- #1 Rabi-Ribi
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,200 reviews2016
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Anime 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #2 Mystik Belle
96% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Platformer 9%, Adventure 5%
- #3 Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,423 reviews2016
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Female Protagonist 13%, Platformer 12.4%, Anime 8%, Comedy 8%
- #4 KAMIKO
95% matchVery Positive84% of 224 reviews2019
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Wield your weapon bestowed by the gods, and open the gates between worlds!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Cute 16.9%, Fantasy 15.4%, 2D 7.8%
- #5 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,759 reviews2023
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Platformer 9.1%, Anime 8.6%
- #6 Gensokyo Night Festival
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,742 reviews2019
Dev: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Gensokyo Night Festival is a 2D action-exploration game set in the world of Gensokyo.Join Suika Ibuki as she wreaks havoc throughout Gensokyo against the backdrop of the festival held at Hakurei Shrine.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Female Protagonist 11%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 8.9%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
- #7 TEVI
93% matchVery Positive89% of 3,880 reviews2023
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Anime 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%
- #8 Transiruby
92% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #9 Lost Ruins
91% matchVery Positive85% of 5,700 reviews2021
Dev: ALTARI GAMESPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Anime 12.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Cute 8.3%
- #10 Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
90% matchVery Positive93% of 7,299 reviews2021
Dev: Team LadybugPub: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Anime 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #11 FLARE NUINUI QUEST
89% matchVery Positive94% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: sulpxPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Retro 9.6%, Cute 8.3%
- #12 Iconoclasts
89% matchVery Positive86% of 4,950 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #13 Whirlwind Magician
86% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Santi Ponce
Windows
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Funny 8.4%
- #14 ITORAH
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 907 reviews2022
Dev: Grimbart TalesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 7.8%
- #15 Witchcrafty
88% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10%, Funny 7.5%
- #16 Phoenotopia: Awakening
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,820 reviews2021
Dev: Cape Cosmic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Platformer 17%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Fantasy 6.1%, Female Protagonist 5.4%
- #17 Wife Quest
85% matchVery Positive82% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: Pippin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro platform, side-scrolling game with gorgeous pixel art. Help Mia rescue Fernando, her husband, who has been kidnapped by a Dark Elf named Morganna and her pack of Monster Girls.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 16%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Funny 10%, Anime 9.4%
- #18 Shantae and the Seven Sirens
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,989 reviews2020
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 5.4%, Cute 5%
- #19 The Adventure of NAYU
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,736 reviews2021
Dev: ambai
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nayu is a fox who lives in a strangely cozy world.Go on a little adventure with Nayu ♪ in this adorable clicker-like game for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Cute 31.5%, Fantasy 17%, Anime 16%, 2D 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #20 Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,060 reviews2024
Dev: Seedy Eye SoftwarePub: Limited Run Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%
- #21 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
81% matchVery Positive99% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #22 Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
83% matchVery Positive86% of 1,689 reviews2014
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Platformer 18%, Female Protagonist 15%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Anime 4.4%
- #23 Dungeon Gals
79% matchVery Positive100% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: DoricDream
Windows
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Exploration 9.1%
- #24 Strikey Sisters
82% matchVery Positive88% of 945 reviews2017
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Say hello to a fantasy themed action arcade brick breaker! Featuring cute characters, silly humor, powerful magic, crazy bosses, and even local 2 player co-op mode!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.6%, Anime 12.4%, Comedy 12.1%, Cute 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #25 Eastward
81% matchVery Positive84% of 16,430 reviews2021
Dev: PixpilPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Female Protagonist 20%, Comedy 15.5%, Cute 13.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #26 HunterX
80% matchVery Positive84% of 729 reviews2022
Dev: ORANGE POPCORN
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 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 47.1%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 6.3%, RPG 5.6%
- #27 Witchroid Vania: A Magical Girl’s Fantastical Adventures
79% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Turkey GamesPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Join mage-in-training Lily on an epic adventure! Explore a multitude of worlds, including forests, deserts, and dungeons, in hopes of becoming a full-fledged mage!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Cute 6.7%, Anime 6%
- #28 Outrider Mako
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Asamado GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Take on the role of Mako on her quest to seek out and subsequently deliver her, uh, deliverables in this top-down view 2D action game. Jump on top of your enemies and slime them with goo to stop them in their tracks! Get those deliverables delivered!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Exploration 17.8%, Cute 14.7%, Anime 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%
- #29 Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,036 reviews2015
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Anime 6.1%
- #30 Ariana and the Elder Codex
75% matchVery Positive82% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Anime 7.6%, Exploration 5.6%
- #31 Momodora III
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,473 reviews2014
Dev: rdein
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Platformer 17.9%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Anime 9.4%
- #32 Alice Escaped!
76% matchVery Positive83% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: illuCalabPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Explore the stylish world of Wonderland with Usada and Kotora as they search for a mysterious girl named Alice! A Metroidvania action game with a rich, exhilarating battle system all wrapped up in cuteness!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 14%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Anime 8.7%, Cute 8.5%
- #33 Rosenkreuzstilette
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 436 reviews2017
Dev: [erka:es]Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
Why similar: Platformer 16.7%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Anime 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Retro 9.3%
- #34 Frauki's Adventure!
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: CLYDE games
Windows · Linux
Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #35 Haiku, the Robot
73% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Exploration 8.7%
- #36 Eroico
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,365 reviews2018
Dev: KyrieruPub: Critical Bliss
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Eroico is a colorful, lighthearted platformer with monster-girls and sexual content. Journey across the land, battling and escaping the grasp of monster-girl foes in your quest to defeat the demon lord!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.7%, Platformer 22.7%, Anime 12.2%, 2D 8.9%, Cute 6.1%
- #37 Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
73% matchVery Positive93% of 11,708 reviews2016
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #38 TOMOMI
72% matchVery Positive98% of 258 reviews2022
Dev: NUL2 STUDIO
Windows
Full of hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! A super exhilarating Metroidvania action game!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Comedy 11%, Cute 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 6.9%
- #39 Mighty Gunvolt
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 422 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Platformer 43.1%, Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Retro 24.1%, Indie 8%
- #40 Metal Unit
72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,875 reviews2021
Dev: JellySnow StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.5%, Metroidvania 16%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, RPG 11.8%, Anime 9.3%
- #41 Touhou Luna Nights
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,739 reviews2019
Dev: Team LadybugPub: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Exploration 8.4%, Anime 8%
- #42 Taimumari: Definitive Edition
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 308 reviews2015
Dev: TERNOX
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 15.1%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Anime 10.4%
- #43 Freedom Planet 2
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,697 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Platformer 22.7%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Anime 12.7%, Retro 10.6%
- #44 Gato Roboto
70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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 47.6%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Retro 7%, Cute 5%
- #45 Pinch of Fighting Girls
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: ダメージ床の上でPub: SM KING
Windows
Pinch of Fighting Girls is a cute sideways action fighting game! You must control the fighting girls and clear all the monsters in the map!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Combat 11.3%, Cute 11.2%
- #46 SANAE's Sylphid Breeze
67% matchVery Positive88% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: sorehodoh
Windows
"SANAE's Sylphid Breeze" is 2D Platformer game with cute pixelart. The main character in this game, SANAE KOCHIYA is a character from the "Touhou Project". With her new ability “SPELL SPOILER, she inhales enemies and imitates their ability. Behold! SANAE's miracle adventure!!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Anime 8%
- #47 Tres-Bashers
69% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Funny 8.6%
- #48 Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World
70% matchVery Positive81% of 165 reviews2021
Dev: G CHOICEPub: Bliss Brain
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The adventures of Asha, the little warrior, begin! Together with her blue sidekick Pepelogoo, she will run through numerous stages and save the Monster World from the darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Anime 7.4%
- #49 Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
67% matchVery Positive85% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Funny 8.7%, Anime 7.4%
- #50 Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel
71% matchVery Positive89% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: [erka:es]Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Step into the shoes of Freudia Neuwahl, a cool and collected young woman on a mission to save her best friend from an Imperial witch hunt. "Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel" is the sequel to "Rosenkreuzstilette", a level-based 2D side scrolling action game for PC.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.4%, Platformer 19.4%, Anime 15.4%, Cute 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #51 Null & Peta -Invasion of the Queen Bug-
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2020
Dev: TOKYOTOONPub: Shiravune
Windows
The crazy comedy anime Null & Peta has been reborn as a thumb-threatening action adventure! Featuring sisterly cooperation, gorgeous event CGs—and plenty of secrets to explore!?
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Anime 20.2%, Cute 15.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 4.5%
- #52 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,126 reviews2024
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Anime 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #53 Super Mombo Quest
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Funny 6.7%
- #54 Afterimage
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,999 reviews2023
Dev: Aurogon ShanghaiPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Platformer 10%, Anime 8.9%
- #55 Kokoro Clover Season1
68% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: ひこてるPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Plop down on the couch in your comfiest pajamas, grab a big bowl of cereal, and prepare to enter "Kokoro Clover", a 2D platformer inspired by Sunday morning Japanese anime shows of the past! Transformations, cards, dancing, and robots! Let's find out what this wonderful world has in store!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 14.7%, Anime 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #56 Mekabolt
69% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24%, Platformer 19.7%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Cute 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #57 Frogun
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 629 reviews2022
Dev: MolegatoPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Female Protagonist 26.2%, Cute 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Funny 6.4%