- #1 Will O Wisp
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
This is a platform action game in which you control light in a world shrouded in complete darkness and rely on it to progress. Use the light to travel from place to place and illuminate the buried truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Platformer 15.1%, Emotional 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Action 8.1%
- #2 Constance
96% matchVery Positive83% of 3,085 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Backpack
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Psychological 16.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Platformer 10.4%
- #3 SlideNGlide
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Precision Platformer 19.3%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 8.8%
- #4 Hypnosis : Quiet Nights
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MOMO Mind Lab
Windows
A psychological exploration game combining dialogue and side-scrolling action. Guide a sleepless girl through a journey of dreams, medication, and fragile emotions. Enter her dreams, battle adorable yet dangerous creatures, and gently change the course of her fate.
Why similar: Psychological 25.6%, Side Scroller 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Platformer 9.5%
- #5 Dormiveglia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Cartridge
Windows
Dormiveglia is a 2D metroidvania starring Quinn, the whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. Join Quinn as they team up with the other heroes and allies of Elysium, and search for the four sacred Runes hidden about before they fall into the hands of Somnia!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Emotional 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%
- #6 Somnium Shore
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Precision Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #7 OU
93% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: room6Pub: G-MODE
Windows
"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #8 Balloon to the Moon 2
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Prospective Games
Windows
Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%
- #9 Nocturnal 2
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunnyside Games
Windows
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Precision Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #10 Necrosphere64
91% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Precision Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #11 The Perfect Pencil
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Cima
Windows
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Psychological 19.1%, Emotional 11%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #12 About Cannons & Sparrows
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: About Cannons & Sparrows Creative StudioPub: NA
Windows
Prepare yourself for a visually stunning Metroidvania adventure that delivers a cinematic look and an engaging storytelling experience. Embark on a thrilling journey as a small cannon who hatches from a bird's egg, unaware of its true potential.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.8%, Precision Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 11.2%, Emotional 10.9%
- #13 HAPPY UPPEN SOMETIMES DOWNSAD
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zizou
Windows
A soul-crushing, non-linear, foddylike Miseryvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Precision Platformer 16.7%, Abstract 13.7%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #14 Memoria
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Counting SheepPub: Counting Sheep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Emotional 15.1%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%
- #15 Perception: Heart and Mind
87% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Thodoris Serafeim AdamakosPub: Daydream's Power
Windows · Mac · Linux
Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game featuring engaging platforming, mental and physical combat, and meaningful choices driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous, interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.4%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #16 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
86% matchVery Positive84% of 7,274 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Precision Platformer 16.7%, Side Scroller 15.8%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Action 4.5%
- #17 Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overwrite Digital Services
Windows · Linux
'Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire' is a 2D, action-platformer with Metroidvania twists. Play as Gerel, a mother on a mission to face the evil Corvus Empire and save her children. Engage in a heartfelt tale of resilience and redemption, in a visually stunning, Mongolian-inspired pixel art world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Emotional 17.7%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 9.6%
- #18 Red and White
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forget Me Not Games
Windows
Help a baby named Red and a soldier named White navigate their industrial, mutant-infested world in this narrative platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 16.7%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Psychological 13.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Platformer 11.6%
- #19 Peaky Circus
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a broken world filled with masks and monsters in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. Fight strange enemies and twisted bosses with your katana and shotgun umbrella, unlock powerful new abilities, and uncover the truth behind the masks of Peaky Circus.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #20 Corestory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leon Busch
Windows
Embark on an exciting journey through the long forgotten kingdom of Corestate. Collect and master various abilities, upgrade your gear, customize how you want to play and defeat powerful opponents. Decide about the world’s fate in this mysterious pixel-art Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #21 Boki: The Summit
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gilad GoodmanPub: Boki: The Summit
Windows
Boki is a Metroidvania, Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG, Precision platformer in which you play as a young mountain goat who must climb a mountain in search of revenge. Dodge, battle and fluidly maneuver through several uniquely crafted areas and biomes to explore the secrets of a tyrannical kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Precision Platformer 16.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #22 Arcadia: Colony
82% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Kibe Software House
Windows
Enter into the world of Arcadia, a 2.5D Anime-style Metroidvania. Play as the three unique characters with their unique abilities and world's interactions. Save your homeland from the troubles caused by the huge bird-like Puppets and reveal hidden truths in the underground!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Precision Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #23 Genopanic
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 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 26.1%, Precision Platformer 17.7%, Side Scroller 16.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 11.4%
- #24 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,596 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.2%, Platformer 13.5%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Action 8.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #25 Florarium
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 14.9%, Emotional 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #26 Unbound: Worlds Apart
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,338 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 15%, Precision Platformer 10.1%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #27 Near The Sun
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nonlinear
Windows
Near The Sun is a 2D action-adventure game where you slice through enemy lines with sharp dashes and race across a collapsing underworld. Experience a story that changes depending on the order you explore, and discover a way to save a girl from a long-lost "previous world."
Why similar: Metroidvania 15.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Platformer 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10%
- #28 lil: Essence of Life
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BananaFox
Windows · Mac
A hand-drawn Metroidvania focused on exploration, combat, and progression through essence absorption, evolving weapons, and player-driven balance choices.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Emotional 16.5%, Precision Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #29 Jumper Jon
78% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #30 RIN: The Last Child
78% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Space Fox GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Emotional 17%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #31 Anna: The Magic of Words
77% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: EASTPIXEL Software
Windows · Linux
Relive the golden age of gaming with this challenging 1980s-style platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System® and Famicom, blending nostalgic action with a gripping story! The game is initially beginner-friendly with a nice learning curve and will always be fair but challenging.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Emotional 12.2%
- #32 Higher: The Last Dream
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sp3culo
Windows
Higher: The Last Dream is an immersive 2D platformer where you play as Starlight, a hero of light thrown into lost worlds, drained of all color and joy. But behind every world he crosses lies a truth he no longer remembers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Psychological 18.9%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #33 moon bride
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
This is a classic platformer with hand-drawn graphics and animations.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.7%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Platformer 17.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, 2D Platformer 11.9%
- #34 Infinium: A Spaceboy's Tale
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Matt Glad Games
Windows
Follow the journey of Leo in a classical 2D platformer. Where 2 different worlds come together uncover an intriguing story. Explore diverse lands, fight unique enemies, and unlock new skills.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.7%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Abstract 11.4%
- #35 The Smoke
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vino VenitasPub: Eternally Forward Games
Windows
The Smoke is a 2D Metroidvania where players wield a gun to disperse the smoke that threatens to engulf the world. Explore a world filled with hidden pathways and treacherous chambers. Blast away enemies, clear toxic clouds, and unlock new abilities. Stop the darkness before it swallows everything.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #36 ORU IN THE VOID
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ATC GAMES
Windows
A story-driven atmospheric platformer about loneliness, memories, and the struggles we carry within ourselves. Guide Oru through a mysterious void and overcome precise challenges in a journey shaped by symbolism and hope.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.2%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 15%, Psychological 14.4%, Emotional 12.4%
- #37 The Adventures of Panzer 2
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelcraft Games
Windows
Set approximately 1 year after the events of the first game, Panzer returns to his role as Raid Leader of the Zergadins. The old team has been "recruited", an all-new state-of-the-art headquarters built, and a world of adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Platformer 16.5%, Side Scroller 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Action 10.7%
- #38 Feather's Edge
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clockwork Acorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Precision Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
- #39 Dark Watcher
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matsapura Games
Windows
Embark on a pixelated journey of exploration, platforming, and intense battles in Dark Watcher. Unveil the secrets of a dark realm, unlock abilities, and confront formidable adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Emotional 12.7%, Platformer 11.4%, LGBTQ+ 7.2%
- #40 InOut
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bora Kara
Windows · Mac
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 10.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 8.9%
- #41 Enemies Within
72% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Side Scroller 18.4%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Choices Matter 8%
- #42 Ani Leaving Sirius
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: e2gamestudio
Windows · Mac
A dying planet in energy chaos, dangerous districts and challenging combats. Your only chance to escape the planet is through inconsistent portal! Gain energy crystals by slaying enemies. Improve your abilities and acquire drones. Complete your escape quest in this challenging rouge-lite gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Precision Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Hand-drawn 7.2%
- #43 LAPIN
71% matchVery Positive94% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Doodal
Windows
LAPIN is a 2D precision platformer game featuring a group of brave rabbit explorers. Break through life-threatening obstacles with precise controls, and embark on an adventure filled with new encounters and stunning landscapes!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.7%, Emotional 15%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.5%
- #44 The Pale Piper
70% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Linux
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Precision Platformer 22.5%, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 8.6%
- #45 Jubilee
72% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action 10.6%
- #46 Classroom Reverie
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: TokAyı Games
Windows
A hand-drawn, 2D precision platformer set in a student's notebook. Traverse six distinct subject themes, each with a unique core mechanic, in a world where your doodles come to life. Defend this world created by your mind from a threat that seeks to turn it into a void.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.6%, Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Psychological 9.9%
- #47 SHAPE
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: BrightStdio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalist style but inside a complex-minded With connecting word mechanism, you can make a rule for your rooms and solve the problem. Solve the puzzle and go to the door to the next room. explore new mechanism
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Abstract 15.2%, Emotional 15.1%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 11.9%
- #48 Hatup
71% 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 24.9%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Precision Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
- #49 Fatal Claw
66% matchVery Positive91% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: NDEV GAMESPub: Com2us Holdings
Windows
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #50 The Super Kid Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tuffpuffstudios
Windows
The Super Kid Game is a momentum-based action platformer with a 2D comic aesthetic. Fill your FLOW meter for breakneck speed and healing! Evade capture for a crime you didn't commit, hunt down the oppressive regime of a rising dictator, and become the hero a breaking city badly needs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Precision Platformer 15.5%, Emotional 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.1%
- #51 Germinal
69% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Monitors
Windows
Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.1%, Platformer 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Emotional 13%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #52 Lost Girl Platformer
68% matchVery Positive98% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Lost Girl Platformer is a thrilling 2D platform game where you play as a courageous girl. Your task is to jump from platform to platform to survive and escape. But be careful: time is limited, and every jump must be precise!
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.5%, Precision Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 6%
- #53 Regrets
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Psychological 26.9%, Emotional 23.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #54 Lore Finder
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover forbidden lore which warps your body and reality itself. The more you know, the worse it gets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Platformer 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Psychological 9%
- #55 Pentacore
69% matchMixed58% of 12 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 39.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Action 6.7%
- #56 Eternal Struggle
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mihai Morosanu
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game that combines hardcore platforming of classics like Celeste with mind-bending puzzles with lasers, portals, and many more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.2%, Platformer 18.1%, Emotional 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Action 9.8%
- #57 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gentle Turtle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up on Hart Island, dazed and amnesiac, holding a mysterious magic pencil... that you're accused of stealing ? In this hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania, your creativity is your weapon: sketch your tools to survive the dangers and piece together your memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Platformer 16.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Action 6.6%
- #58 Knut
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BolmanPub: Bolman Productions
Windows
SAVE THE PLANET, FIND YOUR FISH! In this epic 2D platformer, a simple rescue mission spirals into total planetary chaos. Knut, a one-eyed rodent with a nuclear-grade grudge, engages a robotic army to find his pet. Master twitchy physics and massive upgrades. Nothing stands between you and your fish!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.3%, Side Scroller 21%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Action 7.5%
- #59 Sealed Bite: Extended
65% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Ruben S. LuisPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emilia's life turns into chaos as her family members disappear, one by one. Forced to put her trust in a wolf spirit, Emilia sets off to search the land while pressured into feeding a monstrous power. Will the enigmatic figure she encounters offer guidance, or is Emilia diving head-first into peril?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Side Scroller 21.8%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 6.5%