- #1 ANIMAL WELL
96% 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 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Exploration 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #2 Alwa's Legacy
97% 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 33%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Retro 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #3 Environmental Station Alpha
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Retro 7.1%, Exploration 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #4 Axiom Verge
94% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Retro 8.4%, Exploration 4.5%, 2D 3.4%
- #5 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Old School 15.9%, Space 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #6 Cosmobreeder Yiffai
94% matchVery Positive86% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: KEMOSHOCO
Windows
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.3%, Retro 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Cute 9.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #7 Iconoclasts
93% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #8 Rebel Transmute
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Space 13.1%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #9 Lone Fungus
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Old School 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 7.9%, Colorful 7.1%
- #10 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
89% 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 49.2%, Old School 13.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Retro 4.1%
- #11 Xeodrifter
91% 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 43.8%, Retro 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Exploration 9%, Space 8.3%
- #12 Fearmonium
90% matchVery Positive85% of 544 reviews2021
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 2D 5.2%
- #13 Faerie Afterlight
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Clay Game StudioPub: Mastiff
Windows
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Surreal 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Cute 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #14 Gato Roboto
87% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Retro 11%, Cute 7.2%, 2D 4.7%
- #15 Auridia
86% 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 49.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #16 bobo robot
88% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.3%, Cute 15.8%, Exploration 14.4%, Colorful 9.5%
- #17 Metro Gravity
84% matchVery Positive94% of 700 reviews2025
Dev: mrkogamedev
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Surreal 15.9%, Exploration 8.2%, Cute 6.9%
- #18 And All Would Cry Beware!
86% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Renegade Sector Games
Windows · Mac
90s-style shooter meets Metroidvania. Step through a portal to a mysterious alien world, and discover the fate of the Lost Expedition.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Old School 19%, Surreal 15.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #19 Quarion
84% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Retro 13.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Space 5.5%
- #20 PSYCRON
85% 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 45.3%, Space 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #21 Azaran: The Demon Bottle
83% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Benji
Windows · Linux
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Demons 19.3%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 6.2%
- #22 Moonlight Pulse
82% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Surreal 26.7%, Exploration 9%, Space 8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #23 Genopanic
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 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 49.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #24 Ultros
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,117 reviews2024
Dev: HadoquePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Psychedelic 29.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Colorful 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #25 Astronite
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #26 Mystik Belle
81% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 80.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, 2D 2.8%
- #27 Songbird Symphony
79% matchVery Positive90% of 680 reviews2019
Dev: Joysteak StudiosPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Retro 9.6%, Cute 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #28 MO:Astray
78% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.9%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Cute 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #29 Anopek
78% matchVery Positive96% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Captain Bear Games
Windows
Anopek is a genre mashup of metroidvania and retro first-person shooter. You explore a massive temple, solving ancient puzzles and defeating cunning bosses, all while uncovering the relics of the past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Cute 9.1%, Exploration 9%
- #30 Even the Ocean
79% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Colorful 8.8%
- #31 Goodboy Galaxy
76% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Cartoony 14.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #32 Retro Machina
77% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Colorful 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #33 Cheese Moon
75% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Sott
Windows · Mac
Cheese Moon is an adventure game where cute rabbits explore the moon. Uncover a huge secret hidden on the far side by battling aggressive cheese creatures and mysterious machines marked with 'RTMK.' Summon rabbit clones to clear stages. With 5 worlds and 100 stages, an epic journey awaits!
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.2%, Surreal 18.9%, Space 10.6%, Cute 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #34 pear potion🍐
77% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: vemu games
Windows
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Retro 14.9%, Cute 12.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #35 Haiku, the Robot
74% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Retro 9.1%, Cute 8.2%
- #36 Simona's Requiem
76% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Team Simona
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Old School 12.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #37 Lila’s Sky Ark
75% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Monolith of MindsPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Psychedelic 17.7%, Surreal 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #38 Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
73% matchVery Positive94% of 797 reviews2019
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
Why similar: Surreal 24.7%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Story Rich 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #39 Crypt Custodian
69% 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 44.6%, Cute 12.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #40 Cosmos Bit
72% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.5%, Space 24%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Retro 13.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #41 Witchcrafty
74% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Cute 11.4%, Retro 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #42 100 Pumpkins 2
71% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Old School 12.8%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Retro 6.5%
- #43 Fourmiworld
69% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Psychedelic 21%, Retro 10.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #44 MIO: Memories in Orbit
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Colorful 7.3%
- #45 Juiced!
72% matchVery Positive94% of 150 reviews2020
Dev: Timothy van der Hoeven
Windows · Mac
Embark on an epic journey through exotic worlds to uncover the mystery of the magic crystals! An exciting retro platform adventure in the nostalgic style of the 90's DOS platformers
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Old School 16%, Cartoony 15.2%, Retro 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #46 TEVI
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,852 reviews2023
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11%, Story Rich 10.5%, Colorful 7%
- #47 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Retro 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #48 Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
71% matchVery Positive81% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Unspeakable PixelsPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Old School 13%, Retro 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #49 Happy Souls
70% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic GeckonPub: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Happy Souls is an action Metroidvania with puzzle elements reminiscent of old Zelda games. Navigate through two worlds filled with challenging puzzles, fearsome traps, and majestic enemies. Collect keys to advance and defeat the great dark evil lurking in hell.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.3%, Demons 20.7%, Old School 11.8%, Retro 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #50 WarriOrb
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2020
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Cute 13.5%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #51 Inexistence
73% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
Why similar: Metroidvania 81.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #52 Rusted Moss
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,532 reviews2023
Dev: faxdoc, happysquared, sunnydazePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Retro 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #53 SHEEPO
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.8%, Cute 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Surreal 6.9%, Colorful 6.5%
- #54 Super Win the Game
70% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Old School 15.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 9%
- #55 Eternity Egg
65% matchVery Positive83% of 546 reviews2025
Dev: USERLANDS
Windows
Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Surreal 24.3%, Demons 17.3%, Cute 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #56 Cave Story+
67% matchVery Positive93% of 7,930 reviews2011
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Retro 10.4%, Exploration 5.4%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #57 Master Key
65% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2024
Dev: Achromi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Old School 14.2%, Retro 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Exploration 8.1%
- #58 THE GOOD OLD DAYS
64% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: ヨコゴシステムズPub: GRAVITY
Windows · Linux
A nostalgic metroidvania from the good old days back in 19XX. Take on the role of Sean, a young boy who ventures into the fictional city of Arostia to repay his father's debt. Rescue your 3 friends from imprisonment, defeat strong enemies, all while getting your debt paid in time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Retro 8.7%
- #59 Elephantasy: Flipside
67% 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 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Cute 7.6%
- #60 Super Mombo Quest
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.2%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Colorful 7.4%, Retro 6.8%