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  1. #1 OUTBUDDIES DX
    97% matchMixed70% of 283 reviews2019
    Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

  2. #2 Axiom Verge
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
    Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Action 7.1%, Indie 6.9%, Platformer 6.7%

  3. #3 Iconoclasts
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
    Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

  4. #4 Haiku, the Robot
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
    Dev: Mister Morris Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.1%

  5. #5 Axiom Verge 2
    94% 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 28.7%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Side Scroller 7.7%, Platformer 7.6%

  6. #6 Environmental Station Alpha
    93% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
    Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 7.6%

  7. #7 Gato Roboto
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
    Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Action 11.5%, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

  8. #8 After Death
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
    Dev: After Death Team
    Windows

    After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Action 12.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 9.6%

  9. #9 Astronite
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2022
    Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 8.4%, Action 7.9%

  10. #10 MIO: Memories in Orbit
    88% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
    Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Platformer 11%, Indie 9.2%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Action 6.3%

  11. #11 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2022
    Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

  12. #12 MO:Astray
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
    Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

    Why similar: Action 16.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

  13. #13 Gravity Circuit
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
    Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

    Why similar: Action 17.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Indie 11.9%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 10%

  14. #14 The Mummy Demastered
    89% matchMostly Positive75% of 898 reviews2017
    Dev: WayForward
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Action 17.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

  15. #15 Xanthiom Zero
    86% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: MathanGames
    Windows

    Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Aliens 8.3%, Action 8%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D Platformer 7.4%

  16. #16 Robot Wants It All
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 187 reviews2019
    Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Robot wants stuff! Go get it for him in this compilation of the metroidvania Robot Wants series, including an all-new Robot adventure!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Action 17.7%, Indie 13.3%, Side Scroller 11%, Platformer 8.2%

  17. #17 Moonlight Pulse
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2024
    Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Action 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D Platformer 7.4%

  18. #18 bobo robot
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .

    Why similar: Action 31.8%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 24.7%, Metroidvania 11.4%, Exploration 1.7%

  19. #19 Alwa's Awakening
    84% matchVery Positive80% of 909 reviews2017
    Dev: Elden Pixels
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

  20. #20 Spinch
    83% matchMixed67% of 245 reviews2020
    Dev: Queen Bee GamesPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring, in this side-scrolling, psychedelic platformer from the mind of award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs.

    Why similar: Action 24.5%, Indie 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 10%

  21. #21 PSYCRON
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
    Dev: Mothware
    Windows

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Action 7%

  22. #22 Inescapable
    84% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
    Dev: Magnetic Realms
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Adventure 22.5%, Action 20.1%, Indie 18%, Platformer 6.9%

  23. #23 Xeodrifter
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
    Dev: Atooi
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Action 8.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 7.5%

  24. #24 Airhead
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
    Windows

    Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Adventure 18.2%, Indie 14.7%, Action 14.4%, Beautiful 11.9%

  25. #25 Cave Story+
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 7,930 reviews2011
    Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Platformer 11.2%, Indie 9.2%, Action 8.6%

  26. #26 Alchemist's Castle
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2017
    Dev: Kabuk Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Indie 12.6%, Action 12.5%, Side Scroller 11%, Adventure 10.9%

  27. #27 ReSetna
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
    Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
    Windows

    What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Action 16.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 12.5%, Platformer 11.6%

  28. #28 Souldiers
    77% matchMixed69% of 2,964 reviews2022
    Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Action 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Adventure 8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%

  29. #29 Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior
    80% matchMixed60% of 443 reviews2018
    Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

    Why similar: Action 13.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 10.2%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Platformer 9.4%

  30. #30 SteamWorld Dig
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 10,641 reviews2013
    Dev: Image & Form Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 10.4%, Action 8.7%

  31. #31 Zapling Bygone
    76% matchVery Positive80% of 195 reviews2022
    Dev: 9FingerGames
    Windows

    Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Aliens 8.9%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 7.1%

  32. #32 Capsized
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,096 reviews2011
    Dev: Alientrap
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

    Why similar: Action 27%, Platformer 19.4%, Indie 18.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

  33. #33 Rebel Transmute
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 272 reviews2024
    Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Action 9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Retro 7%

  34. #34 Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,037 reviews2024
    Dev: Metamorphosis GamesPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Action 11.9%, Platformer 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.3%

  35. #35 Cosmobreeder Yiffai
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 155 reviews2025
    Dev: KEMOSHOCO
    Windows

    Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Platformer 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Action 9.5%, Retro 8.7%

  36. #36 A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2014
    Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!

    Why similar: Action 24.7%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Indie 17.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.7%

  37. #37 Metal Unit
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,864 reviews2021
    Dev: JellySnow StudioPub: NEOWIZ
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

    Why similar: Action 25.7%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 17.8%, Metroidvania 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

  38. #38 Zexion
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 432 reviews2025
    Dev: Gallant Leaf
    Windows · Linux

    Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Side Scroller 11%, Aliens 10.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 9.2%

  39. #39 Metamorfose S
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 282 reviews2017
    Dev: Andre MonteiroPub: SA Industry
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Metamorfose S is a 2D action-adventure game with RPG elements.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Action 26.2%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 21.4%

  40. #40 Inexistence
    75% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
    Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

    Why similar: Action 31.1%, Metroidvania 29.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 12.7%, Platformer 5%

  41. #41 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
    Dev: CollectorVision Games
    Windows · Mac

    In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

    Why similar: Action 20.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 14.6%, Metroidvania 12.8%, Platformer 7.1%

  42. #42 Vision Soft Reset
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 154 reviews2019
    Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
    Windows

    Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Platformer 8.8%, Action 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 6.9%

  43. #43 Super Roboy
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2025
    Dev: Vincent PenningPub: VP Games
    Windows

    Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Action 9.6%, Aliens 9.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Platformer 8.1%

  44. #44 LUNARK
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 330 reviews2023
    Dev: Canari GamesPub: WayForward
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!

    Why similar: Action 12.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 9.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Side Scroller 9.4%

  45. #45 SJ-19 Learns To Love!
    72% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2021
    Dev: Zertuk
    Windows · Linux

    SJ-19 Learns to Love is a short boss focused metroidvania about a killer robot who learns to love~ 💕 Explore, defeat bosses, and gain the power of LOVE!

    Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 13%, Adventure 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

  46. #46 Retro Machina
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
    Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Action 16.8%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Platformer 9.1%

  47. #47 Anima Flux
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
    Dev: Avantaj PrimPub: JollyCo
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Action 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Indie 9%

  48. #48 B.I.O.T.A.
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 253 reviews2022
    Dev: small brosPub: Retrovibe
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Aliens 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Action 8.2%, Platformer 8.1%

  49. #49 Headlander
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2016
    Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Adult Swim Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Action 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.7%

  50. #50 The Swapper
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
    Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

    Why similar: Sci-fi 17.4%, Metroidvania 14.9%, Indie 14%, Platformer 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%

  51. #51 Growbot
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
    Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

    Why similar: Adventure 34.2%, Indie 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Story Rich 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.7%

  52. #52 forma.8
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2017
    Dev: MixedBag Srl
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 15.3%, Side Scroller 12%

  53. #53 Berserk Boy
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2024
    Dev: BerserkBoy Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 9.3%, Platformer 8.1%

  54. #54 Hyper Light Drifter
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
    Dev: Heart Machine
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Metroidvania 15%, Adventure 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 11.7%

  55. #55 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
    Dev: LunarCore Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Action 14.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 9.6%

  56. #56 Trash Quest
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
    Dev: Francis Vace
    Windows

    Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Action 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Retro 8.5%, Exploration 6%

  57. #57 Guns of Fury
    63% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
    Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Platformer 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Retro 8.7%, Action 8.5%

  58. #58 Space Expedition
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 181 reviews2023
    Dev: Mobirate
    Windows · Mac

    Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

    Why similar: Indie 17.6%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Platformer 11.9%

  59. #59 Quarion
    62% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
    Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
    Windows · Linux

    A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Platformer 9%, Retro 8.6%, Indie 7.4%

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