- #1 Supraland Six Inches Under
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,304 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, FPS 9.8%, Collectathon 7.9%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines everything from the original, offering a miniaturized sandbox filled with clever physics puzzles and hidden upgrades.
- #2 TUNIC
96% matchVery Positive91% of 18,686 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.7%, Exploration 19.7%, Puzzle 15.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Colorful 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like Supraland, it masterfully blends classic Zelda-style exploration and combat with dense, cryptic secrets and environmental puzzle-solving.
- #3 Viewfinder
96% matchVery Positive95% of 13,334 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Physics 14%, First-Person 10.6%, 3D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This inventive first-person puzzle game mirrors Supraland's clever perspective-shifting and reality-bending mechanics.
- #4 The Witness
95% matchVery Positive84% of 21,430 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Exploration 19.7%, First-Person 17.7%, Open World 17.6%, Colorful 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures Supraland's pure focus on open-world exploration where every corner hides a rewarding logic-based puzzle.
- #5 Superliminal
94% matchVery Positive95% of 34,206 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Physics 20%, Puzzle 16.3%, First-Person 14.3%, Exploration 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same brain-teasing, perspective-based first-person puzzle design found throughout Supraland's world.
- #6 ANIMAL WELL
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 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 42.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Supraland's deep commitment to metroidvania-style exploration packed with obscure secrets and tool-based progression.
- #7 Portal 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 467,332 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, FPS 14.7%, 3D Platformer 10.9%, Physics 10.5%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Supraland's first-person perspective and heavily relies on momentum-based physics and ingenious environmental puzzle mechanics.
- #8 Journey To The Savage Planet
92% matchVery Positive87% of 6,926 reviews2021
Dev: TyphoonPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Exploration 17.8%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, First-Person 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This colourful first-person adventure features similar comedic tone, platforming, and ability upgrades in an alien world.
- #9 Tinykin
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,357 reviews2022
Dev: SplashteamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Collectathon 11.4%, Cartoony 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It echoes Supraland's miniaturized perspective and joyous exploration of everyday environments while solving spatial puzzles.
- #10 Yoku's Island Express
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,336 reviews2018
Dev: Villa GorillaPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Physics 8.3%, Family Friendly 6%
Why You'll Like It: It creatively merges pinball physics with open-world metroidvania exploration in the same delightfully unconventional way Supraland does.
- #11 The Talos Principle
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 33,076 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Why similar: Puzzle 45.8%, First-Person 26.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 6.6%, Singleplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person puzzler offers intellectual challenges and environmental progression that will appeal to fans of Supraland's puzzle design.
- #12 Promenade
88% matchVery Positive95% of 912 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Metroidvania 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Collectathon 12.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Platformer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant collectathon platformer filled with creative puzzle elements and rewarding exploration.
- #13 Hob
89% matchVery Positive88% of 5,620 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Open World 8.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This silent adventure features interconnected worlds and environmental puzzle mechanics that feel closely aligned with Supraland's structure.
- #14 Outer Wilds
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 108,541 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 31.3%, Open World 20.5%, Puzzle 18%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It matches Supraland's pure sense of curiosity-driven exploration where your knowledge of the world is your only true progression.
- #15 Youropa
89% matchVery Positive87% of 704 reviews2018
Dev: frecle
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Physics 10.1%, 3D Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This abstract platformer features gravity-defying movement and puzzle-solving mechanics akin to Supraland's navigation.
- #16 Death's Door
86% matchVery Positive93% of 22,253 reviews2021
Dev: Acid NervePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.4%, 3D Platformer 19.5%, Cartoony 14.2%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric adventure offers the snappy combat, tight level design, and secrets reminiscent of Supraland's Zelda inspirations.
- #17 SHEEPO
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 629 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 50.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Open World 10.6%, Platformer 10.2%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming metroidvania emphasizing unique movement mechanics and creature collection over traditional combat.
- #18 Manifold Garden
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.3%, Puzzle 17.9%, First-Person 16.8%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides mind-bending spatial puzzle challenges in an abstract world that will test your grasp of first-person perspective.
- #19 Elephantasy: Flipside
85% 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 29%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Physics 8.5%, Open World 7.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric puzzle-platformer that leans heavily into retro metroidvania design and secret hunting.
- #20 The Messenger
84% matchVery Positive93% of 13,285 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 66.9%, Platformer 14.2%, Funny 6.1%, Action-Adventure 4.8%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tight action-platformer that cleverly shifts its core mechanics and world design midway through the adventure.
- #21 MO:Astray
83% matchVery Positive92% of 5,064 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 58.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 14%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art puzzle platformer featuring physics-based movement and clever environmental interactions.
- #22 A Hat in Time
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 53,521 reviews2017
Dev: Gears for Breakfast
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
Why similar: Collectathon 25.7%, 3D Platformer 24%, Funny 9.1%, Platformer 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical 3D platformer that shares Supraland's playful tone and joy of uncovering hidden collectibles.
- #23 Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
82% matchVery Positive93% of 22,421 reviews2019
Dev: Toys for BobPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.7%, Collectathon 19.7%, Family Friendly 11.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A beloved collection focused entirely on joyful collectathon exploration and vibrant 3D platforming.
- #24 Chants of Sennaar
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 35,031 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Colorful 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant puzzle adventure centered around deciphering languages and exploring an interconnected tower.
- #25 The Hex
81% matchVery Positive94% of 5,567 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Funny 28.5%, Puzzle 25.9%, Singleplayer 18.3%, Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A clever, genre-hopping indie mystery that shares the fourth-wall-breaking humor seen in the Supraland series.
- #26 Supraworld
77% matchVery Positive92% of 1,583 reviews2025
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embark on a puzzle- and secret-filled adventure in a handcrafted toy-world. Crack mysteries, exploit game mechanics, ignore the main quest, get out of bounds. Hunt for powerful new abilities to unravel this vast, interconnected world… And don't forget to save the princess.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Collectathon 8.7%, FPS 7.7%, Exploration 7.2%
- #27 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,437 reviews2019
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Platformer 24.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Family Friendly 9.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers inventive platforming challenges and a playful world map full of secrets to uncover.
- #28 Portal
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 199,552 reviews2007
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Puzzle 16.5%, 3D Platformer 13.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Physics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential first-person physics puzzle game that helped inspire Supraland's puzzle philosophy.
- #29 Yooka-Laylee
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,399 reviews2017
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Why similar: Collectathon 27.8%, 3D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 8.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style 3D platformer focused on expanding abilities to reach previously inaccessible areas.
- #30 Grow: Song of the Evertree
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Open World 27%, Exploration 24.7%, Family Friendly 14.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Colorful 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing world-crafting adventure that rewards curiosity with vibrant exploration and growth mechanics.
- #31 Pikuniku
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,882 reviews2019
Dev: Arnaud De BockPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle 20.1%, Funny 12.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Platformer 9.9%
- #32 Sunset Overdrive
76% matchVery Positive90% of 14,516 reviews2018
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Why similar: Open World 39.5%, Funny 17.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Shooter 8.1%, Colorful 7.7%
- #33 Treasure Hunter Simulator
79% matchMixed54% of 1,668 reviews2018
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dive into the exciting world of finding long forgotten treasures. Grab your metal detector and set off to explore the countryside. What today looks like a peaceful meadow might have been the scene of a fierce battle in the past, hiding now the valuable artefacts. Ready to dig in the past?
Why similar: First-Person 32.9%, Exploration 26.2%, Open World 17.3%, Family Friendly 10.6%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Directly appeals to the dedicated secret-hunter mindset required to find every upgrade in Supraland.
- #34 Going Under
76% matchVery Positive90% of 4,174 reviews2020
Dev: Aggro CrabPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
Why similar: Funny 36.7%, Action-Adventure 30.3%, Colorful 23.2%, Action 9.7%
- #35 My Time at Portia
75% matchVery Positive91% of 44,320 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Open World 50.4%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 14.9%, Cartoony 9.8%, Singleplayer 7.9%
- #36 Reventure
74% matchVery Positive95% of 9,885 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelatto
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Platformer 10.5%
- #37 Wandersong
74% matchVery Positive95% of 3,910 reviews2018
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
Why similar: Adventure 21.2%, Funny 16.9%, Platformer 14.8%, Colorful 13.7%, Family Friendly 12.8%
- #38 Wargroove
75% matchVery Positive82% of 5,277 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Family Friendly 69%, Singleplayer 31%
- #39 Forager
73% matchVery Positive89% of 44,137 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World 34.3%, Exploration 32.6%, Adventure 22.7%, Singleplayer 10.5%
- #40 Wuppo: Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,987 reviews2016
Dev: snekflat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 8.3%, Platformer 7.5%
- #41 Minishoot' Adventures
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,314 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Exploration 15.1%, Open World 10.2%, Shooter 6.9%, Adventure 6.1%
- #42 Pumpkin Jack
72% matchVery Positive91% of 9,833 reviews2020
Dev: Evil RaptorPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 24.1%, Collectathon 18.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Colorful 8%, Cartoony 6.5%
- #43 Bridge Constructor Portal
73% matchVery Positive92% of 7,543 reviews2017
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
Why similar: Physics 46.9%, Puzzle 35.7%, Singleplayer 7%, Funny 6%, Family Friendly 4.4%
- #44 Kill It With Fire
71% matchVery Positive95% of 5,518 reviews2020
Dev: Casey Donnellan Games LLCPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Why similar: Physics 40.1%, Family Friendly 21.6%, Funny 18.6%, Colorful 12.8%, Action 6.9%
- #45 X-Morph: Defense
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,244 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Shooter 59.4%, Action 20.8%, Singleplayer 19.8%
- #46 INMOST
71% matchVery Positive91% of 7,373 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.9%, Exploration 18.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.7%
- #47 Hello Neighbor
71% matchVery Positive86% of 33,241 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Why similar: FPS 24%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, First-Person 15%, Puzzle 12.4%, Family Friendly 9.8%
- #48 Hot Lava
70% matchVery Positive93% of 6,170 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 30%, Exploration 20.6%, First-Person 19.3%, Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #49 Pawnbarian
70% matchVery Positive89% of 902 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Puzzle 87.7%, Singleplayer 12.3%
- #50 Super Mombo Quest
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 899 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 58.2%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Funny 6.1%
- #51 Dewdrop Dynasty
66% matchVery Positive80% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: GoodgisPub: Firith Studio
Windows · Linux
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Open World 10.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Funny 6.7%
- #52 Book of Demons
70% matchVery Positive91% of 9,468 reviews2018
Dev: Thing Trunk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.4%, Adventure 27.1%, Singleplayer 26.5%, Action 14%
- #53 Slime Rancher
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 157,673 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Exploration 20.4%, Open World 19.8%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Colorful 7.5%
- #54 Fury Unleashed
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Shooter 33.6%, Adventure 17.3%, Action 14.7%
- #55 Bugsnax
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,549 reviews2022
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
Why similar: First-Person 16.8%, Exploration 15%, Physics 14.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Cartoony 12.3%
- #56 Blue Fire
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,113 reviews2021
Dev: Robi StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.7%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #57 Lightmatter
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,908 reviews2020
Dev: Tunnel Vision GamesPub: Aspyr
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 21.8%, First-Person 20.6%, FPS 12.8%
- #58 MEANDERS
68% matchVery Positive91% of 407 reviews2018
Dev: ATOMIC BREATH
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, 3D Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Funny 6.9%
- #59 The Talos Principle 2
63% matchVery Positive95% of 13,433 reviews2023
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 28.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.2%, Puzzle 16%, First-Person 14.6%, 3D Platformer 14.4%, Exploration 13%
- #60 RUBATO
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 540 reviews2026
Dev: dconn
Windows
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Collectathon 14.1%, Physics 13.3%, Exploration 6.5%