- #1 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
97% 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 28.3%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #2 Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate
96% 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 24.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Magic 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #3 Constance
96% 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 20.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%
- #4 Ariana and the Elder Codex
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Action 5.6%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
- #5 Iron Diamond
94% matchVery Positive89% of 55 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 26.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Platformer 7.7%
- #6 RIN: The Last Child
94% matchMixed60% of 80 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 27.6%, Platformer 12.3%, Emotional 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 6.8%
- #7 Phaze Shift
93% 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 32.3%, Platformer 13.5%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, 2D Platformer 6%
- #8 Stoatman
91% 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 32%, Platformer 13.1%, Fantasy 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
- #9 Dormiveglia
91% 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 26.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 9.9%
- #10 Museful
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Emotional 9.9%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Exploration 6%
- #11 Fevercide
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fevercide is a metroidvania with elements of horror and adventure games. Join Sandra as she explores the stately cities of a Russian Empire that never fell. Solve puzzles, fight with monsters, and face the demons from her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Magic 8.1%
- #12 The Smoke
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vino VenitasPub: Eternally Forward Games
Windows
The Smoke is a 2D Metroidvania where players wield a gun to disperse the smoke that threatens to engulf the world. Explore a world filled with hidden pathways and treacherous chambers. Blast away enemies, clear toxic clouds, and unlock new abilities. Stop the darkness before it swallows everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.1%
- #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 22.9%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 7%
- #14 Caesura
87% matchNo user reviews
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 31.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12.5%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #15 Florarium
86% 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 34.4%, Platformer 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Emotional 7.8%
- #16 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
84% matchVery Positive96% of 241 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 34.5%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Magic 6.8%
- #17 Shards of Memories
86% 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 32.1%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 7.9%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #18 Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Terovania
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save your sister from your father's dark fate and plunge into a hand-painted 2D adventure with exciting battles and a deep, captivating story in "Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight". Master various skills and discover a fantastic world.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Metroidvania 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 9.7%
- #19 Ayakashi Princess: Prequel
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hinawajin
Windows
The fox princess's great adventure! A story from a little while ago. Tamamo Hime wakes up in the Ayakashi world, ``Kakuriyo.'' She makes her way home, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Explore various stages and move forward with graceful actions! Is this world a dream or...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Side Scroller 10.3%
- #20 Makis Adventure
83% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #21 Curse of Diamond
82% 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 25.6%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #22 Spirit Fusion
82% 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 32.4%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #23 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
81% 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 34.1%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #24 Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia
81% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Team Quantum Games
Windows
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Side Scroller 8%
- #25 Nocturnal 2
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunnyside Games
Windows
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #26 Sarah's Great Adventure
79% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 川流游戏
Windows
In the world of dreams, be a hero who saves the world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 8%, Magic 7.9%
- #27 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,067 reviews2024
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Magic 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #28 Goo Keeper
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Oria Games Inc.
Windows
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Platformer 11.7%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #29 Reso-Seeker
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #30 The Starlight Amulet
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreddeGredde
Windows
Explore a mysterious island in this beautiful hand-drawn side-scrolling adventure. Befriend the characters you meet in order to learn new abilities that let you reach new areas. Story, visuals, game design and music by FreddeGredde.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Emotional 9.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #31 Bitlands
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ByteForge
Windows
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Magic 7.9%
- #32 Souno's Curse
76% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Kiro TeamPub: PixelHeart
Windows
Embark on a short and emotional journey through a cursed cave in this 2D hand-drawn platformer with action and metroidvania elements. Uncover a touching story about regrets and the value of living the moment
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Emotional 10.4%
- #33 Axiom Verge 2
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 907 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 32.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 12.6%, Action 7.2%, Side Scroller 6.8%
- #34 Akari - The Five Eyed Fox
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SplashFire Studios
Windows
Play as Akari, a magical fox imbued with the power of light in this fast paced Metroidvania. Slash and Dash your way through an army of darkness and explore diverse, beautiful worlds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Emotional 12.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Magic 5.9%
- #35 Liminalia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space74
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mysteries of these forgotten lands in a hand-drawn, narrative-driven 2D action-adventure, as a white-robed girl awakens in the depths of an abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 8%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #36 MOONMAN
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hinawajin
Windows
We can't reach the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #37 Chiaroscuro
73% 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 25.4%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 6.5%
- #38 Keena The Voidslayer
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #39 Imp of the Sun
74% matchMixed65% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Sunwolf EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.2%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Emotional 10%, Platformer 9%
- #40 White Flame Inna: Daughter of the Void
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ongar Studio
Windows
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #41 Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire
72% 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 24%, Emotional 13.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10.3%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #42 House of Shadow
71% 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 31.3%, Nonlinear 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #43 Will O Wisp
70% 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 38.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Emotional 12.2%, Action 7.7%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
- #44 Tim-Tim 2: "The Almighty Gnome"
71% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: SpoonweaverPub: Spoonweaver Studios
Windows
Tim-Tim the Gnome must journey through mysterious dungeons to find his kidnapped girlfriend while battling fierce monsters with dubious origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Fantasy 7.5%, Side Scroller 7.5%
- #45 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 7.1%
- #46 ITORAH
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 886 reviews2022
Dev: Grimbart TalesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, 2D Platformer 13%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #47 Amalu, Wells between worlds
69% 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 30.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 9.9%
- #48 A Dream of Burning Sand
73% 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 24.4%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Exploration 7.4%
- #49 Maelstrom
71% 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 38.2%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 8.6%, Fantasy 7.2%, Action 6%
- #50 Adventurous Slime
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A mini metroidvania game about a small but very courageous slime going on an adventure, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #51 Akatori
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast Games
Windows
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Exploration 7.3%
- #52 Dewborne Dawn
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mythwalk Studios
Windows
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Nonlinear 8.5%, Combat 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #53 Slumbering Feline
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: The Flavare
Windows · Linux
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Magic 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #54 The Elderseed
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Talebound Games
Windows
Embark on an epic action adventure by unraveling the mystery of the Elder Seed and save the world from falling into chaos. Journey with Milo through colorful handcrafted lands, forests, caves and dungeons. Forge new weapons and encounter strange creatures who will help you throughout your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 13.8%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Exploration 7.6%
- #55 LUCID
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Matte Black StudioPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Nonlinear 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 10%, Magic 8.2%
- #56 Awita: Journey of Hope
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Side Scroller 9%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #57 Set In Stone
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maëlig Moreau
Windows · Mac · 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 34.5%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Magic 6.3%
- #58 PATHFINDER 08
69% 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 33.5%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #59 Escape Zolstar
69% 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 28.8%, Nonlinear 15.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 7.8%