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  1. #1 MONOMOON
    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gentle Giant
    Windows

    In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8%, Surreal 7.3%

  2. #2 EMUUROM
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: borbware
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Surreal 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.7%

  3. #3 Mold
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: soraslove
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Surreal 9.6%, Platformer 7.1%

  4. #4 ANIMAL WELL
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
    Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Exploration 8%, Surreal 7.7%

  5. #5 Leap Year
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
    Dev: Daniel Linssen
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Nonlinear 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 7.4%

  6. #6 InOut
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bora Kara
    Windows · Mac

    A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Nonlinear 12.4%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Logic 6.5%

  7. #7 The Matter Gun
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Karumbe Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.1%

  8. #8 Amalu, Wells between worlds
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IndieTech Studio
    Windows

    Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Nonlinear 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 9.8%

  9. #9 Treasure Adventure Game
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: Robit Games
    Windows

    Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Platformer 8.9%

  10. #10 Polly's Puzzle Box
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Box Penguin Games
    Windows · Mac

    As a small flea, explore inside a handcrafted puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of visual clues as you attempt to escape the box.

    Why similar: 2D Platformer 15.7%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Platformer 10.7%

  11. #11 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: From Highberg
    Windows

    Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 8.3%

  12. #12 The SOL Device 2
    90% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
    Dev: Straitlace Studios
    Windows

    After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%

  13. #13 Tool Land
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: bjsjsk
    Windows

    Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Nonlinear 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 9.3%

  14. #14 Elementalist
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Dawid Maziarski
    Windows

    A puzzle platformer where you collect Elements and use their powers to move around in various ways. Each Element you collect becomes the next one you use, so pay attention to the order!

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Metroidvania 16.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Logic 10.6%, Exploration 7.8%

  15. #15 Dimenshift
    87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Lost Connection
    Windows · Linux

    A minimalist sci-fi 2D platformer where you shift through walls and machines. Explore and find secrets in a strange, maze-like dimension, where the laws of physics don't seem to make sense.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Surreal 12.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 8.3%

  16. #16 Öoo
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
    Dev: NamaTakahashi
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 8.2%

  17. #17 Shell Soul:The Skull
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BlueWindGame
    Windows

    A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

  18. #18 The Bomb Split
    86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: syzygy.systems
    Windows · Linux

    Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Exploration 7%

  19. #19 Lyden Lys
    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Løftet
    Windows

    Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%

  20. #20 方块 Block
    82% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
    Dev: GlanielStudio
    Windows

    Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 9.6%, Logic 7.5%

  21. #21 Dungeon Gals
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DoricDream
    Windows

    A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Platformer 9.3%

  22. #22 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
    82% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
    Dev: pets club 2
    Windows · Mac

    Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 18.6%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Surreal 8.9%

  23. #23 Spatial Dip
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
    Windows · Mac

    Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 6.5%

  24. #24 Black Dust
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Alaimo
    Windows · Linux

    Explore a hand-drawn world of trash with your giant robot, trusty orb, and (lack of) platforming skills! These hostile lands will test your understand of many bizarre mechanics, and a complete exploration can only achieved by the most devoted of players.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Nonlinear 18.4%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 8.3%

  25. #25 Rhombus
    78% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Axel Born
    Windows · Linux

    Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment in this small metroidbrainia.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Metroidvania 15.6%, Nonlinear 14%, Logic 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%

  26. #26 Summit
    80% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Dominik Hackl
    Windows

    Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%

  27. #27 The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2018
    Dev: GrimTalin
    Windows

    Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 7.7%

  28. #28 Dark Labyrinth
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xiaote
    Windows

    You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 9%

  29. #29 Ripple Park
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Phase Wanderer
    Windows

    You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Surreal 9.1%, Platformer 8.2%

  30. #30 Gridvania
    79% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: ExpertStars
    Windows

    In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, 2D Platformer 14%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Platformer 7.7%

  31. #31 Find Eden
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
    Windows

    Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Surreal 9.7%, Puzzle 7.7%

  32. #32 MUTAGEN
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Drew Shapiro
    Windows

    Explore an alien ecosystem that reshapes itself each time you die. Mutate to reach new areas and adapt to your surroundings. Find your own way to brave the planet’s dangers and unearth its deepest secrets.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.9%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Surreal 10.1%

  33. #33 Switch Box
    76% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: 鲁搬三试
    Windows

    "Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 7.9%

  34. #34 Core Descent
    75% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: travisisgood
    Windows

    Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 9.2%

  35. #35 Tiny Adventure Game
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: teunu
    Windows

    Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Nonlinear 7.4%, Platformer 7.3%

  36. #36 FeatherCall
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DreamVeil Studios
    Windows

    FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 8.9%

  37. #37 Sisyphus Is a Bug
    73% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: moraguma
    Windows · Linux

    As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 9%

  38. #38 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
    Windows

    Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Nonlinear 16.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Platformer 11.3%

  39. #39 Kuzo
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Eads Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore an overgrown landscape of magic as you create your own platforms and shape your path through the world. Discover the history of a forgotten planet, collect relics to awaken your abilities, and create the very terrain you traverse.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Exploration 8%, Platformer 7.7%

  40. #40 Ascent DX
    72% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
    Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
    Windows · Mac

    Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Open World 6.1%

  41. #41 DeltaPhysics
    73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: MacroTree GamesPub: MacroTree Games
    Windows · Linux

    DeltaPhysics is 2D nonlinear platformer - featuring clean physics-based platforming in a dynamic, interactive environment. Master movement upgrades to discover new paths through an interconnected map of platforming challenges and puzzles.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Nonlinear 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Platformer 6.3%

  42. #42 Akaku Forest
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dowfamidas
    Windows

    Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Nonlinear 9.1%

  43. #43 KnightLight
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
    Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Windows

    A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Platformer 7.9%

  44. #44 Cloverskar
    72% 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 27%, Nonlinear 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Platformer 9.5%, 2D Platformer 7.8%

  45. #45 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
    70% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: 半星BanXing
    Windows · Linux

    Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%

  46. #46 Temporal Branches
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dream Relic LTD
    Windows

    Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Nonlinear 19.5%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Mystery 4.6%

  47. #47 Jenny's Adventures
    70% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Pranav Gaur
    Windows

    Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Nonlinear 19.3%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 11.2%

  48. #48 PorBor
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
    Windows

    PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Platformer 10.4%

  49. #49 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Section 8 Studios
    Windows

    Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 5.8%, Exploration 5.5%

  50. #50 Ex Vitro
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: Evolver Dynamics
    Windows

    EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Nonlinear 17.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%

  51. #51 Droian
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: United Ghouls Studio
    Windows

    Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.7%

  52. #52 Quarion
    67% 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 35%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Platformer 9%, 2D Platformer 4.9%

  53. #53 Entangled
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bim
    Windows

    Relax to a story-driven puzzle platforming experience, solving puzzles using quantum entanglement. Entangle objects to find your way through a cave full of mysteries and friends. Embark on your journey through time in search of meaning in a life with no end.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Nonlinear 14.2%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 7.6%

  54. #54 Soulchain
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: moraguma
    Windows · Linux

    Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 7.9%

  55. #55 Chiaroscuro
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BlackberryKinPub: BlackberryStudio
    Windows · Mac

    Chiaroscuro is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania elements. Explore a world that has fallen into darkness and discover the Lights to illuminate your forgotten past.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Nonlinear 16.1%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

  56. #56 Relic Light
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TDGame Studio
    Windows

    Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Exploration 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.4%

  57. #57 Null Path
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: NordlePub: Moist Men Studios
    Windows

    Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Logic 4.9%

  58. #58 Aeternum Vale
    67% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
    Dev: pixhellk9
    Windows

    “Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 14%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 7.9%

  59. #59 Wisdom Tower
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Luminight
    Windows · Linux

    A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10%

  60. #60 GLYPHS
    65% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Landon ChandlerPub: Vortex Bros.
    Windows

    GLYPHS is a difficult puzzle-platformer about exploration and persistence. Formidable bosses, platforming, and puzzles stand in the way of discovery, guarding the depths of the ever-complex Tomb of Forbidden Knowledge.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, 2D Platformer 15%, Metroidvania 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Mystery 9.3%

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