- #1 SteamWorld Dig
97% matchVery Positive94% of 10,787 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Mining 39.2% ★, Metroidvania 28.5%, Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 3.2%, Exploration 3.2%
- #2 Low Oxygen
96% matchVery Positive89% of 303 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #3 Exographer
95% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Metroidvania 11.4%, Exploration 8.8%
- #4 Plazma Being
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 407 reviews2015
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
Why similar: Platformer 35%, Puzzle 22.3%, Sci-fi 20.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #5 Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
94% matchVery Positive92% of 1,054 reviews2012
Dev: Drinkbox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Retro 10%
- #6 SteamWorld Dig 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,952 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Mining 36.1% ★, Metroidvania 34%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D 3.8%, Adventure 3.8%
- #7 The soldier in the mine
93% matchMixed50% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 19%
The soldier in the mine is an interesting 2D platformer. In this game, to move from one cave to another. But you will interfere with obstacles.
Why similar: Mining 26.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 9.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #8 ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers
91% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Cosmic Picnic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.
Why similar: Platformer 17.8%, Family Friendly 16.9%, Space 16%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Exploration 12.2%
- #9 SHEEPO
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 581 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 15.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #10 Super Roboy
90% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent PenningPub: VP Games
Windows
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #11 Inescapable
92% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.7%, Platformer 17.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 8.3%
- #12 B.I.O.T.A.
89% matchVery Positive88% of 254 reviews2022
Dev: small brosPub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Retro 9.8%
- #13 Astronite
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Side Scroller 19.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #14 Looking for Aliens
88% matchVery Positive95% of 346 reviews2021
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.8%, Space 21.2%, Puzzle 15%, Family Friendly 14.7%, 2D 8.2%
- #15 Rebel Transmute
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Space 15.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #16 Axiom Verge
86% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 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 55.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Retro 6.1%, Side Scroller 4.5%
- #17 Out There Somewhere
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,918 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Metroidvania 12.9%, Retro 9.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #18 Gato Roboto
85% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Retro 8.3%, 2D 5.4%
- #19 Xanthiom Zero
84% matchVery Positive96% of 129 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 28.8%, Space 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Retro 7.7%
- #20 Eventide Matter
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Mining 34.9% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #21 ANIMAL WELL
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 37.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #22 Genopanic
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 7.3%
- #23 Primal Planet
82% matchVery Positive89% of 653 reviews2025
Dev: SeethingswarmPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Crafting 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 10.7%
- #24 Alien X
83% matchMixed57% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: LTZincPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Alien X - is a hardcore game where you will have to survive playing like a monster Bomber who is on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Space 20.2%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Survival 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%
- #25 MO:Astray
80% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.4%, Platformer 18.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #26 Infiltraliens
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Salt Grain Studio
Windows · Linux
Infiltraliens is an action adventure game in which you take on the role of Gorp. Place 52, the world's most advanced and well-guarded military base is holding your alien friends captive. Can you make your way through the obstacles and pass the guards to save them?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 13%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #27 Original Journey
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Bonfire EntertainmentPub: Another Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.5%, Platformer 25.1%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, 2D 8.5%
- #28 Xeodrifter
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 30.1%, Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Retro 8.8%
- #29 MindSeize
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #30 Environmental Station Alpha
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Retro 5.6%, Exploration 4%, Sci-fi 4%
- #31 Hatup
77% 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 23.2%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #32 100 hidden aliens
77% matchVery Positive84% of 523 reviews2020
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Hidden object game in the cosmic setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Game for all ages.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.8%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #33 Quarion
74% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Retro 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Space 6.2%
- #34 MIO: Memories in Orbit
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,685 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.8%
- #35 Alien Cat
76% matchVery Positive87% of 582 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: КиКо
Windows
Save the Universe with the Alien-Cat in this brand new puzzle-platformer game! Jump on your enemies heads, push the boxes and walk on the ceiling.
Why similar: Family Friendly 32.8%, Indie 30.8%, Platformer 29.1%, Adventure 7.3%
- #36 The Multi-Medium
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 550 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.2%
- #37 Deep Space Exploitation
72% matchVery Positive97% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Mining 54.2% ★, Space 16.4%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Retro 11.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #38 Venineth
75% matchVery Positive81% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 10.1%
- #39 Cosmos Bit
75% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Space 18.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Side Scroller 7.9%
- #40 Bad Bots
76% matchMixed55% of 260 reviews2013
Dev: Point Five ProjectsPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
70% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Cacareco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 13.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Retro 7.9%
- #42 Goodboy Galaxy
71% matchVery Positive96% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Space 7.6%
- #43 EMUUROM
70% matchVery Positive96% of 69 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 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 10.9%, Retro 9%
- #44 Capsized
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,101 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 47%, Sci-fi 24.7%, Space 8.9%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 8%
- #45 Lost Nova
71% matchVery Positive92% of 414 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Crafting 20.1%, Space 19.9%, Family Friendly 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Exploration 13.3%
- #46 PLANET ALPHA
73% matchMixed70% of 1,116 reviews2018
Dev: Planet Alpha ApSPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #47 Moonlight Pulse
69% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Space 10.1%
- #48 Ants Took My Eyeball
69% matchVery Positive93% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: Bosmic Forge
Windows
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.9%, Platformer 30%, Sci-fi 22.8%, 2D 11.3%
- #49 Retro Machina
70% matchVery Positive86% of 254 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #50 Alchemist's Castle
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 142 reviews2017
Dev: Kabuk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Retro 10.5%, 2D 5.1%
- #51 Bring You Home
66% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Indie 28.2%, Family Friendly 18.3%, 2D 11.1%
- #52 Zapling Bygone
69% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Platformer 9.3%
- #53 DIG - Deep In Galaxies
68% matchVery Positive95% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Molton Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.8%, Platformer 29.1%, Retro 20.6%, 2D 10.5%, Adventure 7%
- #54 No Way Home
67% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac
Stranded in a strange galaxy, you must fight for survival using only your wits, your ship, and your party planning robot companion Matey. Explore the universe, befriend bizarre aliens, and blast through hordes of monsters as you endeavor to find a way home.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 42.4%, Exploration 25.9%, 2D 14.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 6%
- #55 Digger: Galactic Treasures
65% matchVery Positive88% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Mining 57.3% ★, Space 17.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Exploration 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #56 39 Days to Mars
68% matchVery Positive85% of 328 reviews2018
Dev: It's Anecdotal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship in this 2 player couch co-op adventure. 39 Days to Mars is a unique game designed to be played with a friend, where both players have important roles in the expedition. Solo players are aided by the computer-controlled ship's cat.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.9%, Space 21.2%, Puzzle 19.3%, Family Friendly 18.4%, Adventure 8%
- #57 Space Expedition
66% matchVery Positive92% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Space 15.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%
- #58 Jet Kave Adventure
67% matchVery Positive85% of 127 reviews2021
Dev: 7Levels
Windows
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Side Scroller 18.6%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 13.7%
- #59 AnimalLaboratory
68% matchMixed43% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: 独立摇滚
Windows
In the distant outer space, there's an exp base. Aliens turn humans into animals with a catalyst for their needs. Different catalysts cause different forms. You're a human who escaped. While exploring and fleeing, you reveal the truth in the lab.
Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Space 16.3%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 11.6%
- #60 Zombotron
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,533 reviews2019
Dev: Ant.Karlov Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.3%, Platformer 22.9%, Sci-fi 18.7%, 2D 12%, Adventure 7.9%