- #1 岛中夜鬼 Yato's story
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cherikens
Windows
This is a pixel action game based on the second creation under the background of the mobile game "Arknights". This story start with a special operation, telling the story of Yato and Surtr. Use your gorgeous skills to defeat the enemies hidden in the dark!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.9%, Drama 21.6%, Action RPG 18.7%, Adventure 15.4%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
- #2 God Chosen Place II:Stellar Glory
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 野草游戏
Windows
On an ancient continent, six great races coexist with the gods, while humans remain at the lowest rank. You, a young boy from a humble human village, will lead your people to become the masters of this world! May your glory endure forever!
Why similar: Action RPG 25.5%, Adventure 19.9%, 2D Platformer 18%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Exploration 7.8%
- #3 Joshua: Door to Dreams
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberSilence
Windows
Welcome to Joshua's world. Open your curious eyes and find your path. Trek through humid jungles, scale snow-capped peaks, explore ancient caves, and witness lunar dawns. After these adventures, discover the self waiting within your soul.
Why similar: Action RPG 23.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Drama 12.1%
- #4 可可味大冒险
95% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: 可可味船上的小宝贝
Windows
在无尽的大海上,行驶着一艘叫做可可亚号的大船,然而有一天,可亚号遭遇了风暴......名为可可亚的少女,将会展开怎样的冒险?
Why similar: Action RPG 25.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Drama 10.8%
- #5 Entermoney
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yago de azevedoPub: Yago
Windows
This game is a beat 'em up mixed with RPG, where in addition to fighting enemies using an RPG-style system with beat 'em up combat, you can also meet characters in each area of the game, help them, and become their friend.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.3%, Adventure 20.1%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Drama 14.3%, Exploration 9.8%
- #6 Virtua Unlimited Project
93% matchVery Positive92% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: Virtua Ride SystemPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows
Virtua Unlimited Project is a 2D pixel-art style ACT game featuring VTuber characters. With classical platformer gameplay, challenging combat, and retro game feelings, VUP presents you a surreal, virtual world in which you will play as Aizawa Kana to venture and seek the truth beneath.
Why similar: Action RPG 29.7%, 2D Platformer 26.5%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Drama 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #7 Small Aircraft
94% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Wu Yao
Windows
This is a classic flying shooting game with exquisite and simple graphics.
Why similar: Action RPG 31.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Drama 22.1%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #8 Woodland Sonata
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Soma Animus
Windows
Enter a world where music leads the way. Play as a musician with a mystical flute, solving puzzles and uncovering hidden mysteries through your melodies.
Why similar: Action RPG 40.3%, Adventure 28.5%, Action-Adventure 24.1%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #9 Run Blob Run 2
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: JackABoy
Windows
A Casual, 2D Platformer in which the player must overcome obstacles to beat the level as fast as possible.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.1%, Adventure 28.8%, Action-Adventure 26.1%, 2D 6.7%, Combat 6.3%
- #10 LifeDie
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DyeRay
Windows
LifeDIe is a puzzle adventure game with a storyline. This game is only available in Simplified Chinese version.
Why similar: Drama 26.3%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Action RPG 17.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #11 Depths of Helheim
90% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: GRAIJE
Windows
"Depths of Helheim" is a solo Action-RPG Adventure game, based on Norse mythology, explore the Nine Worlds and use your abilities to defend yourself from abominations.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Action-Adventure 19%, 2D Platformer 16%, Exploration 9%
- #12 survial
89% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: survial
Windows
This is a classic RPG game.
Why similar: Action RPG 35.8%, Adventure 27.5%, 2D Platformer 25.1%, 2D 5.9%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #13 幽幽子大人食欲不振 Yuyuko is suffering from lack of appetite
88% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 16air
Windows
You will play the role of Youmu, moving forward and unlocking new abilities, using close and long-range attacks to break through enemy obstacles, using agile skills such as climbing walls and sprinting to overcome terrain obstacles, and ultimately solving problems.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.2%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 9.3%
- #14 Pretty Mecha
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panpaii
Windows
Pretty Mecha is an RPG / platformer game set in space aboard the ever-venturing ship, the Streamus. Populated by numerous friendly allies, a rebel team is already in place, and Corp has no choice but to join them to save Earth from further destruction by the Shultz Army.
Why similar: Action RPG 31.5%, Adventure 20.2%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Stylized 6.7%
- #15 SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions
86% matchVery Positive97% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Munch down a bite-sized SLUDGE LIFE experience in this free self-contained interlude.
Why similar: Action RPG 31%, Adventure 24.2%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Stylized 9.1%
- #16 Zephinala
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jortsoft
Windows · Mac
In a 2D RPG adventure exploration game, a boy named Saba finds himself in an enchanted world filled with numerous anomalies and mythological creatures. Your goal is to explore this world and find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.4%, Adventure 21.3%, 2D Platformer 20%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #17 Exista!
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lakamoon StudioPub: Gigantic G
Windows
"Exista!" is an adventure game about discoveries, fears, and finding your place in the world. Explore the mysterious Lost Islands, face challenges across different life stages, and uncover secrets while confronting time, Death, and the legacy you'll leave in a world on the brink of the unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 21.6%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Drama 13.5%, Minimalist 12.4%
- #18 Apu's Journey
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cristiano Marques RosaPub: Dream Stories
Windows · Linux
Apu's Journey is an retro action-rpg, you can complete dungeons, defeat creatures, collect items and improve your skills!
Why similar: Action RPG 28%, Adventure 22.9%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Minimalist 10.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #19 Scribe RPG
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rawmeat
Windows
ScribeRPG is an open world action adventure RPG packed with exploration, branching dialogues, epic quests, combat, crafting, stealth, archery, magic, and more - all brought to life in stunning handcrafted pixel art.
Why similar: Action RPG 29%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Adventure 14%, Exploration 8.6%
- #20 Shattered Stories
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ask For Garry
Windows
Become the hero you were (not) trained to be. Join the Asset Recovery Team. You'll save the day, get paid, and probably question all your life choices. (Seriously, no experience required.)
Why similar: Action RPG 37.9%, Action-Adventure 22.8%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 16.3%, Combat 4.6%
- #21 Toon & Tune
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PXLGames
Windows
A Survival-Crafting Game combining all of your favourite mechanics from different games and genres. Fill your Item Collections, Max out your Weapons and Skills, Complete all Quests, Defeat Bosses, Increase your Stats, or just Build your Island.
Why similar: Action RPG 30%, Action-Adventure 20.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Stylized 7.8%
- #22 Edge of Time: Rise of the Aeus
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GILATOR
Windows
War between humans and immortals rage upon every corner of the world. Threatening humanity into extinction; an outlaw, a former soldier and a pacifist, embarks on a mission to find the mysterious 'shard' that's said to be the only key to humanity's salvation.
Why similar: Adventure 28.6%, Action RPG 22.7%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Stylized 9.9%
- #23 Book Quest
81% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Nerd GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Book Quest is an action adventure RPG presented in retro pixel art style featuring cinematic cutscenes and dialogue. Throughout this medieval fantasy, gameplay alternates between top-down and side-scrolling perspectives.
Why similar: Action RPG 41.5%, Action-Adventure 22%, Adventure 14.9%, Exploration 14.7%, 2D 4.7%
- #24 怪物館(KAIBUTSUKAN)
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yoshi Games
Windows
Escape from the building where creepy monsters lurk!
Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, 2D Platformer 30.6%, Action-Adventure 28.2%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #25 The Weird Dream
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: UMO StudioPub: WhisperGames
Windows
The Weird Dream is a 2D Metroidvania game set in the ruins of Alpha City. Control a mysterious rabbit, confront mutated inhabitants, level up your skills, and unravel the truth behind Alpha City's destruction.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.6%, Action RPG 19.9%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Adventure 17%, Drama 14.5%
- #26 The Twilight Hour 暮光之時
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sheepmangamesPub: N/A
Windows
The Twilight Hour is a 2D action-platformer about light and shadow. Switch between five Light Fragments in real time to battle, defend, and solve puzzles. As Estelle of the Luminis, face the Shadow King’s darkness and decide whether dawn will rise again.
Why similar: Action RPG 22.3%, Adventure 20.9%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, 2D Platformer 16%, Drama 11.3%
- #27 Depths Unseen
78% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: DoodleCorp
Windows
Fall into the ruins of the long abandoned Mariana Corp Lab that now sits vacant just below the surface. Can you survive this unforgiving world?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.6%, Adventure 24.8%, Action-Adventure 24.4%, Exploration 12.8%, 2D 5.2%
- #28 Ronister Adventure
79% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Ronik Games Group
Windows
Horrible creatures ravaged the entire autumn, taking their sacred fruits to other lands. Now Ronister goes out on an adventure around the world, facing various enemies and obstacles. On his journey he'll find vehicles and will get unique abilities to save our planet from the terrible Evil Bat.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.2%, Adventure 29.7%, Action-Adventure 27.3%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #29 斗虎INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
77% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: 哈尔滨智云科技开发有限公司
Windows
The player will play the role of an anti-Japanese soldier. In the icy and snowy forest wilderness, relying on secret camps, villages and deep mountains, they will carry out a series of dangerous tasks and ultimately expose the conspiracy of the Kwantung Army.
Why similar: Action RPG 27.9%, Adventure 23.8%, Action-Adventure 19.8%, Drama 18.8%, Combat 4.7%
- #30 Magic Summoning Adventure
80% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 空调房
Windows
A strategy and adventure game Use the A and D keys of the keyboard to control the movement of the character, and use the mouse to fire bullets
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.1%, Action RPG 21.8%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Relaxing 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%
- #31 Kyle's Adventure
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: nosidedeng
Windows
Kyle's Adventure is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling action game. Play as mercenary Kyle, explore a fantasy world, fight enemies and bosses, and defeat the evil lord to save the realm.
Why similar: Action RPG 27.3%, Adventure 22.3%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Stylized 6.7%
- #32 Solar - To the sun
75% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: ProjSolar
Windows
A pain worse than death is being sent back to the start. Solar is a precision platformer heavily inspired by the amazing Smilemo. Pay close attention, survive countless traps, and reach the finish line.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, 2D Platformer 30.2%, Action-Adventure 28.2%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #33 Undo The Jam Damage
76% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: UndoTheJamDamage
Windows · Linux
Bruce's love for PB&J sandwiches has entangled him in a spellbinding predicament. Venture into the enchanted forest to help Bruce lift the witch’s curse. Tread carefully, though—the woods are fraught with dangers for the unprepared. The game is designed to be difficult
Why similar: Adventure 32.5%, 2D Platformer 29.6%, Action-Adventure 27.5%, 2D 7%, Indie 2.2%
- #34 Azureo Light
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Samuel Henriques
Windows
Azureo Light is an action-adventure RPG. Wield the Cerulean Sword, face shadowy creatures, and uncover the secrets of a world on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Action RPG 33%, Adventure 21.4%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Stylized 8.1%
- #35 記憶的主人
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: 夜光Pub: RMAsia
Windows
這是最初為了拯救某個人而開始的故事,從看似倉促的冒險一步一步踏入更深沉的謎團之中... 你的記憶和選擇,將會決定世界的命運。
Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Action-Adventure 23.7%, Drama 21.4%, Exploration 13.5%, 2D 6%
- #36 Debug Girl
74% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: ChickenPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Spend a summer with an old high school classmate making games! Play and debug a 2D action RPG to make the best game ever.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.5%, 2D Platformer 21.8%, Drama 16.2%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 10.7%
- #37 RINNETENJO
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 空中楼閣(Kuchurokaku)
Windows
A mysterious fog descended upon the town, changing their destinies.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, 2D Platformer 30.2%, Action-Adventure 28.2%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #38 逝去的群星
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Terminal Theatre Soft
Windows
Probably as long as a place buries a corpse, it will really bind a living person.I would look back without hesitation, because when we walked together through the cold and wet mansion, I saw all the lives we spent together, and in the last moment, I chose to remember.
Why similar: Adventure 29%, 2D Platformer 28.6%, Drama 27.1%, 2D 6.8%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #39 被坏女人骗成冒险者!
73% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: 灌庄青曦石
Windows
2D side-scrolling rpg, clap mobs! get stronger! build your own broken set! Let's progress as a adventurer with our main character and complete the ultimate quest! (the game currently does not support English sorry about that! however, it is still totally playable because we all gamers!)
Why similar: Action RPG 29.5%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 10.4%
- #40 Green Light
70% matchVery Positive100% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: やなぎなぎPub: room6
Windows
A forgotten mining town. Peaceful by day, mysterious by night. Enter the dream and unravel the town’s secrets.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.7%, Adventure 23.9%, Drama 19%, Exploration 15.6%, Story Rich 11%
- #41 Pixel Combat
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: U2DSTUDIO
Windows
This is a 2D pixel adventure game. You can choose one of the two heroes to start your adventure. The level room and scene elements in the game world are randomly generated. You can experience different feelings every time you enter.
Why similar: Action RPG 21%, Adventure 19.8%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Drama 13.9%
- #42 GetOffWork
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 逆熵工作室
Windows
GetOffWork is a pixel puzzle game with racing and puzzle elements. There are more than 100 levels inside, and players can also make their own levels and share them with others to play.
Why similar: Action RPG 27.6%, Adventure 21.3%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Stylized 6.6%
- #43 Artifact Run
71% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Rawi Studio
Windows
A treasure hunter searches for artifacts in the jungle and is chased by wild animals.
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, 2D Platformer 31.1%, Action-Adventure 28.9%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #44 LuLu Looking For Dogs
75% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Lsq Entertainment
Windows
LuLu Looking For Dogs is a horizontal action platform game. LuLu embarks on a journey to save her dog. On this dangerous journey, you will guide LuLu across traps, avoid enemy attacks, unlock the switch, and finally rescue her. Pet dog.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.3%, Action RPG 24.9%, Action-Adventure 23.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #45 Treasure Hunter
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Rawi Studio
Windows
While searching for treasure in an ancient castle, an explorer is chased by shadow knights and skeletons and tries to survive.
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, 2D Platformer 31.1%, Action-Adventure 28.9%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #46 Ubiquitous
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dingdang
Windows
This is a classic puzzle game.
Why similar: Action RPG 35.8%, Adventure 27.5%, 2D Platformer 25.1%, 2D 5.9%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #47 KNAD - First Chapter
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Against Yokai
Windows · Mac
Survive a cursed world, free your companion from a dark binding, and glimpse a truth you were never meant to remember. KNAD - First Chapter is a 2D Action RPG Platformer set between two fractured worlds and a parasite that calls itself home. The cycle begins.
Why similar: Action RPG 32.4%, 2D Platformer 22.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #48 哥布林信条:起源 Goblin Creed: Origins
69% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: 肉鸡工作室
Windows
The kingdom is in danger. You must communicate this to your master!
Why similar: Action RPG 40.1%, Action-Adventure 22.8%, Drama 16.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Combat 4%
- #49 Woodbridge
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: jeffro1001
Windows
An adventure game created with RPG maker with gear progression, unique new skills and abilities along with a mysterious and interesting storyline. 700+ hours of development time with a playthrough time of 25 hours. All in game music is original and was composed by me using Noteflight.
Why similar: Action RPG 33.3%, Adventure 24.6%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 Teppo and The Secret Ancient City
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Brainium Games
Windows
"Teppo and The Secret Ancient City" is a throwback to 90s platformers where you collected jewels, flicked switches to open up new paths and backtracked to the new area before finally finding the exit. The soundtrack has a classic early 90s platformer vibe, as do the in-game sound effects.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.4%, Adventure 27.6%, Action-Adventure 26.4%, 2D 7%, Combat 6.5%
- #51 Skeleton King Quest Plus
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yoomon Game
Windows
A fantasy adventure masterpiece that pays tribute to the classic top-down action role-playing game (ARPG). Players will explore the vast map and gradually upgrade their characters through smooth real-time combat in this world full of cartoon monsters and environmental puzzles.
Why similar: Action RPG 27.8%, Adventure 23.6%, Action-Adventure 21.2%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, 2D 3.9%
- #52 Ghoul Dungeon
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Ghoul Dungeon DevPub: Exponent Foundation
Windows
Welcome to Ghoul Dungeon, a level-based adventure. As you make your way, you will encounter monsters you must fight off. You'll only be able to hit them up close, so make sure you stay agile.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.4%, Adventure 30.7%, Action-Adventure 28.3%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #53 Pens: Ballad of the Erasers
71% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: HBGE
Windows
A thrilling action/adventure platformer where you jump, run and shoot your way through a weaving narrative in a comical world!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.1%, Action-Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 21.3%, Drama 20%, 2D 4.8%
- #54 Bionic Traveler
69% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: UPGRADE
Windows
A compilation of the collaborative efforts of the University of Pennsylvania Game Research and Development Environment's programmers, artists, writers, and sound engineers over the 2021-2022 academic year. Fight our enemies, view our art, explore our scenes, and listen to our soundtrack!
Why similar: Action RPG 33.9%, Adventure 22.5%, Action-Adventure 21%, Exploration 12%, 2D 4.6%
- #55 Dusted Dusk
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Action RPG 26%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 11.8%
- #56 新盗墓笔记(官方正版)
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOUZU SINGAPORE PTE LTDPub: HANGZHOU XUANZHEN
Windows
Officially licensed by Nan Pai San Shu, this authentic tomb-raiding MMO brings the novel’s world to life. Venture into the Seven-Star Lu Palace, Nine-Headed Cypress, Bronze Gate and more—iconic locations recreated in stunning detail.
Why similar: Action RPG 31.5%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Drama 8.5%
- #57 Hivaneph - The Legend of Elles
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heroes 4 Heroes Studio
Windows
"Hivaneph - The Legend of Elles is an action-adventure game where every character holds a unique perspective, revealing a world that is distinct to their own eyes."
Why similar: Action RPG 33.4%, Action-Adventure 23.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Stylized 10.3%
- #58 深渊公主 Release The Bride
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: ALI NASSER ALI AL-SADIPub: Milk Bottle Studio
Windows
What will happen if you were a princess and you got kidnapped into the abyss by a monster just to get rid of your fiancé? That is what happened to her, she was able to call her fiancé for help but she chose to prove she is not weak, and from that moment her journey to get out of the abyss start.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.5%, Drama 27.1%, Action-Adventure 26.3%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 7.2%