- #1 FeatherCall
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeil Studios
Windows
FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.7%, Precision Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #2 ANIMAL WELL
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #3 Leap Year
96% 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 22.3%, Precision Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.7%
- #4 The Bomb Split
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: syzygy.systems
Windows · Linux
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Precision Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 6.8%
- #5 Null Path
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NordlePub: Moist Men Studios
Windows
Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Precision Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 8.7%
- #6 CHASM SHIFT
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jakob Scott
Windows
A 2D pixelated platformer journey through a mysterious and vast maze of puzzle box dungeons. Solve puzzle-infused platforming challenges and uncover new abilities as you plunge into an atmospheric adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Precision Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #7 Royally Frogged
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Traverse
Windows · Mac
Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Precision Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.5%
- #8 EMUUROM
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: borbware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the behaviour of the EMUUROM creatures and use the gained knowledge to create new paths forward. Slowly, the machinations of the mythic forest sprites begin to unfold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Surreal 8%, Mystery 7.6%
- #9 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #10 Somnium Shore
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Platformer 14%, Precision Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 9.5%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
- #11 HeyMan - born in the electric
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: MungChi GamesPub: MungChi Studio
Windows · Mac
2D Platform Puzzle Game in which Steve, whose body has been switched to electricity, has to fight the evil herd 'Rino Porco'
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.3%, Surreal 10.1%
- #12 Öoo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #13 Battery Samurai
89% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Precision Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%
- #14 Alruna: End of History
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
Windows
Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Precision Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #15 Nonolith
87% 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 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Surreal 9.1%, Platformer 8.2%
- #16 Bruce's Jetpack
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Z.L.
Windows
A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Precision Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%
- #17 Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda
86% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Barış TaranPub: Yoto Games
Windows
Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda! Story based platform game. Sometimes it will drive you crazy with its difficulty! Overcome obstacles, pass levels and collect the story!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Precision Platformer 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #18 The Matter Gun
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #19 Mold
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: soraslove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Surreal 9.4%, Platformer 8.7%, Mystery 7.9%
- #20 BLIGHTWRECK
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mothware
Windows · Linux
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Underwater 13.3% ★, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 10.3%
- #21 Fowl Damage
82% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: May GardensPub: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows
Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #22 La-Mulana 2
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,044 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Precision Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 8%
- #23 Cor Magnetis
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Precision Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 14%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #24 Hollow Floor
81% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Platformer 7.1%
- #25 Portal Walk
80% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Art&Fact
Windows
Portal Walk is incredible pixel platformer about an adventure between worlds with action events and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #26 A Strange Hotel
81% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: EmInSpace
Windows
Find clever solutions to the physics based puzzles of A Strange Hotel. In this short but sweet puzzle platformer you have to find solutions to simple and complex puzzles while using your vacuum to grab physics objects.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Mystery 8.2%
- #27 The Pale Piper
78% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Precision Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #28 Jubilee
79% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 8.3%
- #29 Ninja Ming
78% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #30 Elementalist
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dawid Maziarski
Windows
A puzzle platformer where you collect Elements and use their powers to move around in various ways. Each Element you collect becomes the next one you use, so pay attention to the order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Precision Platformer 8.5%, Mystery 7.8%
- #31 Shell Soul:The Skull
77% 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 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #32 Necrosphere64
76% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #33 Space Pirates for Life
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tidal Rave
Windows
A hardcore 2D action platformer where you play as a stranded space pirate. Hack, slash, and speedrun through a brutal alien world, with tight precision controls, end-game stats, and an exclusive unlockable track by Tidal Rave.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Precision Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.1%
- #34 MONOMOON
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Platformer 8%, Surreal 7.5%
- #35 Switch Box
75% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #36 SUGAMENIA
74% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: CHUSO GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Precision Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #37 Hatup
75% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Precision Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10%
- #38 Guillotine
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zomorro Studio
Windows
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Platformer 9%
- #39 Lone Fungus
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Precision Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #40 SAOMI
73% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, Precision Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #41 Stealer
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frizerice
Windows
Platformer with elements of metroidvania. Begin your adventure as a thief who is immersed in darkness. Use your lantern to explore eerie locations, search for clues, and interact with surrounding objects to uncover secrets and achieve your goals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Precision Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 8%, Mystery 7.5%
- #42 Narcalid
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Lotus Mountain Creative
Windows
Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Precision Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Platformer 8.5%
- #43 InOut
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bora Kara
Windows · Mac
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Precision Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Mystery 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #44 KnightLight
70% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 8.5%
- #45 Soulchain
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Precision Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%
- #46 Fwog
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Pinecone Studio Inc.
Windows
Frogs don't walk, and neither do fwogs! Hop, jump and swing your way through each stage in this unforgiving 2D-platformer. Be prepared to fall again and again and again as you slowly learn what it takes to fwog.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #47 Dream City
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuggleGreen
Windows
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 16.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #48 Flipping Phantom
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HonigBeeGames
Windows
A 2D puzzle platformer where you are a ghost who can’t jump. Instead, phase into the ground and flip gravity to navigate negative space.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 10.1%, Puzzle 9%
- #49 Niva
69% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar VaultPub: Creajeux
Windows
Help Astri find his data cards and beat levels to reach his ship, in this hard-to-finish platformer. Complete all the hand-crafted levels, finish as much as you can and become a god of the universe.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #50 Janosik
69% matchVery Positive94% of 677 reviews2020
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Precision Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%
- #51 The SOL Device 2
70% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Straitlace Studios
Windows
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8.8%
- #52 A Stupidly Realistic Medieval War Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CARNAGE PRODUCTION STUDIOS
Windows
In this big world a tiny hero comes to save the day, Help Nini Ninja escape the clutches of evil by platforming your way through numerous traps, obstacle and monsters, all while trying to collect the keys to escape the room before the clock runs out, on this modern take on retro platformers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Precision Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%
- #53 Colors Assemble
68% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Dibakar Jana
Windows
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Precision Platformer 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 7.9%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #54 Dark Labyrinth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaote
Windows
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #55 LOVE ETERNAL
64% matchVery Positive96% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Surreal 10.3%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #56 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Precision Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #57 Amalu, Wells between worlds
67% 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 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%
- #58 Moley Christmas
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this festive platformer, originally released with copies of Your Sinclair magazine back in 1987, guide Monty Mole through a series of challenging levels, jumping, climbing, dodging bizarre enemies and collecting useful items, all in order to get the game itself out in time for Christmas!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Retro 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 9.3%
- #59 PogoPogo
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Tex Barnes
Windows
Twist and bounce through dozens of tight single-screen chambers. Splash through rapids, float through space, watch helplessly as your pogo-bound body hurtles into the jagged rocks. Try again, in this frenetic, 1-bit, precision platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.6%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #60 Spatial Dip
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
Windows · Mac
Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Surreal 13%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 7.3%