- #1 Alwa's Legacy
97% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Retro 8.9%, Platformer 8.5%
- #2 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
96% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: CollectorVision Games
Windows · Mac
In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 15.7%, Retro 11.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Old School 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
- #3 Super Win the Game
96% 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 23.2%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Difficult 11.4%, Old School 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #4 Alwa's Awakening
95% matchVery Positive80% of 909 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Retro 12.1%, Platformer 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #5 Romino's Adventure
94% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Platformer 8.3%
- #6 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
92% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #7 Cathedral
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.4%, Retro 12.3%, Platformer 10%, Difficult 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #8 Simona's Requiem
93% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Team Simona
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Platformer 10.6%, Old School 9.9%
- #9 Squidlit
91% matchVery Positive91% of 440 reviews2018
Dev: Squidlit Ink.
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.
Why similar: Retro 24.8%, Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Indie 9.5%, Funny 9%
- #10 Lens Adventure
89% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: White Babel Studio
Windows
Lens Adventure is an action puzzle game where you play as Talia, a Magic Academy graduate student. Use the camera's time-space magic to solve puzzles: create platforms by photographing objects and use time magic to undo mistakes. Can you return to the academy before the dorm lights go out?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.6%, 1980s 20.5%, Old School 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #11 The Abandoned Planet
89% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.1%, Old School 17.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Retro 13.1%, Puzzle 13.1%
- #12 Crypt Stalker
90% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.
Why similar: Indie 54.6%, Adventure 45.4%
- #13 You Are Not a Banana: Better Edition
91% matchMixed66% of 143 reviews2015
Dev: Brian CullenPub: Fluxscopic Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You Are Not a Banana is set in everyday life and has a sprinkle of imagination and humor. The audiovisuals (free OST included) seek to evoke nostalgia for the 80s and 90s. This short form experimental game unfolds as a sequence of thought provoking events and surprises.
Why similar: Retro 17.7%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Funny 13.8%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 13.1%
- #14 Cleo - a pirate's tale
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 784 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Schultz
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Why similar: Retro 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Old School 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Funny 14.6%
- #15 THE GOOD OLD DAYS
87% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: ヨコゴシステムズPub: GRAVITY
Windows · Linux
A nostalgic metroidvania from the good old days back in 19XX. Take on the role of Sean, a young boy who ventures into the fictional city of Arostia to repay his father's debt. Rescue your 3 friends from imprisonment, defeat strong enemies, all while getting your debt paid in time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 9.8%, 2D Platformer 8%, 1980s 7.7%
- #16 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
86% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 7.2%
- #17 Temple Of Snek
86% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A snaky tile-based puzzle dungeon adventure. Defend the temple, monch the infidels, and grow and grow ...and grow?
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Retro 17.3%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 11.9%
- #18 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
82% matchVery Positive96% of 241 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 36.3%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Old School 10.1%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.5%
- #19 Elephantasy: Flipside
84% 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 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Nonlinear 15%, Platformer 10.2%, Open World 8%
- #20 Dungeons of Dreadrock
83% matchVery Positive94% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An immersive puzzle dungeon adventure in the spirit of 1980's home computer games. Dig your way through 100 levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Winner of Google Indie Games Festival / Indie Clash 1st prize / PocketGamer People's Choice Finalist / GDWC best indie game nominee.
Why similar: Old School 23.2%, Retro 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, 1980s 10.9%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #21 Ageless
85% matchMixed56% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: One More Dream StudiosPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Metroidvania 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Platformer 10.4%
- #22 Taimumari: Definitive Edition
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 308 reviews2015
Dev: TERNOX
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
Why similar: Difficult 16.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Retro 12.8%
- #23 Master Key
80% matchVery Positive92% of 262 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 23.6%, Retro 12.4%, Old School 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.8%, 1980s 8.7%
- #24 We are Eva
81% matchVery Positive94% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Totally Normal Creature
Windows
Play in multiple dimensions at the same time, traveling through them at will in this innovative 2D platformer that defies boundaries! I'm Eva, by the way, and I promise we'll have fun! Or maybe not... Maybe we'll both suffer horribly... How should I know? I'm just a video game character...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Difficult 17.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #25 The Adventures of Poppe
82% 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 25.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Old School 11.6%, Retro 11.4%, Platformer 8.8%
- #26 Owyn's Adventure
81% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Gazoid
Windows · Mac
Call Grandpops and tell him that dinner's ready? What sounds like a straightforward task from Mum becomes an adventure when Owyn leaves the safety of his house and enters a garden world where threats abound, and not even the slowest of creatures can be trusted...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.5%, Retro 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #27 Chicken Journey
78% matchVery Positive96% of 452 reviews2023
Dev: loonyware
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask...
Why similar: Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Retro 10.8%
- #28 AploVVare Collection
79% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
You found an old game console along with some games at a garage sale. You remember playing these as a kid, and couldn't resist getting it. Maybe you could give them a whirl, just for old time's sake?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29%, Platformer 22.4%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%
- #29 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
79% 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 25.8%, Retro 14.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Old School 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #30 Pixel Ripped 1995
77% matchVery Positive95% of 186 reviews2020
Dev: ARVOREPub: ARVORE Immersive Games Inc.
Windows
Pixel Ripped is back with a brand new nostalgia-fueled virtual reality game-within-a-game, this time in 1995! Help our hero Dot face challenging throwbacks to all your favorite 16-bit and 32-bit classics while surviving the struggles of a typical nine-year-old kid.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Old School 18.4%, Retro 15.6%, Open World 12.3%, Platformer 11.8%
- #31 Montezuma's Revenge
78% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Normal Distribution LLC
Windows
This is the official version of the 80's classic game Montezuma's Revenge rebooted by the original developer. It's the classic puzzle solving action adventure platformer you loved in your youth.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.3%, Nonlinear 27.8%, Platformer 26.4%, Retro 7.2%, Adventure 4.4%
- #32 Helen's Mysterious Castle
77% matchVery Positive93% of 902 reviews2016
Dev: SatsuPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.9%, Retro 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Indie 10.1%, 2D 8.9%
- #33 Puzzles For Clef
75% matchVery Positive83% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Weasel TokenPub: indie.io
Windows
Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Exploration 10.6%
- #34 SAOMI
76% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Retro 9.4%
- #35 Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
73% matchVery Positive97% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: SmellyFrog
Windows
A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.1%, Retro 24.8%, Platformer 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Adventure 4.3%
- #36 ElecHead
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,305 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Platformer 14.8%, Retro 13.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #37 Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure
74% matchVery Positive99% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: DuckbearLab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.
Why similar: Retro 23.5%, Old School 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #38 Chronicles of Teddy
76% matchMixed70% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Retro 8.2%
- #39 Felix The Toy
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: XYX GamesPub: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Inspired by classics from long ago, help a toy named felix find his owner when a mysterious event takes over the planet
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 9.1%
- #40 Vibrant Venture
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 658 reviews2020
Dev: Semag Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Retro 8.6%
- #41 Lone Fungus
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Old School 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #42 Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 reviews2016
Dev: Dumativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 24.1%, Platformer 15.6%, Funny 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #43 Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
72% matchVery Positive90% of 199 reviews2019
Dev: Alasdair Beckett-KingPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.1%, Funny 19.6%, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 9.2%
- #44 Freedom Planet 2
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Old School 15.2%, Platformer 14%, Female Protagonist 13%, Retro 11.3%
- #45 King Lucas
73% matchMixed66% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metroidvania game with 2.5D graphics, single and multiplayer modes and classic game mechanics for the delight of platform and adventure games lovers as well as for you who didn't live the 80's; this is an opportunity for you to taste that classic feeling with the graphics and sound quality of today.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Retro 14.9%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #46 Camera Obscura
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,538 reviews2015
Dev: Anteater Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?
Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Difficult 8.1%
- #47 Knights of the Road
67% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Shiny Byte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An adventure game with focus on acrobatics and discovering secrets. Classic platformer gameplay in the spirit of the 8-bit era games.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.7%, Retro 26.2%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, 2D 5%
- #48 Unless
66% matchVery Positive99% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Bellwood Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Retro 15.8%, Platformer 15.4%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%
- #49 BiT Evolution
73% matchMixed55% of 192 reviews2015
Dev: Major Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.
Why similar: Platformer 41.6%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Indie 17.4%, Adventure 15.1%
- #50 Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
65% matchVery Positive85% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, 2D Platformer 17%, Female Protagonist 13%, Funny 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #51 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,528 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, 2D Platformer 16%, Retro 15.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #52 Oscuro Blossom's Glow
66% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Hongoneon
Windows
Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.4%, Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #53 Cosmos Bit
68% matchVery Positive88% of 93 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 20.6%, Platformer 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Retro 12%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #54 SmartyTale 2D
69% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Nifedow Games
Windows
Fascinating, full of mysteries, an adventure with a storyline unfolded in the style of good old games with Retro Consoles!
Why similar: Indie 56.1%, Adventure 43.9%
- #55 Super Life of Pixel
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Retro 30.8%, Platformer 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 7.5%
- #56 Witchcrafty
70% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Retro 9.7%
- #57 Frogun
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 616 reviews2022
Dev: MolegatoPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31%, Platformer 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Retro 10.3%, Funny 7.4%
- #58 Purple Heart
71% matchMixed47% of 131 reviews2017
Dev: Artalasky
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Hardcore pixel indie platformer with puzzle elements and history. Can you get to the end?
Why similar: Difficult 19.2%, Retro 18.9%, Platformer 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Indie 11.8%
- #59 Iconoclasts
67% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 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 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Platformer 9.5%
- #60 Mystik Belle
69% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.6%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 5%