- #1 Ghost 1.0
97% matchVery Positive91% of 2,118 reviews2016
Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.6% ★, Metroidvania 24.9%, Platformer 4.5%, Robots 4.3%, Action 3.5%
- #2 Red Bit Ninja
96% matchMostly Negative30% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Red Bit Ninja is an old school platformer with a rope climbing physic and difficulty of the good old times. It features classic pixel art, hair pulling levels and five mean bosses.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.7% ★, Metroidvania 20.8%, Platformer 5.8%, 2D Platformer 5.1%, Retro 3.8%
- #3 Isekai Mage
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TongLee
Windows
Protagonist dies in a truck accident, reborn as a Mage Adventurer in an isekai. Explore chests, battle monsters, complete quests, and customize skills via roguelike mechanics. Defeat the Demon King in this blend of RPG, adventure, and light roguelike.
Why similar: Roguevania 67.7% ★, Metroidvania 22.2%, Platformer 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%, 2D 1.5%
- #4 The Light Of Vertical
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WangxoGame
Windows
A Metroidvania-style action adventure set in the collapsing "Sky City." Play as a life form awakening in darkness, explore decaying areas, interact with NPCs, battle bosses, collect cards, and uncover the truth through stylized art and deep storytelling.
Why similar: Roguevania 60.2% ★, Metroidvania 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, 2D Platformer 5.5%, Action 2.5%
- #5 The Red Hood: Hunting the Wolf
94% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Lola FisherPub: My Way Games
Windows
In "Red Hood's Hunt for the Wolf," you play as Red Riding Hood on a perilous journey through forests and caves to defeat the evil wolf. Battle enemies like skeletons and elves with your sword, collect coins, and overcome obstacles in this classic platformer to save the forest.
Why similar: Roguevania 69.9% ★, Side Scroller 10.6%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D Platformer 5.8%, Arcade 2.2%
- #6 SuperEpic: The Entertainment War
94% matchMixed70% of 113 reviews2019
Dev: Undercoders
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive micro transactions.
Why similar: Roguevania 75.4% ★, Metroidvania 13.4%, Action 3.8%, Indie 2.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%
- #7 Eat Or Keep
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Volp Interactive
Windows
In a dying city ruled by uncontrollable magic, every resource is a choice: consume it to grow stronger, or preserve it to survive. Eat Or Keep is a challenging 2D Metroidvania with strong rogue-lite elements. Explore, fight, fall… and rise again.
Why similar: Roguevania 55.1% ★, Metroidvania 26.9%, Action 7.7%, 2D Platformer 6.6%, 2D 2%
- #8 SHIRO
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tier 21
Windows
Humanity wants her dead, and a godlike alien AI wants to use her as a puppet. Take control of SH1-R0 and fight through challenging enemies on two fronts to prevent catastrophe. Explore high security facilities to upgrade your abilities and challenge the most advanced forces of two civilizations.
Why similar: Roguevania 53.2% ★, Metroidvania 25.5%, Platformer 5.3%, Sci-fi 4.4%, Action 4.2%
- #9 Rift Keeper
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Why similar: Roguevania 76% ★, Metroidvania 12.4%, Action 3.4%, Platformer 2.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #10 Archetype and the Four Winds of Hell
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Serf of Cinder
Windows
Master the four elements, and kill demons. In this short Metroidvania, you play as the Archetype, a legendary elemental master, on a mission to close a portal to hell and end a demon invasion. Learn new abilities, fight demons, and if you fail, be reincarnated with mastery of a different element.
Why similar: Roguevania 49.8% ★, Metroidvania 20.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Action 7.4%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #11 Hollowroot
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cmrak
Windows
Hollowroot, a fast-paced 2D action roguelike. Master tight platforming and combat in ever-changing, procedurally generated levels. Every run is a new challenge. Can you survive?
Why similar: Roguevania 65.6% ★, Metroidvania 16.5%, 2D Platformer 6.9%, Action 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #12 Weapon Hacker
89% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Luke Rissacher
Windows
Hack scavenged parts into custom-made weapons and explore / shred your way through a multiverse of infested weapon facilities.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.7% ★, Metroidvania 21%, Side Scroller 6.8%, Action 6.8%, Platformer 5.9%
- #13 StarBreak
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,307 reviews2016
Dev: Crunchy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.
Why similar: Roguevania 76.6% ★, Metroidvania 6.9%, Platformer 4.6%, Action 3.4%, Side Scroller 3.3%
- #14 Double Damnation
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: The Yellow Architect
Windows
Kill fast. Die faster. Abuse Immortality! Together...
Why similar: Roguevania 59.8% ★, Metroidvania 24%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D Platformer 6.1%, 2D 1.6%
- #15 Manor Mania
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retriod SoftwarePub: Deadzors
Windows
Manor Mania is a Metrovania Randomizer game nut scaled down in size with more focus on replayability. It has a handcrafted map, equippable gear/weapons, and random Powerups that help you navigate the manor. Many randomized elements ensure variety for each run.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.6% ★, Metroidvania 24%, Platformer 9.9%, Retro 4.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
- #16 Abalyte
86% matchMixed67% of 203 reviews2018
Dev: Purple Studios
Windows
Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.
Why similar: Roguevania 84.1% ★, Platformer 4.8%, Action 4.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Indie 1.9%
- #17 The Revolt: Awakening
86% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Siberius Studio
Windows
The Revolt: Awakening is an action-platformer RPG, allowing you to explore a city under military control… You will have to make your way through powerful enemies and face many dangers during your missions. Run, Fight, Destroy, Loot!
Why similar: Roguevania 47.8% ★, Metroidvania 17.8%, Action 8.4%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Platformer 6.3%
- #18 Cookies Must Die
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Twins
Windows
Stop a group of evil, mutant cookies before they reduce whole city to rubble!
Why similar: Roguevania 53.2% ★, Metroidvania 22.5%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 5.6%, Action 5%
- #19 迷宮のドールポリス
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: かべろくん
Windows
It's an action game where you advance through a mysterious dungeon whose shape changes every time you enter, while strengthening the functions of your aircraft.
Why similar: Roguevania 57.1% ★, Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Action 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
- #20 CHIP: Rescuer of Kittens
84% 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 37.4%, Retro 13.6%, Robots 12.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Indie 7.6%
- #21 风铃Windbell
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brink
Windows
Windbell is a platform action game that contains roguelike random elements, hundreds of freely matched skills, and a hard-core hitting feel to bring you a super refreshing combat experience.
Why similar: Roguevania 66.3% ★, Metroidvania 24%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Action 3.6%, Arcade 0.9%
- #22 Ufouria: The Saga 2
82% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: SUNSOFT
Windows
Explore the unique and wacky world of SUNSOFT's Ufouria in this exploration-based side-scrolling game. The levels' terrain change each time you play with new secrets to explore. Be charmed, comforted and tickled by the fluffy felt-like remake of the strange-but-cute world of Ufouria!
Why similar: Roguevania 52.8% ★, Metroidvania 24.4%, Retro 12.9%, Action 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #23 Albert's Journey
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bite My Pixel
Windows · Mac
Albert’s Journey is a 2d platformer adventure game with a pixel art look.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Retro 13.4%, Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D Platformer 6.3%
- #24 Rogue Robot: Escape Protocol
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jonathan Francis
Windows
Take control of a little red robot on a daring mission to escape a factory filled with deadly traps, relentless enemies, and multiple paths in this rogue-lite platformer that blends fast-paced action with intense gameplay
Why similar: Roguevania 68.6% ★, Robots 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 7.2%, Sci-fi 3.7%
- #25 孙悟空大战机器金刚 / Sun Wukong VS Robot
81% matchVery Positive89% of 103 reviews2019
Dev: Bitca
Windows · Mac
Sun Wukong VS Robot is a mini retro pixel metroidvania game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Robots 13.4%, Retro 12%, Action 10.4%, Platformer 8.2%
- #26 Boots Versus Plants
80% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
In the platformer from the creators of RRRR fights with mutant plants on the way to find a solution to the dark past. Overcome many thoughtful challenges and puzzles.
Why similar: Roguevania 60.3% ★, Metroidvania 23.7%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Action 5.3%, 2D 2%
- #27 Far Star
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: This is Vini
Windows · Linux
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Robots 13.6%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #28 The Rogue Cavern
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Frett
Windows · Linux
Explore an endless, procedurally generated cavern and find items in this roguevania-esque platformer.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.1% ★, Action 11.1%, Indie 7.5%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
- #29 pandaman
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lizhiwei
Windows
Action design The monster moves widely, sometimes blinking, sometimes surprising, sometimes funny and ironic, With complete sound effects and special effects, players can experience unparalleled tension and excitement.
Why similar: Roguevania 77.3% ★, Action 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, 2D 2.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #30 LoHa Beta Bot
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CBA Entertainment
Windows
Explore a ruined world as LoHa Beta Bot, a powerful robot cat. Fight dangerous machines, discover new abilities, uncover hidden paths and meet unique characters in a 2D action-adventure Metroidvania full of secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Robots 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #31 The End Grows
76% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Atopia.studio
Windows
Incremental Roguevania || Hurry up, the world ends in 5 minutes! Gain 100 levels in a single strike and distribute your stat points mid-battle to adapt instantly.A Fast RPG blending action, exploration, and a unique real-time leveling system!
Why similar: Roguevania 65.3% ★, Metroidvania 23.2%, Platformer 6.7%, Action 2.7%, 2D 1.9%
- #32 Utopia: Haven
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: João Mendonça
Windows
Explore three distant planets in this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania, developed for the Game Boy Color. Face mysterious creatures, discover powerful upgrades and uncover lost secrets. The fate of humanity is in your hands!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Retro 14.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Action 5.5%
- #33 这个地堡
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: UCGWPub: ACEIT
Windows
In the dungeon, a legendary endless treasure awaits. Countless brave adventurers have come, but none have unveiled its secrets. Monsters and traps fill the dungeon. Are you courageous enough to conquer them and claim the final treasure?
Why similar: Roguevania 71.1% ★, Underground 16.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Arcade 2.7%, 2D Platformer 2.1%
- #34 Quantum:Fantasy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy Keren
Windows
Quantum:Fantasy is a multiplayer RPG with an emphasis on hunting monsters. Combat is tight and responsive, varying based on chosen class: of the four, each has different weapons and skills to use in and out of combat. Level up, upgrade armor and weapons, and tailor each class to play how you like!
Why similar: Roguevania 85.7% ★, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%, 2D 2%, Indie 1.4%
- #35 Ghost Song
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,459 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Robots 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
- #36 Xeodrifter
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Retro 12.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #37 FALLENSTAR
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NebulaVoid Interactive LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of Aetherion's newest agent and join them on their quest for infinite energy. Choose your playstyle and weapons, upgrade your equipment, and complete your missions to become stronger and survive on planet 347TH2-Terminus in this fast-paced roguelike-metroidvania.
Why similar: Roguevania 58.2% ★, Metroidvania 27.3%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Action 3.8%
- #38 Robot Wants It All
73% matchVery Positive89% of 196 reviews2019
Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Robot wants stuff! Go get it for him in this compilation of the metroidvania Robot Wants series, including an all-new Robot adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Robots 16.7%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Retro 9.2%, Platformer 8.6%
- #39 Vitrified
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Burning Fort Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Team up with ALAN the robot in this atmospheric post-nuclear metroidvania. Explore and fight your way through a beautiful but deadly post-nuclear wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities that unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Robots 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Retro 8.1%, Platformer 7.6%
- #40 Future Knight (CPC/Spectrum)
74% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Retro 13.8%, Robots 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 8.9%
- #41 Death Machine
71% matchMixed58% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Philip Froelich
Windows
Conquer the mechanical citadel in Death Machine - a metroidvania, with a roguelite item system. Gather items to gain strength, navigate the perilous machine world, leverage the aid of ancient demons, and seek out dangerous denizens to defeat before the forces of the machine close in on you.
Why similar: Roguevania 48.8% ★, Metroidvania 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D Platformer 4.8%, Platformer 3.8%
- #42 Spinning_Kid
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: DnovelPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
A rabbit in a capsule capable of rotating the world!
Why similar: Roguevania 65.8% ★, Side Scroller 10.3%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Arcade 3.7%
- #43 RE∀IVE(REVIVE)
72% 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 47.5%, Platformer 13.6%, Retro 7.4%, Action 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #44 Ghost Trap: Underworld
72% 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 26.8%, Underground 12.2% ★, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Action 10.2%
- #45 Shadow Labyrinth
70% 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 46.9%, Underground 15% ★, Platformer 10.8%, Action 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #46 Meat is Murder
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Entertainment Software International
Windows
A top-down survival horror game, with procedurally generated maps, where eating meat heals you... but every bite makes the vegan serial-killer faster.
Why similar: Roguevania 91.7% ★, Arcade 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #47 Citadel Stormer 2
70% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Unearthly Resilience Games
Windows
Blast your way through a world of deadly robots and monstrous machines in this explosive run-and-gun action platformer inspired by '90s classics!
Why similar: Robots 15.8%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 13.3%, Retro 12.9%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #48 Odallus: The Dark Call
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,364 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 47.8%, Retro 15.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Action 7.1%
- #49 Blaster Master Zero
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,100 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.8 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 48.7%, Retro 15.1%, Action 13%, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #50 You Have to Win the Game
69% matchVery Positive93% of 5,732 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 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 56.5%, Retro 14.4%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Indie 3.4%
- #51 Rootfault
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: benndt
Windows · Linux
Rootfault is a dialogue-free Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic world full of machines that produce without knowing why. Explore what's left of it, solve electricity-based puzzles, and fight them to uncover what keeps this cycle alive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Robots 13.9%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Platformer 7.7%
- #52 AKU: BRAVE REBORN
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InGame
Windows
A side-scrolling action game that combines Metroidvania-style exploration with roguelike cycles. In the early stages, non-linear Metroidvania exploration helps unlock core abilities; in the later stages, switching to the roguelike cycle mode allows for highly free challenges and build construction
Why similar: Roguevania 84.1% ★, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Action 5%, 2D 1.9%, Indie 1.6%
- #53 Dead Shapes
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cryzy Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dead Shapes is an action rogue-lite. Fight, die, learn, and repeat as you journey through uniques levels. Be ready to discover thousands of character builds.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.8% ★, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Action 9.4%, 2D Platformer 4.2%
- #54 Maverick
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arbiter Games
Windows
Maverick is an action-packed metroidvania with tight and deliberate controls. Run, jump, and shoot your way through a post-modern Earth under siege by alien-androids. Conquer dynamic enemies and bosses as you evolve your xeno-armor with enhancements and unlock unique abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Robots 14.4%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #55 A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 200 reviews2014
Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Robots 19.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Action 12.4%
- #56 Small Matter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Msh Games Studio
Windows
Escape the factory in Small Matter! A 2D action-platformer through the guts of a machine that never stopped running. Time the pistons, outrun the fire, and tear through whatever it sends to keep you inside.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Robots 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.6%, Action 9.5%
- #57 Sealed Bite: Extended
65% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Ruben S. LuisPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action 6.6%
- #58 Paradox Soul
68% matchMixed44% of 660 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Robots 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Platformer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 6.7%
- #59 Axiom Verge
67% matchVery Positive90% of 6,640 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 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 57.6%, Platformer 9.8%, Retro 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #60 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
64% matchVery Positive99% of 269 reviews2026
Dev: Cacareco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 49.3%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%