- #1 Omega Mouse Zero
97% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGABYTE
Windows
Discover the Omega-Verse, a captivating multiverse crafted by a dedicated solo developer. Omega Mouse Zero introduces innovative 2.5D Metroid-Vania platforming and exploration. Dive into hidden depths, uncover secrets, and immerse yourself in thrilling action as you explore this vibrant realm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, 2.5D 14.9%, Dystopian 11%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Platformer 9%
- #2 Glitcheon
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: River ForgePub: River Forge Games
Windows
Explore a dystopian future in this Metroidvania platformer in which you use glitchy abilities to launch yourself and enemies across the level at high speeds, create temporary platforms, and more in your search to uncover the secrets of your origin in The Forum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, 2.5D 15%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Dystopian 9.8%, Platformer 8.1%
- #3 Endbloom
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boss Room Games
Windows
Fight against vicious creatures and discover the secrets of a dangerous world as a bounty hunter in Endbloom, a sci-fi metroidvania combining stunning 3D graphics with exciting 2D gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, 2.5D 19.5%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Platformer 7.3%
- #4 Shadow Complex Remastered
95% matchVery Positive85% of 964 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, 2.5D 17.3%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #5 Far Star
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: This is Vini
Windows · Linux
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Robots 13.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Platformer 10.8%
- #6 Blackfield
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visionary Games
Windows · Mac
In a shadowed parallel universe, 8-year-old Marta navigates desolate landscapes ruled by mechanical overlords and nightmarish creatures, desperately seeking her lost family while survival becomes a relentless test of wits and willpower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, 2.5D 18.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 10%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #7 Vitrified
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Burning Fort Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Team up with ALAN the robot in this atmospheric post-nuclear metroidvania. Explore and fight your way through a beautiful but deadly post-nuclear wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities that unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Robots 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Sci-fi 9%
- #8 No One's Earth
92% 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 27.8%, 2.5D 20%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Nonlinear 6.5%
- #9 MindKatt:First Strike
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MapacheXstudio
Windows
An action-adventure game set in a dystopian future where mentally evolved cats fight for their freedom using robotic suits to interact with the human world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, 2.5D 19.9%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Dystopian 9.9%, Platformer 8.1%
- #10 Rotten Bloom
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Twin Howl GamesPub: Voxel School
Windows
Step into a world where nature has reclaimed what was always hers. Explore a disturbing dystopia as the first successful human-plant symbiosis. Extract abilities from corpses, reshape your essence, and decide the fate of both species.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, 2.5D 19.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Dystopian 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #11 Xenosis
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Noah LeePub: USC Games
Windows
Xenosis is a thrilling metroidvania where you traverse an ancient temple that has been overrun by alien creatures. Armed with your blaster, you must combat a variety of challenging enemies and upgrade your weapon to escape
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Dystopian 9.4%, Robots 8.4%
- #12 Living Shadows
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: MR ConsultingPub: Messier Data e Creative
Windows
In Living Shadows, explore a dystopian future where humans and shadows have been separated. Solve puzzles, face challenges, and dive into a deep narrative as you uncover hidden secrets in a dark world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, 2.5D 15.9%, Side Scroller 12%, Dystopian 10.2%, Platformer 9.3%
- #13 A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2014
Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!
Why similar: Robots 20.1%, Metroidvania 18.6%, Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2.5D 14%
- #14 FrogeON
88% 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 25.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Robots 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #15 SELINI
86% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A deep wordless metroidvania with 20+ hours of exploration through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Gain new abilities, uncover hidden paths and discover meaning without dialogue or guidance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Robots 15.6%, 2.5D 14.5%, Platformer 10%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%
- #16 Cryselts
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B3N Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Cryselts is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania focused on exploration, modular suits, and ranged combat, set in a hostile world corrupted by a mutagenic threat. Join the Cryselts, an elite task force designed to protect the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #17 Zexion
86% matchVery Positive90% of 555 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 27.5%, Robots 15.5%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Nonlinear 9.4%
- #18 Android Hunter A
85% matchMixed50% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: DigiPlox
Windows
A robotic uprising swarms the streets and it's up to you, an advanced Android Hunter, to fight back. Inspired by beloved sidescrolling platformers of the past, Android Hunter A is a well-oiled machine of fast-paced action, smooth platforming and deadly bosses.
Why similar: 2.5D 22.2%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Robots 12.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #19 Omega Warp
84% 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 29.5%, Robots 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Side Scroller 8.5%
- #20 The Mobius Machine
83% matchVery Positive83% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Robots 12.4%, Platformer 8.8%
- #21 Outpost Delta
84% 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 33.3%, Robots 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Platformer 10.1%, Artificial Intelligence 8.4%
- #22 Ghost Song
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,454 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 31.5%, Robots 13.7%, Side Scroller 12%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Platformer 10.2%
- #23 Rebel Core: Awakens
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atom Switch, Inc.Pub: TBD
Windows
AWAKEN REBEL, AS YOUR CIRCUITS WEEP FOR THE DEAD. Jump, shoot, slash, and shield your way through the 8 Core Robotics and defeat them all to reach the Council of machines that has conquered humanity. Go on a journey of retribution in this sci-fi action platformer that honors the classics.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.5%, Robots 18.9%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Dystopian 10.1%
- #24 Signal
81% matchPositive82% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Les NébuleuxPub: Montreal Video Game School
Windows
Signal is an immersive action-adventure game made as a student project where you attempt to uncover the mystery behind your old mentor's distress message. To succeed in your mission, you will have to use your martial arts skills and fight off hostile creatures that are trying to stop you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, 2.5D 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Dystopian 11.3%, Platformer 8.6%
- #25 Axiom Verge 2
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 971 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #26 Seeker
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mika Mikajiki
Windows
Draw your sword and jump into a dystopian metropolis in this 2D action-exploration game. Hunt down giant robots and use their parts to enhance your abilities as you try to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the neon lights.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Dystopian 11.2%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #27 Eternal Core
79% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Nada de TrucosPub: Incine
Windows
Eternal Core is an action platformer in which you control ROB, a robot created with the goal of destroying the Tower that’s draining the planet’s life. You’ll have to fight enemies to advance and reach the top, encountering powerful Bosses along the way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.3%, Robots 17.1%, 2.5D 16.9%, Dystopian 9.2%, Platformer 8.1%
- #28 THE IRONY
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SYLOPON
Windows
You are a nameless mercenary, dispatched to the research facility 'UNDERDOG CORP.' Survive the horrors of this dangerous facility, twisted by human experimentation, and uncover the hidden secrets within before they consume you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Dystopian 16.4%, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, 2.5D 9.7%
- #29 S.P.L.I.C.E.D.
78% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Fishbait StudiosPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
S.P.L.I.C.E.D. is a FREE Metroidvania made by students from Breda University of Applied Sciences. Traverse a Biopunk Chinatown with high mobility and difficult combat encounters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, 2.5D 18.5%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #30 WetBread
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: biksbit.games
Windows
WetBread is a 2.5D Metroidvania Platformer, where you gain control of the Dry Rusk, travel through the store shelves of various departments, solve puzzles and fight enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, 2.5D 21.4%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Platformer 8.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #31 Robo's World: The Zarnok Fortress
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Bluish-Green ProductionsPub: Bluish-Green Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Robo’s World: The Zarnok Fortress isn't your average Action-Platformer. Take on the vast, interconnected Fortress, and battle an ever learning foe who seeks to repair each zone you sabotage. Can you master your abilities to put an end to the dark reign of the Zarnok once and for all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Robots 21.5%, Artificial Intelligence 15.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #32 XGA SPECIAL EDITION
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: XStationGames
Windows
Survive the nightmare of XGA! Trapped in the rotting corpse of a space station, you must explore, fight and hide in this intense Horror-Metroidvania! But remember, XGA is hunting you....
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Dystopian 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Platformer 10.2%
- #33 Microvania
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 32 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 34%, Robots 14.5%, Platformer 10%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #34 Possessor(s)
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 765 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Platformer 13%, Dystopian 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #35 Delearnia: Fractions of Hope
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Win or Learn
Windows
Delearnia: Fractions of Hope is a thrilling puzzle adventure where action, mystery, and mathematics collide. Navigate the enchanting world of Delearnia, conquer challenges, and defeat enemies with the power of mathematics. Rediscover the fun in being a thinker. Become the Mathemagician!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, 2.5D 16.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 9%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #36 Garden of Aiden
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Solarpunk Studios
Windows
A precision 2D metroidvania where knowledge decays and data is currency. Recover GAIA’s shattered algorithms to restore lost abilities, outmaneuver corrupt AIs and ravenous bugs, and weave through a hand‑crafted techno‑organic world of rewarding secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, 2.5D 15.4%, Artificial Intelligence 11.8%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #37 Augment Anthem
73% matchPositive92% of 13 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 24.7%, Robots 16%, Dystopian 14.1%, Platformer 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #38 Hand Cannon: Janky Reality
75% 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 29%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Dystopian 11%, Robots 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%
- #39 Shifted Heart
74% 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 30.3%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #40 RABBAT
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Francisco Carrero
Windows
RABBAT is a physics-based, 2.5D platformer. Play as a small robot, using a jetpack and defeating enemies. Collect scrap to customize the robot’s parts, listen to radio songs while you explore the diverse environments, meet other robots, defeat enemies, bosses, and two extra minigames to enjoy!
Why similar: Robots 22.8%, 2.5D 16.5%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Sci-fi 10%
- #41 Mr. Bomb
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lab Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action-adventure game in which you control a bomb with a short fuse, infiltrating a factory full of traps and robots, to destroy the core and save humanity before the fuse runs out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, 2.5D 15.8%, Robots 12.1%, Dystopian 12%, Side Scroller 11.7%
- #42 The Throne
71% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: BeByte Tecnología
Windows · Mac · Linux
"The Throne" is a medieval adventure in true Metroidvania style. Get lost in a huge castle with 2.5D pixel art environments and increase your power with new abilities you find along the way. Fight fearsome bosses and navigate dangerous traps to make your way to the throne room!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, 2.5D 22.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 6.2%
- #43 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, 2.5D 17.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Adventure 6%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #44 Robokid
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: novaRayX
Windows
You are a robot with the mindset of a child, but your advanced robotic body allows you to fight better than most humans. Your goal is to solve the mystery of how the aliens got aboard the spaceship and, more importantly, to find a new energy source to survive. A strange scientist will accompany you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, 2.5D 22.7%, Robots 19.8%, Exploration 6.6%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #45 Arishia Tale
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AchuGamesStudio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting anime-style metroidvania, where each skill unlocks new areas and secrets on the vast map. Face powerful bosses, acquire unique abilities, and uncover hidden mysteries in this ever-evolving world, all with traditional anime-inspired animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Side Scroller 18.3%, 2.5D 16.9%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #46 Lone Knight
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jean Makes Games
Windows · Mac
Lone Knight is a 2D Metroidvania, inspired by games like Super Metroid, Hollow Knight, Zelda: A link to the past and Haiku the robots. You'll explore a vast interconnected land, trying to survive looking for the source of a corrupted signal that holds the key of your future.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Robots 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.3%, Futuristic 10.3%, Platformer 9.1%
- #47 This Game is About Robots
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: a small boat
Windows
This Game Is About Robots is a 3D Metroidvania about a battery robot named S04R who is trapped in the hidden lower levels of Cog Springs, a fully robotic society that unknowingly serves a long-forgotten humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Robots 17.9%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 7%
- #48 Maverick
69% 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 31.1%, Robots 16.2%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #49 Remains
68% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Dancing CactusPub: Jamk Games
Windows
A 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Use tools to modify the level and how you move to explore forests and the ruins of a post-post apocalyptic world. Find keys and extra batteries to delve ever further, in search of who you are and what happened to the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, 2.5D 18.7%, Platformer 15.9%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #50 Smelted Kin
71% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Robots 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Platformer 9.2%, Action 7.4%
- #51 Pounce and the Twin Trees
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron GibsonPub: VisceRality Studios
Windows · Linux
Unleash your inner tiger! Pounce through a vibrant world & its mirrored corruption in this challenging metroidvania. Master agility, traverse shifting landscapes & outrun danger. Can you unlock the Twin Trees' secrets & save the day? Wishlist now! #platformer #adventure
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, 2.5D 18.3%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Platformer 9.8%
- #52 Identity Sector
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Dynamicron LLC
Windows
Join the Asguardian mercenaries to save the Niddhog Sector from a corporate take over! Run, jump, and shoot in this action adventure game. Find sweet guns and armor and put your skills to the test in Identity Sector!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Action 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #53 Xanthiom 2
66% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Exploration 7.4%
- #54 Rhythm of Resistance
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NetherMoon Game Studio
Windows
In a future ruled by silence, your playlist is your weapon. In this Rhythm Metroidvania you fight to the beat, explore a dark interconnected world, and use forgotten songs to ignite the resistance. Every beat, a rebellion. Every song, a revolution.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2.5D 15.1%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Dystopian 9.6%, Platformer 9.6%
- #55 Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaosmonger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brutal action game set in a collapsing sci-fi nightmare. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you descend into a twisted post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Dystopian 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
- #56 XEARZ
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ASTEZIAPub: WhisperGames
Windows
A 2D side-scrolling action game with an emphasis on pre-rendered graphics. Its atmosphere is similar to that of the Castlevania and Contra of the 90s. It features a multi-plane system that allows players to move in depth. A story of bonding and conflict between AI and humans.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, 2.5D 18.6%, Artificial Intelligence 14.7%, Robots 13.1%, Platformer 10.6%
- #57 The Castle Of Xanxillia
69% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: GulfPearl
Windows
The Castle of Xanxillia is an immersive side-scroller action RPG that captures the Metroidvania genre. Play as Leonel, searching for his brother, Lenoel, in the treacherous Castle , ruled by a Dark Lord and corrupt Bishop. Navigate dangerous areas and battle enemies to save Lenoel from evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Side Scroller 18%, 2.5D 16.8%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
- #58 Autonomous Odyssey
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunOracle Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Robots 21.7%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #59 ELIZHA;BETH
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RindikPub: RIndik
Windows
EIZHA;BETH is a fast-paced 2D action platformer set in a broken world where humanity failed but its protocols endured. Master fluid movement, brutal combat, and deep weapon systems while exploring a hostile, ever-changing world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Artificial Intelligence 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Futuristic 8.6%
- #60 H=ZERO
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira Pub: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira
Windows
In a future where humanity has vanished, machines maintain vast underground complexes under the command of artificial intelligences. You are a unit activated to deliver a mysterious payload. Face hostile systems, precision challenges, and uncover the forgotten purpose of your existence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Robots 19%, Platformer 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%