- #1 Lotus Knight
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stinky Tofu Games
Windows · Mac
Lotus Knight is a 2D platform action game. A girl born from a lotus, following the call of her "mother", adventuring inside the world covered with flowers, exploring various interesting places, engaging in intense battles and experiencing a wonderful story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Souls-like 37.4%, Platformer 6.7%, Action 3.5%, Adventure 2.7%
- #2 Lightward
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Souls-like 36.3%, Platformer 5.5%, Action-Adventure 4%, Action 3.9%
- #3 Mother's Sword
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monsitle
Windows
Make your way through a 2D ruined world with metroidvania elements, unleash fast and powerful attacks in Hack & Slash combat and face fearsome enemies in difficult fights. Breathe and be brave.
Why similar: Souls-like 42%, Metroidvania 40.1%, Action 4.9%, Adventure 4.8%, Platformer 3.4%
- #4 Spright
95% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is an epic 2D metroidvania about descending into a vast abyss that twists against you the deeper you go. Equipped with only your diving helm and a longswordm, you will dive head-on into a world that refuses to give way.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Souls-like 32.3%, Platformer 6.4%, Action 4.3%, Adventure 4.2%
- #5 Briar Flame
94% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Souls-like 34.9%, Stylized 10.2%, Platformer 3.5%, Action 3.2%
- #6 Go Alone
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orobi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, Souls-like 38.8%, Adventure 5.2%, Action 3.8%, Action-Adventure 2.8%
- #7 Unworthy
93% matchVery Positive81% of 858 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Souls-like 44.6%, Action 3.7%, Adventure 3.2%, Indie 2.9%
- #8 Sutra Pilgrim
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SvenFish Games
Windows
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim! Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Souls-like 37.6%, Action 4.6%, Adventure 3.4%, Platformer 3.3%
- #9 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
91% matchVery Positive81% of 5,603 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Souls-like 53.9%, Metroidvania 36.7%, Action 2.6%, Platformer 2.5%, Adventure 2.2%
- #10 Lightwood
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Souls-like 36.6%, Stylized 5.8%, Action-Adventure 4.4%, Action 3.8%
- #11 Vesuvius
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Souls-like 39.4%, Platformer 5%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 2.6%
- #12 Anokye
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Souls-like 35.4%, Platformer 4.3%, Adventure 4%, Indie 4%
- #13 Lumnis
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Wild Moose Games
Windows
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Souls-like 32.2%, Stylized 7.8%, Action 7%, Adventure 6.6%
- #14 Moonscars
88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,528 reviews2022
Dev: Black MermaidPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Souls-like 38.3%, Stylized 5.1%, Action 4.5%, Platformer 3.7%
- #15 Take Care
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanesto
Windows
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Souls-like 35%, Stylized 10.5%, Action-Adventure 5%, Adventure 4.8%
- #16 Salt and Sanctuary
86% matchVery Positive89% of 21,932 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 60.7%, Metroidvania 32.7%, Platformer 2.8%, Action 1.9%, Indie 0.9%
- #17 Cliff Kingdom
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
Deranged trolls. Old thinking machines. Nordic inspired animals with dark backstories. Meet them all in this hand drawn adventure where you play as a moth, born without wings, exploring a dark world in search of the kingdoms lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Souls-like 36.9%, Platformer 5%, Action 3.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #18 DREIFRAME
84% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Souls-like 38%, Platformer 5.8%, Adventure 3.7%, Indie 3%
- #19 Biomass
85% matchVery Positive85% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Final Scene dev
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the sinking metropolis in this action RPG. Clash beam sabers, or be a gunslinger. Make alliances or go it alone. Your actions have consequences - those whom learn the nature of this world will be able to shape it as they see fit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Souls-like 39.8%, Action 6.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #20 Sword of Hokushin
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystal Portal Studio LLC
Windows
A grand evil has cast the world into the Forever Night. Play as Renima, a celestial guardian awakened after millennia to hunt the demons who shattered the balance between realms. Explore the esoteric world of Azareth, uncover forgotten secrets, and restore light to a dying world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Souls-like 37.4%, Platformer 5.1%, Action 3.9%, Action-Adventure 3.7%
- #21 Tear of Stars
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SevenPearls
Windows
Control two heroes as one in this atmospheric 2D Metroidvania. Explore two ruined kingdoms, from crystalline ruins to clockwork towers. Seamlessly swap between Asir’s elemental swordplay and Layla’s tactical wire-bow to solve cooperative puzzles and seek the truth behind the Darian legacy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Souls-like 28.3%, Stylized 8%, Action 4.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #22 Runic Curse Remastered
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Alexey Suslin
Windows
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Souls-like 38.1%, Action 5%, Adventure 4.7%, Platformer 4%
- #23 Zenith
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nocturnia Studios
Windows
Step into a dark and decaying world with Zenith, an Action RPG that blends intense combat, deep exploration, and an immersive atmosphere. Explore ruined cathedrals and gothic landscapes filled with secrets, facing relentless enemies that will challenge your skill and strategy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Souls-like 36%, Stylized 6.7%, Action-Adventure 5.8%, Action 5%
- #24 Eden Lumina
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paka Games
Windows
Eden Lumina is a hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Milo has just a yo-yo, and a whole world ahead of him: vast, full of hostile creatures and unlikely friends, its history carved in stone in a language nobody can read anymore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Souls-like 34.7%, Action 5.2%, Platformer 5.1%, Adventure 3.4%
- #25 Obsidian Legion
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Palisade Games
Windows
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Souls-like 38.9%, Action-Adventure 5.5%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #26 Shards of Memories
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.8%, Souls-like 29.6%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Action 4.4%, Platformer 3.9%
- #27 Spellforged
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bewx
Windows
Forge your magical journey through the world of Syntheria in this action, adventure, Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Souls-like 35%, Platformer 4.3%, Action 4.1%, Adventure 4%
- #28 Demidoff Corp
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Targem Games
Windows
Demidoff Corp is an atmospheric 2D metroidvania based on Ural folk tales. Explore mystical lands, fight ancient creatures, unlock new abilities, and uncover Demidov’s secret to put an end to the evil that has awoken in the depths of the Ural mountains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Souls-like 39%, Platformer 5.4%, Action-Adventure 3.4%, Adventure 3.2%
- #29 Magnet
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabry Corti
Windows
MAGNET is a pixel-art Metroidvania set in a ruined world of robots. Harness magnetic and electrical powers to defeat enemies and overcome obstacles. Acquire new weapons and abilities to upgrade your robot.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Souls-like 35%, Adventure 4.9%, Action 4.3%, Platformer 3.6%
- #30 Twilight Bastion
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunamii
Windows
Twilight Bastion is a retro-styled soulslike 3D Metroidvania that places you in a torturous labyrinthine castle where skeletons, the undead, and gothic black knights await around every corner.
Why similar: Souls-like 46%, Metroidvania 43%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #31 Li'l Red II
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velveteen
Windows
Don the red hood and venture into this fabled adventure as Lyra. Metroidvania meets Top-Down Adventure in this challenging, side-scrolling tale.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Souls-like 36.7%, Action-Adventure 4.8%, Adventure 4.1%, Platformer 3.7%
- #32 Endless Night Sonata
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sweeping Avalanche Creations
Windows
Endless Night Sonata is a hand drawn metroidvania with classic style animation. Follow the quest of Nicodemos in the "Worlds-in-middle", an unforgiving and dangerous land controlled by demonic forces on a epic mission to find his purpose...
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.4%, Souls-like 39.6%, Platformer 3.9%, Action 3.8%, Adventure 3.7%
- #33 止境 Ends
76% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: 正人君子杨某人
Windows
"Ends" is a classic 2D horizontal board action game. In the game, you will play a dead soldier. In the chaotic order, you will pick up the broken weapons again, explore the broken world, challenge the changing creatures, and find your final destination.
Why similar: Souls-like 43.6%, Metroidvania 31.9%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
- #34 Elysian Echoes
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grinding Crow
Windows
Elysian Echoes is a traditional, hand crafted souls-like metroidvania with a twist. Take possession of your fallen enemies bodies and unveil your cosmic destiny as you untangle Gaia's turmoil. Adapt to the varied and difficult encounters; learn and use your enemies' moves against them or die trying.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.5%, Souls-like 33.3%, Stylized 10.4%, Platformer 5.5%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
- #35 SpellTome
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tectonic Games Studio
Windows
SpellTome is a story driven fantasy adventure 2D platformer. Hurl balls of magic, dash across levels, and jump over obstacles while trying to get the fabled SpellTome.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Souls-like 39.4%, Platformer 6.1%, Adventure 3.7%, Action-Adventure 3.7%
- #36 Shieldbound
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Souls-like 34.9%, Stylized 9.1%, Platformer 5.5%, Action 3.7%
- #37 Cherubim: Heaven's Blade
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kamishibai Interactive
Windows
A holy knight confronts corruption within a necropolis mega-structure in a souls-like dark sci-fi ARPG.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.4%, Metroidvania 39.3%, Stylized 8.4%, Action 4%, Adventure 2.4%
- #38 Path of Deities
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bold Beetle Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A vertically-structured Metroidvania where genetic mutations redefine progression. Navigate a divine-biomechanical labyrinth with dynamically evolving combat forms, where every choice alters companion fates and the world's collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Souls-like 40.6%, Action-Adventure 4.1%, Action 3.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #39 Animosa
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosecant Games
Windows
Journey alongside the timid knight through this challenging metroidvania full of unique bosses and dynamic enemies. Build trust, unlock abilities, encourage and explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.4%, Souls-like 37.5%, Platformer 4.8%, Action 3.8%, Action-Adventure 3.7%
- #40 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, Souls-like 38.3%, Platformer 5.8%, Action-Adventure 3.5%, Adventure 3.1%
- #41 Mask of Soul
71% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: XION ENTERTAINMENTPub: XIONPLUS
Windows
Mask of Soul is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure where you play as Cheong-oh Chasa, gatekeeper of the Underworld, tracking spirits beneath the Red Moon. Use parry combat and mask abilities to explore an oriental dark fantasy world inspired by Korean mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Souls-like 39.3%, Platformer 6%, Action-Adventure 4.1%, Indie 2.6%
- #42 Anatine
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel TrashPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Anatine is a pixelated metroidvania game that contains organic musical elements. Play the flute to interact with the environment or unleash powerful magic! In the dangerous world of Avenis, battle against the Eidolons and confront powerful enemies to uncover the many secrets of this lost world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Souls-like 40.2%, Platformer 4.9%, Action 4%, Adventure 3.9%
- #43 Children of Birch
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UvuikSmoniti
Windows
"Children of the Birch" is a dark fantasy metroidvania inspired by the mythology of various Slavic peoples and combining a sophisticated platformer with a depressing narrative.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Souls-like 38.4%, Platformer 5.9%, Adventure 3.7%, Indie 3%
- #44 THORN DEMON HUNTER
73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: LIN YUANHUI
Windows
This is an AVG game similar to Metroidvania. The player will perform a demon hunter exploring and decrypting the castle in the Gothic period and hunting the corrupt soul
Why similar: Metroidvania 50%, Souls-like 39.5%, Action-Adventure 4.4%, Action 4.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #45 Intertwined
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Souls-like 37.4%, Platformer 5.3%, Adventure 3.6%, Indie 3.3%
- #46 Goldfish
70% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Gabry Corti
Windows
Embark on a delirious journey in this metroidvania set on a pirate island where all the characters are sea animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Souls-like 39.2%, Platformer 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%, Action-Adventure 4%
- #47 Infinitevania
68% matchVery Positive93% of 303 reviews2026
Dev: JHT Games
Windows
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.2%, Souls-like 33.6%, Platformer 6.4%, Action 3.9%, Action-Adventure 3.6%
- #48 Silent Santicado
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vigilant Addiction Studios
Windows
Explore a silent, crumbling world in Silent Santicado! A retro journey through a fallen kingdom tainted by lost magic. Explore overgrown ruins, encounter a cast of peculiar characters, and defeat a menagerie of twisted enemies as you search for the source of Santicado's curse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.4%, Souls-like 38.7%, Action-Adventure 3.2%, Action 3.1%, Adventure 3.1%
- #49 Peppermint
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cowboy Fish Games
Windows
Pepper finds that her home has been taken over by an encroaching, melted, pink candy, endangering herself, her friends and her Queen. Seek out the pieces of sentient candy magic and save Pepper and her friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Souls-like 37.6%, Platformer 5.6%, Action-Adventure 4.1%, Action 2.9%
- #50 Crowsworn
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mongoose Rodeo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Souls-like 34.1%, Stylized 7.4%, Platformer 5.5%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #51 Blasphemous
69% matchVery Positive90% of 67,491 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Souls-like 39.6%, Platformer 3.1%, Action 2%, Indie 1.6%
- #52 Kaiyos Castle
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDFTStudios
Windows
Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Souls-like 38.7%, Platformer 5.4%, Adventure 3.7%, Indie 2.3%
- #53 Tenebra
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broke CoCo
Windows
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, Souls-like 28.8%, Stylized 12.7%, Action-Adventure 5.3%, Action 3.9%
- #54 Maskborne
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maskborne
Windows
A dark, hand-drawn Metroidvania set in a world where death has disappeared. Fight twisted creatures, uncover forgotten secrets, and discover powerful Boundlings as you journey to restore death to a world that has forgotten how to die.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Souls-like 36.3%, Platformer 5.5%, Action 3.6%, Action-Adventure 3.5%
- #55 DEVIATOR
67% matchMixed67% of 1,011 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Souls-like 39%, Platformer 5.7%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 2.9%
- #56 ReSetna
66% matchVery Positive82% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 75.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4.4%
- #57 Fox Wanderer
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ninth Dream
Windows
Fight, explore, and collect. Step into the role of a wandering fox in this Eastern-fantasy Metroidvania, braving a beautifully crafted world fraught with danger.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Souls-like 37.2%, Platformer 5.2%, Action-Adventure 3.6%, Action 3%
- #58 Kochu's Dream
68% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A 3d bug adventure game 🐜🐛🐞 Run, jump and shoot while you chase an elusive fairy . . . Can you turn back into a human?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Souls-like 33.9%, Stylized 10.2%, Platformer 5.9%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #59 Him
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Gumbo Day
Windows
Thousands of spaceships entered the galaxy to mine what does not belong to them! Him is a third person casual game where the player runs and jump between home planets to destroy the invading space pirates and their spaceships under a limited time before they mine the lands.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.5%, Stylized 11.3%, Adventure 6%, Action 5.7%, Action-Adventure 4.6%
- #60 Second Works
66% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: #Sharp
Windows
『Second Works』 is a 2D platform action-adventure game set in a sci-fi fantasy world based on biotechnology. Enjoy the unique atmosphere created by colorful anime-style graphics and the thrilling experience of high-difficulty action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Souls-like 31.8%, Action 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Adventure 3.5%