- #1 Anokye
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Souls-like 17.9%, Exploration 5.4%, Indie 5.1%, Hand-drawn 4.7%
- #2 Crownless
96% 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 46.2%, Souls-like 17.7%, Exploration 9%, Platformer 7.4%, 2D 5.3%
- #3 Misspell
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bones Keeper Studio
Windows
Misspell is a 2D atmospheric Metroidvania about magic and mysteries of the past. Uncover the secrets of an island risen from the ashes of a catastrophe and master a magical living vine that changes the way you fight and explore. Every step tells a story — every enemy echoes the mistakes of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Souls-like 10.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 6.6%, Platformer 6.6%
- #4 Dimension Rift Zero
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Souls-like 18.6%, Exploration 7.3%, Hand-drawn 7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #5 Vitavania
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nekod team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox Metroidvania. No words. Life and drifting autumn leaves with adorable catgirls! . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Souls-like 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Adventure 4.7%
- #6 Benders of Moona
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Souls-like 15.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Platformer 6.9%, 2D 5%
- #7 Shards of Memories
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Souls-like 15.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Exploration 6%, Indie 4.8%
- #8 Florarium
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10%, Platformer 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #9 Hollow Knight
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 534,538 reviews2017
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Souls-like 17.7%, Platformer 5.9%, Exploration 5.8%, Atmospheric 5%
- #10 SHADE Protocol
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Legendary
Windows · Linux
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Souls-like 19.8%, Exploration 7%, Platformer 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #11 Hell University
90% 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 31.1%, Souls-like 15.8%, Cartoon 8%, Exploration 7.7%, Supernatural 6.9%
- #12 Go Alone
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orobi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Souls-like 22.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Adventure 5.3%
- #13 DREIFRAME
87% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Souls-like 21.1%, Platformer 6.7%, Exploration 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #14 Lotus Knight
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
Windows · Mac
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Souls-like 23.4%, Platformer 8.7%, 2D 6.8%, Action 3.9%
- #15 Unbound: Worlds Apart
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Souls-like 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Platformer 7.6%, Exploration 7.4%
- #16 Tyto
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamjob Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take flight and glide through a breathtaking world in this visually stunning platformer, where you play as a lost owlet searching for its family in a vast and perilous forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #17 Steel Flood
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egobounds
Windows
Explore a fallen utopia in this action-packed adventure platformer. Harness the weather to find new paths. Fight the untamed machines and seek ways to get their fragile parts for crafting. Become the savior of humanity or its doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Souls-like 20.3%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Platformer 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #18 Ascent DX
84% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 9%, Platformer 7.4%, Adventure 5.6%
- #19 Lightward
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Souls-like 23.1%, Platformer 7.3%, 2D 5.1%, Action 4.5%
- #20 Solateria
82% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Studio DoodalPub: SHINSEGAE INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION Inc.
Windows
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Souls-like 20.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Exploration 7%, 2D 5%
- #21 Children of Birch
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Souls-like 20.7%, Platformer 6.6%, Exploration 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #22 Briar Flame
81% 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 43%, Souls-like 21.2%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Platformer 4.4%
- #23 LUNARIS
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richard BuenoPub: Two Void Studios
Windows
LUNARIS is a 2D metroidvania with fast and fluid combat. Defeat brutal bosses, unlock new abilities. Master jumps, dashes, and precise strikes as you traverse the dangerous ruins of the Mountains of Kaliman in an adrenaline-filled abandoned world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Souls-like 14.9%, Exploration 8.6%, Cats 7.2%, Platformer 7%
- #24 White Flame Inna: Daughter of the Void
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ongar Studio
Windows
2d hand drawn female protagonist action-adventure/soulslike.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Souls-like 19.5%, Cartoon 8.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #25 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogteam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet a charming cast of little creatures and save the world from a mischievous god in this character-driven metroidvania! Explore a world full of lost secrets, make new friends, and use strange creatures to your advantage to reach new heights!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Cartoon 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9%, Platformer 6.6%
- #26 DEVIATOR
78% 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 41.7%, Souls-like 20.8%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Platformer 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #27 Lost Wish: In the desperate world
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Lost Wish: In the desperate world is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play as a young girl, explore different locations, defeat monsters, and find out what secrets this cruel world is hiding from you. Wonderful pixel art, a sad story, epic bosses and much more is waiting for you in the Lost Wish...
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Souls-like 20.4%, Exploration 7.3%, Platformer 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #28 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.5%, Platformer 7.2%, Action 6.3%, Hand-drawn 6.3%, Indie 6.2%
- #29 SHEEPO
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Hand-drawn 7%, Cute 4.9%
- #30 Last Souls
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Wihler
Windows · Mac
Last souls is a 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania soulslike game.The player controls a mysterious caped character and explores a labyrinthine, dark and cold world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Souls-like 19.2%, Hand-drawn 7%, Exploration 6.5%, Platformer 6.2%
- #31 Hollow Knight: Silksong
74% matchVery Positive89% of 400,178 reviews2025
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 35.1 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Souls-like 18%, Exploration 6.2%, Hand-drawn 5.5%, Platformer 5.2%
- #32 PlayBound
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sploot
Windows
PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Souls-like 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8%, Indie 7.3%, Action 7.1%
- #33 Akatori
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Contrast Games
Windows
Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Souls-like 18.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Hand-drawn 6.6%, Platformer 5.7%
- #34 Ethereal Odyssey
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KU3 Dev
Windows · Linux
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #35 Blightseeker
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernoodle Games
Windows
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.3%, Exploration 10%, Platformer 8.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #36 Stoatman
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.1%, Atmospheric 9%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #37 Anatine
74% 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 42.9%, Souls-like 22.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Platformer 5.6%
- #38 Gato Roboto
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Cats 12.8%, 2D 5.8%, Platformer 5.7%, Indie 5.4%
- #39 Awita: Journey of Hope
72% 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 41.7%, Souls-like 16.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 7%, Platformer 5.8%
- #40 Shieldbound
73% 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 36.5%, Souls-like 19.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Exploration 7.2%, Platformer 6.4%
- #41 Crypt Custodian
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,759 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Cats 10.4%, Exploration 9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #42 Fading Light
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Punica Games
Windows
In a world of eternal darkness, navigate the unknown with only the glow of your companion, Spark. Craft arrows from the environment to survive, uncover lost secrets of an ancient world, and push forward through the shadows into hope. Will you find your way, or will the dark consume you?
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Souls-like 14.5%, Platformer 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Cute 4.9%
- #43 Intertwined
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
Choose between Seren and Umbra, two warriors who despise each other. Armed with a spear that can strike in any direction, explore a fractured world, uncover the truth behind your bond, and hunt down the one person you must destroy. Desperate for Separation~Forever Intertwined
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Souls-like 20.8%, Exploration 7.7%, Platformer 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #44 Islets
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Platformer 8%, 2D 5.6%
- #45 Runic Curse Remastered
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Souls-like 22.1%, Exploration 6.1%, Action 5.2%, Platformer 4.9%
- #46 Nine Sols
68% matchVery Positive95% of 38,824 reviews2024
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Souls-like 18.7%, Cats 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Platformer 5.7%
- #47 Phaze Shift
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift, an action-platformer Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.9%, Platformer 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.1%, 2D 6.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #48 Midpoint
70% 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 38.2%, Souls-like 20.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Platformer 6.7%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #49 MIO: Memories in Orbit
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Souls-like 14.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #50 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Souls-like 21%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Platformer 6.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #51 Tairo: Lost In Time
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Souls-like 28.9%, Indie 3.7%, Action 3.6%, Adventure 3.6%
- #52 WarriOrb: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Souls-like 19.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Platformer 6.3%
- #53 SpellTome
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Souls-like 22.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Platformer 7.4%, 2D 5.9%
- #54 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
70% matchVery Positive87% of 891 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.1%, Exploration 9%, 2D 6.1%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 5.5%
- #55 Chibits
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Platformer 7.6%, 2D 5.8%, Action 4.6%
- #56 Momogatari
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sentori Studio
Windows
Explore the Yomi world with a sacred weapon that can change sword types. Fight different "Yokai" and challenge the "Kami" of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Souls-like 16%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Exploration 7.6%, 2D 5.5%
- #57 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,575 reviews2019
Dev: Game AtelierPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Platformer 8.5%, Cartoon 6.7%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 6.1%
- #58 Vulpis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%, 2D 7.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #59 ReSetna
65% 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 71.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Indie 6.5%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.8%