- #1 Surface Tension: Eclipse
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redo Games
Windows
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Surreal 9.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #2 FeatherCall
96% 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 21.3%, Precision Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #3 Null Path
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nordle
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 27.8%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 8.6%
- #4 ANIMAL WELL
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 31%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #5 The Bomb Split
94% 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 25.9%, Precision Platformer 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 6.9%
- #6 Royally Frogged
94% 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 27.1%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 9.2%
- #7 CHASM SHIFT
93% matchNo user reviews
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 24.3%, Precision Platformer 13%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #8 Leap Year
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,195 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 24.3%, Precision Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 8.2%
- #9 Alruna: End of History
91% matchPositive90% of 48 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 28.4%, Precision Platformer 13%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 9.4%
- #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 35.4%, Platformer 13.7%, Precision Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.3%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #11 Battery Samurai
90% 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 37.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Precision Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%
- #12 BLIGHTWRECK
89% 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 13.7% ★, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Exploration 10%
- #13 TWINSTAR 双星
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #14 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
88% 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 24.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #15 Hap Hazard
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicraftin
Windows · Linux
In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Precision Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #16 Cor Magnetis
86% 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 32.3%, Precision Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 8.3%
- #17 Aggelos 2
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Precision Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #19 Fowl Damage
84% matchVery Positive94% of 157 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 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #20 The Pale Piper
84% matchPositive94% of 35 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 28.3%, Precision Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 8%, Exploration 7.6%
- #21 EMUUROM
83% matchVery Positive91% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Surreal 9.2%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #22 Portal Walk
82% matchPositive100% of 18 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 26.5%, Precision Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
- #23 Shell Soul:The Skull
82% 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 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #24 Nonolith
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JustcamhPub: Inner Pocket
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 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Surreal 9.3%, Platformer 8.4%
- #25 Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda
81% 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 28.1%, Precision Platformer 17.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #26 Switch Box
80% 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 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #27 Öoo
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,736 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #28 Bruce's Jetpack
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Z.L.
Windows
A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Precision Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%
- #29 Soulchain
79% 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 28%, Precision Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%
- #30 La-Mulana 2
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,079 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Precision Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Platformer 8%
- #31 Guillotine
78% 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 32.7%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 8.8%
- #32 Ninja Ming
76% 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 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #33 MONOMOON
77% 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 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 8%, Puzzle 7.4%, Platformer 7.4%
- #34 Inversion Day
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ján & Josh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invert the world around you in this atmospheric pixel-art puzzle platformer. Escape an alien spaceship with your dog using mysterious artifacts that reshape reality, uncover hidden secrets, and solve increasingly difficult handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 19.7%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Retro 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #35 Polly's Puzzle Box
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Box Penguin Games
Windows · Mac
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #36 SUGAMENIA
75% matchPositive90% of 21 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 25.5%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 7.7%
- #37 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Section 8 Studios
Windows
Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 6%, Physics 5.9%
- #38 Wobble World
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: phaspez
Windows
Squish, stretch, and deform. It's bouncy. It's silly. Use the ground as a trampoline and squeeze your way through Wobble World, a physics puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Precision Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%
- #39 Passages
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Solve intricate puzzles and evade obstacles with precise, skillful platforming. Collect musical instruments that change your environment with ancient magic, and gain skills and items that enhance your ability to move through that environment. Succeed, and you may just save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Precision Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #40 Mold
73% 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 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Surreal 9.6%, Platformer 9%, Exploration 7.3%
- #41 HeyMan - born in the electric
73% 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 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Surreal 10.6%
- #42 KnightLight
71% matchVery Positive95% of 120 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 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 8.2%
- #43 Hollow Floor
71% matchVery Positive95% of 79 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 34.5%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Platformer 7.3%
- #44 Space Pirates for Life
72% 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 27.7%, Precision Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 7.1%
- #45 Jubilee
72% matchVery Positive96% of 111 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 30.6%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14%, Exploration 8.4%
- #46 Dark Labyrinth
71% 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 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #47 Necrosphere64
70% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #48 Wolf Knight Memoir
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Phat Playing Panda
Windows · Mac
Take command of the Wolf Knight to help him remember his dramatic past life through a story driven adventure and test your skills in this challenging Metroidvania game with die and retry platforming features happening in the fantastic 2D hand drawned world of Aurora.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Precision Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 9.7%
- #49 A Forest Tale: Porasy
70% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Pindó Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through a new mythological realm as Porasy, an Indigenous warrior. Explore uncharted landscapes, unleash the power of Muiraquitãs, unravel your story, and vanquish the Seven Legendary Beasts to carve your own legend. Are you ready to dive into this epic adventure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 8.5%
- #50 UpBRELLA
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AbleYou
Windows
A witch's adventure with nothing but an umbrella. Upbrella is a puzzle platformer where every trick you discover reopens the world in a new way, wrapped in cozy pixel art and a wordless friendship between a girl and a strange little creature.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.3%
- #51 Niva
69% matchPositive86% of 28 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 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 9%
- #52 Amalu, Wells between worlds
68% matchNo user reviews2026
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 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Platformer 10.3%
- #53 Alwa's Legacy
69% matchVery Positive87% of 648 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #54 Spatial Dip
68% 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 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Surreal 12.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Platformer 7.2%
- #55 PITH
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
Windows · Linux
Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 7.6%, Puzzle 7.4%, Exploration 6.1%
- #56 Colors Assemble
67% 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 32.5%, Precision Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 7.7%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #57 Paper Carnival
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sagalrashore
Windows
Paper Carnival is a surreal 2D puzzle platformer. Play as a hammer-wielding clown rabbit exploring interconnected puzzle rooms. Smack props with your giant hammer and use the recoil to jump higher! Escape this bizarre carnival machine, only to discover the ending is actually...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Surreal 15.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Platformer 8.7%
- #58 Restless Lands
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crackin'
Windows
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Surreal 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #59 Hatup
67% matchVery Positive92% of 59 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 26.8%, Precision Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #60 Bluso Hero and the Copper Heart
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Abrigo de Paulo
Windows
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.2%