- #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 47.6%, Action 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #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 45.2%, Action RPG 14.5%, Action 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #3 Lost Boy : Lost Island
96% 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 17%, Action RPG 15.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Side Scroller 10.1%
- #4 Beyond the Mountains II
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EricPub: Corporate Frog
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 30.6%, Action RPG 15%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #5 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 53.4%, Action 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #6 Dusted Dusk
94% 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 46.7%, Action RPG 12.2%, Action 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #7 9 Years of Shadows
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,382 reviews2023
Dev: Halberd StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 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 38.6%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Action RPG 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6%
- #8 Filiy Eclipse
92% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 46.7%, Action RPG 14.8%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D 5.4%
- #9 Demon Peak
91% matchMixed70% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.4 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 49.2%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 2D 5.1%
- #10 Twell
91% 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 39.2%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Action RPG 9.8%, Exploration 6.6%
- #11 RELICTUM
90% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Triple I
Windows
Become the Messenger of God and descend into the endless abyss to defeat powerful enemies and bosses while fulfilling the divine command in this 2D Metroidvania action adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Action 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 6.5%
- #12 Sparkborn
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CUBE STUDIO
Windows
An atmospheric 2D metroidvania set in a world changed by a mysterious cataclysm, where many living creatures have vanished and toys have gained consciousness. Explore interconnected locations, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, and uncover the mystery behind this new form of life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 7.4%
- #13 Chasm
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,741 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.0 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 57.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action 8%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Adventure 6.9%
- #14 Terry Tales
88% 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 31.2%, Action RPG 15.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%
- #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 36.3%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Action 11%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Adventure 8.6%
- #16 Ghost Trap: Underworld
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. But this time, he's going to hell. Explore the underworld, face its horrors, and fight to bring peace to the tortured souls of your loved ones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Underground 10.1% ★, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #17 Maelstrom
85% 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 51.6%, Action 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 6.8%
- #18 Aetherion
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AiirolDev
Windows · Linux
Aetherion is a 2D action-adventure with exploration, combat and terraforming. Travel through five connected realms as Spark and reshape their landscapes. Your actions affect the Essence Light that holds the world together: where it fades, decay spreads.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #19 Ghostly Matter
84% 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 46.6%, Action 22.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Indie 4.3%
- #20 Makis Adventure
82% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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 41.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 9.5%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #21 forma.8
83% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: MixedBag Srl
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 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 38.2%, Action 16%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 9%
- #22 Roots of the mind
82% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: David J. Productions
Windows
Brave the perilous world of insects battling mind-bending roots.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Action 18.4%, Adventure 15.8%, 2D 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #23 Hell Being
81% 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 49.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Action 9.2%, PvE 7.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #24 The Mummy Demastered
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 931 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 58.9%, Action 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Adventure 9.4%, 2D 3.7%
- #25 Lost Call
79% 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 40.8%, Action RPG 15.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #26 GoldFish Brain
80% 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 57.7%, Action RPG 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #27 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 49.7%, Action RPG 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Action 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #28 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,596 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 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 54.4%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
- #29 Garm Ruins
77% matchVery Positive96% of 50 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 57.2%, Action 22%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #30 MegaSphere
78% 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 48.9%, Action 18.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #31 Dispersio 2
77% 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 53.8%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #32 BeforeDisaster
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 57.1%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #33 Grim Heart: Bleak Laments
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Unable
Windows
You are Hemwick, ex-witch hunter, chasing an ancient artifact: the Grim Heart. Ready your arsenal and survive brutal encounters in a handcrafted 2D pixel-art world. Your expertise is your greatest weapon and, ultimately, the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D 6.5%
- #34 ESDRAZ: THE THRONE OF DARKNESS
75% 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 45.7%, Action 18.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, 2D 6%
- #35 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 40.2%, Action RPG 16.2%, Action 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #36 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 48%, Action RPG 12.3%, Action 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #37 Amo
73% 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 57%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 8.5%, 2D 6.9%
- #38 藍のカラクリ
75% 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 39.7%, Action RPG 15.5%, Action 14.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #39 Blessing Part I
72% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: MalfunctionGhost
Windows
Play as Lowe, a vengeful swordsman in a world shrouded in loneliness and despair. Wield your greatsword, slay monsters as a mortal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Action RPG 14.1%, Action 9.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #40 Crown Of Silence
71% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
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 42.5%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Action RPG 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Exploration 6.5%
- #41 Ed's world story
73% 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 30.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
- #42 Castle In The Darkness 2
71% 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 31.5%, Action RPG 13.7%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Action 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #43 Shattered Divinities
68% matchVery Positive95% of 962 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 54.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 8.1%, 2D 7.2%, Action RPG 6.3%
- #44 AOI
71% 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 48.1%, Action RPG 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Action 9.7%
- #45 Rescue Hornet
70% 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 51.2%, Action 11.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #46 Vanishing Starlight
69% matchMixed50% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: 上海心柒网络科技有限公司Pub: GAMEPOCH
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 47.4%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D 6.1%
- #47 RE∀IVE(REVIVE)
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RHYSOMO
Windows · Mac
RE∀IVE is a 2D action metroidvania set on the war-torn artificial island of Atrificia. Switch between a former soldier and his damaged AI companion, Lily, unlock new abilities, and uncover the city’s hidden truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.2%, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #48 Teratale: Tide of Wishes
70% matchNo user reviews
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 29.1%, Action 16.6%, Action RPG 15.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #49 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 46.4%, Action 22.1%, Adventure 18%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 4.7%
- #50 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
69% 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 50.9%, Action 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #51 Slumbering Feline
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 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 43.1%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%
- #52 An Automaton's Journey
66% matchVery Positive90% of 68 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 37.2%, Action RPG 15%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Action 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #53 Elmer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miòpe Games
Windows
“ Elmer is a Metroidvania-style adventure game. ” AltroQuando is a place for those with a forgotten past, an illusionary present, and a future held only as a promise. Your presence here is the proof that you are seeking your own original sin, your own mask.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Action-Adventure 10%, Exploration 8.4%
- #54 God Edge
68% matchPositive94% of 16 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 42.1%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action RPG 10.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #55 Axiom Verge 2
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 978 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #56 Shadow Labyrinth
66% matchMixed56% of 345 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 52.2%, Action 14.8%, Underground 13% ★, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #57 Elliot Quest
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 191 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 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 54%, Action 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Adventure 11.6%, 2D 4.7%
- #58 Aggelos 2
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 84 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 38.1%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action RPG 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.1%