- #1 Haiku, the Robot
97% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 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 42.6%, Robots 17%, Retro 10%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Platformer 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on exploration and robot-themed combat within a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.
- #2 Robot Wants It All
96% matchVery Positive90% of 192 reviews2019
Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Robot wants stuff! Go get it for him in this compilation of the metroidvania Robot Wants series, including an all-new Robot adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Robots 13.6%, Action 11.5%, Retro 9.6%, Platformer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This collection captures the same fast-paced, retro-inspired exploration and progression loops.
- #3 Gato Roboto
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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 50.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Action 9.8%, Retro 9.8%, Platformer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the mini-metroidvania structure and retro sci-fi aesthetic of the seed game.
- #4 Mini Ghost
95% matchVery Positive95% of 421 reviews2017
Dev: @unepic_fran
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Action 15.5%, Retro 14.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the compact, indie-driven design philosophy and retro pixel-art style of the seed game.
- #5 Xeodrifter
94% matchMostly Positive75% 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 42.9%, Retro 14.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, focused metroidvania that prioritizes tight platforming and boss encounters in a retro style.
- #6 Environmental Station Alpha
93% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 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 57.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 7%, Retro 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deeper, more challenging take on the retro metroidvania genre with a heavy emphasis on exploration.
- #7 Cave Story+
91% matchVery Positive93% of 8,055 reviews2011
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 21.7 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 48.7%, Platformer 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 8.8%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title for modern indie metroidvanias, it offers the same charm and exploration-heavy gameplay.
- #8 Rex Rocket
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Action 13.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Retro 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a challenging, retro-styled platforming experience that feels right at home with the seed game's mechanics.
- #9 Astalon: Tears of the Earth
91% matchVery Positive90% of 1,463 reviews2021
Dev: LABS WorksPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Retro 11.4%, Old School 11.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-inspired design that balances exploration and action with a distinct 8-bit aesthetic.
- #10 Super Panda Adventures
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,022 reviews2014
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.6%, Platformer 20.2%, Action 13.4%, Indie 4.4%, 2D 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a lighthearted, accessible metroidvania experience with a focus on platforming and exploration.
- #11 Venture Kid
89% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 30.1%, Retro 22.6%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct homage to classic 8-bit action platformers, featuring tight controls and retro charm.
- #12 Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
88% matchVery Positive93% of 11,708 reviews2016
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 10.2%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features fluid combat and a dark, pixelated atmosphere that will appeal to fans of 2D action games.
- #13 OUTBUDDIES DX
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines retro-inspired exploration with unique mechanics that reward curious players.
- #14 The Messenger
86% matchVery Positive93% of 12,928 reviews2018
Dev: SabotagePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Retro 16.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a brilliant blend of retro platforming and metroidvania exploration with a witty, modern edge.
- #15 Aggelos
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 665 reviews2018
Dev: Storybird GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Action 12.2%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Platformer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the spirit of 16-bit action-adventure games with its non-linear world and classic combat.
- #16 Axiom Verge
86% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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 60%, Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Retro 7.5%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential retro-style metroidvania that excels in world-building and exploration mechanics.
- #17 Iconoclasts
85% matchVery Positive86% of 4,950 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 53.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Action 11.9%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, it features excellent pixel art and satisfying 2D platforming action.
- #18 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,458 reviews2018
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Retro 16.7%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a pure, retro-action experience that focuses on precise platforming and challenging boss fights.
- #19 F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
84% matchVery Positive87% of 7,022 reviews2021
Dev: TiGamesPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.3%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 10.5%, Retro 9.3%, Old School 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more modern, it offers a deep, action-packed metroidvania experience featuring a robotic protagonist.
- #20 ElecHead
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Retro 21.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Action 15.8%, Robots 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer that uses its retro aesthetic to deliver tight, focused gameplay challenges.
- #21 Super Win the Game
83% 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 43.6%, Platformer 10.4%, Old School 9.4%, Retro 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly replicates the feel of early 80s platformers with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression.
- #22 Master Key
81% matchVery Positive91% of 273 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 39.8%, Retro 16%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Old School 11.1%, Action 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and discovery in a minimalist, retro-inspired world.
- #23 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
82% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Retro 13.5%, Action 11.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%
Why You'll Like It: A compact, exploration-focused game that feels like a classic Game Boy metroidvania.
- #24 Feudal Alloy
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 956 reviews2019
Dev: Attu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, Robots 13.7%, Action 12.9%, Platformer 8.3%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique robot-themed setting and solid metroidvania gameplay that aligns well with the seed game.
- #25 Touhou Luna Nights
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,739 reviews2019
Dev: Team LadybugPub: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 9%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers incredibly polished 2D action and unique time-manipulation mechanics in a beautiful pixel-art style.
- #26 Trash Quest
79% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.6%, Retro 13.7%, Action 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Robots 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced, challenging platforming experience that rewards precision and exploration.
- #27 Ghost 1.0
79% matchVery Positive91% of 2,107 reviews2016
Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.3%, Action 12.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Robots 8.2%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi action game features a similar blend of exploration and combat within a retro-inspired framework.
- #28 Guns of Fury
76% matchVery Positive88% of 892 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Retro 14%, Old School 12.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #29 Inexistence
80% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Jonathan BRASSAUD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 47.2%, Action 30.6%, Platformer 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends RPG elements with classic metroidvania exploration and 2D action.
- #30 Odallus: The Dark Call
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,350 reviews2015
Dev: JoyMasher
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Retro 15.2%, Action 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Platformer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a love letter to 8-bit action-adventure titles, focusing on exploration and combat.
- #31 末代侠客
77% matchVery Positive86% of 224 reviews2021
Dev: 夜葬半歌Pub: Mecrew Games
Windows
个人独立开发的像素武侠风横版动作游戏,以电子游戏的形式为大家展示在南宋末年蒙古入侵中原、江湖没落、大侠绝迹的背景下,怀有侠义之心的剑客贯彻心中理念的故事。
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 10%, Old School 9.6%
- #32 Super Roboy
75% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent PenningPub: VP Games
Windows
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Robots 16.8%, Retro 10.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Action 8.8%
- #33 bobo robot
77% 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: Action 50.9%, Metroidvania 30.1%, Indie 14.8%, Exploration 4.2%
- #34 Quarion
73% matchVery Positive94% of 159 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 50.1%, Retro 14.5%, Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 7%
- #35 Retro Machina
75% matchVery Positive86% of 254 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 38.9%, Robots 19.1%, Action 13.7%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 5.9%
- #36 lost bits
74% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Mabbit
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2.5D retro platformer where you join M1L0 on his quest for the Great Legume.
Why similar: Old School 23.2%, Robots 22.6%, Action 18.8%, Retro 15.1%, Platformer 9.6%
- #37 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
76% 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 44.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Action 11.7%, Old School 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #38 SJ-19 Learns To Love!
74% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Zertuk
Windows · Linux
SJ-19 Learns to Love is a short boss focused metroidvania about a killer robot who learns to love~ 💕 Explore, defeat bosses, and gain the power of LOVE!
Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, Robots 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Metroidvania 10.9%, 2D 10.5%
- #39 Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
70% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: DIE SOFT
Windows
Explore a vast, interconnected dream world full of secrets and collectibles in this metroidvania adventure inspired by classic 2D platformers. Reclaim your lost memories to save Slumberland from the mysterious Oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Retro 13.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Action 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%
- #40 pear potion🍐
73% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: vemu games
Windows
a cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft 🧙🍐
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Retro 16.2%, Action 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Exploration 6.1%
- #41 Cat Warrior
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Sadi & AyuPub: sadimakegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cat Warroir is an action-platformer of retro and cute style about a cat knight on his way to recapture his stolen treasure. Deep into the dangerous fantasy world,defeat the challenging big boss with your slash, dash, jump, walljump and other skills to find the treasure back!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Retro 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 9.8%, Platformer 8.7%
- #42 A Small Robot Story
73% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: bc likes youPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
A Small Robot Story is an adventure-platformer where you play as Rae, a small robot who activates and has no idea why. So you need to set out and find out what's up! With a heavy emphasis on story, A Small Robot Story will take you through forests, factories, caves, laboratories, and more.
Why similar: Robots 28.9%, Retro 22.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, 2D 7.7%
- #43 The Adventures of Poppe
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Shiny Byte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Retro 13.8%, Old School 11.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #44 CrushBorgs
71% matchVery Positive94% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Xitilon
Windows
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Why similar: Robots 29.1%, Retro 23.1%, Action 14.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #45 ROBO OH
72% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Foxy Boxy Games
Windows
FC-style robots fighting game!
Why similar: Robots 30.9%, Retro 20%, Action 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 5.9%
- #46 Transiruby
69% matchVery Positive92% of 302 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 57.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Action 12.5%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D 3.6%
- #47 Overbowed
68% matchVery Positive91% of 90 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 48.1%, Retro 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action 10.5%, Platformer 9.8%
- #48 MindSeize
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Action 24.5%, Retro 8.6%, Platformer 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #49 A Robot Named Fight!
69% matchVery Positive88% of 888 reviews2017
Dev: Morningstar Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.9%, Robots 12.6%, Retro 9.7%, Action 9.4%, Platformer 8.3%
- #50 Dogurai
70% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hungry Bear Games
Windows · Linux
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Action 32.9%, Retro 20.4%, Platformer 17%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Indie 9.3%
- #51 Gundroid
66% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Kitogoru Games
Windows
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
Why similar: Retro 26.7%, Old School 19.6%, Action 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, 2D 7.5%
- #52 Powernaut VANGARDT
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Retro 16.3%, Platformer 12.3%, Action 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #53 入替人-ReplaceR-
68% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: ラルカス
Windows
It's a 2D action shooting adventure game where you switch between multiple guns and use interchangeable gimmicks to try to break through the stages! What awaits you in a mysterious facility in a corner of the universe?
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.7%, Action 20.3%, Retro 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, 2D 5.5%
- #54 Gravity Circuit
64% matchVery Positive94% of 3,556 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Robots 23.4%, Platformer 17.9%, Action 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Retro 14.1%
- #55 Berserk Boy
66% matchVery Positive85% of 417 reviews2024
Dev: BerserkBoy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Robots 15.3%, Old School 13.2%, Retro 11.8%, Platformer 9.8%
- #56 Cosmos Bit
68% matchVery Positive87% of 99 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 26.7%, Action 23.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Retro 11.9%
- #57 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
69% 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 35.6%, Retro 15.2%, Platformer 13%, Action 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #58 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
63% matchVery Positive96% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Old School 9.1%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 5.6%
- #59 Kalinur
65% matchVery Positive96% of 497 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel vs Pixel
Windows
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Retro 8.3%