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  1. #1 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
    97% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
    Windows

    It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Multiple Endings 7%, Puzzle 6.2%

  2. #2 Switch Box
    96% 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 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Exploration 6.9%

  3. #3 Paradigm Overhaul
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: kumashunGames
    Windows

    An action puzzle game that makes full use of the power to break things and the power to heal. Explore a facility filled with dangers, try to escape from the facility, and solve the mysteries of the world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.6%

  4. #4 Croakspire
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lotus Arcade
    Windows

    Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Action 5.7%

  5. #5 The Matter Gun
    94% 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 39.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

  6. #6 PATHFINDER 08
    94% 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 40.2%, 2D Platformer 19%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

  7. #7 Akaku Forest
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dowfamidas
    Windows

    Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 7.1%

  8. #8 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
    92% 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 27.6%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Action 9.4%, Exploration 9.3%

  9. #9 Dark Labyrinth
    91% 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 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 7.1%

  10. #10 Chefy-Chef
    91% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2022
    Dev: BUG-StudioPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
    Windows

    Once again approaching the refrigerator, Chefy magically finds himself in new worlds in which he has to find the ingredients for his favorite dish!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%

  11. #11 라쿠카라차(Lacucaracha)
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: weedscatgames
    Windows

    La Cucaracha is an action-adventure game about a cockroach girl traveling across a dystopian Korea. Explore a 2D pixel-art world and follow Dodam’s lonely yet resilient journey through the ruins of a fallen society.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Action 8.3%

  12. #12 KnightLight
    89% 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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 13.4%, Puzzle 5.8%

  13. #13 Amalu, Wells between worlds
    89% 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 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Action 5%

  14. #14 Öoo
    86% 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 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 7.5%

  15. #15 Maelstrom
    88% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: Maelstrom
    Windows

    Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Action 6.3%, Action-Adventure 5.5%, Adventure 5.3%

  16. #16 Battery Samurai
    87% 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 44.1%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Action 5.6%

  17. #17 Alwa's Legacy
    86% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
    Dev: Elden Pixels
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    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 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

  18. #18 Dusted Dusk
    85% 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: Metroidvania 45.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Action 5.5%

  19. #19 Alruna: End of History
    84% 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 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 7.2%

  20. #20 Guillotine
    84% 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 37.2%, 2D Platformer 20%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 9.1%, Action 6.9%

  21. #21 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 2357 Steps
    Windows

    I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Action 5.3%

  22. #22 BeforeDisaster
    82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: SourGrapeGames
    Windows

    《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 5.8%

  23. #23 The SOL Device 2
    82% 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 36.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 7.7%

  24. #24 Treasure Adventure Game
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: Robit Games
    Windows

    Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Action 5%, Adventure 3.4%

  25. #25 Pain-T
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wheel Of Games
    Windows

    Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Action 5.5%

  26. #26 Irang : the last hope
    81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: SnoozyMondayPub: DCD
    Windows

    In Joseon, a kingdom honoring the Four Deities, chaos reigns. Nobles have unleashed sealed evils in a power grab, causing calamities. Join Irang and Haru on a journey to liberate the Deities and reclaim Joseon's last hope.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Action 9.2%

  27. #27 Rising Fox
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Team Spark
    Windows

    Embark on an unforgettable adventure. Explore a mysterious world, uncover the secrets of the Zoodiacs, and face a threat that could destroy everything. Save your village as you dive into a story where nothing is as it seems.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Action 6.1%

  28. #28 TRAIT
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: OctaGames
    Windows

    Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 16%, Puzzle 5.5%, Action 4.8%

  29. #29 Nonolith
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Justcamh
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

  30. #30 Dungeon Gals
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DoricDream
    Windows

    A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 7.7%

  31. #31 Reso-Seeker
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ralta Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

  32. #32 Me With Me
    77% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2022
    Dev: YenThe Studio
    Windows

    In Me With Me you control 2 cats at the same time going through levels with puzzles. A very cool 2D platform game to pass the time.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, 2D Platformer 20%, Exploration 12.9%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 10%

  33. #33 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
    76% 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 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Exploration 6.9%, 2D 4.7%

  34. #34 The Ramsey
    76% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2023
    Dev: IKINAGAMES
    Windows

    The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 9%

  35. #35 Educe
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tristen MacPherson
    Windows · Mac

    Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 59.1%, Exploration 16.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

  36. #36 Astra: Fading Stars
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dimension OmegaPub: Dimension Omega
    Windows · Linux

    It's you who can make a change. Use your soul to fight the corruption that leaks in the mysterious and atmospheric universe of Astra. Dive deeply into the essence of this world and navigate around danger leaning on truths and secrets. The Stars are Fading! Soon the darkness will swallow them all.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

  37. #37 Eystrandi
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Leiksmidr studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Exploration 5.4%

  38. #38 魂途 Xoul
    74% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Sounder Studio
    Windows

    Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Multiple Endings 5.3%

  39. #39 Mono
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Project Mono
    Windows

    『Mono』 is a 2D action game set in a monochrome world. Explore the land to enhance your abilities, defeat the formidable foes standing in your way, and resolve the crisis befalling this black-and-white realm.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, 2D Platformer 22.9%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.7%

  40. #40 Shadow King
    73% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
    Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
    Windows · Mac

    Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Action 4.4%

  41. #41 Portal Walk
    72% 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 32%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 6.7%

  42. #42 Phantom Tides
    73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Kochaloch Games
    Windows

    Set your course and explore a variety of environments on the seas in Phantom Tides. Battle various enemies and bosses as you collect items to help you on your journey. This 2D style platformer will challenge your skills and wit.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

  43. #43 Bread Adventure
    70% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Wheafun Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Action 4.6%

  44. #44 Ember Fall
    71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: ASH GAMES
    Windows

    Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Puzzle 5.9%

  45. #45 Fractured Balance
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vrglab
    Windows · Linux

    A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 6.6%

  46. #46 Oirbo
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2025
    Dev: ImaginationOverflow
    Windows

    As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Action-Adventure 6.6%

  47. #47 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2025
    Dev: BASTI GAMES
    Windows

    Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%

  48. #48 史莱狗(Slimg)
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cow Studio
    Windows

    Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure

    Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

  49. #49 GoldFish Brain
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2020
    Dev: WEIPub: IRON LIVER
    Windows

    Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 56.6%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Action 4.9%, Adventure 4.6%

  50. #50 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,751 reviews2023
    Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

  51. #51 A Forest Tale: Porasy
    69% matchNo user reviews
    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 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 6.4%

  52. #52 Somnium Shore
    69% 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 45.5%, Exploration 14.6%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 8%, Action 7%

  53. #53 House of Shadow
    70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: High Clarity Games
    Windows

    House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Exploration 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 11%, Action 5.3%

  54. #54 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Adventure Islands
    Windows

    Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 15%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8%

  55. #55 BLIGHTWRECK
    68% 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 42%, 2D Platformer 18%, Exploration 15.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Action 5.4%

  56. #56 Ariana and the Elder Codex
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
    Windows

    Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Action 7.1%

  57. #57 Chibits
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PhatRobit
    Windows · Mac

    Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 4.3%

  58. #58 Summit
    67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Dominik Hackl
    Windows

    Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

  59. #59 Garrison
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WKH
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Action 4.6%

  60. #60 Solaris: Good Harvest
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moving Pixels
    Windows

    A humble farmer sets out to rescue his chicken from monstrous abductors. Punch, slash, and parkour your way through elemental-infused chaos in this fast-paced 2D action-platformer!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.5%

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