- #1 Super Mombo Quest
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Precision Platformer 26%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #2 Nyana
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OrionGames Inc
Windows
Join Nyana on her quest to both shatter the chains that have shackled her people and rebuild their society back up from the brink of extinction. Nyana is a story rich metroidvania set in an oppressive, yet beautifully hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Action 17.6%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #3 Super Beefit
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Castle
Windows
Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Action 14%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #4 SOLDIER ADVENTURE
95% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Xiao Dong
Windows
This is a 2D platform adventure game that supports both single player and online multiplayer gameplay. ASDW for move, space bar for jumping, left Shift for sprinting, left mouse buton for attacking, right mouse button for striking.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Inventory Management 9.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #5 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VP Games
Windows
Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, Action 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Adventure 12.4%
- #6 Mono
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project Mono
Windows
『Mono』 is a 2D action game set in a monochrome world. Explore the land to enhance your abilities, defeat the formidable foes standing in your way, and resolve the crisis befalling this black-and-white realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Action 16.7%, Adventure 13%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #7 SlideNGlide
93% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Precision Platformer 26.2%, Action 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Adventure 7.9%
- #8 Eystrandi
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leiksmidr studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Supernatural 13.6%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #9 House of Shadow
91% 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 38.3%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Action 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%
- #10 HiddenLight
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Bears
Windows · Mac
"HiddenLight" is a game about the adventures of two teenagers - a boy named Saul and a girl named Celine - in a world plunged into darkness and teeming with demons
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Precision Platformer 25.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 8.9%, Dark 6.2%
- #11 Necrosphere64
89% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Precision Platformer 28.7%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #12 Yeomna : The Legend of Dongbaek
90% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: catnipstudio
Windows
Yeomna is a Metrovania 2D action platform game. Take on the role of the Half-Demon exorcist Dongbaek, and complete the cases requested by Yeomna though combat and adventure in this dream-like, mysterious Underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.9%, Action 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Multiple Endings 6%, 2D 5.7%
- #13 Vanishing Starlight
88% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 上海心柒网络科技有限公司Pub: 上海星游纪信息技术有限公司
Windows
Vanishing Starlight, integrating ancient Chinese myths and Cyberpunk, is a Metroidvania platformer. Play as a prisoner who lost memory and embark on a journey across the stars where you seek lost memories, partners, and uncover your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Adventure 17.9%, Action 17.1%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, 2D 4.8%
- #14 Ani Leaving Sirius
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: e2gamestudio
Windows · Mac
A dying planet in energy chaos, dangerous districts and challenging combats. Your only chance to escape the planet is through inconsistent portal! Gain energy crystals by slaying enemies. Improve your abilities and acquire drones. Complete your escape quest in this challenging rouge-lite gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 8.9%
- #15 End's Reach
87% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.9%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 7%, Action 6.2%
- #16 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
86% matchVery Positive84% of 6,153 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #17 Garm Ruins
86% matchPositive98% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: kiukiu
Windows
An exploration-type action game in which "Fluffy Girl Doge" is the main character. Get the skills of "Doge" and explore the unknown ancient ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Action 21.3%, Action-Adventure 19.6%, 2D 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #18 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WORD GAMESPub: Selecta Play
Windows
Esdraz: The Throne of Darkness is a Metroidvania game focused on a dynamic combat system with a wide-ranging arsenal that players can tailor to fit their individual combat style. Fight a variety of enemies and evolving bosses while you come up with the best strategy to beat every encounter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Action 17.9%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 15.4%, 2D 4.8%
- #19 Battery Samurai
84% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #20 Ataraxie
84% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Gravenoire
Windows · Linux
ATARAXIE, in the pure style of retro games, ties itself with the SNES Gaming era and embrace difficulty, for it wishes to give experienced gamers/players the test they are really looking for!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Action 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15%, Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #21 The Pale Piper
82% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Precision Platformer 28.2%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Dark 5.2%
- #22 Echoes of You
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlost Pixel
Windows
Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Action 16.4%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Mystery 6.1%
- #23 Janosik 2: Prologue
81% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Linux
Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Precision Platformer 24.1%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 9.5%
- #24 Reknum Cheri Dreamland
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: NAPE GAMES
Windows
Face the fears from your dreams to save the kingdom in this 2D retro advenure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Action 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 13.4%
- #25 labyrinth Trials
81% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Casperdew
Windows
A game designed with the intend of speed running as the player you must fight monsters and robots and make your way through four stages and defeat all the bosses and make it to the end portal as quickly as possible
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Precision Platformer 20.9%, Action 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Adventure 13.4%
- #26 Somnium Shore
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Action 11.4%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #27 BeforeDisaster
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Action 12%, Adventure 10.9%, 2D Platformer 3.3%
- #28 Roots of the mind
79% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: David J. Productions
Windows
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Action 18.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, 2D 8.8%
- #29 Xolotl
79% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Precision Platformer 26.8%, Action-Adventure 12%, Action 6.5%, 2D Platformer 5%
- #30 Soul Passage
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emrah Ozbay
Windows · Mac
The fate of the unbound souls is in your hands. Take control of Obligor with lots of different skill and weapon combinations, and fight, and explore different planets in Soul Universe. A fantastic 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania with a unique quest and story system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Action 12.9%, Supernatural 11.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%
- #31 Shadow Labyrinth
76% matchMixed57% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Action 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Dark 7.2%
- #32 Whim
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Stonk
Windows
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Precision Platformer 27.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7%, Action 6.3%
- #33 Once We're Home
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otter Make Games Inc.
Windows
An Action-Adventure-Platformer-RPG-lite of our rescue dog Marduk, the zoomies-powered & always hungry husky! Find out how he found his home with us, and how we found family with each other.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 13.7%, Action-Adventure 13.4%
- #34 Honey's Sweet Revenge
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: etheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Action 14.1%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 3.5%
- #35 Hollow Floor
74% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Precision Platformer 28.2%, Adventure 7.8%, Action-Adventure 5.4%, Mystery 5.1%
- #36 Into The Underdusk
76% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Stone Crow Games
Windows
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Precision Platformer 27.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 6%
- #37 Phaze Shift
75% 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 46.5%, Action 10%, Adventure 8.4%, Inventory Management 8.3%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #38 Jumper Jon
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Precision Platformer 20.6%, Action-Adventure 14%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #39 Spirit Fusion
74% 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 43.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, 2D Platformer 4.1%
- #40 Lumen Veil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obox
Windows
A dark metroidvania where you play as a silent, white-hooded specter drifting through forgotten realms. Master precise hand-drawn platforming and uncover the mystery of the veil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Action 15.9%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Dark 5.9%
- #41 EXIL
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mystic Clockwork Studio
Windows
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Action 13%, Adventure 9.9%, 2D Platformer 5.7%
- #42 Amo
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.2%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 8.7%, 2D 5.8%
- #43 Trash Heart
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Precision Platformer 29.4%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #44 Code: Elyse
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jump_Button
Windows
Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 7.5%, Mystery 5.4%
- #45 GoldFish Brain
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: WEIPub: IRON LIVER
Windows
Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.4%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Action 8.4%, 2D Platformer 5.6%
- #46 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 53.2%, Action 14%, Adventure 13%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Indie 2.7%
- #47 Endless Darkness
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameLab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil has taken over the world but it created you in the process, now you are the only hope left.. Jump into the darkness and become a true hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Precision Platformer 17.7%, Action 15%, Adventure 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%
- #48 Vínculo
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Eric Ríos Hamilton
Windows
Embark yourself on an adventure through the Marble Palace and uncover the plentiful secrets it hides! Explore magnificent views and fight through the hostile halls of the palace, all while making use of the innovative plane change mechanics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Precision Platformer 26.8%, Action-Adventure 9%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #49 Alruna: End of History
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
Windows
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 8.2%
- #50 Eggventure
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TLD_Productions
Windows
Eggventure is a 2D Metroidvania platformer where you play as Egbert, an egg on a mission to rescue his friends from becoming breakfast.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Action 18%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Adventure 15.5%, 2D 5%
- #51 Pulse Jumper
70% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Fifth Edge Studios
Windows
Pulse Jumper is a Precision-Platformer where you can jump with guns!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Precision Platformer 28.5%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 6.6%, 2D Platformer 5%
- #52 Duckles: the Jigsaw Witch
71% matchMostly Negative32% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Turbulon Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lured by a vengeful spirit of a defeated witch, our 16-bit hero, and his friends, find themselves trapped on a mysterious island full of deadly sorceresses! What heinous plans does this gruesome Witch have for him? And what is the true origin of the island?
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Action 22.5%, Adventure 21.3%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 4.6%
- #53 The Waste Land
71% matchMixed51% of 102 reviews2014
Dev: FledermausPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.8%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #54 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
68% 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 47.9%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #55 Tenebra
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broke CoCo
Windows
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Precision Platformer 12.1%, Action 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #56 Endless Night: The Darkness Within
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Guy Games
Windows · Linux
Help Jake survive his inner darkness in Endless Night: The Darkness Within — a psychological action-adventure through surreal dreamworlds and fractured memories. Master fluid platforming, battle twisted manifestations of fear, and uncover the truth buried deep in Jake’s subconscious.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Precision Platformer 16.1%, Narration 13.2%, Action 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #57 Ariana and the Elder Codex
67% 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 49.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D Platformer 4.1%
- #58 Astronaut Adventure
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Black Jack Game StudiosPub: Black Jack
Windows
The Astronaut's Adventures in the Vast Universe
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Action 18.6%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 16%, 2D 5%
- #59 Dust and Shadow
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HyperStep Studio
Windows
Dust and Shadow lets you shift between multiple time dimensions, altering the map in real time. Face enemies, traps, and the environment to uncover the mystery. Unlock powerful abilities as you progress through the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Precision Platformer 21.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #60 Gravity Castle
65% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Studio LEFPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Gravity Castle is a 2D puzzle platformer where you explore mysterious subterranean ruins using gravity augmentation powers. Overcome impossible Trials, trudge past the remains of fallen explorers and make your way to the very bottom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Precision Platformer 23.2%, Mystery 7.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Action 5.6%