- #1 The Legends of Tynedale
97% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Ed Den Gaming
Windows · Mac
Missing that classic Zelda feeling? Step into the handcrafted pixel-art world of The Legends of Tynedale, a classic top-down adventure inspired by the landscapes and castles of Northumberland. Explore puzzle-box dungeons, battle fierce monsters, upgrade your weapons, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Collectathon 18.1%, Dungeon Crawler 18%, 1990's 9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #2 Ahack Adventure 2: Quest For The Ciggy
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: QSHV
Windows
A retro-inspired action-adventure game with a focus on exploration and nonlinearity, Ahack Adventure 2 provides a journey through nine increasingly harrowing dungeons, and many genuine secrets to find!
Why similar: Nonlinear 30%, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Old School 7.2%
- #3 The Book of Buja
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: I.J. WhitePub: I.J. White Games
Windows
Embark on a thrilling 2D top-down adventure! Explore dark dungeons, solve unique puzzles, translate ancient documents, and follow clues given to you by a maggot in your brain! Experience the journey solo or team up in 2-player co-op for a different experience!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Open World 12.3%, Top-Down 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #4 Burden of the Blue
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: SandwichBoi
Windows
Explore mysterious worlds, solve puzzles and battle in order to uncover the burdens of the past.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.6%, Dungeon Crawler 25.3%, Top-Down 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.3%
- #5 Sliding Hero
94% matchVery Positive91% of 55 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: Nonlinear 23.6%, Collectathon 19.3%, Open World 13.5%, Puzzle 7.2%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #6 Airoheart
94% matchMixed58% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel Heart StudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac
Airoheart is a top-down action-adventure RPG inspired by the classics. Embark on an epic journey to save the world from evil and test the strength of your heart in this emotional tale of betrayal, tragedy and redemption.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.9%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Open World 16.2%, 1990's 9%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #7 Lost Caves
93% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Adam D. Smith
Windows · Mac
Spelunk, plunder, and pickaxe in Lost Caves, A 2D collect-a-thon all about exploration and treasure hunting! Venture through 4 expansive labyrinthine levels to find over 80 unique treasures to amass your wealth, and use your trusty pickaxe to defeat anything in your way!
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.6%, Collectathon 24.7%, Open World 15.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Old School 7%
- #8 SLYME BREAKER
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Recurring Adversaries
Windows
SLYME BREAKER is the RPG that hates the genre. SLYME BREAKER has a focus on proactive combat, involved exploration, and meaningful deconstruction of RPG standards. Play as the bandit Gryme after his attack on a lowly Slime monster for some XP goes wrong and he is devoured by the Slime!
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.7%, Collectathon 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Open World 13.1%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #9 The Will of Our Fathers
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David M Tippy
Windows
The Will of Our Fathers is a top-down 2D action-exploration game with an old-school design philosophy. Explore a large, interconnected world full of traps and treasure, delve into challenging and mysterious dungeons, and uncover secret schemes against The Will of Our Fathers.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.2%, Dungeon Crawler 22%, Top-Down 12.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #10 Hero's Spirit
91% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: mod.kitchen
Windows
Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.
Why similar: Collectathon 23.4%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Open World 11.4%, Exploration 8.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #11 100 Pumpkins 2
90% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.8%, Collectathon 20.9%, Open World 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #12 Knightblade
89% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Solohack3r Studios
Windows
A retro open world RPG, farming sim, and dungeon crawler. Knightblade is best described as an open world fantasy game mixed with farming and life sim elements, as if it were made in the golden age of video games. Create your character, and explore the sandbox while solving a mystery.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Open World 15%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, 1990's 7.6%
- #13 Legend of Radiance
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Dark Swamp Studios
Windows
Start on your fantasy adventure in this completely nonlinear souls-like! Place Life Stones in the world to create your own 'bonfires' as you cut through the challenging enemies and seek out the Divine Rings!
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18%, Open World 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #14 Dungeon Diver
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Shin Tategami
Windows
An arcade-like maze crawler full of treasures and traps!
Why similar: Collectathon 30.9%, Dungeon Crawler 23.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #15 Curse of Elmwood
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broadwood Studio
Windows · Linux
A folklore-inspired, eerie action-adventure dungeon crawler about preventing a curse that requires your blood to complete. Master your weapon, explore a world brimming with items, abilities, and spells, and ensure that endless night never befalls your hometown of Elmwood.
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.4%, Dungeon Crawler 22.6%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #16 Ranger of Ancuria
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wasteland Games
Windows
Get out there, young ranger, and help those in need. Your journey starts in Ranger of Ancuria, a retro game that recreates the experience of the adventures of the 8-bit era. Explore a full of life open world, find why monsters are multiplying and unveil the mysteries from the dungeons of Ancuria.
Why similar: Open World 22.5%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Action-Adventure 14%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #17 Isles of Sea and Sky
85% matchVery Positive92% of 1,665 reviews2024
Dev: Cicada Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.4%, Collectathon 19.9%, Open World 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Old School 7%
- #18 VAGRIENT
86% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Andrew "VAGRIENT" BrayPub: Andrew VAGRIENT Bray
Windows
Play as an Armlys alien named Vagrient in this evolving sci-fi action/adventure game, featuring RPG elements. It's full of exploration, combat, character progression, puzzle solving and obstacle clearing!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Open World 14.3%, Top-Down 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #19 ONENELLEMOO
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Movarice Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac
This is an action-adventure game that requires you to use your brain. Save the world with your powers of observation and inspiration!
Why similar: Collectathon 31.3%, Top-Down 12.3%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%
- #20 YANCY
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olivenaut
Windows
YANCY is an NES style action adventure that follows a small protagonist in a vast world full of danger, swords and rewards. Lead your own adventure in a non-linear game world, explore hand-crafted dungeons, forge magical weapons, battle challenging bosses and unearth ancient secrets!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.3%, Open World 24.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Top-Down 9.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #21 Dank Wizard Saga
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stephen HawkinsPub: Wizbro Games
Windows
Explore a handcrafted fantasy world, solve puzzles, battle dungeon bosses, and unlock powerful upgrades in this retro-inspired action-adventure with stoner comedy.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24%, Open World 22.8%, Action-Adventure 21.1%, Top-Down 13.1%, Exploration 6.1%
- #22 Valkyrie Saga
81% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Public Void
Windows
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.2%, Collectathon 21.9%, Open World 13.1%, 1990's 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #23 Pact Warden
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astro Beef
Windows
As a Marchwarden, you travel the southern roads to protect pilgrims and travelers. You will fight multi-phased bosses, shape the storylines of characters, and explore an interconnected world.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.7%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #24 Sanctumate
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: coughe
Windows
A fantasy RPG designed to give you a quick dose of dungeon crawling adventure. Find ancient runes to augment your equipment, allowing you to mix & match magical effects. Delve deep into dungeons, fight demons and monsters, gather loot, and offer sacrifice to your ancestors to increase your strength.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.5%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Open World 17%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #25 Ogu and the Secret Forest
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Moonlab StudioPub: Sinkhole Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the wonderful world with baby Ogu! 'Ogu and the Secret Forest' is a 2D adventure game with hand-drawn characters and various types of puzzles. Befriend bouncy characters and defeat strange creatures to unravel the mystery of the charming world.
Why similar: Collectathon 25.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Open World 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #26 Gobbles
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: charlesfactorydev
Windows
GOBBLES is a 2.5D survival adventure about underground life where you dig, farm, cook questionable meals, experiment with resources, avoid dangerous creatures, and try to get rich alone or in co op.
Why similar: Collectathon 24.8%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Open World 13.2%, Exploration 9%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #27 Lukas Adventure 64
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blennz Fire
Windows
Lukas Adventure 64 is a collectathon horror game ARG inspired by the games of past. Can you discover what this game is truly hiding.
Why similar: Collectathon 40.3%, Open World 13.9%, 1990's 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #28 Fowl Legacy 2: Heavenbound
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LandrePub: Chillvine
Windows
What the cluck?! Ricardo was sent to... Heaven? Yeah, now he's mad. Travel across the weirdest places, leap gracefully over the abyss, discover mysterious and powerful secrets, and fight to escape this "heavenly" prison!
Why similar: Collectathon 34.1%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #29 Skulls of Olympus
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dynamic Voltage Games
Windows
Skulls of Olympus is an action RPG where you collect Gods from Greek Mythology to battle across dozens of worlds.
Why similar: Collectathon 30.2%, Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #30 The Knowledge of Hermit
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.
Why similar: Nonlinear 26%, Dungeon Crawler 21.9%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #31 The Kingdoms of Ædloran
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Revelforge Game Studios
Windows · Mac
The Kingdoms of Ædloran is a 2D top-down pixel RPG. Explore a living open world, encounter strange and fantastic creatures, level up and learn new abilities, battle savage beasts and monstrous foes, delve deep into perilous dungeons, and claim legendary loot.
Why similar: Open World 28.5%, Dungeon Crawler 22.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #32 1-Bit Explorer
76% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Fiddleling
Windows
An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.
Why similar: Collectathon 32.5%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 10.7%
- #33 Plague Alchemist
75% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Hardcoded
Windows
A pixel art RPG about alchemy, discovery, and a plague caused by colliding magical and non-magical realms. Progress through the world in a calm pace with no combat.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.1%, Collectathon 24.5%, Open World 14.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #34 Mist Monkey: wanderer
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Xander ClinthornePub: Lost in Moss Studios
Windows
From the mind of award-winning visual artist, Xander Clinthorne, comes a meditative indie-game about wandering and taking it slow. This title takes you deep into a beautiful pixel-art world with flow state inducing gameplay, The Great Monkey's wisdom to discover and a stunning original soundtrack.
Why similar: Collectathon 26.6%, Nonlinear 23.5%, Open World 11.3%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #35 The One Who Speaks Worm Tongue
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jaak Of The Dirt
Windows
Go on an adventure in a seemingly innocent fantasy world with a dark secret. Battle tricky foes, conquer powerful bosses, and make friends, on your quest to banish the One Who Speaks Worm Tongue, in this top down action adventure RPG.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.4%, Open World 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Top-Down 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #36 Deathward
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Lauxly
Windows
Seek Death as you face dangerous foes, solve puzzles, and explore forgotten dungeons to become the ultimate necromancer.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 30.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #37 Master Key
73% matchVery Positive91% of 293 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: Nonlinear 21%, Open World 16.6%, Top-Down 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #38 SUNSTONE: A Tale of the Briar King
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quorum
Windows
An 8-bit action-adventure in the honest 1988 shape. A country eaten by briar, a sun kept in eight pieces, and nine tombs to open. One of them is on no map. Battery saves, secrets in the walls, and a second quest that lies to you. Nobody is coming.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Top-Down 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Old School 10%
- #39 Adventure of Rikka - The Cursed Kingdom
73% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Poorly Drawn Squid
Windows · Linux
The Adventure of Rikka is a top down 2D action RPG with a focus on puzzles, exploration, secrets and collectibles. You must defeat the dark forces that has cursed the lands, fight enemies using your sword and an arsenal of items such as the bow and fire wand and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Open World 15%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #40 Skjoldur Story
74% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Snoozing Pixel LLC
Windows
In this lighthearted pastoral adventure, explore a vast and whimsical world, confronting dangers in whichever order you choose using nothing but a magical shield.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23%, Open World 21.1%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #41 Wishbind
71% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strelly
Windows · Linux
You have been summoned to another world to help someone gather a special kind of leaves. Explore the locale in search of increasingly difficult platforming challenges, while discovering the history and people of this new place.
Why similar: Nonlinear 33.7%, Collectathon 32.6%, Open World 14.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #42 Key
74% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Agostta Games
Windows · Mac
Spend hours having fun exploring this maze that gets bigger and bigger. In Key, with each level won, the maze gets bigger and harder. Dodge spikes and traps, push blocks of ice, find the key and open the door before time runs out.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Top-Down 14%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
- #43 Overmorrow
72% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: PixelManta
Windows
Overmorrow is a serene, nonviolent, exploration adventure game that deletes your save after 30 days.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.7%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #44 AX
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richard Roberts
Windows
Find the cure for Griztia's father! Explore a unique and dangerous world with secrets around every corner as you collect new tools and meet interesting characters. There are seven herbs said to be able to cure any ailment buried deep in perilous dungeons scattered throughout the wasteland!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.6%, Action-Adventure 17%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 10.6%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #45 千禧年梦游指南 Guide to the Millennium Dawn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 梦游指南工作室
Windows
This is a journey about “the past” and “forgetting.” In Millennium Dream Tour Guide, you plunge into the dreamscape of a major city from the early 2000s.
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.9%, Open World 17.9%, Collectathon 17%, 1990's 10.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #46 Shrinko's Big Adventure
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NT Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Shrinko's Big Adventure is an open world exploration collectathon where you can grow to the size of a building or shrink to the size of an ant. Explore the nooks and crannies of the island, find treasures, and unlock secrets!
Why similar: Collectathon 29.6%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Open World 21.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Old School 5.1%
- #47 Still Lost
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Project571
Windows
Navigate twisting mazes by torchlight in this atmospheric 2D puzzle game. Find your way through 10 handcrafted themes, avoid lurking creatures, and race the clock in Timed Mode. How far can you go before you're still lost?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.7%, Exploration 17%, Top-Down 14.7%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 13.3%
- #48 Mya and their Cat
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prairie Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A retro-style adventure game where you explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets to find Mya's missing cat.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.2%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Top-Down 10.8%
- #49 Fugi
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melollo
Windows
Fugi is a cozy mushroom-plucking game inspired by the Swedish forests and fungi. Enjoy a casual experience in your very own way, whether you prefer collecting, exploring, money-making or all of it!
Why similar: Collectathon 45.1%, Nonlinear 22.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Top-Down 7.7%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #50 Fortress of Hell
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Aldorlea Games
Windows
Can you survive inside a fortress full of monsters, and free the many prisoners (including your own girlfriend!) from their unfortunate fate? Play as up to 4 different parties - you can even play evil heroes from darkness - and find out!
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.2%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Collectathon 17.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #51 Forgedale
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: fogeL Games
Windows
Farm, fish, and craft your way to greatness in a living RPG world. Grow crops, reel in rare catches, and forge powerful gear from gathered resources. Brave perilous dungeons, battle mighty bosses, and take on epic quests in a land full of danger, adventure, and endless opportunity!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.7%, Collectathon 25.4%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Top-Down 8.7%, Open World 7.8%
- #52 Ice Slider
68% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Shining Watermelon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ice Slider is a game by Shining Watermelon Studios where you play as a hiker named Rob who enters Icy Cave. A cave with a Gauntlet of Ice Puzzles, in which he has to complete to exit. Play as Rob as he goes through this gauntlet of puzzles. Each Level
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 35.5%, Exploration 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Top-Down 12.2%
- #53 Ancient Mind
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: HexagonNico
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient Mind is a puzzle-action-adventure game about discovering the remains of an ancient civilization. Explore dungeons, fight monsters, solve puzzles, and discover the truth about ancient mysteries.
Why similar: Nonlinear 34.2%, Top-Down 13.5%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #54 PRISM
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: F. Martyka
Windows
PRISM is a 2D exploration game with puzzle elements. Find shards hidden in each level of the labyrinth, and delve deeper to find the treasure hidden at its core.
Why similar: Collectathon 41.4%, Exploration 17.4%, Top-Down 14.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Stylized 7.4%
- #55 Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Steam
68% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Smash monsters, collect brains, and so much more as you attempt to stop Dr. Lunatic's evil scheme. 1,200 levels and hundreds of hidden bonuses in Bouapha's greatest adventure! Now enhanced for Steam!
Why similar: Collectathon 23.5%, Nonlinear 21.5%, Top-Down 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Old School 8.7%
- #56 Book of Myko
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Charles V FisherPub: UNO Maverick Meadow
Windows · Mac
Help Myko complete her mushroom foraging journal and get into the Royal Academy in this cozy, self-paced adventure game. Meet a colorful cast of characters in calm natural spaces as you uncover the gentle puzzle of mycology.
Why similar: Collectathon 29.3%, Nonlinear 22.7%, Open World 12.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Top-Down 10%
- #57 Ancient Tombs
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: FreneticGamez
Windows
Top-down 2D adventure in retro style. Explore a dangerous world filled with both living and undead enemies. Solve puzzles and search tombs & dungeons, find secrets, weapons and upgrades.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.5%, Nonlinear 17%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Open World 9.5%
- #58 9th Dawn Remake
65% matchVery Positive86% of 533 reviews2024
Dev: Valorware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!
Why similar: Collectathon 23.4%, Dungeon Crawler 19.1%, Open World 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #59 Whale Well
66% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Ryan Nein
Windows · Linux
Whale Well is a short adventure game where you play as a duck. Collect and trade items while exploring a civilization in the belly of a great whale.
Why similar: Collectathon 33.4%, Open World 17.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Old School 7%
- #60 Corn Kidz 64
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,824 reviews2023
Dev: BogoSoft
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)
Why similar: Collectathon 28.2%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, 1990's 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%