- #1 Lone Chef
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project Moreum Inc.
Windows
"Who dares to build on my land?!" The Dark Lord destroyed the restaurant the Chef worked so hard to build... And so begins the Chef's deliciously dramatic quest for revenge! But first... an empty stomach makes for a poor adventure. Better grab something to eat before heading out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Lore-Rich 8.5%
- #2 Boki: The Summit
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gilad GoodmanPub: Boki: The Summit
Windows
Boki is a Metroidvania, Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG, Precision platformer in which you play as a young mountain goat who must climb a mountain in search of revenge. Dodge, battle and fluidly maneuver through several uniquely crafted areas and biomes to explore the secrets of a tyrannical kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #3 Peaky Circus
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a broken world filled with masks and monsters in this hand-drawn Metroidvania. Fight strange enemies and twisted bosses with your katana and shotgun umbrella, unlock powerful new abilities, and uncover the truth behind the masks of Peaky Circus.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 10%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #4 Crown Of Silence
95% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Nyro Interactive
Windows
Crown Of Silence is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with Souls-like mechanics set in a gothic world. Forge your own combat style with diverse equipment, challenge ruthless bosses, and uncover the dark secrets of a silenced kingdom through environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Lore-Rich 7.4%
- #5 Blaster Bunny Sacrilege
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Powergames1142
Windows
Our protagonist wakes up without remembering anything about her life. Your objective in the adventure will be to remember what you did to lose it, and who knows... Maybe you will discover the dark secrets of humanity that SHE don't want you to know.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14%, Platformer 11.8%, Shooter 11.5%
- #6 A Simple Expurriment
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flat Voxel
Windows
Exploration with puzzles, stealth and kittens with superfeline abilities. Help a cat mom rescue her abducted children by doing typical, not-so-typical and definitely atypical cat things: run walls up and down, turn to liquid and rearrange parts of the alien ship like pieces of a puzzle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.2%
- #7 Fractured Balance
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vrglab
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 8.6%
- #8 This Game Exists Now
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew Shane WilliamsPub: This Exists Now Studios
Windows
You play as a cube battling heaps of enemies and bosses in order to get your game back from an evil organization called the P.I.A(Pineapple Intelligence Agency) You will be assisted by a wonderfully charming narrator, a strange shop keeper, and MORE! Do you have what it takes to Exist Now? OR NOT!?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #9 Fornani
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Minus One Percent
Windows
Explore an ancient island that drifts amongst the raging clouds of a gas giant. Collect various guns and items, solve puzzles, and shoot any thugs or monsters that get in your way. Meet the locals and aid them in their quest to take down Skycorps while they aid you with yours: finding your brother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.1%
- #10 Sorcerech
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ninhydro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sorcerech is a 2D Pixel Metroidvania where you switch between unique magic and cybernetic forms, battle enemies, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape your journey toward multiple endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #11 Restless Lands
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crackin'
Windows
A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #12 Shell Soul:The Skull
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #13 Perception: Heart and Mind
89% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Thodoris Serafeim AdamakosPub: Daydream's Power
Windows · Mac · Linux
Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game featuring engaging platforming, mental and physical combat, and meaningful choices driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous, interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 11.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #14 TOUKAN
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: .mar1000
Windows
Explore a mysterious world where every melody can reveal a forgotten passage. Use your beak, your song and your knowledge to progress and uncover the many secrets buried deep within the Metroidvania Puzzle-Platformer that is TOUKAN.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Lore-Rich 7.7%
- #15 Without kidney
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antena
Windows
Without kidney is a shooter metroidvania game with a hero who can hook like spiderman and jump with cannon explosions. Using a grappling hook, a cannon and other bonuses, that can be found on the way, you go forward to the main Capitalist BOSS
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Shooter 9.4%
- #16 KnightLight
86% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #17 YesterSol
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Neat Games
Windows
Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #18 Enemies Within
86% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: BoomSqueak
Windows
Battle corrupted enemies, liberate afflicted allies, and explore a modernly medieval world on the verge of self-destruction in this action-packed 2D side scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Side Scroller 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #19 Eon's Insomnium
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tryxe
Windows
A dark Metroidvania where memory and madness intertwine. Explore surreal biomes, face grotesque bosses born of trauma, and recover fragments of a forgotten identity in a world that twists with your sanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #20 Slime:Evo
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falcon Stories
Windows
A gorgeous pixel art metroidvania where you play as an evolving slime. Learn new attacks and dodges from rescued slimes, and confront the monster lords in their domains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #21 Eldritchvania
83% matchVery Positive85% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 6.4%
- #22 Gooboventure
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Mingo
Windows · Mac
A hand-pixeled platformer about a blob of goo. Ledges carry you up, ceilings don't drop you, narrow cracks are doors. Goo is both your health and your ammunition, and it comes from fighting. Find your scattered neighbours before winter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.7%
- #23 魂途 Xoul
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sounder Studio
Windows
Xoul is a uniquely styled 2D ARPG. You can use the game's distinctive "Custom Combo" feature to create your own chain attacks, defeat various enemies, experience diverse stories, unravel the mysteries of this world—and then make your choice.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #24 Reso-Seeker
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ralta Studios
Windows · Mac
Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%
- #25 Falk
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miat
Windows · Mac
A dark 2D CRPG where your character build, skill checks, relationships, and quest decisions determine how you survive and which ending you earn.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #26 Afterimage
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,497 reviews2023
Dev: Aurogon ShanghaiPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Side Scroller 12%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Lore-Rich 8.2%, Platformer 7.5%
- #27 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
79% matchVery Positive94% of 95 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 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 11%
- #28 Amalu, Wells between worlds
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 9.1%
- #29 Fujiwara Phoenix
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twin Phoenix Interactive
Windows
In this metroidvania Touhou fan game, burn a path through Gensokyo as Fujiwara no Mokou with a powerful array of unlockable abilities, but exercise caution as they will burn you right back. Merciless aggression is the key; with defeating enemies as the only way to restore precious hp.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Exploration 4.7%
- #30 Shellbound
77% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Fake LobsterPub: Kinetic Publishing
Windows
Shellbound is a 2D metroidvania set on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite exploring a living world, battling and controlling enemies that will cause the ecosystem to evolve around you. Platform through diverse biomes, solve puzzles, and unravel your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #31 JUNK: The Legend of Junichi Kato
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 7shi321
Windows
This is the story of Junichi Kato after he reached the top of the world. On December 31st, New Year's Eve, Junichi is suddenly captured, and when he wakes up, he finds himself there... The world of 200 years later and the true identity of the Katroid are revealed. Save the world with your friends!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.4%, Bullet Hell 18%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Platformer 9.9%
- #32 TEVI
75% matchVery Positive89% of 4,070 reviews2023
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8%, Anime 7.9%
- #33 Velvet Veil
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonBloom Studios
Windows
Velvet Veil is a 2D Metroidvania-style Action Adventure with elements of Bullet Hell and unique platforming Mechanics. Ages after a forgotten apocalypse only the dolls of a humanoid species remain. These dolls come to life through the power of memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Platformer 8.4%
- #34 Phaze Shift
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Mango Games
Windows
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift! A tag-team, action Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #35 Mira and the Legend of the Djinns
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: littleknightgamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Explore a Moroccan-inspired 2D pixel art Metroidvania filled with ancient ruins, Djinn magic, and fast elemental combat. Wield powerful weapons, uncover forgotten secrets, and journey through the ruined kingdom of Fallen Amazgesh.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.1%
- #36 Rotten Bloom
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Twin Howl GamesPub: Voxel School
Windows
Step into a world where nature has reclaimed what was always hers. Explore a disturbing dystopia as the first successful human-plant symbiosis. Extract abilities from corpses, reshape your essence, and decide the fate of both species.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #37 Shifted Heart
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pickle Jar Games
Windows
Explore, fight, and discover new spells and abilities in the world of Shifted Heart! Acquire an assortment of spells, customize your loadout to your liking, and save the world from certain doom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Platformer 8.9%
- #38 A Rooftop Tale
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrea Putortì Games
Windows · Mac
Explore, solve enigmas and fight mutated creatures in a 2D narrative-driven metroidvania with pets, set on the rooftops and the undergrounds of a flooded countryside, enriched by cinematic cutscenes, diverse scenography and memorable characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 7.1%
- #39 Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Lavadrop Entertainment
Windows
A 2D metroidvania where every defeated Archon becomes a summonable power. Claim six ancient beings, use their abilities to fight, move, and unlock hidden paths, and uncover a sinister plot threatening the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #40 Sticky Sword
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GreenPattern
Windows
The greatest epic by the weakest creature! Zip across mountains in Sticky Sword, a fast-paced, super-exciting warp-action Metroidvania. Guide a timid slime to save the mountain. Make your slime stronger by collecting legendary swords, and slash the ultimate apex creature—a colossal dragon
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Lore-Rich 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #41 Dr. Atominus
74% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Pikku-a
Windows · Linux
Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #42 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
Windows
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Platformer 7.8%
- #43 Well Dweller
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,655 reviews2026
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Horror 9.3%, Platformer 9.3%
- #44 Nightmare Materials
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HKPub: Nameless Heaven
Windows
Nightmare Materials is a Pixel-Art Metroidvania with Combat, Puzzles and a lot of Exploration and discovering. As a Drone you explore a lost and mysterious World in search of the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
- #45 Glimmer in Mirror
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 924 reviews2023
Dev: MapleDorm GamesPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 9.4%
- #46 Delearnia: Fractions of Hope
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Win or Learn
Windows
Delearnia: Fractions of Hope is a thrilling puzzle adventure where action, mystery, and mathematics collide. Navigate the enchanting world of Delearnia, conquer challenges, and defeat enemies with the power of mathematics. Rediscover the fun in being a thinker. Become the Mathemagician!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11%, Platformer 9%
- #47 Trophy Knight
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameResort LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling journey to redemption in this metroidvania style action platformer. Explore a multitude of locations, battle a variety of enemies and solve small puzzles to retrieve collectibles for your trophy room. Unlock new areas by upgrading your weapons and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 11.8%
- #48 Keena The Voidslayer
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #49 Crimson Glaive Sigma
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Artery
Windows · Linux
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.3%, Shooter 8.8%
- #50 Phantom Tides
70% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Kochaloch Games
Windows
Set your course and explore a variety of environments on the seas in Phantom Tides. Battle various enemies and bosses as you collect items to help you on your journey. This 2D style platformer will challenge your skills and wit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 10.9%
- #51 Holo & Veil
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pajama Town
Windows · Mac
Unearth the past as you delve into the underground ruins of an ancient spacecraft. Battle mechanized foes, encounter curious characters, and discover lost relics during your subterranean sci-fi journey through this RPG adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.8%
- #52 Somnium Shore
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%
- #53 Arishia Tale
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AchuGamesStudio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting anime-style metroidvania, where each skill unlocks new areas and secrets on the vast map. Face powerful bosses, acquire unique abilities, and uncover hidden mysteries in this ever-evolving world, all with traditional anime-inspired animation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 Summit
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Dominik Hackl
Windows
Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 8%
- #55 Solrend
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happea Studio
Windows
Venture through a beautifully hand-drawn 2D world in your own way. Swap between two siblings with unique abilities to uncover the truth and reclaim what was lost before the Dark consumes them all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #56 Nyaruru Fishy Fight
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,813 reviews2023
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Anime 9.3%
- #57 Droian
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: United Ghouls Studio
Windows
Unravel the eerie secrets of Droian, a sci-fi horror metroidvania. Guide a lone I.A.N bot through a desolate moon to save humanity, battling twisted creatures of flesh and machine. Explore dark, labyrinthine environments and uncover cryptic mysteries, where every path holds a chilling surprise.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 9.9%
- #58 Erandique
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Black Jack Game Studios
Windows
Erandique the indigenous hero!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #59 Plague of Yamorn
66% matchPositive89% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: DozenByte
Windows
Cleanse the infected in Plague of Yamorn, a 2D metroidvania. Explore the ruined town of Yamorn and uncover the secrets behind its downfall. Find and craft new equipment, offensive and defensive items. Exploit the plagues empowering properties to gain new powers and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 12%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9.7%