- #1 O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dean Moynihan
Windows
A slow, meditative survival journey across a bleak continent. Carry an evil artifact, manage scarce resources, scavenge abandoned places and decide how far you’re willing to endure in a world that offers no reassurance.
Why similar: Minimalist 23.6%, Adventure 21%, Exploration 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #2 Scared Little Ghost
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ben Sherratt
Windows · Mac
You are a ghost! Which is pretty difficult when you're afraid of everything…
Why similar: Supernatural 33.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 16%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #3 Tarry: The In-Between
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zlabigames
Windows
A black and white pixel art action-adventure set in a world that isn't quite here and isn't quite gone.
Why similar: Minimalist 19%, Adventure 14.3%, Supernatural 13.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #4 Hellish Scrub
95% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Assortment of Meats and Cheeses LLC
Windows
Hellish Scrub is a 2D top-down action-adventure where you must clean the underworld and defeat filth-loving demons by using their own trash against them. Get to scrubbing to earn your escape back to Earth!
Why similar: Supernatural 20.1%, Adventure 18%, Exploration 13.4%, Action 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #5 Puppetborne
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mario Aviles
Windows
Journey through a fallen kingdom, conquer dangerous dungeons, and master challenging combat in a dark 2D pixel art action RPG.
Why similar: Adventure 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Action 16.5%, Top-Down 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #6 MIRADOR
94% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Jeong SuhyunPub: EgretGames
Windows
MIRADOR is a 2D action game. You arrive at a temple... Kill several monsters to grow, get skills, and go through it!
Why similar: Exploration 19%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Top-Down 11.1%
- #7 Moonlit
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Heyleif Studio
Windows
A dark fantasy exploration and puzzle game.Explore your mind and emotions through the inhabitant of this place and put a end to all of their problems.
Why similar: Exploration 21%, Supernatural 19.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%
- #8 Time Thief
92% matchVery Positive97% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: Matheus Mortatti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time Thief is an action adventure game where leaving your village makes the clock tick. Manage your time to stay alive, stealing seconds from creatures around its overworld with your sword.
Why similar: Exploration 18%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Minimalist 10.7%, Top-Down 10.1%
- #9 Moonrise Fall
91% matchVery Positive83% of 710 reviews2019
Dev: Made From StringsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Moonrise Fall is an atmospheric exploration puzzle game about a boy who finds himself lost in a supernatural forest after losing both parents in a car crash. Put your detective skills to the test. Unravel the mysteries of the forest and photograph the strange creatures (cryptids) that reside there.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.5%, Adventure 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Exploration 15.4%, 2D 5.4%
- #10 ProtoDungeon: Episode I
91% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Spacefarer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use the moonlight spell to trade places with objects and escape from the mysterious nightmare in this short puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Exploration 19.2%, Adventure 17%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Top-Down 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #11 Minit
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,898 reviews2018
Dev: JWPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Why similar: Minimalist 48.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Adventure 18%, 2D 4.4%, Exploration 3.5%
- #12 Hands of Wisp
89% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Homeostase
Windows
Control the energy called Wisp in an Action RPG, surviving againts various unknown creatures and crossing maps and scenarios. Question together with Wisp the how generic and empty your mission can be and what this whole universe means.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Minimalist 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #13 Ghost Guy
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Firebunny Games
Windows
A short survival adventure game where you play as a ghost exploring an abandoned mansion.
Why similar: Supernatural 30.6%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Top-Down 11.8%
- #14 Little Shell's Adventure
88% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: domoPub: Plasma Studios
Windows
Little Shell's Adventure is a difficult, beach-themed, Action-Adventure game with a retro art style, open-world elements, and an engaging combat system.
Why similar: Minimalist 25.4%, Exploration 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #15 Azalea
87% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
A short, cute puzzle action-adventure through the tense and dangerous Forbidden Forest.
Why similar: Exploration 25.3%, Top-Down 16.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Action 13.3%
- #16 Apu's Journey
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cristiano Marques RosaPub: Dream Stories
Windows · Linux
Apu's Journey is an retro action-rpg, you can complete dungeons, defeat creatures, collect items and improve your skills!
Why similar: Adventure 24.8%, Minimalist 16.6%, Action 13.1%, Exploration 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #17 Freetown Forest
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mass Hysteria
Windows
Come visit scenic Freetown Forest, home of the famous Profile Rock and Wampanoag reservation! And for you spooky thrill seekers come take our ghost tour and maybe feel a creepy dark presence that lurk in these dark woods. Do not feed the deer. -New England Office of Travel and Tourism.
Why similar: Supernatural 22.6%, Minimalist 20.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #18 ProtoDungeon: Episode II
85% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Spacefarer
Windows
A short, top-down puzzle adventure game set in a strange graveyard. Use the starlight ring to forge magical blocks to escape from the Second Nightmare. Explore, solve puzzles, and find your way out!
Why similar: Exploration 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Adventure 16.6%, Top-Down 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
- #19 Wuilsafe: Roots
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wuilsafe TeamPub: TERRAGLIHHE PROJECT
Windows · Linux
You are an immaterial being who appeared by chance. Surf the oceans in an instant, to search of many unique locations, enemies & situations created specially for you.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 7.8%
- #20 Welcome Home 2
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Vitruvian CaféPub: Catherine Burke
Windows
David is trapped in his grandmother's basement, help him escape! Warning: flashing images and disturbing imagery
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Exploration 20.7%, Action 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, 2D 7.4%
- #21 REMinal
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Lace GangPub: Neumont Game Studios
Windows
REMinal is a non-euclidean, procedurally-generated horror game. Run from your shadows, seek out cursed curios, and build safe spaces in an endlessly sprawling house. Can you escape with your soul intact?
Why similar: Adventure 25.2%, Supernatural 21.4%, Exploration 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Top-Down 11.2%
- #22 The Cursewood
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabled Forge Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A fantastical action-adventure game. Explore the forest, craft dozens of unique potions, and survive the dangers of the night!
Why similar: Exploration 24.1%, Top-Down 14.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action 10.8%
- #23 HOLE: Bottomless
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Arashida Games
Windows
"The universe looks at you." A short liminal and cosmic horror game about escaping from a bizarre subway station.
Why similar: Supernatural 50.6%, Adventure 29.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #24 Earth~Quack
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Keaton RaglePub: DET@ACU
Windows
Journey your way through environments both peaceful and harsh, seeking to save the lost ducklings as you fend off wild beasts angered by constant disturbances. Exploit local ecosystems to craft means of protection as you seek to stop the source of the fabled "Earth~Quacks"
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Exploration 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, 2D 8.1%
- #25 Tale of the Lightseekers
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ColoredCrow
Windows
You wake up on a unknown island tainted by an ancient evil. In the ruins of this forgotten place, many secrets lie, including your very own memory... Master evasive rolls, swordplay, archery and ancient powers to overcome the dark creatures that stalk your every move and find a way out.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21%, Exploration 15.2%, Top-Down 14.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #26 Winter Wastelands
79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Michael Haapasaari
Windows
Winter Wastelands is a sci-fi fantasy action-adventure game about fighting bosses, exploring unique locations, gathering items that come with different costumes and special abilities, and trying to make it back home.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Adventure 21.7%, Action 16.2%, Top-Down 12.8%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #27 Catagaia
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: heinn
Windows
You don't know who you are, you don't know what you are, you just know that something compels you to get to the literal bottom of this world. Spirits and alien landscapes surround you as you get deeper in this under-earth, try to survive and to make sense of it all.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.2%, Exploration 16.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Action 10%
- #28 Dungeon Chest
79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Find the fabled Treasure of Akzbezth in this charming retro puzzle game!
Why similar: Supernatural 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Exploration 16.6%, Top-Down 12.9%, Adventure 10.3%
- #29 Soup Adventure
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Green Lentille
Windows
A little boy runs errands for his grandma and embarks on an imaginary adventure full of dungeons, monsters to retrieve ingredients for tonight's soup.
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Action 15.2%, Top-Down 12.4%, 2D 7.3%
- #30 Chikaro
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: rucchoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
A boy and an android girl wake up without their memories in a world where deadly robots roam the streets. With the boy's powers, they can leave their bodies to walk through walls or possess enemies. The two follow the trail of the intentions left behind by those who once perished above the ground.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22%, Exploration 19%, Supernatural 16.8%, Action 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #31 Phantom Grind
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Phantom Grind is a minimalist action RPG where you battle ancient evil with mouse-only controls. Level up, collect gold, and carve through hordes of monsters in retro pixel-art dungeons.
Why similar: Minimalist 31.1%, Adventure 17.7%, Top-Down 17%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #32 qomp2
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Atari
Windows
An artful reimagining of Pong. Control a Pong ball aching to break free of its life stuck between two paddles. Explore a dangerous, minimalist world, armed with simple two button controls.
Why similar: Minimalist 33.5%, Exploration 23.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #33 Oztrich: An Adventure
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SA Connors
Windows
A 2D adventure set in the World of Oztrich. Explore and uncover the mysteries of this retro world full of unique and exciting monsters!
Why similar: Minimalist 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Top-Down 13.9%, 2D 7.2%
- #34 Divine Dynamo Flamefrit
74% matchVery Positive81% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Divine Dynamo Flamefrit" is bringing back classic 2D action! Play as the hero Yuto in top-down slashing adventure stages, and pilot the magical robot Flamefrit for first-person boss battles! Master both styles of gameplay to restore peace to the parallel world of Hologard!
Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, Action 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Top-Down 12.8%, 2D 8.6%
- #35 Skeleton Dungeon
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Team Gar
Windows
Explore the dungeon and defeat the Skeleton King!
Why similar: Adventure 25.6%, Action 16.2%, Exploration 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Top-Down 10%
- #36 I don't think I've walked this stretch of road before
75% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: hexcavator
Windows
Walk the length of your memories on a lonely country highway. Follow the signal. Return to the place you left behind. Piece together a truth you can live with. A short, ambiguous narrative adventure game.
Why similar: Minimalist 29.5%, Supernatural 26.6%, Adventure 17%, Exploration 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #37 RONNARIUM
74% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: ハルナノミウチ
Windows · Mac
An aquarium where a huge tank called "RONNARIUM" is on display. There is a rumor that if one enters the aquarium at night, he or she will be "divinely bewitched". A girl named "Yocto" hears the rumor and visits the aquarium to confirm the truth.
Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 27.3%, Exploration 18.4%, Top-Down 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #38 Hacksaw Massacre
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Catacomb Games
Windows
Hacksaw Massacre brings you to the house of the corrupt mayor of a small Canadian town who died many years ago. Set in the 1980's this indie horror game has you investigating what happened, and what is still happening in this cursed mansion.
Why similar: Supernatural 45.7%, Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Action 8.2%
- #39 The Abased
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CALYXIR
Windows
Bible-inspired fantasy action RPG. Play as Lyrhias, a leper and fallen faith enforcer marked by affliction. Armed with slings and blades, you must face the resurgent giants who once ruled the ancient land. In exchange, you are promised atonement and cleansing before your flesh succumbs to abasement.
Why similar: Supernatural 35.5%, Adventure 22%, Exploration 20%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #40 Bureau of Contacts: Mansion
72% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
Explore an old mansion full of paranormal dangers alone. Find clues, identify ghosts, collect their dossiers and exorcise them.
Why similar: Supernatural 28%, Adventure 25.4%, Exploration 18%, Action 16%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #41 Fallow
72% matchVery Positive97% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Ada Rook
Windows
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Supernatural 35.3%, Exploration 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Top-Down 12.1%, Adventure 10.2%
- #42 Totemofilia
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hangar 5926B Games
Windows
Totemofilia is a top-down action-adventure game. Explore impossible ruins, fight weird creatures, and solve puzzles in this minimalist dark fantasy world!
Why similar: Minimalist 24.9%, Supernatural 17.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #43 Dorsaka
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Jacai Software
Windows · Mac
A strange exploration game with an ever decreasing health bar. Take control of your weird alien space bunny and traverse a set of inter-linked mazes in a quest to escape a desert that may or may not exist in multiple dimensions within your own mind. Manage your health, find secrets, escape the maze
Why similar: Adventure 29%, Action 18.3%, Exploration 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Top-Down 11.1%
- #44 The Last Call
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Game-ID
Windows · Mac
Every run starts the same. Never ends that way. Arena, corrupted monsters, zero grind. The Last Call throws you in and lets you figure it out. Tactical combat, short sessions, honest difficulty. Only your skill matters.
Why similar: Adventure 25.3%, Action 24.6%, Exploration 23.4%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Combat 8.1%
- #45 Lighthouse
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ça part en prod
Windows
Light is your only ally in this dark and hostile world. It guides your path, reveals secrets, and wards off the monsters that lurk in the shadows. Harness the strange light emanating from your arm, and venture into this haunting world.
Why similar: Supernatural 27.9%, Minimalist 26.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #46 Robber
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pettinato Games
Windows
ROBBER is a top-down pixel art adventure game where your goal is to overcome each challenge. Run, dodge, collect souls, and face every obstacle!
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Action 16%, Supernatural 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Top-Down 10.5%
- #47 Vartio
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.
Why similar: Supernatural 30%, Minimalist 16.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #48 Shadow of Aya
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incoming Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master the elements of poison, fire, ice, and meteorite in Shadow of Aya, a top-down action-adventure ode to the 8-bit classics. But beware—as your powers grow, so do the forces against you. The journey downward is choked with shadow, and the creatures who lurk among them.
Why similar: Exploration 20%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Adventure 19.1%, Top-Down 14.1%, Action 8.6%
- #49 Master Key
68% matchVery Positive91% of 288 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: Minimalist 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 11%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #50 The End o,,,o
70% matchMixed64% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.8%, Minimalist 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #51 Hoard Hotel
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hoo-Roo Games
Windows
Explore a disturbing hotel as you visit and solve the problems of over 40 strange Guests. Bring in one of three playable characters and guide them to one of the multiple endings to determine the hotel's fate..
Why similar: Supernatural 29.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Exploration 15.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Top-Down 11.9%
- #52 Oops! You're the Hero!
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artificium Games
Windows
Oops! You’re the Hero! is a fantasy adventure about a Thief who has stolen an artifact that deems him the ‘Hero’. Choose to fight or avoid the bosses who have sworn to defeat you, explore the world of Othaya, and return the artifact before more shenanigans befell you because…Oops! You’re the Hero!
Why similar: Adventure 29.7%, Top-Down 19.3%, Action 18.8%, Exploration 15.6%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #53 Once Upon a Slime
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GloopCore
Windows
Once Upon a Slime will be the game that starts my career as a solo game developer. This game is an adventure / bossbeater game about a little slime trying to escape a dungeon full of bosses. Beat them all to solve the mysteries of these dark dungeons!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Top-Down 23%, Adventure 18.8%, Action 11.4%, PvE 8.2%
- #54 White Ash Nightfall
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maison Satoya
Windows
White Ash Nightfall is a 2D pixel-art side-scrolling horror adventure. As Tyler, a man who lost his memory, you must survive until dawn in Forest River, uncover dark secrets, and face monstrous threats.
Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, Minimalist 15.6%, Action 14.6%, Supernatural 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #55 Hero's black dungeon
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: FadyGames
Windows
Hero's black dungeon is a 2D action roguelike. Take control of a young adventurer who travels to the Mediterranean lands in search of adventure and glory. On your way you will meet quite a few enemies and interesting characters. Arm yourself with magical blades and chop down enemies on your way!
Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Action 16.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #56 Wizwag
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: transmutrix
Windows
Explore a charming world in this handheld-inspired, top-down action adventure! Loot dungeons, triumph over gauntlets of enemies, and uncover secrets. Unlock new abilities that alter your play style, exhaust the randomizer, and build mastery of the fast paced, crunchy combat!
Why similar: Adventure 20.2%, Exploration 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Top-Down 13.2%, Action 12.1%
- #57 Mr Figs
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joe ReynoldsPub: TheGoodGameFactory
Windows · Linux
Mr Figs is a challenging top-down action puzzler set in the ruins that created Mr Figs. Explore, collect, and bomb your way to your birthplace and bring it to ruin!
Why similar: Top-Down 29.8%, Adventure 27.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Action 13%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #58 Blade of the Yokai
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Storm Eye Studios
Windows · Linux
Journey through Edo period Japan as you fight demons and explore dungeons to save Japan from demon lord Oden in Blade of the Yokai.
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Exploration 22.5%, Action 20.3%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, 2D 8.1%
- #59 MEGALAN 11
67% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Arkhipov PavelPub: MAYO Games
Windows
This is a exploration-puzzle game. Explore the science station and help the bad luck rescuers get out from the forgotten planet in 11 days.
Why similar: Adventure 60.9%, Minimalist 19.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Top-Down 8.9%