- #1 POWERNAUT DECAY
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
A tough exploration-based platformer with souls-like elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Aliens 14.7%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #2 Microvania
71% matchPositive80% of 30 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 32.8%, Aliens 13.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #3 Maverick
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arbiter Games
Windows
Maverick is an action-packed metroidvania with tight and deliberate controls. Run, jump, and shoot your way through a post-modern Earth under siege by alien-androids. Conquer dynamic enemies and bosses as you evolve your xeno-armor with enhancements and unlock unique abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #4 No One's Earth
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No One Plays
Windows
Explore the abandoned CCTA through various simulations of alien environments, and improve your equipments to beat natural and synthetic challenges, looking for the ingredients that can resolve the Earth dispute, in this 2.5D science fiction adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Aliens 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #5 Moonlaw
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Aliens 13.4%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #6 Nihilsearch
71% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Futuristic 10.5%, Sci-fi 10%, 2D Platformer 10%
- #7 MindScape: Verenna
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoLoJo Games
Windows
Prepare for an electrifying journey through a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world with Nova. Unleash her extraordinary powers and confront ruthless factions to reclaim a world on the brink of chaos, and reforge the destiny of humanity. Are you ready to shape the future?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #8 Gears of Dissent
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jacob Gislason
Windows
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Futuristic 6.3%
- #9 Xanthiom Zero
68% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Aliens 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #10 Zexion
66% matchVery Positive91% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: Gallant Leaf
Windows · Linux
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Aliens 15.4%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Futuristic 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #11 Rust Song 锈歌
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meme Games
Windows
Explore this unique sci-fi style metroidvania-like adventure world. You can acquire a variety of abilities to explore the world and assemble powerful chip combinations. You'll also have the ability to go back in time to change the map's structure and unlock shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #12 Isadora's Edge
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InboundShovel Games
Windows
Can you keep going when all hope is lost? Isadora's Edge is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique future fantasy setting. Explore an alien world, battle against the corrupted forces bringing it to the edge of destruction, and uncover the secrets behind its impending demise!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Futuristic 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8%
- #13 The Forbidden Forest
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stone Studios
Windows
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #14 Outpost Delta
69% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Aliens 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Futuristic 6.8%
- #15 Quantum Curse
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Aliens 16.7%, Futuristic 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
- #16 Zero Moment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whalecat Interactive
Windows
You wake up trapped in a derelict generation ship. It was humanity's last hope. Your only ally is a suit fused to your skin. It's whispering instructions into your ear. Survive and uncover a mystery thousands of years in the making.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Aliens 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #17 Beyond Sentinel
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Embraceware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Aliens 13.6%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Futuristic 8.3%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #18 Shadowed Journey 暗影归途
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 贪玩狗工作室
Windows
Shadowed Journey is a Metroidvania-like game, where the player plays a sword-cultivating disciple of a fairy sect, who secretly goes down the mountain to return home. However, in this Dharma-ending age, what awaits you is a journey to hell, and all you can rely on is your flying sword and your heart
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
- #19 Machina of the Farthest
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ozumikanPub: room6
Windows
"Wouldn't it be awesome to fly?" Travel to the world's end in this warping-boomerang adventure with its beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #20 INAYAH - Life after Gods
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Exogenesis StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Futuristic 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #21 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
65% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #22 Axiom Verge 2
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 906 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%, 2D Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #23 Xanthiom 2
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Aliens 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #24 Augment Anthem
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Project Ego
Windows
Combine four Augment types to transform your gun, movement, and traversal in a 2D sci-fi metroidvania. Explore interconnected environments from flooded ruins to abandoned bunkers, fight biomechanical threats, and rebuild the last human settlement.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #25 MURICA
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Acme Pixel Foundry
Windows
Get portal-napped to an alternate version of The United States 2000 years in the future. Travel the 16-bit landscape of MURICA on a search for the way home; and maybe save the past while you're at it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Futuristic 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #26 STU, the First AI
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Me First Games
Windows
STU, the First AI is a Metroidvania set in the digital world of computers and the internet. Exploration is the heart of the game. Discover a vast world with new forms of digital life and humans struggling to control them.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Futuristic 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #27 Ghost Song
63% matchVery Positive83% of 1,401 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #28 Star Child
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pale Blue Studios
Windows · Linux
Star Child is an explosive new action-adventure set on a sinister alien planet. Fight numerous aliens and formidable bosses, wield powerful explosives and destructive laser weapons, find secrets and unlock new abilities as you progress. Can you survive your dangerous mission?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Aliens 16.1%, Futuristic 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #29 Crimson Glaive Sigma
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Artery
Windows · Linux
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Aliens 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #30 Shifted Heart
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pickle Jar Games
Windows
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
- #31 Chibits
63% 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 47.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Platformer 5.7%
- #32 Omega Warp
63% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Cian Games
Windows · Linux
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Aliens 17.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Futuristic 10.2%
- #33 PSYCRON
64% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Sci-fi 13.6%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #34 Malleus Maleficarum
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hairgression
Windows
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Retro 7.2%
- #35 Echoes of Nox
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orange Party
Windows
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #36 EON: Reset
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team EON Reset
Windows
Explore EON Association in the wake of an apocalyptic disaster. Maneuver the artificial life EON-3033 to battle paranormal entities. Experience an exciting 2D combat in a world where elemental forces exist. Peel back the threads of ambiguous narrative and discover the secrets of time and fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #37 Transiruby
62% matchVery Positive92% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #38 JETBOY
63% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: GameOverDog
Windows · Mac
Jetboy is a retro supercharged jetpacking pixel shooter with a pumping metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Retro 14.5%, Aliens 2.8%
- #39 Hand Cannon: Janky Reality
62% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Suicidal Robot Games
Windows
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Aliens 10.4%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #40 Code: Elyse
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jump_Button
Windows
Code:Elyse is a haunting atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dark sci-fi world. After crashing down from space, Elyse finds herself alone on a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #41 Peaky Circus
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peaky Circus is a hand-drawn adventure about a mime exploring a broken world of clowns. Discover strange lands, battle quirky monsters, learn new skills, and befriend unusual characters in a charming, melancholic journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #42 EXIL
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mystic Clockwork Studio
Windows
A Mystical Anime-Inspired Metroidvania. Embark on an adventure through a mystical world full of magical creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Action 4.6%
- #43 FrogeON
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JofraDev
Windows
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Futuristic 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #44 Big Fish
61% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: TOQ Games
Windows
Explore an underwater dystopian graveyard of giant creatures that once swam the seas. Eat your way to the top of the food chain and grow into a powerful creature of the deep in order to restore an ancient technology and save the ocean from the sunken city's pollution.
Why similar: Submarine 31.2% ★, Metroidvania 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
- #45 Keena The Voidslayer
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Aliens 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #46 GINSHA
61% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: PolarityFlow, Adrian ZinggPub: PolarityFlow
Windows · Linux
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.3%, Futuristic 7%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #47 Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaosmonger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #48 Souldiers
61% matchMixed69% of 2,963 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Action 3.1%
- #49 Shadow King
61% 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 42.8%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 8.7%
- #50 The Search: Lost Dreams
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gninjastudio
Windows
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Futuristic 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #51 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Retro 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #52 Pentacore
61% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathan CollierPub: Mythril Age
Windows
Pentacore is a metroidvania with a focus on platforming and exploration. Run, shoot, climb, and blast your way through a massive world. All in order to find five keys and leave your prison of a planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Futuristic 7%
- #53 Heart Forth, Alicia
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alonso Martin
Windows · Mac · Linux
A terror in the sky is bent on exterminating a young wizard and her loved ones. Featuring a riveting and sinister story, set out to explore a vast world in this modern Metroidvania RPG, filled with devious monsters, lethal dungeons, creative puzzles, lively towns & many uncharted wonders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #54 Xeodrifter
63% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 8.9%, Aliens 8.1%
- #55 Keaton's Adventure
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trent SavagePub: Ripsted Studio
Windows · Linux
Keaton's Adventure is an expressive 2D action-adventure platformer. Traverse the recently formed Milkdromeda Galaxy to bring about peace and stomp out an alien invasion!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Aliens 17.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #56 Paradox Soul
63% matchMixed43% of 623 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
- #57 Ganymede
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Clydeware LLC
Windows
A sci-fi exploration platformer that does movement upgrades a little bit differently. You will not be unlocking the standard-issue double jump in this game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #58 MOONMAN
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hinawajin
Windows
We can't reach the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Aliens 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #59 Tres-Bashers
60% matchVery Positive96% of 191 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Lore-Rich 13%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #60 Scurge: Hive
58% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Orbital MediaPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
An infectious retro hardware classic from 2006 has been revived. Only you can save the world from the deadly virus known as Scurge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Futuristic 17.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.9%