- #1 Shadow King
97% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Retro 6.1%
- #2 PATHFINDER 08
96% 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 38.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #3 Croakspire
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lotus Arcade
Windows
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, 2D Platformer 17%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #4 Trapers Platformer
95% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: molamucho.com
Windows · Linux
Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Comedy 6.6%
- #5 Maelstrom
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Fantasy 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #6 FrogeON
94% 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 26.9%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Colorful 6.7%
- #7 PSYCRON
93% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #8 Ariana and the Elder Codex
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Anime 9.7%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #9 Havoc Fox
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havoc Studios
Windows
Take control of a sword-wielding fox and a dragon/owl duo to fight your way through the fantasy kingdom of Vanalia and stop its tyrant monarch! Havoc Fox is a combat-based action platformer featuring an unlikely partnership tasked with saving their home from its own corrupted protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Anime 11.2%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #10 Ganymede
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Clydeware LLC
Windows
Hack and slash your way through a space station overrun with aggressive alien creatures. Collect upgrade orbs to extend your abilities and conquer convoluted movement puzzles.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #11 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,751 reviews2023
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Anime 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 7.1%
- #12 BeforeDisaster
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 50.2%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Fantasy 10.2%, Action 5.8%
- #13 Pain-T
89% 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 40.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Colorful 7.4%
- #14 Bread Adventure
86% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Fantasy 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #15 Nihilsearch
88% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #16 Neon Fusion
87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Rodrigo Oak
Windows
Venture out on a machine-packed rescue mission in a 2D platform game, action, shooting and lots of Neon!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #17 Slacker Dungeon
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deleted Layer
Windows
The Slacker Dungeon is a is a 2D side-scrolling metroidvania action game. You have to play as a guy who found an enchanted intelligent sword and went on an adventure in search of wealth and an easy life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Anime 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Fantasy 9.3%, Exploration 8.3%
- #18 Sunken Sky
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Codenightly
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the world of Sunken Sky and get ready for an epic action adventure through a vast open world. No place is beyond your reach - from the tallest mountains to the very minds of others. Battle bizarre creatures and befriend even stranger people. All in a detailed, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, 2D Platformer 17%, Anime 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #19 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Space 8.5%, Retro 7.8%
- #20 Future Knight (CPC/Spectrum)
85% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic platformer from 1986, take on the role Sir Randolph as he quests to free the fair maid Amelia from the evil clutches of Spegbott the Terrible. Acting upon an inter-dimensional distress signal from the galactic cruiser SS Rustbucket, don your Omnibolt Mark IV and venture forth!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Fantasy 8%
- #21 OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK
83% matchMixed66% of 525 reviews2022
Dev: ENGINES Inc.Pub: KADOKAWA CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
2D action-adventure game set in the rich world of the epic dark fantasy, Overlord. This latest installment in the series features an original story overseen by Overlord's creator, Kugane Maruyama. Find Clementine's missing memories and make your escape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Anime 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #22 Overbowed
82% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #23 Transiruby
82% matchVery Positive92% of 290 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #24 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.5%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #25 Piko Piko
81% matchMixed60% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: MarquetPub: KOMODO
Windows
Take control of Piko, our hammer wielding heroine, as you bash things up with a big hammer in this cute Anime-styled 2D metroidvania-inspired adventure! Uncover mysteries! Beat the bad guys who do naughty things! Explore the Piko Piko world with her floof fox friend!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Anime 9.3%, Comedy 7.1%, Exploration 7.1%
- #26 The Search: Lost Dreams
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gninjastudio
Windows
The Search: Lost Dreams is a game made for players focused on fun and gameplay. Improve your combat arsenal, equipments and learn skills that will help you survive on this hostile planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Action 6%
- #27 Cathedral: Crow's Curse
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in the same universe as Cathedral, but with its own story and style, Cathedral: Crow's Curse is an action-adventure with tight combat and a focus on exploration. Parry, dodge and fight your way through numerous enemies in a rich detailed world as you uncover the events leading up to Cathedral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Mystery 7.3%
- #28 Pipsqueak!
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
Windows
Explore a strange and hostile world in this search-action platformer starring a tiny mouse named Tofu.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #29 Second Works
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: #Sharp
Windows
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Anime 9.2%, Action 7.9%
- #30 Xanthiom Zero
78% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Space 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%
- #31 Meowphoria
77% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Nekod team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather a harem of cat girls and save the world from the Singularity Dragon! It's a fun mix of metroidvania and dating sim, where every choice you make has consequences, and love is the surest step to victory!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Anime 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Fantasy 9.3%, Romance 7.3%
- #32 King Story: Prologue
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Kinto Games LLC
Windows
A storm of darkness is taking over the world. Adventure in search of your quest escaping the demon darkness that chases you. Upgrade your items to progress through the maze like environment in this Metroidvania-like challenge. Can you find a Hermit’s lost son in your quest to save the world?
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Fantasy 6.2%, Action 5.3%
- #33 Keena The Voidslayer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #34 Echoes of the Outworlder
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outworlder LLC
Windows
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Anime 11%, Fantasy 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #35 Pixel Game Maker Series MEDIUM-NAUT
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 6.8%
- #36 Iron Diamond
74% matchVery Positive89% of 55 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 37.6%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #37 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nao Games
Windows
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.4%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Action 8.7%, 2D 4.9%
- #38 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 466 reviews2022
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Break into the new apeX of 2D action! INTI CREATES is proud to present new apeX of cutting-edge 2D action with Luminous Avenger iX 2!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.1%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Anime 14.4%, Fantasy 9.8%
- #39 Shell Soul:The Skull
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, 2D Platformer 18%, Exploration 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Fantasy 5%
- #40 Goo Keeper
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Oria Games Inc.
Windows
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #41 Badass Brigade
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marauder Squad
Windows
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Comedy 8.1%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
- #42 Dusted Dusk
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.X.
Windows
Embark on a journey into a dark, fantasy world, wielding a host of weapons, sub-weapons, skills, and spells, to battle demonic entities in this immersive, true-to-form, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 13%, Exploration 9.2%, Action 4.9%
- #43 Kokoro's Gensokyo Journey: The Lost Masks
72% 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 40.8%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Action 8.9%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #44 Far Star
71% 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 38%, Sci-fi 14.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Space 5.3%
- #45 Garden of the Atom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rookbird GamesPub: Blacc Ski Weekend Industries
Windows · Linux
Garden of the Atom is a combat-focused Metroidvania where you hold nothing back. Start with every movement ability unlocked and play as 'Prodigy,' an exiled genius infiltrating a futuristic dictatorship to stop a tyrant from harnessing a cataclysmic meteor shower.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Sci-fi 9%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #46 Garrison
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WKH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #47 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Action 8.6%, Fantasy 6%
- #48 Super Beefit
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Castle
Windows
Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 7.8%, Retro 7%
- #49 GoldFish Brain
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: WEIPub: IRON LIVER
Windows
Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 4.2%, Sci-fi 3.1%
- #50 Makis Adventure
69% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Fantasy 8.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #51 Cloud Seeker
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MagniFish Studios
Windows
Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, 2D Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Action 6.9%
- #52 Eystrandi
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leiksmidr studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 4.9%
- #53 Xeodrifter
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Retro 7.4%, Exploration 7.1%
- #54 Alwa's Legacy
68% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Fantasy 7.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #55 SUPER ANT
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrygast
Windows
Embark on a manic search to locate a ontological superweapon lost on a rogue planet. Bash vicious monsters in close-quarters combat and master hidden movement and fighting techniques to overpower and outspeed your problems.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Retro 7.7%, Exploration 7.3%
- #56 Blue Rabbit
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: J.P. van OstaPub: Coughing Dragon
Windows · Linux
You find yourself in a futuristic dystopian city. You get the idea: Dark smog. A rogue A.I. Corporate drones. Actual drones. The whole enchilada. In this fast-paced 2D platformer, you play as Arisu, a Runner tasked to deliver the ambiguous Blue Rabbit "packages" around the city.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Exploration 6.8%
- #57 House of Shadow
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 41.6%, Action-Adventure 16%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #58 The Celestial Seeker
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VinciWare
Windows
Irata, a space bounty hunter is caught in a galactic conflict. A rogue federation seeks the fragments of the Eternium Core, an advanced chip that commands all defense systems in the solar system. In this sci-fi Metroidvania, explore, fight, and upgrade your way to stop the enemy and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Exploration 7.2%
- #59 Shadow Labyrinth
65% matchMixed57% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Action 7.6%
- #60 Axiom Verge 2
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 907 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Action 7.1%