- #1 The Macro-Mines
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Under the Lab Soft
Windows
The Macro-Mines is a roguelite platformer where the world is governed by rules of the iconic minesweeper. Explore, discover and face the different challenges this mine will present.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Roguelite 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Platformer 11.2%
- #2 Pentacore
96% 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 38.4%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 14.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #3 Veiled Edge
96% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: ONW Studio Inc,
Windows
Veiled Edge is an indie game that weaves together diverse genres into a single, compelling narrative. With fresh ideas, experimental gameplay, and the distinctive atmosphere of cyberpunk, each chapter delivers a completely new experience, drawing players deeper into its virtual worlds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Roguelite 11%, Platformer 10.9%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #4 Outpost Delta
95% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Platformer 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #5 TWINSTAR 双星
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yuhan HE
Windows
A Metroidvania set in a mysterious space laboratory. Explore an interconnected station, fight hostile enemies, uncover hidden rooms, and gain new abilities. Each discovery brings you closer to a massive secret buried within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #6 DurDanto
94% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Shihan KhanPub: DevsLair Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
DurDanto is a metroidvania game where you play as Zubok in a fallen city with beautiful pixel art environments while facing different enemies. Use elemental abilities to uncover secrets of the fallen city, overcome the enemies & roguelike dungeons by skills & spells!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Roguelite 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Roguelike 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #7 Treasure Adventure Game
93% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 4.8%
- #8 Gridvania
92% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ExpertStars
Windows
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 10.1%, Casual 6.1%
- #9 Smelted Kin
91% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Platformer 10.2%
- #10 Even Heroes Die
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevyn Jaremko LLC
Windows
Race to find the cure to your mortal illness in this roguelike Metroidvania hybrid.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Perma Death 11.8%, Platformer 11.4%
- #11 GumBall Warrior
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizarre Games StudioPub: Bizarre Games Studio
Windows
GumBall Warrior is a 2d shooter puzzle adventure game inspired by the Mega Man games and other tiles. Choose your own path, travel through several strange worlds, as you defeat each of the bosses on each world unlocking new powers and expanding your kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 11.6%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #12 Bucket Knight
89% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Bucket Knight: A pixelated platformer adventure! Help the valiant knight find the Holy Grail, make money to pay his loan, and survive deadly dungeons. Shoot enemies, avoid traps, and collect treasures. Classic run-and-gun action awaits!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Roguelite 12.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #13 Meganoid
89% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meganoid is a brutal, fast-paced platformer where every descent into its ever-shifting spaceship is a new challenge. Navigate deadly traps, outsmart security drones, and discover powerful upgrades to reshape how you play. Will you rush to survive, or risk it all to uncover its deepest secrets?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Roguelite 11.8%, Perma Death 10.5%, Platformer 10.3%
- #14 Destroyed Base
88% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Riddik
Windows
Destroyed Base is a 2D platformer adventure where your main task is to survive, find resources to strengthen your shelter and defeat the enemies inhabiting these gloomy corners of the forest. Various bandits have escaped into this forest, who, like you, are hunting for various resources.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Arcade 9.7%, Casual 5.5%
- #15 Battery Samurai
87% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 15%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #16 Rectangle Jump
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GGcarrothead
Windows
Rectangle Jump is a challenging physics based platformer with puzzles, story, over 64 skins, and a variety of mechanics, where you play as a RECTANGLE! that reacts realistically to surfaces and gravity, like you are actually playing as a rectangle!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Casual 6.3%
- #17 Matcha Warriors
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Sideral Creations
Windows
Matcha Warriors is an action platformer game with roguelike elements, where the player crosses the most varied environments fighting against monsters, barbarians and supernatural entities. Use the warrior's power and bring back the amulet, the world needs you!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Roguelite 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 5.1%
- #18 Lost Vulcan
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Potion Games
Windows
Lost Vulcan is a platform game that combines the adrenaline of roguelites with the spirit of classic arcade titles. Play as a brave treasure hunter and enter 'Vulcan', an abandoned interstellar ship said to be filled with legendary riches... and mortal dangers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Roguelike 13.6%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #19 PLAN:B
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BAKSAL.Studio
Windows
A black cat pulls multiple triggers of revenge. Set, a feline mercenary with a massive bayonet, is haunted by her past and driven to avenge her fallen comrades. In a cyberpunk world of twelve races, she uncovers hidden truths through brutal action and vast Metroidvania exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Action 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #20 Mini Ranger
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Axl FortePub: Brain Busting Game Developers
Windows
Play as a space ranger, who has been tasked to defeat the evil Techno Dragons, who have inhabited an old planet in the hopes that they can get to controlling the world! Stop them, Ranger, before the dragon's plan comes to completion!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 10%, Casual 8.6%
- #21 Rogue Legacy 2
81% matchVery Positive91% of 14,951 reviews2022
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Arcade 18.4%, Platformer 14.8%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #22 Pickle Frickle
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slameron
Windows
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 16.3%, Arcade 11.4%, PvP 6.8%
- #23 Future Knight (CPC/Spectrum)
82% 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 30.6%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Shooter 8.2%
- #24 Ruby's Realms
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #25 Ascender
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #26 The SOL Device 2
80% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Straitlace Studios
Windows
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Sci-fi 6%
- #27 Pixgun
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted Twice Games
Windows
Chexie is a teenage girl who, as a result of mysterious events, is transported to the virtual kingdom of Pixgun. There she discovers a magic wand that becomes her key to survival. Your task is to discover the source of corruption in the kingdom and the plight of its inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Arcade 11.3%, Action 9.5%
- #28 Plighters
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: viraelin
Windows · Linux
Fight. Loot. Die. Repeat. Begin your plight into this 2D rogue-lite, and try to survive. Battle enemies, bosses, charge orbs, enter portals, and try to make it farther than last time, uncovering new items, challenges, and secrets. Adventure alone or with up to 3 other friends in co-op.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.1%, Roguelite 19.4%, Platformer 17.5%, Roguelike 16.7%, Action 7%
- #29 Wattson the Bulb
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DegDeGames
Windows
A metroidvania platformer set in a bizarre world. Master unique abilities and combine them in creative ways to overcome challenges over a hundred hand crafted levels. Speed through to find the fastest route or explore at your own pace to unlock everything — a tough but rewarding adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Action 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #30 H=ZERO
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira Pub: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira
Windows
In a future where humanity has vanished, machines maintain vast underground complexes under the command of artificial intelligences. You are a unit activated to deliver a mysterious payload. Face hostile systems, precision challenges, and uncover the forgotten purpose of your existence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.8%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Action 9.2%
- #31 Beyond Sentinel
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Embraceware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.9%
- #32 Mishaka Ubivaka
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Low ResPub: Low Res games
Windows
Mishaka is an ordinary mouse with extraordinary courage. Upon learning of the cheese theft, he decides to take gun into his own paws and reclaim the lost delicacies. Throughout his adventure, Mishaka will encounter dangers, traps, and a multitude of enemies — from cunning rats to giant predators.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 10.6%
- #33 Refactor
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NextGen Pants, Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refactor is a physics-based platformer taking elements from classic Metroidvanias. Placed in a world that is a puzzle itself, you can literally turn the world upside down by rearranging the map and building your own pathways through the game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Action 6.9%, Indie 5%
- #34 Switch Box
75% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #35 Amalu, Wells between worlds
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 5.4%
- #36 Gear Path
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: GooDCrafter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gear Path is a small platformer Metroidvania-like game with exploring and power-ups. It's perfect for playing while waiting for another game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Action 10.2%
- #37 Rogue Dimensions
74% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Savage Old Gamers
Windows
A 2d Metroidvania, Platformer, twin stick shooter, arcade roguelite adventure with meta progression and random boosts.Find your way to freedom and earn new abilities along the way while teleporting between random levels at will. Find Weapons, buy upgrades, destroy enemies, discover secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Roguelite 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Shooter 8.5%
- #38 Haxor
74% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: ClimouPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Retro pixels are back! Good old 80s/90s style is back! Enjoy a classic 2D platformer with old era graphics! 16x16 pixel sprites and ambient, flat chip tuned 8 bit music! Guide Kla, the last survivor from Haxor planet, through the world full of vicious creatures, deadly traps and giant bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Roguelike 11.5%, Shooter 8.7%
- #39 SHIRO
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tier 21
Windows
Humanity wants her dead, and a godlike alien AI wants to use her as a puppet. Take control of SH1-R0 and fight through challenging enemies on two fronts to prevent catastrophe. Explore high security facilities to upgrade your abilities and challenge the most advanced forces of two civilizations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 11.6%, Futuristic 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #40 方块 Block
70% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: GlanielStudio
Windows
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 13.9%, Casual 5.1%
- #41 The VIllage of Eri
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GhoulSoftware
Windows
A metroidvenia rouglike platformer RPG.Explore the world as you upgrade your character, buy gear, solve puzzles and save villagers.Fight hordes of monsters in the hopes of learning more about the world and yourself.Gain bonuses for every building you restore and every villager you save.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.8%
- #42 Pilfered Liberty
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Autumn's Dawn
Windows
Your crew aboard the Pilfered Liberty has been abducted by pirates! Shoot through hordes of aliens while avoiding traps and drops to rescue your crew in this action-packed 2D platformer. They’re relying on you, Captain. Can you save them all?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 22.8%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Combat 8.2%
- #43 Chaos Strider
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novalith Studio
Windows
"Chaos Strider" is a 2D side-scrolling pixel style Roguelike shooting game. You will play as a Strider challenging the Chaos Realm to obtain corresponding rewards. Choose your weapons, select challenge levels, enhance upgrades, reforge and fuse, fight, and seize treasures.
Why similar: Roguelike 23.9%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #44 Maelstrom
72% 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 45.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Action 6.8%
- #45 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Action 10.5%
- #46 Mean-While
71% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Daniel BourkePub: Project tranquil, LLC
Windows
Two rivaling megalomaniacs are forced to work together in hopes to survive each other's fortresses. Join Skeleman, and his rival, Dr. Dangerous, in the thrilling comedic adventure title: Meanwhile.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #47 Fiadh
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraculum Games
Windows
Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Casual 4.2%
- #48 Guillotine
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zomorro Studio
Windows
You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, 2D Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 7.3%
- #49 Disavowed
69% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Grim RaccoonsPub: Orbis Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disavowed is a Metroidvania that allows the player to freeze time and set up pinpoint shots to stun enemies. It is set in a world of plush and cute creatures where the player has been cast out and needs to go on a journey to gather more strength and get back at his creator for tossing him out.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Action 6.7%
- #50 Aroya Knight
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ofir AroyaPub: BombBite
Windows
Aroya Knight is a demanding 2D Metroidvania action-platformer. Master punishing, precision combat where every encounter matters and explore the dying world of Cygnus. Collect charms, pick a path each time, and connect to Lola’s and Lucy’s story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 15%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Futuristic 6.8%
- #51 Bread Adventure
67% matchPositive100% of 22 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 42.7%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Action 4.7%
- #52 Maya Star
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: RetroLamen
Windows
In a magical land ruled by an ancient evil, a prophecy says that salvation will come with the awakening of a new hero. Explore different maps, fight evil creatures and decide the fate of Maya Star.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Action 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #53 Bruce's Jetpack
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Z.L.
Windows
A pure platformer. A humming jetpack. A lonely man.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Casual 7.3%
- #54 Wreckdigger
68% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Karlis ZabersPub: team BitClub
Windows
Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Platformer 21.3%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Action 11.8%, 2D 5.2%
- #55 Cosmic Worm Food
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixelbonk Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cosmic Worm Food is an action platformer roguelike. It is inspired by other pixel art classics such as Risk of Rain, Downwell, Vampire Survivors, and VVVVVV. It features constant adrenaline pumping action with a large variety of enemies, bosses, upgrades and parkour puzzles for the player to enjoy.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 16%, Roguelike 14.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #56 Doughball Descent
67% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Plubsoft
Windows
Doughball Descent is a Roguelite Puzzle-Platformer about smashing through tiles with your sheer weight as you amass food & items as you traverse the procedurally generated layers of the Food Zigguraut
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Roguelite 13%, Perma Death 11.3%, Platformer 10.9%
- #57 Jumplord
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Fabagame
Windows
Jumplord is an action platforming experience with rogue-lite and metroidvania elements. The gameplay focus is on staying in the air by jumping off enemies, using your weapon and knowing the environment to survive each area.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Roguelite 20.1%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Indie 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #58 Öoo
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,955 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24%, 2D Platformer 16%, Platformer 13%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #59 Paradigm Overhaul
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kumashunGames
Windows
An action puzzle game that makes full use of the power to break things and the power to heal. Explore a facility filled with dangers, try to escape from the facility, and solve the mysteries of the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Action 11%, Sci-fi 8.6%