- #1 Minishoot' Adventures
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,314 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 15%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #2 NEO TITAN
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: idoz & phops
Windows
NEO TITAN is a challenging twin-stick metroidvania - Explore a world filled with dangerous alien ecosystems, discover new abilities, and challenge powerful Titans to save an ill-fated planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Exploration 6.6%, Action-Adventure 3.7%
- #3 Bas: They Must Die
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kohococoa Design Works
Windows
Bás: They Must Die is a bullet-time infused, fast-paced twin stick shooter meets The Legend of Zelda-esque search-action game with an abstract visual style inspired by twin stick shooters like Geometry Wars.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Exploration 7.4%, Action-Adventure 4.8%
- #4 Absence of Light
95% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Koala Symphony Studios
Windows · Mac
"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Exploration 6.7%
- #5 Globulo
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hermo
Windows
Globulo is a Metroidvania blended with Bullet Hell elements. Hand-drawn, Globulo invites you to immerse yourself in a strange microscopic world corrupted by infections that threaten the world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.3%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Action 6.3%, Nonlinear 5.6%
- #6 Bloody Hell
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,049 reviews2023
Dev: Pun Intended
Windows
A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Nonlinear 8.2%, Action-Adventure 4%
- #7 Liturnian
93% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Solar Fish Games
Windows
Discover a strange world inhabited by living lights. Liturnian is a 3D-Metroidvania with fluid movement, fights against strange creatures and exciting puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, 3D Platformer 19.1%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 6%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #8 Caustic Bloom
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niles GamesPub: TBD
Windows
In this top-down Metroidvania, descend into the belly of Sarcophagus II, an underground laboratory overrun by mutated creatures. Blast your way through this labyrinth of chaos, facing overwhelming odds in an effort to rescue your friends and recover your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 33.2%, Open World 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Cute 5.1%
- #9 The Solyani's Code
91% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: ANGames
Windows
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, 3D Platformer 14.2%, Nonlinear 14%, Exploration 9.5%, Open World 9.1%
- #10 pear potion🍐
91% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: vemu games
Windows
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Exploration 8.5%, Cute 6.5%, Action 4.4%
- #11 Pain-T
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wheel Of Games
Windows
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Exploration 13.2%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Open World 7.6%, Action 5.1%
- #12 The Dreamthief
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Epictale Interactive AS
Windows
Bjørn watches a mysterious figure steal his parents’ dreams and follows it into a world consumed by nightmares. Explore, fight, solve puzzles, and open rifts between dream and nightmare in a Ghibli-inspired isometric action-adventure about facing childhood fears.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, 3D Platformer 16.2%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #13 The Mobius Machine
89% matchVery Positive84% of 495 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 38.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 27%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #14 Nothing Beyond This Point
87% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Dieuwt
Windows
In the Void, everyone is alone, and you're no exception. Use your endless health as damage, create your own strategy with abilities and Sigils, and fight through corrupted entities in this top-down action Metroidvania. Don't be fooled - you're nobody's last hope.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #15 Twell
88% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas RobPub: Lucas Rob Holding B.V.
Windows
This adventure is about you waking up in this world named Twell. The only thing you can do now is explore what this world has to offer. Explore 8 unique dungeons, discover many secrets and visit many locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Action 7.9%, RPG 7.8%, Open World 7.4%
- #16 Blightseeker
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernoodle Games
Windows
Jump and dash through unknown, labyrinthine worlds in this VR adventure. Fight back against maddened creatures, or cure them of the blight that fuels their rage. Collect treasures, tools, and powers as you search for the source of this ancient ill, and decide whether to quell or unleash it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56%, Exploration 10.2%, Open World 7.1%, Adventure 6.8%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
- #17 Zolg
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #18 Museful
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgicat
Windows
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 36.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #19 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
83% matchVery Positive95% of 281 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 54.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Nonlinear 6.9%, Adventure 6.2%
- #20 Kokoro's Gensokyo Journey: The Lost Masks
84% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: CygnusA-1
Windows
A 2D exploration danmaku action Touhou fangame (AKA a danmaku Metroidvania). Control Hata no Kokoro in a journey to find her masks. Look for power-up items along the way and challenge powerful bosses to reclaim them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 9.8%, Cute 5.1%
- #21 Lost Call
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skurry
Windows
Lost Call is a top down pixel art 2D Zelda inspired game with a metroidvania style map. Take off on a quest through an abandoned and ruined town to stop your phone from ringing all the time, and learn more about the characters who still remain within it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #22 ABYSS X ZERO
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Pixel Punk
Windows
Explore an expansive world in this 3D Metroidvania with carefully crafted dungeons and stylish combat. Take control of two different characters, fated to battle each other: Codename A and Codename Z, legendary heroes with unique abilities that change how you fight and interact with the environment.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #23 Goldstained
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lantern Jump
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.4%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 4.7%, Action 3.8%
- #24 Lumiere
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koolhaus Games
Windows
At the core of everything in Lumiere is Light and Shadow. Journey as Soleil and Umbra as they embark on a mission to unite a beautiful world lost to darkness. With drop-in co-op play, a second player can join the adventure and uncover the mysteries of the land together.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.7%, 3D Platformer 18.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 6.7%, Cute 4.1%
- #25 Impetuous
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucid Daydreams
Windows
After her home was suddenly erased, Ember the Imp must traverse the corrupted and decaying Painted Realms to uncover the truth. Explore surreal and interconnected worlds, collect upgrades to expand your movement abilities, and fight strange and warped enemies in this Metroidvania 3D Platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 3D Platformer 17.9%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #26 PATHFINDER 08
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: THIAGO COSTA MENDES
Windows
Pathfinder 08 is a fun and challenging adventure. It is a platform game with a focus on exploration and retro inspiration with some RPG elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Nonlinear 9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #27 Explosiovania
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Eye
Windows
Rocket-jump using exploding fireballs, unlock abilities and master an ever-growing movement system. Explore the non-linear corners of the underworld, find secrets, defeat demons and reclaim the Eye of Evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, 3D Platformer 22%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 3.2%
- #28 BioGun
78% matchVery Positive85% of 669 reviews2024
Dev: Dapper Dog Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 29.4%, Exploration 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Cute 5.1%
- #29 Bitup
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmogonia Games
Windows
BitUp is a side scrolling, exploration metroidvania game set in a Cubist-Impressionist universe. A game kept hidden by its legendary creator, while its protagonist looks for answers. Players must aid Bit in its quest to find out what lies beyond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.3%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 5%
- #30 Iron Diamond
77% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Cute 5.3%
- #31 Iron Bramble
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mini BunniesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Momentum-based platforming built around expressive movement and tight gunplay. Master your elastic grappling hook to explore a vast, cyber-gothic megastructure, where robots piloted by the souls of the dead do penance for their sins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Adventure 4.3%, Cute 3.7%
- #32 House of Shadow
77% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: High Clarity Games
Windows
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Action 5.3%
- #33 Beyond Zero Line
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.7%, 3D Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Action 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #34 Lightwood
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Action 5.2%
- #35 Diggy Diggy Mole
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Novasplore Games
Windows
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Action 5.8%
- #36 Crab Attack
74% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Crab Attack Games
Windows
Hop on a flying crab and go on an adventure that blends exploring intricate branching stages with blistering shoot 'em up action. Gather upgrade materials, escape with the goods, discover hidden areas, and take down 15 unique bosses to save Crater City.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Cute 5.3%
- #37 Battle Witch
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feliciano Creadoros
Windows
Battle Witch is a bullet hell metroidvania where you shoot, dodge, and fly using powerful spells. Explore the ruins of a mana-infested mining town, left in chaos after a catastrophic magical incident. Master your magic, conquer the chaos, and uncover the secrets buried beneath the rubble.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Exploration 8%, Action-Adventure 3.4%
- #38 HeroSquare
72% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Akseli Virtanen
Windows
HeroSquare is a minimalist metroidvania where you must find your missing heart friend in a strange and colorful world full of danger. Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you will face formiddable bosses, discover cryptic secrets and explore for new powers!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #39 Limos' Lair
73% 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 52.7%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Cute 7.2%, Action 6.6%
- #40 Vacant Kingdom
73% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: shru
Windows · Mac
Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and rally its adrift people by solving their problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Cute 4.3%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #41 Hob
73% matchVery Positive88% of 5,620 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, 3D Platformer 14.5%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 8%
- #42 Elmer
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miòpe Games
Windows
“ Elmer is a Metroidvania-style adventure game. ” AltroQuando is a place for those with a forgotten past, an illusionary present, and a future held only as a promise. Your presence here is the proof that you are seeking your own original sin, your own mask.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, Exploration 12.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Action 7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #43 Tiny Turnip DX
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Luke Sanderson
Windows
Help a turnip reach the stars in this award-winning 1-bit metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.9%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Open World 8.8%, Cute 7.1%, Adventure 5.2%
- #44 BeforeDisaster
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 6%, Fantasy 5%
- #45 Behind The Kingdom
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Gamble
Windows · Mac
A nonlinear exploration-action game set in a fantastical, lush fantasy world with a huge interconnected map, tons of movement upgrades, character customizations, and vibrant pixel art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49%, Nonlinear 19.5%, Open World 7.7%, Exploration 6%, Colorful 4.8%
- #46 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
71% matchVery Positive87% of 911 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 74.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 2.5%
- #47 ASCENXION
71% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: IndigoBlue Game StudioPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
ASCENXION is a 2D shoot 'em up game where you explore the field to progress. Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action 3.3%, Colorful 2.8%
- #48 Inukari 3D - Shattered World
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EinzelartigGames
Windows
“Inukari 3D - Shattered World” tells the story of the guardian goddess Inukari. Join her on her journey through a colorful retro 3D platformer featuring a total of three open worlds and plenty of characters and quests.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 3D Platformer 19.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #49 Rabi-Ribi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,274 reviews2016
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 63.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Cute 6.1%
- #50 Tater Spud
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Nate DeHart
Windows
Explore, fight, and platform through a world of deadly plants as a lone potato, Tater Spud, in search of powerups and the answers behind the flora that was once safe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Cute 6.2%
- #51 Dirtlight
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, Action 5.2%
- #52 End's Reach
68% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 73%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 7%, Action 4%, Indie 1.4%
- #53 AlterMage
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AlterTech
Windows
Step onto the shores of AlterMage, a first-person action-platformer featuring spellblade focused combat. Embark on a harrowing journey to learn sorcery, explore labyrinthian passages within a forbidden citadel, and uncover the truth of a dark past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, 3D Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #54 Crypt Custodian
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,178 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 48.7%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Cute 6.7%
- #55 Jenny's Adventures
67% 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 53.1%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Cute 7.2%, Adventure 4.8%
- #56 Pod's Itty Bitty Adventure
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: keyofw
Windows
"Pod's Itty Bitty Adventure" is a short retro-themed open-world Metroidvania platformer that prioritizes movement and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Open World 11.5%, Adventure 4.7%, Action 4.2%
- #57 404: The Absent God
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kootoapin
Windows
Explore planet 404, battle the Zorgs and local tribes, and hunt for the Eye of Vyr’Nox, the legendary Relic of the Absent God.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 9%
- #58 Escape From Tethys
69% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Action 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #59 The Archaic
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sixsevenths
Windows
A story-driven 3D action platformer set in a post-immortal future, where the last organic human awakens. Explore levels with metroidvania progression, momentum-based traversal, and tactical combat. Uncover the ruins of a world that chose immortality over humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, 3D Platformer 24.2%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 4.7%, Adventure 4.1%