88% 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 45.1%, Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, 2D 6.3%
- #13 Will O Wisp
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
This is a platform action game in which you control light in a world shrouded in complete darkness and rely on it to progress. Use the light to travel from place to place and illuminate the buried truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #14 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
Windows
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Family Friendly 6.3%
- #15 Bread Adventure
86% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 6.5%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #16 Alice Into the Panopticon
87% 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 40.8%, Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 13%, Fantasy 3.5%
- #17 Spirit Fusion
86% 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 39.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #18 Shantae and the Seven Sirens
85% matchVery Positive90% of 1,989 reviews2020
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Platformer 19.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
- #19 Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Dog and Spider Productions
Windows
It's a 16 bit styled pixel Metroidvania crafted by someone who loves the genre! Put your fingers on WASD and arrow keys or grab your favorite controller to play, simple and easy as these games should be.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #20 Ninja Brigade feat. Jonah Weingarten
83% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Impawsible Games
Windows
A fast-paced pixel art metroidvania, where the musician Jonah Weingarten is drawn to feudal Japan via an arcade station. Once there, he must face vicious yokai hordes and beat the game to return to his own era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Mythology 13.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #21 Enfeathered
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfsmore
Windows
Flap, Dash, Jump, Glide, Dash, and more, through a vast world full of places to explore, people to talk to, and enemies to fight. Use all of your movement tools in order to both explore and fight, all in chunky 2d pixelart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Family Friendly 7.3%
- #22 The Last Tree
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zzmingo
Windows · Mac
A 2D pixel-like Metrovania game, exploring the game world with a unique atmosphere. In a mysterious and huge tree world, as time goes by, trees and plants have withered, the ecology has become worse, life has become scarce, and who will save the world that is about to break.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 15.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #23 Winnie-The-Pooh Taste Test
82% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Tumble Arts
Windows
Platform through a Winnie-The-Pooh picture book. Use your reaction skills and abilities to fight creatures, explore new areas, and collect honey!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Family Friendly 14.4%, Adventure 12.3%
- #24 Pentacore
81% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathan CollierPub: Mythril Age
Windows
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 18.9%, Adventure 9%, 2D 5.2%
- #25 Iteriba: Olokun's Wrath
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Isotropical Games
Windows
An Afro-Brazilian inspired Metroidvania where the player, as Okanbi, channel the power of the Orishas to fight abyssal creatures and explore a large and diverse map inspired by a tale. The Orishas will assist on his journey with Gifts and Blessings in order to save humanity and stop Olokun's Wrath!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Mythology 20.9%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #26 Exodus
81% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2014
Dev: Galhmac Game StudioPub: Multi-Form
Windows
Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Platformer 27.7%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #27 Garden of Butterflies
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Besouroterra
Windows
The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Emotional 7.4%
- #28 Dream Of a Square
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Overhaul
Windows
Dream Of A Square, Start Your Square Adventure Get to the final stage with countless falling squares If you make a mistake, you'll regret it endlessly
Why similar: Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 26.9%, Adventure 25.3%, Fantasy 8.7%, 2D 7.2%
- #29 Stoatman
78% 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 42.7%, Platformer 19.2%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Fantasy 7%
- #30 Ariana and the Elder Codex
76% 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 42.2%, Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Fantasy 4.5%
- #31 A Dream of Burning Sand
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Eldwood
Windows · Linux
Two girls travelling through the desert, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. An action-adventure exploration-based platformer game with lots of sidequests and more secrets than you will ever find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #32 Chibits
77% 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 45.6%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Platformer 17.3%, Adventure 8.6%, 2D 4.7%
- #33 Alone In a Dream
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alchemists Blue Workshop
Windows
The Dream Witch lives in a Dream Realm with her only friend, Mr. Prestone.One day, darkness comes into the Dream Realm, and they kidnap Mr. Prestone.She goes through the darkness of the world alone to get Mr. Prestone back.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 22.7%, Emotional 10.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #34 Cloud Seeker
76% 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 29.8%, Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Family Friendly 6.5%
- #35 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
75% 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 46.1%, Platformer 21.2%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Emotional 5.6%
- #36 Axiom Verge 2
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 935 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #37 Destroyed Base
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Riddik
Windows
Destroyed Base is a 2D platformer adventure where your main task is to survive, find resources to strengthen your shelter and defeat the enemies inhabiting these gloomy corners of the forest. Various bandits have escaped into this forest, who, like you, are hunting for various resources.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 4.7%
- #38 City of None
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Noel & Liam BerryPub: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Platformer 21.6%, 2D Platformer 21%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D 4.8%
- #39 Battery Samurai
73% 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 43.7%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 2.7%
- #40 SHEEPO
73% 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 41.3%, Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 4.1%
- #41 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 16.7%, 2D 4.3%
- #42 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 38.8%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 18.1%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #43 Sunken Sky
70% 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 41.4%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Adventure 7.3%
- #44 Disavowed
72% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Grim RaccoonsPub: Orbis Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disavowed is a Metroidvania that allows the player to freeze time and set up pinpoint shots to stun enemies. It is set in a world of plush and cute creatures where the player has been cast out and needs to go on a journey to gather more strength and get back at his creator for tossing him out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Platformer 18.6%, 2D 7.4%, Adventure 5.9%
- #45 Treasure Adventure Game
71% 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%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 16.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Family Friendly 4.6%
- #46 Echoes of You
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlost Pixel
Windows
Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Platformer 19.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Emotional 11.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #47 Dimensional Rift
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: fenrir Studio
Windows
Four adventurers explore four dimensions that have merged into one, decaying, and featuring unique art. Venture into a platformer packed with story and challenging mechanics.
Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, 2D Platformer 27.5%, Adventure 25.5%, Fantasy 8.9%, 2D 7.3%
- #48 Curse of Diamond
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toonwich IsaPub: Gigantic G
Windows
After a mysterious flash of light, Jennifer, a magic student, finds herself trapped in a cursed floating castle. Explore the castle’s interiors in search of a way to escape...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Emotional 11.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #49 Overbowed
69% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 5.5%
- #50 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 17%, Female Protagonist 7%, Adventure 6.1%
- #51 Torii: Beyond The Gates
69% 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 41.3%, 2D Platformer 19%, Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 8%, 2D 5.1%
- #52 Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overwrite Digital Services
Windows · Linux
'Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire' is a 2D, action-platformer with Metroidvania twists. Play as Gerel, a mother on a mission to face the evil Corvus Empire and save her children. Engage in a heartfelt tale of resilience and redemption, in a visually stunning, Mongolian-inspired pixel art world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Emotional 14.7%, Platformer 14.3%, Fantasy 7.1%
- #53 Wattson the Bulb
67% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Platformer 24.4%, 2D Platformer 22.9%, Fantasy 5.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #54 Super Panda Adventures
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,022 reviews2014
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Platformer 30.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 3.3%, 2D 2.6%
- #55 Dormiveglia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Cartridge
Windows
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 17.6%, Emotional 11%, Adventure 6.5%
- #56 Trapers Platformer
68% 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 39.4%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D 5%
- #57 Chaos Fighter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guandu Studio
Windows
With 5 level and 1 boss.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.8%, Platformer 30.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Fantasy 9%, 2D 7.5%
- #58 Memoria
67% 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 30%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Adventure 9%
- #59 Labyrinth
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco BattiatoPub: Daniela Trovato
Windows
Labyrinth is a 2D platformer with pixel art graphics in which you will have to find your way through intricate labyrinths, overcome many enemies and deadly traps.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Platformer 24.6%, Adventure 21.5%, Fantasy 7.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #60 Treasure Adventure World
67% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Adventure 26.7%, Platformer 22.4%, 2D 6.2%, Indie 5.9%