- #1 Shadow Complex Remastered
97% matchVery Positive85% of 953 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Platformer 20%, 2.5D 16.7%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 6.6%
- #2 Blaster Master Zero
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,058 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Action 19.3%, Platformer 18.5%, Retro 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #3 Blaster Master Zero 2
96% matchVery Positive90% of 551 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Join Jason, Eve, and Fred on an intergalactic journey! The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure title "Blaster Master Zero" returns with its long-awaited sequel! Experience the yet-untold story of Jason and Eve after defeating Earth's mutant scourge in "Blaster Master Zero".
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Platformer 22.3%, Action 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Retro 10.4%
- #4 Fsh
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leave Me Bee
Windows
Fueled with Spite and Rage, explore a strange land and fight your way to get your stolen eyes back.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2.5D 20.5%, Shooter 13%, Platformer 9.3%, Action 7.4%
- #5 Inexistence Rebirth
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: Jonathan Brassaud
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Rediscover this great Metroidvania game in a brand new version with a lot of features and improvements! Run in a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Platformer 22.6%, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Retro 4.6%
- #6 Exile's End
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: Magnetic RealmsPub: Marvelous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Japan's take on classic Commodore 64/Amiga action-adventure games. NOT a Metroidvania. Use your wits and your weapons to discover an ancient secret and gain your redemption. Art and music by Japanese legends of console gaming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Action 32.2%, Platformer 21.2%
- #7 The Mummy Demastered
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 898 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, Action 15.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Shooter 6.5%
- #8 The Throne
91% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: BeByte Tecnología
Windows · Mac · Linux
"The Throne" is a medieval adventure in true Metroidvania style. Get lost in a huge castle with 2.5D pixel art environments and increase your power with new abilities you find along the way. Fight fearsome bosses and navigate dangerous traps to make your way to the throne room!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, 2.5D 19.6%, Platformer 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Retro 7.5%
- #9 Escape From Tethys
91% matchMixed69% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Platformer 26.2%, Action 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #10 Cathedral
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 52.6%, Action 14.9%, Platformer 14.8%, Retro 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #11 Rex Rocket
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 262 reviews2014
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Platformer 22.4%, Action 14.7%, Retro 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #12 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, 2.5D 22.9%, Platformer 20.1%, Action 9.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #13 Disavowed
88% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Grim RaccoonsPub: Orbis Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disavowed is a Metroidvania that allows the player to freeze time and set up pinpoint shots to stun enemies. It is set in a world of plush and cute creatures where the player has been cast out and needs to go on a journey to gather more strength and get back at his creator for tossing him out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Bullet Time 20% ★, Platformer 19.5%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #14 ReSetna
87% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Platformer 25.2%, Action 14.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #15 Odallus: The Dark Call
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,345 reviews2015
Dev: JoyMasher
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Platformer 17%, Action 12%, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #16 Spaceport Hope
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 488 reviews2016
Dev: team BitClubPub: team BitClub , Sunken Treasure Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Platformer 26.9%, Action 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Shooter 7.1%
- #17 Greedy Guns
85% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Tio Atum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Inspired by classic shooters like Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug, and Contra, Greedy Guns brings the run-and-gun formula into the 21st Century! Help these greedy mercenaries survive their most epic contract yet. Explore, explode, survive!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Action 22.3%, Platformer 21.5%, Shooter 14.3%, Indie 5%
- #18 Hunter's Legacy
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Lienzo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Platformer 28.2%, Action 18.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #19 Super Panda Adventures
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,020 reviews2014
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.2%, Platformer 32.9%, Action 13.1%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #20 Castle In The Darkness
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,266 reviews2015
Dev: Matt KapPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.2%, Platformer 21.8%, Action 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Retro 6.4%
- #21 Environmental Station Alpha
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.1%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action 8.1%, Retro 4.7%
- #22 Beyond Zero Line
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Platformer 22.3%, Shooter 17%, Action 13.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #23 Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,239 reviews2018
Dev: Long Hat HousePub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Platformer 19.1%, Action 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 Guacamelee! Gold Edition
81% matchVery Positive93% of 5,988 reviews2013
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Platformer 23.8%, Memes 9.4%, Action 8.9%, Comedy 6.3%
- #25 CHIP: Rescuer of Kittens
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khamitovs TeamPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Platformer 22.6%, Retro 11.1%, Action 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #26 Runan Ritual
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BehnderPub: Checkpoint Loop
Windows
A momentum-heavy 2D Metroidvania where you dash, double-jump and wall-cling beneath Goen, the last city on earth, chaining whip combos and parrying to bank Maia essence for permanent rituals or short-lived upgrades you drop on death.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Platformer 21.4%, Action 12.7%, PvE 8.1%, Retro 5.5%
- #27 REDSHOT
79% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Brian Lynch
Windows
Multiplayer Update now available! Quick reflexes and clever strategies are required in REDSHOT, a bullet-time metroidvania where everything is deadly, but you are deadlier. Can you save the royal city from total destruction? ...Can you do it with style?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Bullet Time 23.2% ★, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Platformer 7.2%
- #28 Him
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Gumbo Day
Windows
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Action 13.3%, 2.5D 10.8%, Platformer 9.8%, Retro 6.1%
- #29 Demon Peak
78% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 47.8%, Action 21.6%, Platformer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Indie 4.5%
- #30 Tomba! Special Edition
76% matchVery Positive89% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Limited Run Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
In Tomba! Special Edition, leap, bite, and throw your way across stunning 2.5D landscapes in this vastly-enhanced update to a platforming classic!
Why similar: Platformer 26%, 2.5D 25.3%, Metroidvania 20.4%, Action 18.6%, Retro 8.9%
- #31 Wreckdigger
77% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Karlis ZabersPub: team BitClub
Windows
Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Platformer 27.1%, Action 22.3%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #32 Traps N' Gemstones
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2015
Dev: Donut Games
Windows
A "Metroid-vania"-style platform adventure, voted GAME OF THE YEAR by Gamezebo.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Platformer 21.5%, Action 17%, Retro 8.9%, Indie 4%
- #33 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
76% matchVery Positive85% of 3,701 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Metroidvania 28.2%, Action 16.2%, Comedy 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #34 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
74% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Cacareco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ancient ruins! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. Warning: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Action 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Retro 6.7%
- #35 Guns of Fury
74% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Platformer 18.6%, Shooter 14.3%, Retro 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #36 Chasm
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,617 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 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 55.4%, Platformer 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Action 9.7%, Roguelike 3.6%
- #37 You Have to Win the Game
75% matchVery Positive93% of 5,714 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.7%, Platformer 20.3%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Action 3.4%
- #38 Naru-Morph!
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huge Tails Studio
Windows
Naru-Morph! is a 2D action platformer featuring a morphing gimmick.Utilize various abilities unique to each morph to explore the world, defeat fierce enemies, and to reach the Heavens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.6%, Platformer 21.9%, Action 13%, PvE 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #39 JOHN FURY'S FIRST FURY
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wyatt Everett
Windows
JOHN FURY'S FIRST FURY is a 2d adventure game. Your adventure will bring you across the landscapes of Russia to make it to a secret communist lab where they're conducting dangerous experiments. You'll have use what you find to help you along your journey against many different enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Platformer 23.5%, Action 19.4%, Shooter 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #40 Axiom Verge
73% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Platformer 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Action 7.1%, Retro 5.4%
- #41 We're Closed Sorry
72% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: GUMBO DAY
Windows
We're closed sorry is a metroidvania in which the player controls both a titular hero traversing the interior of a retro supermarket store and the owner of the store. Immerse in an action-adventure while combating bugs, finding secrets, and becoming a dreamt hero.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, 2.5D 23.2%, Action 17.3%, Retro 5.7%, Combat 3.3%
- #42 Blaster Bunny Sacrilege
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Powergames1142
Windows
Our protagonist wakes up without remembering anything about her life. Your objective in the adventure will be to remember what you did to lose it, and who knows... Maybe you will discover the dark secrets of humanity that SHE don't want you to know.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Platformer 21.2%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 16.9%, Comedy 7.5%
- #43 Mini Ghost
71% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2017
Dev: @unepic_fran
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Action 17.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #44 Stimuli
72% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Derrick AdamsPub: Gear Shift Studios
Windows
Stimuli is a Sci-Fi Action Platformer where you are a test subject trapped in a mysterious laboratory and must escape! With a new mechanic added every level, a challenging combat system, and well hidden Easter Eggs, the game delivers fast paced adventure in a sleek indie style!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Platformer 17.7%, Roguelike 17.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.2%
- #45 孙悟空大战机器金刚 / Sun Wukong VS Robot
71% matchVery Positive89% of 102 reviews2019
Dev: Bitca
Windows · Mac
Sun Wukong VS Robot is a mini retro pixel metroidvania game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Action 19.8%, Platformer 15.5%, Retro 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #46 Freddy Hardest: Z Planet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GAMEZ-STUDIOPub: Gamez-Studio
Windows
Freddy Hardest returns as a lethal weapon to face the zombie apocalypse in New York.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Roguelike 22.8%, Action 16.2%, Platformer 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #47 Wattson the Bulb
69% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, Platformer 27.3%, Action 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Red Star Raider
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkchampion
Windows
Red Star Raider is a fast paced, action packed platform shooter presented in a retro style and not just in the visual sense. Players will have to master Parry, dodge, reflect, wall slide and many more skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Platformer 20.1%, Action 18%, Shooter 15.1%, Retro 9%
- #49 Monstrosity
69% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: KGGameDesigns
Windows
Monstrosity is a 2.5D action-platformer inspired by classic 8-bit and 16-bit era games. Explore a planet filled with twisting caverns, hideous creatures and horrifying bosses, while using your mutated arms for weapons! Or blast your friends in our epic PvP mode
Why similar: 2.5D 22.9%, Memes 19.7%, Platformer 18%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 9.8%
- #50 Overbowed
68% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Action 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 8.5%
- #51 Marsmare: Alienation
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Drunk Fly Oy
Windows
Marsmare: Alienation is a thrilling adventure of an earthling kidnapped by malevolent aliens. Improve your gear and gain new abilities as you progress through the game. Encounter numerous enemies such as Martians, robotic spiders, space slugs and flying drones.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Platformer 20.5%, Action 15.6%, 2.5D 12.1%, Retro 11.6%
- #52 Halchemist
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Team Flask
Windows
For Mercuri, a girl who fell into a fallen kingdom, everything is overwhelming. She digs deeper into the depths of the kingdom with the help of Golem Hando. Take down the enemies in front of you with TAG-ACTION that alternates between two characters and continue your exploration!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 22.9%, Action 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, PvE 6.1%
- #53 Haxor
70% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: ClimouPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Retro pixels are back! Good old 80s/90s style is back! Enjoy a classic 2D platformer with old era graphics! 16x16 pixel sprites and ambient, flat chip tuned 8 bit music! Guide Kla, the last survivor from Haxor planet, through the world full of vicious creatures, deadly traps and giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Roguelike 16.4%, Platformer 16.2%, Shooter 12.7%, Retro 8.1%
- #54 Homelessvania
67% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: RomanPub: GOBBOGOES
Windows
Fight for your rights as a homeless person in this mini Metroidvania SPEEDRUNNER.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Platformer 20%, Roguelike 19.4%, Action 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #55 Hell Being
68% 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 48.1%, Platformer 20%, Action 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, PvE 7.6%
- #56 The Adventures of Panzer 2
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelcraft Games
Windows
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Platformer 24%, Action 20.2%, Comedy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #57 Bone Appetit
67% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!
Why similar: Action 44.1%, Metroidvania 35.4%, Retro 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Indie 1.9%
- #58 Cave Story+
66% matchVery Positive93% of 7,930 reviews2011
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Platformer 26.6%, Action 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Retro 5.9%