- #1 Latitude 76: Land of the Onkilons
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anisimov Games
Windows · Linux
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Isometric 15.7%, Lore-Rich 11%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #2 CYPHER DUNGEON
96% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: DOUBLE PULSES
Windows
Identifier = ZERO. Localization = unknown system. Objectives = survive, decrypt, escape. Codes are key. Death is protocol. The sequence begins now.
Why similar: Voxel 36.3% ★, Metroidvania 36.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 3.1%
- #3 Alice in Disguise
96% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Karnac Studio
Windows
Help Alice rescue her friends to save Wonderland! Alice in Disguise is a stealth puzzle game where you disguise yourself as chess pieces and move like them to solve sneaky challenges. Use potions, magic mirrors, and quick thinking to stay hidden — all wrapped in a charming and colorful art style.
Why similar: Voxel 36.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 21.9%, Isometric 13%, Puzzle 12%, Cute 9.8%
- #4 Brave Tales
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hrzn. Studios
Windows
Brave Tales is an isometric action metroidvania where you explore the vast world of Slavic mythology and your story decisions can alter your world and reshape your destiny. You play as Kolya, who is the only one to save the village from the pure evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Isometric 16.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, RPG 9%
- #5 Season Changer
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Experimental Studio
Windows
Embark on an epic journey through ancient Crete, where Greek history and mythology come to life. Solve clever puzzles, explore enchanting landscapes and unravel an exciting story. Join Acacio and discover the magic of the seasons today!
Why similar: Voxel 33.9% ★, Isometric 19.1%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #6 Limos' Lair
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Oleg Fedotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Grid-Based Movement 15.1%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Cute 9.6%
- #7 ReWire
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Big Owl Interactive
Windows
ReWire is a grid based puzzle game set in the near future. Splice wire blocks together to solve increasingly complicated circuits before they overload. Join the Agrifront and do your part for the folks back home.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 31.2%, Voxel 30.6% ★, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, Indie 4.5%
- #8 OOLO
91% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Riddle Master Productions
Windows
OOLO is a modern take on the classic isometric adventure. Embark on a non-linear journey across mysterious forests, haunted catacombs, and magical factories. Solve puzzles to collect keys and discover upgrades that change the way you explore this lush fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Voxel 26.9% ★, Isometric 15%, Nonlinear 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #9 Nine Lives
92% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Siddharth Sivaraman
Windows · Mac
To earn its nine lives a cat must survive the nine trials by solving increasingly intricate puzzles, that might require it to die a few times.
Why similar: Voxel 45.1% ★, Isometric 22.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, Cute 7.7%, Indie 3.7%
- #10 Once Glorious Artahk
91% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Bismuth Tales
Windows · Linux
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Lore-Rich 23.3%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%
- #11 Cubic Blitz
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinprick Games
Windows
Cubic Blitz is an isometric puzzle game where you control a cube and solve loads of hand-crafted levels. With the power of paint, sponges, and much more, your task is simple: PAINT THE WORLD.
Why similar: Voxel 33.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 30.3%, Isometric 22.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #12 TUNIC
89% matchVery Positive91% of 17,199 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Isometric 17.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Cute 8.4%
- #13 Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,131 reviews2015
Dev: Cornfox & Brothers Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Isometric 18.5%, RPG 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #14 Waltz and Jam
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flyway Games, Inc.
Windows
Embark on a magical journey with Waltz, an innocent yet lost ghost, as he explores a wondrous afterlife! With his adorable spirit puppy Jam by his side, traverse hand-crafted realms full of mystery, beauty, and danger. Face thrilling trials together and uncover the secrets beyond the veil!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.8%, Isometric 19.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Cute 9.7%, Nonlinear 8.6%
- #15 Black Sheep
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Double Machine
Windows
You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Grid-Based Movement 20.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Cute 6.9%
- #16 Memoria Wake
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crescendo
Windows · Mac
Parry with precision and fight through shifting, surreal landscapes in this Souls-like action-adventure. When reality turns into a living nightmare, you must ascend through a shattered realm to rescue a missing friend.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Isometric 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #17 Educe
86% 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 63.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 8.4%
- #18 Scarred Mansion
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Focal Point Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Unleash your tactical prowess in this hauntingly innovative deck-building strategy game. Craft cards with unique components to solve puzzles on your journey to escape the spooky house you're stuck in!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33%, Grid-Based Movement 22.3%, Isometric 18.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Exploration 6.4%
- #19 Cubic Dungeons
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NE Games
Windows
Embark on an exciting journey into a deep abyss located on an isolated island and explore a unique fantasy world inspired by ancient mythology. Explore dungeons alone or with friends, discover the reason for the emergence of strange creatures and simply have a good time in this exciting action-RPG.
Why similar: Voxel 36.2% ★, Metroidvania 34.2%, RPG 8%, Nonlinear 6.3%, 3D 4.7%
- #20 Wilbur's Quest
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wil Wright
Windows
Wilbur's Quest is a puzzle metroidvania about a worm. You've woken up in a strange land and need to discover what lies beyond the surface. Throughout your journey you'll need to push blocks, unlock doors, grow, and discover new abilities in order to escape this subterranean labyrinth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Grid-Based Movement 24.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 6.1%
- #21 OTHERSIDE: Untamed Words
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OthersideCraft
Windows
OTHERSIDE is a 2D, hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure featuring 'Mao' - a cat warrior awakened from slumber. Wield a sword and brush to explore a beast kingdom, encounter tribes, and uncover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Exploration 11.6%, RPG 8.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #22 Make your Move
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AtypicalCroqueta
Windows
Make your Move is a roguelite game where you control the map like a rubik's cube. Create combinations to improve your stats, discover new cubes, get equipment, and battle for resources to protect your world from the void.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 27.5%, Deckbuilding 23.9%, Voxel 12.1% ★, Isometric 12%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%
- #23 PRIMA: First Rogues
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Studio PRIMA
Windows
Explore the dreamlike world of Prima in an innovative roguelike deckbuilders inspired mechanics. Immerse yourself in a magical universe, subject to the rule of chimeras. Use the strengths of your faction to gain an edge and take part in the schemes that affect Prima.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.1%, Lore-Rich 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Exploration 9.2%
- #24 Coloring Voxels
79% matchVery Positive81% of 414 reviews2025
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Bring vibrant worlds to life block by block! Our revolutionary blend of Voxel Art and Color-by-Numbers lets you build stunning 3D dioramas from the ground up. As the second entry in our hit Coloring genre, this game evolves the relaxing joy of 2D coloring into an immersive 3D experience!
Why similar: Voxel 56% ★, Isometric 12.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, 3D 8%, Nonlinear 7.3%
- #25 The Legend of the Bard: The Power Accordions
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo Vieira
Windows
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Isometric 18.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 9.8%, Nonlinear 8%
- #26 Mindbreak
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lost Umbrella Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mindbreak is an exploration driven tile-based puzzle adventure game about the escape from a corrupted insane asylum. Play as the supernaturally gifted asylum patients as you build and combine their unique abilities to explore and master the vast interconnected asylum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Grid-Based Movement 23.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Cute 5.1%
- #27 Auridia
78% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 7.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #28 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
81% matchVery Positive87% of 891 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 7%, Indie 6.2%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #29 Dewdrop Dynasty
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GoodgisPub: Firith Studio
Windows · Linux
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Cute 7.6%
- #30 Only Sliding
78% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Grid-Based Movement 40.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #31 Rift Walker
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ahando
Windows
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Lore-Rich 22.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #32 Set In Stone
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maëlig Moreau
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D platformer metroidvania. Discover a strange place where everyone was turned into a tiny stone. Fight difficult bosses, explore an interconnected world, and piece together the chaotic history of people who suddenly lost their humanity (or not?).
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.6%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Cute 9.9%, Adventure 4.4%
- #33 Skadi Tower
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redfinch Games
Windows
Skadi Tower is a meditative 3D puzzle game about clearing towers of ice. Travel across a frozen world with the protagonist in search of a goddess trapped under the ice. She is your only hope of saving your people from the coming apocalypse. Stay warm, fellow traveler.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39.4%, Isometric 29.3%, Puzzle 15%, Adventure 7.4%, 3D 5.1%
- #34 Hoping Forest
76% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Arthemy Studios
Windows
Help the little frog to safely reach the other side avoiding the hazards and dangers within the forest. Move the tiles around you to find one of the hidden paths that will lead you to your goal.
Why similar: Voxel 39.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 21.8%, Isometric 17.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, 3D 3.2%
- #35 Shattered Legacy
75% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Xiangyu WuPub: SCAD Games Studio
Windows
Start an exciting journey through a magical world, where the familiar idea of nudging blocks and solving puzzles combine to offer an amazing adventure puzzle game. Discover a magical world. Explore difficult puzzles and cryptic challenges in unique levels.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 45.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #36 Dark Cooking
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Riddik
Windows
Dark Cooking - A colorful 3D puzzle game for logic and thinking! The little witch asks you for help! You have to take on the role of the most dexterous and clever assistant and go to her pumpkin garden for pumpkins!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.4%, Puzzle 14.5%, Cute 11.3%, 3D 7.9%, Indie 5.3%
- #37 Pain-Hatching
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peegun
Windows
Metroidvania, exploring, a deep story and characters, RPG elements, deck and stat-building. Imagine if Fur Fighters, American McGee’s Alice, and Dark Souls merged into one game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #38 Montana Smith and the Tomb of the Volcano God
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rafal Cywicki
Windows
Montana Smith is a first-person grid-based puzzler. Explore the forsaken ruins, climb the crumbling walls, jump over the chasms. Avoid the deadly traps and solve puzzles to discover the forgotten treasures.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 37.1%, Voxel 26.8% ★, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #39 Virium
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The CaecusPub: Team Caecus
Windows · Mac
Navigate and explore the twisted organic world with the ability to walk on anything! Climb large creatures, solve puzzles, unlock different forms and abilities, and uncover secrets in this atmospheric Puzzle-Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.7%, Voxel 21.6% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11%, 3D 6.2%
- #40 Unlock: The Game
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom ListerPub: Argon Interactive
Windows
A meta puzzle-adventure where nothing is set in stone. Unlock features to watch the world evolve, and think outside the box to complete missions. But as you change the world to your whims, the world might have ideas of its own...
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Grid-Based Movement 13.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 12.5%, 3D 6.8%
- #41 Proto Cuckoo 64
74% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: TheBigYellowSkip
Windows
Save the Eggs in this 8-bit Inspired Arcade Puzzler!
Why similar: Voxel 44.5% ★, Isometric 28.1%, Cute 13.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Indie 3%
- #42 Crypt Custodian
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,759 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Exploration 11%, Cute 10.5%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #43 Jenny's Adventures
71% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Pranav Gaur
Windows
Play as a cat in this 2D world where you discover new abilities and paths to finally reach the summit. What's there? Even I don't know. Yet. Oh, it now has local co-op.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Exploration 14.6%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Cute 11.2%, Adventure 5.6%
- #44 Frogreign
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arkanpixel
Windows
Leap into an amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook! Use your tongue to swing, slap and grapple your way through this vibrant Metroidvania. Will you help prince Rill to unlock the power of the great spirits and find his sister, lost in the midst of a royal conspiracy?
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, RPG 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Cute 8%
- #45 Heretic's Lot
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Golden Cup Games
Windows
What will you get out of mixing puzzle, RPG and roguelike? Correct - HERETIC’S LOT! Make your way through cursed lands to repent your sins. Learn perks, collect battle spells, solve puzzles, discover magic auras, fight bosses, find what cursed lands are hiding.
Why similar: Voxel 22% ★, RPG 22%, Grid-Based Movement 17.4%, Isometric 12%, Indie 10.2%
- #46 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
69% 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 57.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 8%, RPG 8%, Nonlinear 6.8%
- #47 Elephantasy: Flipside
71% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Isometric 22.1%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #48 TENDY: Robot Gardener
71% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Michael MatoPub: Too Much Tomato
Windows
Tend to the intergalactic flora and fauna on a puzzling space station. This short n' weird journey takes around 2 hours to complete.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.8%, Isometric 22.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Nonlinear 11.2%
- #49 Kodoktale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rigelriv
Windows
Play as Tobo, a frog who dreams of seeing the world beyond his village. The only way out is to be chosen by the Gods, yet they haven’t appeared in a very long time.
Why similar: Isometric 22.9%, RPG 19%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #50 Faeland
68% matchVery Positive90% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.1%, RPG 18.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 8.6%
- #51 Inferno
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Vertex
Windows
Journey through the Nine Circles of Hell in this atmospheric puzzle game, which closely follows the epic poem "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri. Each circle has its unique mood and mechanics, and interspersed between the over 100 puzzles are plenty of artwork and quotes from the original poem.
Why similar: Voxel 33.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 20.4%, Isometric 17.7%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #52 Freedom: How I Escaped
70% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: GP Studio
Windows
This is your chance. The time has come to put oppression in your past. The escape plan is ready, but you must avoid all surveillance and run undetected. Its time to make your own path. To make your own future. Its now or never.
Why similar: Voxel 50.1% ★, Isometric 26%, Puzzle 9.1%, 3D 6.2%, Indie 3.4%
- #53 Museful
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
Museful is a colour-fuelled 2D Metroidvania. Paint your surroundings as a little lizard exploring a huge hand-crafted world, and restore emotion to a monochrome continent as you discover your true colours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Cute 8.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #54 Leaf's Odyssey
67% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: ludobloom
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based puzzle game with combat and exploration
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 43.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #55 Eon's Insomnium
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tryxe
Windows
A dark Metroidvania where memory and madness intertwine. Explore surreal biomes, face grotesque bosses born of trauma, and recover fragments of a forgotten identity in a world that twists with your sanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Exploration 11.3%, RPG 8.4%, Cute 8.3%
- #56 Sisyphus Is a Bug
66% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Exploration 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Cute 9.2%
- #57 Soulchain
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #58 1cm Time
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitCA GamesPub: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, adventure, collect, and experience anecdotes and various interesting characters in a city-based 3D RPG, discovering some beautiful little worlds. Or perhaps wander aimlessly on the streets, relaxing in the shade of trees. Such a wonderful time is not far away.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.9%, Isometric 13%, Cute 11.3%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Exploration 11%
- #59 ANIMAL WELL
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 51.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Cute 6.3%