- #1 Bitup
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmogonia Games
Windows
BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%, Side Scroller 8.1%
- #2 UROS: A Trip Through Shadows
96% matchMixed59% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Oniric KittensPub: ESAT
Windows
Uros is a 2.5D metroidvania-style action platformer. Enter the nightmares, upgrade your skills, fight against creepy creatures and face the evil god of nightmares in your mission to restore stability to the dream world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Souls-like 18.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2.5D 10.1%, Platformer 8.6%
- #3 GINSHA
96% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
Windows · Linux
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Souls-like 18.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Open World 8.6%
- #4 Aeternum Vale
95% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: pixhellk9
Windows
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 20.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Open World 9.7%
- #5 Hell University
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zakitaki
Windows
Explore yet another indie metroidvania as you venture through the Hell University campus. Conquer the demons that infest the essence of Hell University, and save the school from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Souls-like 16.6%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 8.7%
- #6 HYPERWORLD (Working Title)
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fluddformat
Windows · Mac
Far away, a strange world awaits you. Explore a vast network of rooms and paths, unlock new abilities, solve mysteries, make friends, discover secrets, and more in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, 2.5D 15.7%, 3D Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 7.5%
- #7 Final Nation
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyperlimits
Windows
In this challenging action-adventure you are on a quest to find a mystic crystal to save your country from an evil militant cult. Explore vast lands and secret chambers invested with dangerous enemies. In order to succeed you must escape hazards, collect crucial items, and destroy key targets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 8.2%, Open World 7.8%
- #8 Between Worlds
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Pletenica Studios
Windows
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2.5D 11.8%, Open World 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #9 WetBread
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: biksbit.games
Windows
WetBread is a 2.5D Metroidvania Platformer, where you gain control of the Dry Rusk, travel through the store shelves of various departments, solve puzzles and fight enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, 2.5D 15.4%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #10 Crown Of Silence
91% 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 30.3%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Souls-like 16%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9%
- #11 Midpoint
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frandy
Windows
Midpoint is a 2D Metroidvania with RPG elements. Destroy, dodge, and steal spiritual energy from your foes. Be possessed by spirits of light and darkness to gain unique upgrades, sacrifice certain traits to unlock greater power. Free the world before being consumed by darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Souls-like 20.9%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #12 Alchemonium
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nox Solis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
What really is alchemy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 19.8%, Side Scroller 15%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Open World 8.5%
- #13 Elysian Echoes
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grinding Crow
Windows
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 19.3%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 8.9%
- #14 Crowsworn
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mongoose Rodeo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 19.2%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.8%
- #15 DEVIATOR
87% matchMixed68% of 988 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Souls-like 22%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Side Scroller 8.1%
- #16 Twilight Monk
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: Aquatic Moon GamesPub: GRAVITY GAME ARISE Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Souls-like 13.7%, Open World 12.4%, 2.5D 10.3%
- #17 Palace of a Thousand Curses
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scruffy Dog Games
Windows
Parry and thrust your way into a 2.5D action platformer with a unique style-based combat system. As you explore hidden passageways and duel strange creatures, you will need all of your swashbuckling panache to survive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Souls-like 15.6%, Side Scroller 13.6%, 2.5D 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.4%
- #18 Awita: Journey of Hope
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Souls-like 17%, Side Scroller 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 8.3%
- #19 Possessor(s)
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Side Scroller 15.8%, 3D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Action 6.7%
- #20 Ayna: Shattered Truth
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: designmatic
Windows
Become water. Be shapeless, be formless, be fluid. All living things are from water and you can transform water into what it needs to be. Dive into this newly crafted fairytale and take on the journey of finding your place in this 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2.5D 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.4%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Combat 8.4%
- #21 Cloverskar
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex K.
Windows
Venture into the unknown and begin your quest to bring back the light into a world of endless night. Engaging combat, tricky platforming, and a whole lot of exploration stand in your way as you try to uncover the secrets of this vast interconnected kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Souls-like 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Open World 9.4%
- #22 Undone Mind
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Albar
Windows
2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Souls-like 19.1%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Open World 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #23 The Legend of Simurgh
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PixelNodes
Windows
You are a small bird traveling through 7 valleys to find the Simurgh and bring life back to your village.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Souls-like 22.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, PvE 8.9%, Platformer 8.4%
- #24 Elysian Siege
81% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hell Hound GamesPub: ESAT
Windows
Stand in Keziah’s footsteps and heed the Divine Order. Jump your way through, reclaim your goddess’s temple, obliterate enemies, and find the Tear of Creation in this beautiful platformer game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Side Scroller 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #25 Briar Flame
80% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Souls-like 23.4%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Stylized 7.6%, Combat 6.8%
- #26 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
79% matchVery Positive84% of 6,153 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Side Scroller 15%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Souls-like 3.9%
- #27 Colorless World
81% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Bazzucco Entertainment
Windows
Immerse yourself in this strange Colorless World. Unleash new mechanics and defeat obstacles, monsters, and bosses. As you unravel a hidden story told between the lines that will shape your ultimate destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Souls-like 21.8%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Open World 7.9%
- #28 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
79% 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 35.8%, 2.5D 18.8%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Stylized 4.3%
- #29 Enemies Within
78% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 20%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #30 Kaiyos Castle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDFTStudios
Windows
Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Souls-like 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #31 The Tale of Greenbrier
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glaswyll Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the journey of Genevieve Goldenglow as she sets off on an adventure to save her village from destruction by an encroaching corruption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, 2.5D 12.3%, Open World 12.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%
- #32 Kochu's Dream
77% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A 3d bug adventure game 🐜🐛🐞 Run, jump and shoot while you chase an elusive fairy . . . Can you turn back into a human?
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Souls-like 19.9%, 3D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 9.7%, Stylized 6.6%
- #33 Crownless
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Carry your life as a fragile crown in Crownless! An epic action adventure built for exploration and punchy combat. Explore a vast hand-crafted 2D world, uncover forgotten realms, and dash, swim, and forge your way through the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Souls-like 22.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 8.7%, Open World 5.6%
- #34 HunterX
75% matchVery Positive84% of 719 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Souls-like 22.1%, Side Scroller 14%, 2.5D 13.5%, Platformer 6.8%
- #35 Shieldbound
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 21.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Combat 8%
- #36 KnightLight
73% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Side Scroller 19%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #37 3000th Duel
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2019
Dev: NEOPOPCORN Corp
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Souls-like 19.2%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2.5D 12.4%, Open World 8.6%
- #38 GumBall Warrior
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizarre Games StudioPub: Bizarre Games Studio
Windows
GumBall Warrior is a 2d shooter puzzle adventure game inspired by the Mega Man games and other tiles. Choose your own path, travel through several strange worlds, as you defeat each of the bosses on each world unlocking new powers and expanding your kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, 2.5D 13%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #39 Hob
76% matchVery Positive88% of 5,495 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, 3D Platformer 13%, Open World 12.5%, Platformer 11.5%
- #40 TRAIT
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctaGames
Windows
Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Side Scroller 19%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 7.7%
- #41 Mendacium
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
Windows
An extinction-level threat looms over a prehistoric world of tribal reptiles and dinosaurs. Adapt, evolve, and outmaneuver savage enemies and seek to prevent the prophesied end of a hand painted jurassic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Souls-like 22.4%, 2.5D 10.9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Open World 6.1%
- #42 Take Care
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanesto
Windows
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Souls-like 22.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Top-Down 8.2%, Stylized 7.5%
- #43 HunterX: code name T
71% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 20.2%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2.5D 11.9%, Platformer 9.9%
- #44 Get the Ball Rolling
72% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: GET THE BALL ROLLING LLC
Windows
A single player ball rolling adventure/platformer with puzzles, powerups, physics, portals and gravity flips. Get the Ball Rolling!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, 3D Platformer 23%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Colorful 5%
- #45 MindKatt:First Strike
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MapacheXstudio
Windows
An action-adventure game set in a dystopian future where mentally evolved cats fight for their freedom using robotic suits to interact with the human world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, 2.5D 16.9%, 3D Platformer 15.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%
- #46 ALLARA
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GameDevOcean
Windows
Allara is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania soulslike set in pre-colonial East Siberia. Play as a shamaness defending her homeland, exploring mythic realms of the sacred world tree, battling brutal bosses, uncovering relics, and mastering a strategic single-skill combat system.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Souls-like 20.2%, 2.5D 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Open World 9.4%
- #47 Nothing At Stake
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wrongwarp
Windows · Mac · Linux
7 days. A doomed world destined to be flattened. A cult escapee wanders in obscurity, cultivating the little community that remains. Despite history comprehended and otherworldly horror culled, there remains nothing at stake.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Souls-like 17.1%, 3D Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 8.2%
- #48 Fallen Rebellion
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Leszczynski D JosephPub: Bazkreyol Games
Windows
Run and jump through the land of an ancient civilization in a challenging platformer in which your goal is to reach the end without any saves.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.9%, 2.5D 18.5%, 3D Platformer 14.6%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 10%
- #49 The Red Sun
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Chairman
Windows
Wake up in a war torn city, as you are hunted by formidable robotic invaders and desperate survivors alike. Prevail against powerful foes by discovering new abilities and testing your skills in a challenging 2-D metroidvania, all while learning the truth behind the mysterious Red Sun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Souls-like 21.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Open World 8.9%, Platformer 6.8%
- #50 Uruc
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RabbitPantsGames
Windows
Navigate the heart of a war-ravaged world, discovering hidden truths about those around you and yourself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, 2.5D 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.3%
- #51 Slime Cores
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echo Lotus Games
Windows
A shape-shifting, pixel-art, story-rich action adventure metroidvania for PC
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Open World 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%
- #52 Jude
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Trois7ème
Windows
Explore the deep metroidvania world of Jude as you jump, collect, run for survival, and mentally build strategies to uncover the mysteries behind creation and purpose. Explore through the forests to the the dark side of the bayou and more as you are challenged to open the doors and find answers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, 3D Platformer 13.7%, 2.5D 12.7%, Side Scroller 11%, Platformer 10.5%
- #53 Longtail!!
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hologram Monster
Windows
Longtail!! is a story-driven action-adventure game where metroidvania-style exploration meets puzzle-filled dungeons. Uncover secrets, master energy powers, and traverse a shifting world on the brink of collapse. A heartwarming, action-packed journey full of charm and discovery awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Open World 11.9%, Combat 8.8%, Platformer 8%
- #54 Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
68% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: The Island Games
Windows
Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.9%
- #55 Nightmare Materials
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HKPub: Nameless Heaven
Windows
Nightmare Materials is a Pixel-Art Metroidvania with Combat, Puzzles and a lot of Exploration and discovering. As a Drone you explore a lost and mysterious World in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.4%, Souls-like 16.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
- #56 Eden's Guardian
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voragine Game Studio
Windows
Where shadow falls, it begins. Dive into Eden's Guardian, a challenging metroidvania experience with handmade pixel art set in a world with medieval and fantasy aesthetics devastated by conflict where the history of Gods and humans intertwine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Souls-like 20.3%, Side Scroller 14.8%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 9.1%
- #57 Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myrwood Games
Windows
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Platformer 11%, Open World 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Combat 8.2%
- #58 Anatine
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel TrashPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Souls-like 25.1%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #59 GRIME
67% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Souls-like 21.1%, 2.5D 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Platformer 8.8%
- #60 Lost Tribe
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firestone Games
Windows
Use a Spear Guardian to rescue your missing tribe members! A mysterious enemy has turned the once peaceful island into chaos. With help from your Companion and your Tribe’s wisdom, you must uncover secrets, gain new abilities, and restore peace to the island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Open World 11.4%, Combat 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.8%