- #1 Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
97% matchVery Positive87% of 99 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 20.7%, Souls-like 19.8%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Action RPG 7.7%
- #2 WarriOrb: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive88% of 400 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 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Platformer 8.9%
- #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 26.2%, Souls-like 21.6%, Side Scroller 10%, Platformer 8.9%, Action RPG 7.9%
- #4 DEVIATOR
95% matchMixed68% of 996 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 25.8%, Souls-like 23.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, 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 20.7%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #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 24.9%, Souls-like 23.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Side Scroller 7.2%
- #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 24.9%, Souls-like 20.9%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 7.6%, 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 22%, Dark Fantasy 12%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Side Scroller 6.1%
- #9 Bathory - Heritage of Blood
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Moonana
Windows
Play as Ursula Bathory, the vampire Princess, awakened from a centuries long slumber to claim her throne of blood in this Vampire Soulsvania inspired by Castlevania, Nosferatu and gothic victorian literature classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Souls-like 21.7%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #10 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 21.4%, Souls-like 20.5%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
- #11 Crown Of Silence
90% 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 28.3%, Souls-like 18%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Action RPG 7.3%
- #12 Hatone
89% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Devil's Delirium
Windows
Dive into a NES-inspired Action-Platformer with Metroidvania elements. Play as an Illuminati henchman battling fearsome bosses and unearthing secrets in an ancient castle. Fulfill your duty… but are you the architect of your fate—or just a pawn in a game someone else is playing?
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Souls-like 21.1%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #13 Unbound: Worlds Apart
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,310 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.5 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 23.6%, Souls-like 12.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #14 Elysian Echoes
88% 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 23.8%, Souls-like 21.6%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #15 Cloverskar
87% 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 23.2%, Souls-like 17.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Side Scroller 8%
- #16 Lillusion
86% 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 24.2%, Souls-like 22.5%, Platformer 9.6%, Action RPG 9.1%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #17 Runic Curse Remastered
86% 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 29.2%, Souls-like 25.8%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Platformer 7.5%, Action RPG 6.1%
- #18 Fatal Claw
84% matchVery Positive96% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: NDEV GAMESPub: Com2us Holdings
Windows
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, Souls-like 19.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Platformer 8.3%
- #19 Solateria
83% matchVery Positive84% of 579 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 27.1%, Souls-like 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Platformer 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #20 THE DARK DWELLERS
85% 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 22%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 6.5%
- #21 Twilight Monk
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 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 17.2%, Souls-like 15.5%, Open World 8.5%, Platformer 6.8%
- #22 GINSHA
82% matchPositive91% of 22 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%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #23 HunterX: code name T
81% matchVery Positive86% of 162 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 23.4%, Souls-like 21.6%, Action RPG 10.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Side Scroller 10%
- #24 The Song of Awakening
81% 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 25.8%, Souls-like 23.6%, Action RPG 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, 2D Platformer 5.2%
- #25 HunterX
79% matchVery Positive84% of 730 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 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 24.2%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Action RPG 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #26 Misspell
78% 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 29%, Souls-like 14.7%, Platformer 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #27 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
79% matchVery Positive81% of 5,532 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 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 39.5%, Metroidvania 25.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Platformer 5.1%, Action RPG 4.5%
- #28 The Lost Key
77% 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 22.9%, Souls-like 20.6%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #29 Dimension Rift Zero
77% 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 27%, Souls-like 25.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 5.9%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
- #30 Last Souls
76% 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 25.4%, Souls-like 23.3%, Platformer 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Side Scroller 7.1%
- #31 Hell University
76% 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 12.2%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #32 The Guise
78% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Rasul MonoPub: GameNet
Windows
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.7%, Souls-like 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Side Scroller 6.4%
- #33 Spright
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Craft weapons, bend spacetime, and fight through hostile environments, survive ambushes, and explore strange realms.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Souls-like 24.8%, Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 4.5%
- #34 Vesuvius
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Souls-like 29%, Platformer 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%, Hand-drawn 4.2%
- #35 BOGs: Earth vs Sea
74% 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%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #36 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
75% 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 26.7%, Souls-like 25.1%, Platformer 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Side Scroller 6.7%
- #37 SHADE Protocol
73% 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 28.9%, Souls-like 25.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 6%, Exploration 5.4%
- #38 Volkolak: The Will of Gods
72% matchVery Positive92% of 240 reviews2025
Dev: Volk TeamPub: Progamefactoryllc
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 23.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 9.3%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #39 Undone Mind
73% 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 23.3%, Souls-like 22%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Open World 6.9%
- #40 Alchemonium
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nox Solis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
What really is alchemy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Souls-like 23.4%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
- #41 Awita: Journey of Hope
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 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 19.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #42 Mendacium
72% 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 26.6%, Souls-like 24.8%, Hand-drawn 7.3%, Action RPG 7.3%, Dark Fantasy 6.9%
- #43 ARO: Tales In The Dome
71% 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 24.6%, Souls-like 23.4%, Side Scroller 13.9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #44 Hollow Knight
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 546,509 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 32%, Souls-like 23.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%, Exploration 4.5%
- #45 Cliff Kingdom
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Souls-like 26.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Exploration 7.3%
- #46 Last Vanguard
68% matchVery Positive85% of 96 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 27%, Souls-like 22.2%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 9%, Action RPG 8.5%
- #47 A Handful of Dust
69% 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 36.6%, Souls-like 18.8%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Action RPG 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.1%
- #48 Crowsworn
69% 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 26.3%, Souls-like 23%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Platformer 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%
- #49 WarriOrb
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 180 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 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Platformer 9.3%
- #50 Custodian: Beginning of the End
70% 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 24.3%, Souls-like 22%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%, Platformer 8.5%
- #51 Anatine
68% 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 29.7%, Souls-like 27.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 7%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #52 Sutra Pilgrim
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SvenFish Games
Windows
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim! Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 28.6%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 6.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #53 Aestik
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 101 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 18.8%, Souls-like 17.7%, Side Scroller 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9%
- #54 Deepening Fire
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 634 reviews2023
Dev: VeryBigDogPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.4%, Metroidvania 22%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Action RPG 8.3%
- #55 Spider Dynasty
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zhiwu Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
A realm where two ancient trees have long harbored rival royal bloodlines, each having woven their aerial dominion from spider silk across countless generations. Yet now, dark forces of unknown origin stir, spreading their corruption throughout the silk realm...
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 22.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Action RPG 9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #56 Darxanadon
68% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Explore a massive interconnected labyrinth of grottos, castles, and groves in this 2D retro-inspired Action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 24.8%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Action RPG 11.1%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #57 Void Memory
70% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.1%, Souls-like 23.8%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Platformer 6.9%
- #58 Akatori
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast GamesPub: Games Harbor
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: Souls-like 24.6%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 8.4%