- #1 Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
97% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: The Island Games
Windows
Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.6%, Souls-like 19.8%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Action RPG 7.7%
- #2 WarriOrb: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Souls-like 20.7%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Platformer 8.8%
- #3 Being and Becoming
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IchthysPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 21.6%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Platformer 8.8%, Action RPG 7.9%
- #4 DEVIATOR
95% matchMixed68% of 988 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 23.1%, Platformer 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #5 Lamp Chronicle
94% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Pixellica Corp.
Windows
Lamp Chronicle is a 2D platformer game that tells the story of a little hero who travels to save a kingdom in crisis. Defeat enemies against beautiful backgrounds and enjoy exciting battles with bosses.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.7%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #6 Steel Flood
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egobounds
Windows
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 23.7%, Platformer 10%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Side Scroller 7.1%
- #7 Enemies Within
93% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 20.9%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Platformer 7.5%, 2D Platformer 7.4%
- #8 The Witch Blade
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SergS WorkshopPub: Rokyte Publishing
Windows
An exciting classic adventure in the world of dark fantasy with honed game mechanics, memorable enemies, and retro aesthetics.
Why similar: Souls-like 24%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Side Scroller 6%
- #9 Eden's Guardian
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voragine Game Studio
Windows
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Souls-like 20.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Platformer 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
- #10 Unbound: Worlds Apart
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 12.3%, Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #11 Cloverskar
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex K.
Windows
Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Souls-like 17.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Side Scroller 7.9%
- #12 Elysian Echoes
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grinding Crow
Windows
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Souls-like 21.6%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Platformer 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #13 Lillusion
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: The Night Owls
Windows
An action role-playing game with a non-linear plot choice. Soul-like running and slashing combat system, Naruto-inspired seal system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Souls-like 22.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Action RPG 9.1%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #14 Runic Curse Remastered
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Souls-like 25.8%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Platformer 7.4%, Action RPG 6.1%
- #15 Solateria
86% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 24.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #16 THE DARK DWELLERS
87% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: COLNELIUS
Windows
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.4%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Side Scroller 10%, Platformer 6.4%
- #17 Twilight Monk
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: Aquatic Moon GamesPub: GRAVITY GAME ARISE Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Souls-like 15.5%, Open World 8.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
- #18 GINSHA
85% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
Windows · Linux
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 22.1%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #19 The Lost Key
84% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: AmmashDev
Windows
You are the last hope, be ready to resist the enemy and eliminate injustice and tyranny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Souls-like 20.7%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #20 HunterX: code name T
83% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Souls-like 21.6%, Action RPG 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 10%
- #21 The Song of Awakening
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noeski LLC
Windows · Mac
The Song of Awakening is a 2D action-platformer where you play as a bard with the power to create magic through music. Explore a world once ruled by the Lyramancers, wielders of music-magic, who were extinguished by a mad king. Defeat the malevolent god of silence and restore harmony to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 23.6%, Action RPG 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, 2D Platformer 5.2%
- #22 HunterX
81% matchVery Positive84% of 719 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 24.3%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Action RPG 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #23 Misspell
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
Windows
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 14.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #24 Crown Of Silence
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nyro Interactive
Windows
Crown Of Silence is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with Souls-like mechanics set in a gothic world. Forge your own combat style with diverse equipment, challenge ruthless bosses, and uncover the dark secrets of a silenced kingdom through environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Souls-like 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.6%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Action RPG 7.5%
- #25 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
80% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.6%, Metroidvania 25.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Platformer 5%, Action RPG 4.5%
- #26 Dimension Rift Zero
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 25.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Exploration 6%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
- #27 Last Souls
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Wihler
Windows · Mac
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Souls-like 23.3%, Platformer 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%, Side Scroller 7.1%
- #28 Hell University
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zakitaki
Windows
Explore yet another indie metroidvania as you venture through the Hell University campus. Conquer the demons that infest the essence of Hell University, and save the school from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Souls-like 20.7%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #29 Akatori
77% 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 24.9%, Souls-like 22.7%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #30 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 25.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Side Scroller 6.6%
- #31 SHADE Protocol
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Legendary
Windows · Linux
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 26%, Platformer 11.1%, Side Scroller 6%, Exploration 5.5%
- #32 Crownless
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Souls-like 24.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 7.6%, Action 4.5%
- #33 BOGs: Earth vs Sea
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hammerhead Shark
Windows
Battle of Gods: Earth vs Sea is a 2D platform game inspired by Vietnamese myth. Destroying monsters, tracing treasures, overcoming challenges... to marry a beautiful princess.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 17.1%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #34 Alchemonium
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nox Solis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
What really is alchemy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Souls-like 23.4%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.4%
- #35 Fallen Tear: The Ascension
72% matchVery Positive86% of 172 reviews2026
Dev: Winter Crew StudiosPub: CMD Studios
Windows
A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Souls-like 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Open World 7.7%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
- #36 Undone Mind
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Albar
Windows
2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Souls-like 22%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Open World 6.9%
- #37 Mendacium
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
Windows
An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Souls-like 24.8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Action RPG 7.3%, Dark Fantasy 7%
- #38 Hollow Knight
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 534,538 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 5.6%, Exploration 4.6%
- #39 Awita: Journey of Hope
71% 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 28.4%, Souls-like 19.9%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #40 A Handful of Dust
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BVS Studios
Windows
Uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets in this 2D action-adventure Metroidvania. Explore a haunting world of ruins and shadow, master fluid, brutal combat, and unlock powerful abilities to overcome deadly enemies. Forge your path and choose your destiny in an ancient land balanced on the brink of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Souls-like 18.8%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Action RPG 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
- #41 WarriOrb
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2020
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Souls-like 22.3%, Metroidvania 22.1%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Platformer 9.2%
- #42 Void Memory
73% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Platformer 6.7%
- #43 Crowsworn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mongoose Rodeo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Souls-like 23%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
- #44 Last Vanguard
69% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Souls-like 22.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 8.9%, Action RPG 8.5%
- #45 Custodian: Beginning of the End
72% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Red-Pixel
Windows
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Souls-like 22.1%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Platformer 8.4%
- #46 ARO: Tales In The Dome
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 60K Interactive Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
"ARO: Tales in the Dome" is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure game. Play as Aro and explore an elemental world sealed beneath the dome. As the journey unfolds, uncover the hidden conspiracy and face the truth about the world, the dome, and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 23.4%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #47 Anatine
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel TrashPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Souls-like 27.5%, Platformer 9%, Dark Fantasy 7.1%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #48 Aestik
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Hooded Traveler Games
Windows
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.7%, Souls-like 17.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #49 Darxanadon
70% matchMixed70% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Souls-like 24.8%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Action RPG 11.1%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #50 Deepening Fire
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Souls-like 22.5%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 9%, Action RPG 8.3%
- #51 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,444 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Souls-like 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Action RPG 8.2%, 2D 4.1%
- #52 Reng Azure Requiem
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Surffe Studios
Windows
Awaken Reng Azure in a post-apocalyptic world. Master teleportation in 4 directions, travel through portals connected to the realm of souls, evolve your soul, explore corrupted regions and choose between combat or redemption in this 2D pixel art action and exploration journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Souls-like 22.6%, Action RPG 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.5%
- #53 Afterimage
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,803 reviews2023
Dev: Aurogon ShanghaiPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 19.5%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Action RPG 7.9%, Platformer 7.5%
- #54 The Light of the Darkness: Renascence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUARTOMUNDO
Windows
Fly, fight, and evolve in a seamless 2.5D world. Absorb enemies to craft builds, unlock spells, and harness Mystic Natures. Equip and manage memories in your Mind Inventory to reshape both your powers and the way the story unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Souls-like 19.3%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Platformer 9.3%
- #55 SpellTome
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 27.9%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 5.7%
- #56 The Malice Kingdom
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: The Cheesecake Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an ancient world in The Malice Kingdom. Travel the rich and diverse landscape filled with ancient ruins, foreboding forests, and haunting mansions. Discover powerful weapons, befriend Whimsical characters, and uncover the dormant secret within the kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Souls-like 23%, Platformer 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #57 Volkolak: The Will of Gods
65% matchVery Positive92% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Volkolak Team
Windows
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 23.2%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #58 A Field of Flowers
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ikiruska Studios
Windows
In this norse-inspired metroidvania, explore and seek truths of what truly happened to you, having lost your home and your only friend in a single night. Fight and copy new magic from others to gain power, as you swear revenge on a mysterious stranger that took everything from you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 26.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Action RPG 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.1%