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Games Like Sting & Swing

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Metroidvania, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle Platformer.

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Explore a strange overgrown world as a bee with a golf ball. Master the skills of bee-golf to uncover the mysteries hidden in its furthest reaches and hiding in front of you. Discover uses for abilities you didn't know you had. There are always more secrets for those who seek them beneath the green.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: MrCheeseAndPie
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ken Austin
    Windows

    Explore, jump, and golf your way through a haunted fantasy world filled with challenges and nefarious monsters.

    Why similar: Golf 40.4%, Metroidvania 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Exploration 6.7%

  2. #2 ANIMAL WELL
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
    Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Nonlinear 7.9%, Puzzle 7.5%

  3. #3 Polly's Puzzle Box
    95% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Box Penguin Games
    Windows · Mac

    As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 7.8%, Physics 7.6%

  4. #4 Mold
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: soraslove
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Surreal 7.2%

  5. #5 MONOMOON
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gentle Giant
    Windows

    In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Exploration 8%, Puzzle 7.4%

  6. #6 Capybound
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vinicius de Moraes
    Windows

    Capybound is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements. You wake up as a capybara in a beautiful pixelated world. Find oranges, meet and talk to many different animals, solve puzzles, unlock skills, explore the world and it's secrets, all in a quest to find your way back home.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Collectathon 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Nonlinear 9%, Exploration 8.9%

  7. #7 Nonolith
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: JustcamhPub: Inner Pocket
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Surreal 7.6%

  8. #8 Core Descent
    92% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
    Dev: travisisgood
    Windows

    Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.

    Why similar: Collectathon 24.7%, Metroidvania 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.9%

  9. #9 EMUUROM
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 301 reviews2026
    Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Surreal 7.7%, Exploration 7.4%

  10. #10 Hap Hazard
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nicraftin
    Windows · Linux

    In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

  11. #11 Wobble World
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: phaspez
    Windows

    Squish, stretch, and deform. It's bouncy. It's silly. Use the ground as a trampoline and squeeze your way through Wobble World, a physics puzzle platformer.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Physics 8.7%

  12. #12 Elephantasy: Flipside
    89% 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 23%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Platformer 7.7%, Puzzle 7.2%

  13. #13 The Bold Bogey
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MmmDoggyPub: DarkBear Studios
    Windows

    The Bold Bogey is a 3D golf adventure that combines open exploration with satisfying platforming. Explore a vast world filled with dungeons to dive into, bosses to fight, and new ways to upgrade your ball in a golf game unlike any other. Do you have what it takes to become the Boldest Bogey?

    Why similar: Golf 42.1%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Exploration 8%, Platformer 6.5%

  14. #14 Supraland
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,275 reviews2019
    Dev: Supra Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Collectathon 14.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Physics 9.3%

  15. #15 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
    86% matchVery Positive99% of 269 reviews2025
    Dev: pets club 2
    Windows · Mac

    Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 18.3%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Collectathon 12.3%, Exploration 9.1%

  16. #16 故障与漏洞世界
    87% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Stellar Reverie
    Windows

    《故障与漏洞世界》是一款平台解密游戏。你将探索这个未知且充满危险的世界,获取各种奇妙能力并发掘出意想不到的用法,最终解开这个世界的秘密。

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Nonlinear 16%, Puzzle 9.8%, Surreal 4.9%

  17. #17 Spatial Dip
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
    Windows · Mac

    Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Surreal 11%, Physics 7.7%

  18. #18 DreamWatcher
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2020
    Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
    Windows

    Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Collectathon 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Exploration 8.4%

  19. #19 Echoes of the Unread
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Clever Cat GamesPub: 8 Bit Legit
    Windows · Linux

    Wake up in a world where stories come to life. In this enchanted 8-bit musical adventure, use the power of song to explore whimsical book-inspired realms, solve puzzles, and help Rhapsody find her way home from a library that doesn't want to let her go.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Collectathon 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Exploration 9%, Platformer 8.2%

  20. #20 The Matter Gun
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Karumbe Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Platformer 9.7%

  21. #21 Sliding Hero
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Silent Chicken
    Windows

    Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Collectathon 20.7%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 8%

  22. #22 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
    83% 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 24%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 8.8%

  23. #23 Soulchain
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: moraguma
    Windows · Linux

    Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 7.6%

  24. #24 Happy! the Hippo
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: grumbo.
    Windows

    Welcome to Happy! the Hippo, a previously lost 3D platformer collectathon, now brought to life on modern hardware. Roll, bounce, and dive through a handful of enchanting levels. Tackle quests, rescue frogs, and embrace the vintage charm of janky early 2000s platforming, broken glitches and all.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Collectathon 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Exploration 8.2%

  25. #25 Öoo
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,736 reviews2025
    Dev: NamaTakahashi
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Platformer 8.6%

  26. #26 PITH
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
    Windows · Linux

    Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 7.5%

  27. #27 Art of Golf
    80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: Birdie Games
    Windows

    Go on a golf journey. Explore beautiful landscapes. Play in tournaments, beat challenges or compete for high scores. Have fun with many extra sports, minigames and game modes.

    Why similar: Golf 43.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Physics 9.1%, Platformer 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%

  28. #28 Nixie
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Brendan Bailey
    Windows

    Nixie is a 2D story-driven exploration game about a robot’s search for a missing human lost in an android space colony. Slash, fling, and glide your way through an eclectic world, while enjoying colorful 16-bit pixel art and an infectious soundtrack!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Collectathon 24.4%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Platformer 8.6%

  29. #29 Labyrinth of Light
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Roman GlebovPub: Gleb Romanov
    Windows

    Labyrinth of Light is a first-person puzzle game with platforming elements. The player can walk on any illuminated wall. Through a giant concrete maze in the Brutalist style, the player saves a withering tree.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%

  30. #30 Supraland Six Inches Under
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,240 reviews2022
    Dev: Supra Games
    Windows
    Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Collectathon 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Puzzle 7.8%

  31. #31 Urban Golf: Hot Dog Edition
    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: MatthewHall3D
    Windows

    Break free from the golf course and turn the streets into your fairway! No dress code, no rules — just freedom and creativity as you take golf anywhere.

    Why similar: Golf 63.4%, Collectathon 20.2%, Platformer 5.8%, Exploration 5.4%, Action 2.8%

  32. #32 Valley of the Old Masters
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Mika Pehkonen
    Windows

    You are an inspiration-seeking wandering artist who mysteriously ends up in a faraway Valley. Will you find the inspiration you crave, or will you be lost to the mysteries of the Valley?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Collectathon 25.4%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%

  33. #33 Sisyphus Is a Bug
    75% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: moraguma
    Windows · Linux

    As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%

  34. #34 Dark Labyrinth
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xiaote
    Windows

    You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Exploration 10.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle 9%

  35. #35 Fledge
    76% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
    Dev: Angry Seals Games
    Windows

    Fledge is a 2D platform game in which the player takes on the role of Corentin, a young pigeon who takes flight to find his idol and become, like him, a great explorer. However, this hasty flight is far from a success... Help him make his dream come true!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Collectathon 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 8.3%

  36. #36 Elemental Roll
    75% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2024
    Dev: SaltButter Games
    Windows

    Betrayed by his own servants, Byle - The former King of Hell - was exiled from his kingdom to the Human World. Now Byle rolls through a world much larger than him looking for a way back home. Attempt to always go faster and reach new heights to get Byle's strength back !

    Why similar: Metroidvania 24.7%, Collectathon 21%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Physics 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%

  37. #37 Pippin's Mysterious Garden
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wild Lantern Studio, LLC
    Windows

    Explore the whimsical world of Pippin in this short, 2D adventure and exploration game. Traverse a wild garden, uncover secrets, discover treasures, and meet adorable NPCs in this enchanting storybook world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Collectathon 23.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 8.7%, Nature 6.6%

  38. #38 Tool Land
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: bjsjsk
    Windows

    Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%

  39. #39 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 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Platformer 9.4%

  40. #40 Havenlocked
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Achromi
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Stranded in a strange tropical paradise, you must find a way to escape, but things may be deeper than they seem. Havenlocked is a 1bit top-down adventure focusing on item-based exploration of two intertwined worlds! Explore and uncover the many secrets of the haven and its abyss.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 7.2%

  41. #41 TWINSTAR 双星
    73% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Yuhan HE
    Windows

    A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Platformer 9.3%

  42. #42 Webbed
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,259 reviews2021
    Dev: Sbug Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Collectathon 16.2%, Physics 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Platformer 8.8%

  43. #43 RrrrrAbbits
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NanaharaSTUDIO
    Windows

    Rabbit-ify the world!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Collectathon 27.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Nature 7.8%

  44. #44 Promenade
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 902 reviews2024
    Dev: Holy Cap
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers

    Why similar: Collectathon 26.9%, Metroidvania 20%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.6%

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    72% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2023
    Dev: Orchid of RedemptionPub: Lamplight Forest
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse

    Why similar: Golf 46%, Collectathon 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Surreal 6.6%, Puzzle 6%

  46. #46 Leap Year
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,195 reviews2024
    Dev: Daniel Linssen
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Platformer 8.5%

  47. #47 Surface Tension: Eclipse
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Redo Games
    Windows

    Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Platformer 7.8%

  48. #48 SILO27: Crashlanded
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
    Dev: Edraflame
    Windows · Linux

    An interstellar cargo ship crashlands on a planet that should not have been there.Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through ancient ruins to find the portal that will bring you back on Earth.

    Why similar: Collectathon 24.7%, Metroidvania 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Surreal 11.8%, Exploration 10.6%

  49. #49 Find Eden
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
    Windows

    Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Surreal 7.6%

  50. #50 Kami: The Great Guardian
    68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: Endemic Artifacts
    Windows

    In this short, compact 2D Metroidvania, join Kami on their quest to save their homeland from a calamity wrought from the stars. Use the abilities you discover to explore deeper into the source of this corruption and restore nature.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Nature 8.6%, Nonlinear 6.9%

  51. #51 In the Weeds
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: dollopop
    Windows

    Play as a walking flower and restore life to the forest! Navigate obstacles, fend off pests, and overcome environmental hazards to create a thriving ecosystem. Join us in the weeds and help bring the beauty of nature back to life!

    Why similar: Collectathon 24.1%, Physics 10.3%, Exploration 10%, Nature 8.1%, Surreal 7.8%

  52. #52 RUBATO
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 521 reviews2026
    Dev: dconn
    Windows

    RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Collectathon 22.5%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%, Surreal 8.8%

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    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Phase Wanderer
    Windows

    You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Platformer 8.4%

  54. #54 Tiny Adventure Game
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: teunu
    Windows

    Join Tiny as he starts his first adventure. Unlock abilities, explore ancient civilisations, and descent into dark caverns or climb the mountain peaks. Tumble, run and hide from dangerous foes, or befriend and fight alongside Tiny's greatest idols.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Platformer 7.3%, Nonlinear 6.5%

  55. #55 Toki Tori 2+
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,100 reviews2013
    Dev: Two Tribes
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Nonlinear 16%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Platformer 8.4%

  56. #56 Droian
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: United Ghouls Studio
    Windows

    Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Collectathon 19.7%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 8.8%

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    66% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
    Dev: Restart Studio
    Windows

    Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Physics 11%, Platformer 7.9%, Puzzle 7.6%

  58. #58 Lyden Lys
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Løftet
    Windows

    Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Platformer 8.7%

  59. #59 Wisdom Tower
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Luminight
    Windows · Linux

    A Retro Metroidvania focused heavily on Exploration, Puzzle Solving Combat and Platforming.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Platformer 10.3%

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    67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: MacroTree GamesPub: MacroTree Games
    Windows · Linux

    DeltaPhysics is 2D nonlinear platformer - featuring clean physics-based platforming in a dynamic, interactive environment. Master movement upgrades to discover new paths through an interconnected map of platforming challenges and puzzles.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Nonlinear 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Physics 12.7%, Puzzle 6.4%

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