- #1 Amalu, Wells between worlds
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Nonlinear 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #2 Chirax's Fortress
96% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Dreamcube
Windows
Play as a hydra in this classic-inspired 16-bit 2D platformer with Super-FX-style 3D visuals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Collectathon 14.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Cartoon 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
- #3 Ascender
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Cartoon 10.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #4 Roskur's Run
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dirty Beast Games
Windows · Linux
Roskur's Run is an evolution of classic 90's "Hedgehog" physics-based platforming with a deeper move set, upgrades, and a non-linear world to explore. The loop: Explore > Collect > Upgrade > SPEED RUN > Unlock > Explore
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Fast-Paced 25.5%, Collectathon 16.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #5 Droian
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: United Ghouls Studio
Windows
Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Collectathon 12.2%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #6 Iron Diamond
94% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Nonlinear 17.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #7 Dreeg
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melted Monster Game Studio LLC
Windows · Mac
Dreeg is a multi-dimensional Metroidvania adventure. Shift between three parallel dimensions to explore, solve puzzles, and battle fierce enemies. Upgrade your Pulsar Suit and Forge to unlock unique abilities. Unravel the mysteries, avenge your fallen companion, and save the multiverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Nonlinear 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
- #8 The Busker
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevin Sullivan
Windows
Explore a dystopian urban landscape in a non-linear, hand drawn, Metroidvania. Smash your enemies with your guitar and discover upgrades like efx pedals to customize your play through.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Cartoon 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #9 Tool Land
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Nonlinear 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #10 Leap Year
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Nonlinear 16.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #11 Dungeon Gals
91% matchNo user 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%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Nonlinear 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #12 Shell Soul:The Skull
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #13 Inari's Redemption
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmbroisePub: Ambroise Catherine
Windows
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #14 Astra: Fading Stars
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
Windows · Linux
It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 11.7%
- #15 Randomice
85% matchVery Positive97% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: VideoludidPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Escape from a laboratory house in this unique puzzling platformer with a twist! All important objects are randomly placed in the world before the start of the game. Each playthrough will take a different path through the house, but can always be completed. A perfect introduction to Randomizers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 16.6%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #16 Babsi Bullet
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Marty
Windows · Mac
You’re a bullet... so you won’t need guns to fight evil alien hordes in this non-linear action and puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Cartoon 15.6%, Aliens 7.2%
- #17 Treasure Adventure Game
87% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Nonlinear 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, 2D 3.8%
- #18 Capybound
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinicius de Moraes
Windows
Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Collectathon 16.2%, Nonlinear 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%
- #19 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
84% matchVery Positive99% of 223 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 21.5%, Nonlinear 19%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Collectathon 8.9%
- #20 Microvania
84% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Dreampunk
Windows · Mac
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Aliens 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #21 Hirai Nya
83% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: FirePillar2
Windows · Mac
Step into a combat-free Metroidvania world where your adventure revolves around exploration, puzzle-solving, and treasure hunt.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Collectathon 14.5%, Cartoon 11%, 2D Platformer 10.6%
- #22 Relic Light
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TDGame Studio
Windows
Relic Light is a pixel-style puzzle-action dungeon game. You will play as an explorer who arrives at the remaining ruins, explores to acquire various skills, solves the complex and diverse puzzles within, and discovers the ultimate secret of the ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 18.3%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #23 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
Windows
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Nonlinear 17.1%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #24 Phaze Shift
81% 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 44.7%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10%, 2D Platformer 6.6%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #25 Kinetic Breakthrough
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio-19
Windows
Boost and grapple around a cyberpunk cityscape in Kinetic Breakthrough, a high-speed metroidvania. Use your momentum to break through windows, destroy drones, and confront the artificial intelligence that keeps the city under its control.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Fast-Paced 28.1%, Nonlinear 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 5.2%
- #26 Bruma
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 4HA Games Studio SpA
Windows
Experience the mysterious journey of a cat searching for the memories of her friend, an old lady who has lost them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Hand-drawn 13%, Nonlinear 11.3%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #27 Outpost Delta
81% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Aliens 8.1%
- #28 Mereonozis 2D: The Kingdom of Gremlins
79% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Gorev
Windows
A puzzle-bazed metroidvania. Help the robot to repair the station. But there are gremlins who will try to break everything you've just fixed!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Cartoon 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #29 SAK'D
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alchemy Interactive
Windows
Unleash the power within the pillow! An epic action adventure across dangerous environments filled with unique creatures. Discover powerful weapons and legendary treasures, wield elemental magic to slay monsters and solve challenging puzzles through a vast realm of dreams fractured by nightmares!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Cartoon 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #30 Morkull Ragast's Rage
76% matchVery Positive82% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Disaster GamesPub: Selecta Play
Windows
A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Cartoon 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #31 Temporal Branches
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Relic LTD
Windows
Explore large levels in endless ways with the ability to switch between Past, Present & Future. Set your own pace and challenge with a variety of unlockable characters and difficulty modes. Unlock additional content by clearing in-game challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Nonlinear 20.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Character Customization 11.5%, 2D 3.3%
- #32 Memory Draw
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Nonlinear 9%
- #33 Wisdom Tower
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminight
Windows · Linux
A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Nonlinear 17%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #34 Nixie
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brendan Bailey
Windows
Nixie is a 2D story-driven exploration game about a robot’s search for a missing human lost in an android space colony. Slash, fling, and glide your way through an eclectic world, while enjoying colorful 16-bit pixel art and an infectious soundtrack!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Collectathon 17.5%, Nonlinear 17.1%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #35 PATHFINDER 08
78% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
Windows
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #36 Bolt & Whalington
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orca StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Mechs 17.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #37 Museful
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 5.8%
- #38 Stomp and the Sword of Miracles
74% 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 41.4%, Cartoon 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #39 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
73% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Cartoon 14.9%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%
- #40 Delta's Discs
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeeski GamesPub: Forgate Games LLC
Windows
Venture into the wast world of Delta's Discs, while collecting discs that will help Delta, a duck knight, recover his memories, make new friends and overthrow the squirrel dictatorship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Nonlinear 13.9%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #41 Reso-Seeker
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.4%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
- #42 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Cartoon 7.8%
- #43 Tom´s Adventure
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nagus Games
Windows
Help Tom hack-and-slash his way though a dream from which he cannot wake up. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane situations and strangers that needs help.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Collectathon 18%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #44 DreamWatcher
73% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Collectathon 17.1%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #45 Nonolith
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justcamh
Windows · Mac · Linux
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Nonlinear 18.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 7.1%
- #46 Cavalier
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coin Laundry Games
Windows · Mac
The King's pup levels up! Cavalier is a single player hand drawn Metroidvania. Combat enchanted creatures while you explore the expanding map, and restore the magical kingdom in this charming medieval adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #47 Irang : the last hope
72% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SnoozyMondayPub: DCD
Windows
In Joseon, a kingdom honoring the Four Deities, chaos reigns. Nobles have unleashed sealed evils in a power grab, causing calamities. Join Irang and Haru on a journey to liberate the Deities and reclaim Joseon's last hope.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #48 Gridvania
71% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ExpertStars
Windows
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Puzzle Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Nonlinear 12.4%, 2D 3.2%
- #49 Paradigm Overhaul
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kumashunGames
Windows
An action puzzle game that makes full use of the power to break things and the power to heal. Explore a facility filled with dangers, try to escape from the facility, and solve the mysteries of the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Sci-fi 6%
- #50 Core Descent
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: travisisgood
Windows
Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Collectathon 21%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #51 Entangled
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bim
Windows
Relax to a story-driven puzzle platforming experience, solving puzzles using quantum entanglement. Entangle objects to find your way through a cave full of mysteries and friends. Embark on your journey through time in search of meaning in a life with no end.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #52 The Starlight Amulet
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreddeGredde
Windows
Explore a mysterious island in this beautiful hand-drawn side-scrolling adventure. Befriend the characters you meet in order to learn new abilities that let you reach new areas. Story, visuals, game design and music by FreddeGredde.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Collectathon 17.1%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 7.2%
- #53 Overplasma
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted 4M
Windows
Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Nonlinear 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Exploration 6.4%
- #54 魂途 Xoul
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sounder Studio
Windows
Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 10%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #55 Mechanode
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spriteflick
Windows
An all-action, story-driven metroidvania that confronts the darkest realities of existence and the dawning of consciousness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Mechs 16.5% ★, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Futuristic 6.2%
- #56 Thibalryn
70% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: CoolJosh3kPub: CoolJosh3k Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to classic NES games! Explore an ever-expanding, challenging maze filled with countless secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Collectathon 15.6%, Aliens 10.1%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #57 Shards of Memories
66% 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 44.7%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 5%
- #58 Second Works
65% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: #Sharp
Windows
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.9%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #59 Chaos Rider
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy Factory Inc
Windows · Mac
The Chaos Rider finally wakes up after ages. Explore a mysterious island with tons of secrets and treasures to discover ! Fight your way through hordes of enemies and fulfill the dream of the Great Architect. Create your own playstyle, beat bosses and do crazy platforming in this epic adventure game
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Character Customization 12.6%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #60 The Search: Lost Dreams
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gninjastudio
Windows
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, 2D Platformer 17%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Futuristic 6.1%