- #1 Nonolith
97% matchNo user reviews2026
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 22.3%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Surreal 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Mystery 7.8%
- #2 Our Metal Bowl
96% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #3 Deep Enigma
96% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: 1bit Games
Windows
The game has about 320 rooms, 10 areas, and 328 upgrade hidden items! Can you find them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Surreal 10.7%, Indie 9.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #4 Ilamentia
95% matchMixed68% of 104 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25%, Surreal 17.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Mystery 9%
- #5 AI Kill Alice
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Adrian Baudat
Windows
You are a malfunctioning AI. Find ways to kill your master while respecting your laws. Craft commands word by word, and outsmart Alice by finding loopholes.
Why similar: Programming 33% ★, Difficult 13.8%, Minimalist 11.3%, Surreal 9.2%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #6 Pertinence
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: Not Magic
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Explore a mind and space-bending labyrinth, overcome challenging obstacles, and discover many strange secrets. Distort the walls around you to reach otherwise inaccessible locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Nonlinear 19.8%, Difficult 16.1%, Minimalist 13%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #7 Hap Hazard
93% 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 23.3%, Nonlinear 15%, Surreal 10%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #8 Glyphs Apprentice
92% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: inSPIRE Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Glyphs Apprentice is a deeply engrossing problem solving game, using simple programming to animate game objects. There are over 70 levels, each with a near infinite number of solutions.
Why similar: Programming 55.1% ★, Difficult 17.6%, Puzzle 12.5%, Indie 10.9%, 2D 3.9%
- #9 Prime Mover
91% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Programming 53.7% ★, Puzzle 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Difficult 8.1%, Indie 7.5%
- #10 MONOMOON
91% 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 25.4%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Surreal 9%, Mystery 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #11 Slime Well
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice&WhalePub: YunheCulture
Windows
Slime Well is a Metroidvania-style puzzle game where players take control of a slime, skillfully using its abilities to solve puzzles, explore, and ultimately uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Psychedelic 20.7%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Puzzle 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #12 EMUUROM
89% matchVery Positive91% of 254 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 22.1%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Surreal 11.9%, Mystery 10.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #13 Lila’s Sky Ark
89% matchVery Positive88% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Monolith of MindsPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Surreal 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #14 ANIMAL WELL
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,197 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 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 30.3%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Surreal 9.5%, Mystery 9.2%
- #15 OUTBUDDIES DX
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Indie 7%
- #16 Chegra: The Lost Recipe
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ciderheart Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Uncle Che! Explore a vibrant 2D world, battle whimsical enemies, and uncover secrets to retrieve the stolen ingredients and save the recipe for legendary bread in this charming Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Difficult 15.6%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
- #17 Microvania
85% matchPositive81% of 31 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 28.2%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Difficult 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #18 SpaceChem
86% matchVery Positive92% of 5,076 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Puzzle 17.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #19 Baba Is You
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,274 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Programming 28.1% ★, Difficult 19.5%, Puzzle 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #20 OS:Path
84% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: GooDCrafter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Small but tricky indie game to spend your evening on playing. You'll have to determine the cause of a program's critical error and restore its modules by playing mini games and solving puzzles while using the console.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 10.1%, Difficult 9.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #21 Fourmiworld
82% matchVery Positive97% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.7%, Metroidvania 21.2%, Surreal 19.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #22 Mold
83% 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 25.6%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Surreal 12.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #23 Antichamber
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,694 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.7%, Surreal 21.4%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 7%, Indie 7%
- #24 La-Mulana
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,608 reviews2013
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Difficult 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 5.4%
- #25 Environmental Station Alpha
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,635 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Difficult 8.7%, Indie 5.6%
- #26 ART IS RIFLE
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Arman Pakan
Windows
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Surreal 13.9%, Minimalist 11.4%, Difficult 11.3%
- #27 Thibalryn
80% matchPositive83% of 35 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 22.5%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Difficult 12.6%, Mystery 10.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #28 Escape Zolstar
79% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Nonlinear 20.3%, Minimalist 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Difficult 8.6%
- #29 Wurroom
78% matchVery Positive94% of 770 reviews2019
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows
Experience a 10 minute dive into the unknown depths of the multiverse!
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.4%, Surreal 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #30 Manifold Garden
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,380 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.2%, Surreal 14.6%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Minimalist 10.5%, Difficult 10.1%
- #31 Dimenshift
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lost Connection
Windows · Linux
A minimalist sci-fi 2D platformer where you shift through walls and machines. Explore and find secrets in a strange, maze-like dimension, where the laws of physics don't seem to make sense.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19%, Surreal 14.8%, Minimalist 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Mystery 9.9%
- #32 故障与漏洞世界
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stellar Reverie
Windows
《故障与漏洞世界》是一款平台解密游戏。你将探索这个未知且充满危险的世界,获取各种奇妙能力并发掘出意想不到的用法,最终解开这个世界的秘密。
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Puzzle 11%, Surreal 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #33 Hyper Light Drifter
76% matchVery Positive93% of 18,893 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.3%, Difficult 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Metroidvania 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #34 SUPER ANT
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrygast
Windows
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Surreal 17.5%, Nonlinear 12.5%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #35 The Norwood Suite
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,283 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Mystery 10.3%
- #36 Demon Quest
74% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Pattern Games
Windows
A pure exploration and puzzle adventure on a dangerous alien world. Solve environmental challenges through logic, experimentation, and clever use of versatile tools. Sneak past enemies, plan your moves, and hunt down the 23 sacred talismans to earn your escape—or face eternal captivity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Difficult 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #37 Axiom Verge
75% matchVery Positive90% of 6,545 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Sci-fi 7%, Indie 5.5%
- #38 Once Glorious Artahk
73% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Bismuth Tales
Windows · Linux
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #39 Polly's Puzzle Box
74% matchNo user reviews
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 31.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Surreal 8.1%
- #40 OctoQuest
73% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Your Infamous HarpPub: Your Infamous
Windows · Mac
Your Infamous Harp presents OctoQuest, a mash-up of your favorite retro NES games. Play as a highly evolved octopus on an eight-fold quest to retrieve extraterrestrial mushrooms from subterranean caves. Experience a cerebral journey through the ruins of mankind set to a bass-heavy soundtrack.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.6%, Metroidvania 24.9%, Surreal 14.9%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #41 Moonbrella
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jett Williams
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D platformer Metroidvania with deep movement and no jump button. Upgrade your umbrella to explore an abandoned planet and ascend to the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Difficult 15.5%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Minimalist 12.1%
- #42 Surface Tension: Eclipse
72% 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 31.8%, Surreal 16%, 2D Platformer 14%, Puzzle 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #43 Duet
71% matchVery Positive95% of 843 reviews2015
Dev: Kumobius
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Elegant and minimal, Duet asks players simply to navigate two orbiting spheres past an increasingly complex maze of falling obstacles. As the difficulty increases, the tension mounts, and a peculiar narrative unfolds.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.4%, Minimalist 23.9%, Difficult 22.9%, Indie 13.4%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #44 hocus
71% matchVery Positive91% of 797 reviews2015
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes
Why similar: Indie 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Minimalist 18%, Puzzle 17.2%, Difficult 14.9%
- #45 Airhead
70% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Surreal 13.4%, Indie 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Difficult 9.8%
- #46 Paradox Soul
72% matchMixed43% of 643 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Difficult 13%, Mystery 11%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #47 Derelict Star
69% matchVery Positive96% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Nonlinear 17.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Minimalist 12.4%, Exploration 7.5%
- #48 Dear My Bot - Programming Game
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ephyra Lab
Windows
Write, test, and break through. A programming puzzle game about the joy of trial and error.
Why similar: Programming 63.4% ★, Minimalist 15.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #49 Ato
70% matchVery Positive97% of 470 reviews2020
Dev: Tiny Warrior Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Difficult 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #50 Mable & The Wood
70% matchMixed56% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Triplevision GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Nonlinear 17%, Difficult 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #51 A Symmetric Escape
68% matchPositive100% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: SporkTank
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.9%, Minimalist 13.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Surreal 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #52 Cool Headed
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: joqlepecheur
Windows
Cool Headed is a puzzle casual-programming game. Combine and give instructions to your bots to reach the objective! Piece by piece, make your mark on an extensive overworld, unlock bots and discover secrets. Will you have the heart to sacrifice your team?
Why similar: Programming 67% ★, Puzzle 16.6%, Indie 16.4%
- #53 PATHFINDER 08
69% 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 36.2%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Nonlinear 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #54 Minit
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,862 reviews2018
Dev: JWPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Why similar: Minimalist 34.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Indie 9%
- #55 From The Mystery Zone
68% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: kakeia
Windows
You find yourself in a pitch-dark world. Avoid dangerous events, restore memory, and escape from the “Mystery Zone”.
Why similar: Programming 46.1% ★, Mystery 21.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #56 Taiji
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,431 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.2%, Difficult 16.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Minimalist 10.9%
- #57 Temporal Branches
67% 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 37.8%, Nonlinear 20.6%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Mystery 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #58 InOut
67% matchNo user reviews2026
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 23.1%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Minimalist 15.4%, Mystery 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #59 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
67% matchVery Positive87% of 905 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Psychedelic 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Indie 8.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #60 Iron Diamond
65% matchVery Positive89% of 56 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 32.4%, Nonlinear 19.9%, 2D Platformer 14%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Exploration 7.5%