- #1 The Bounty Huntress
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: IC Games
Windows
In this a Metroidvania style game made in crispy pixel art, Join Rhea , a bounty huntress with a task to save some people who have been kidnapped and taken to an old abandoned castle where there are many dangers, she needs your help to rescue these people and to bring peace to the city of Vaunard
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Action 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%
- #2 A Song in Elyel Nalore
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sunflower Games
Windows
"A Song in Elyel Nalore" is a 2D Metroidvania adventure set in a world of swords and magic. Accept a dangerous guild mission that leads you into a deadly journey. Explore vast landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and face tough challenges in this dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Action RPG 14.5%, Action 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Adventure 9%
- #3 Beyond the Mountains II
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EricPub: VerdLife Games
Windows
Uncover a vast land filled with secrets, monsters, and ancient myth in BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS II, a direct sequel to BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. Stranded in a foreign land and armed only with your wits and curiosity, you will collect items, unlock secrets, and fight monsters to save the Oracle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Action RPG 15%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #4 Lost Boy : Lost Island
95% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: GulfPearl
Windows
Boy lost in island and need to look for anyone alive and his mother and need to survive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Action 16.9%, Action RPG 15.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.1%
- #5 9 Years of Shadows
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,222 reviews2023
Dev: Halberd StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Action RPG 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #6 Ninja Smasher!
94% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Q-Cumber Factory
Windows
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, Action 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #7 Dusted Dusk
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Action RPG 12.2%, Action 9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #8 Filiy Eclipse
92% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Muramasa Fudo
Windows
Filiy Eclipse is an exploration action RPG that explores a mysterious world.Explore the surface, underground and sky of the star to discover what happened aboard it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Action RPG 14.8%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 8.6%, 2D 5.6%
- #9 Aggelos 2
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Action RPG 12.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #10 Demon Peak
91% matchMixed70% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Action 17.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, 2D 5.3%
- #11 Twell
90% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas RobPub: Lucas Rob Holding B.V.
Windows
This adventure is about you waking up in this world named Twell. The only thing you can do now is explore what this world has to offer. Explore 8 unique dungeons, discover many secrets and visit many locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 12%, Action RPG 9.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #12 Chasm
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,698 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 8%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #13 Terry Tales
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ansimuz Games
Windows · Mac
A retro-inspired 2D action-adventure where exploration, combat, and classic pixel art come together in a mysterious interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Action RPG 15.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Action 10.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #14 Ghost Trap: Underworld
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. Fall to the underworld, and explore. Seek to calm the horrors below to ensure a peaceful rest for your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Underground 10.4% ★, Side Scroller 9.4%
- #15 Bitlands
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ByteForge
Windows
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Side Scroller 12%, Action 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #16 Maelstrom
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 7%
- #17 Aetherion
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AiirolDev
Windows · Linux
A calm 2D pixel game full of magic, exploration, and light combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #18 Ghostly Matter
85% matchMixed67% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: Small BrosPub: Milestone S.r.l.
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Action 21.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #19 Makis Adventure
83% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Action 9.4%, Side Scroller 9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #20 forma.8
84% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: MixedBag Srl
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 38.1%, Action 15.8%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #21 Roots of the mind
82% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: David J. Productions
Windows
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 15.6%, 2D 11%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #22 Hell Being
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLife
Windows
Hell Being is a metroidvania where the player explores hell as a hell-born creature, face its challenges and monsters to unlock new powers and find a way out from the injustice of being born in this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 9.1%, PvE 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #23 The Mummy Demastered
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 917 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.9 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 58.7%, Action 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 3.9%
- #24 Lost Call
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skurry
Windows
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Action RPG 15.2%, Adventure 12.4%, Action 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #25 GoldFish Brain
81% 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 57.6%, Action RPG 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #26 A Handful of Dust
79% 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 49.5%, Action RPG 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Action 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #27 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,580 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 54.3%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
- #28 Garm Ruins
77% matchPositive96% of 48 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 57.1%, Action 21.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #29 BeforeDisaster
77% 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 57%, Action 12%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #30 MegaSphere
79% matchMixed64% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: AKGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 2D 4.2%
- #31 Dispersio 2
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dispersio 2 is a retro-style metroidvania. As you progress through the game, you will gain new abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players. Can you beat the game with only 1 HP?
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Action 12.6%, Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #32 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
76% 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 45.6%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, 2D 6.2%
- #33 Ed's world story
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: KoKoGames
Windows
Protagonist 'Ed' lives in Kakariko village. He wants to become an adventurer who explore this great world. You can join Ed's adventure... find out a secret of the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Side Scroller 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #34 Silvercall
73% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CUNX
Windows · Mac
Silvercall – A retro action-platformer RPG. Play as an amnesiac adventurer, battling through perilous terrain and collecting Memory Crystals to uncover your past and your lover's dark transformation into the "Saintess".
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Action RPG 12.3%, Action 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #35 藍のカラクリ
76% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Circle SAYA
Windows · Mac
The vast institute is home to numerous enemies and gimmicks. Use electromagnetic rifles, killer rays, and infrared rays to overcome the strongest enemies and gimmicks!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Action RPG 15.5%, Action 14.7%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #36 Scales
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MichaelDamianPub: Independent Developer
Windows
Scales is a story-driven action-adventure RPG about a human-reptile hybrid. Players devour reptiles to absorb their DNA, and evolve through a corrupt world, where player choices ultimately determine the outcome of the story, blending combat with a darkly comedic narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Action RPG 16.2%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #37 Amo
74% matchNo user reviews2026
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 56.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 8.5%, 2D 7.1%
- #38 AOI
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Pura Studio
Windows
This is a 2d platform adventure exploration game that combines platform jumping and straightforward fighting. Players will gradually find the lost memory and uncover the truth of this fantastic world with AOI.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Action RPG 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 9.6%
- #39 Blessing Part I
71% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: MalfunctionGhost
Windows
Blessing Part I is a 2D pixel style action-adventure game. Players will take on the role of a swordsman Lowe who lost everything in the past and embarks on revenge alone. With only a great sword and flesh and blood, you will fight against the twisted creatures in the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Action RPG 14.3%, Action 9.7%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Adventure 6.2%
- #40 Rescue Hornet
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Take command of the galaxy's newest search and rescue ship, the Rescue Hornet, and venture into this metroidvania set on a hostile alien world. Use all your tools including your powerful claw arm to defend yourself from dangerous creatures, solve puzzles and search for survivors of an alien attack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Action 11.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #41 Castle In The Darkness 2
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LABS Works
Windows
From Matt Kap and Simon Parzer ("The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth"), Castle In The Darkness 2 drops players into a brand-new adventure! Explore a vast world and overcome the darkness in this fun and fast-paced adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Action RPG 13.7%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Action 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #42 Shattered Divinities
69% matchVery Positive94% of 658 reviews2026
Dev: 星魂游戏Pub: TrueColor Games
Windows
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 8.1%, 2D 7.5%, Action RPG 6.3%
- #43 Slumbering Feline
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: The Flavare
Windows · Linux
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 8%
- #44 Teratale: Tide of Wishes
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ManafishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel with your mysterious partner Tupa, fight powerful monsters, discover treasures and secrets scattered around the world, and uncover the truth of the world, Tupa and yourself with the help of the tide of wishes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Action 16.5%, Action RPG 15.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #45 Vanishing Starlight
69% matchMixed54% of 13 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 47.3%, Action 18%, Adventure 16.1%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D 6.4%
- #46 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, Action 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #47 Crown Of Silence
70% 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 42.3%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Action RPG 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Exploration 6.6%
- #48 Duckles: the Jigsaw Witch
72% matchMostly Negative32% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Turbulon Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 46.2%, Action 22%, Adventure 17.8%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #49 Shadow Labyrinth
68% matchMixed57% of 332 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 52%, Action 14.7%, Underground 13.3% ★, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 7.2%
- #50 Elliot Quest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 190 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Action 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 4.9%
- #51 An Automaton's Journey
66% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Xyros GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Action RPG 15%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Action 9.6%, Exploration 8.8%
- #52 God Edge
69% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Weaver Games
Windows
Travel across Azmra and slay barons using the God Edge; A sword capable of transferring power from the slain to the slayer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action RPG 10.4%, Adventure 6.7%
- #53 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,602 reviews2019
Dev: Game AtelierPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Exploration 4.8%
- #54 Axiom Verge 2
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 945 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #55 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
68% matchVery Positive87% of 903 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.2%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 6.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #56 Croakspire
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lotus Wave Arcade
Windows
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #57 Cathedral
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 454 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.9%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 3.4%
- #58 Etherland Saga
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChillFace Games
Windows
Etherland Saga is a 2D action RPG with Metroidvania charm in a fantasy pixel art world. Switch between 3 unique heroes on the fly, upgrade their skills, unite divided clans, tame the power of crystals, and uncover the truth behind a cataclysm the world has spent two thousand years trying to forget.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Action RPG 15.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Exploration 6.7%