- #1 Escape From Tethys
97% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Platformer 21.6%, Action 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10%, Exploration 8%
- #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 18%, Platformer 15.3%, Retro 12.7%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #3 Tormenture
96% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Retro 33.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Exploration 17.2%, 2D 10.9%, Adventure 9%
- #4 The Warrior
95% matchVery Positive98% of 302 reviews2025
Dev: ThornDuck
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.
Why similar: Parody 21.7% ★, Dark Humor 17.8%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Retro 9%
- #5 RATUZ
94% matchVery Positive88% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.1%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 16%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #6 Fearmonium
94% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, 2D 8.4%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #7 Monday Syndrome
93% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: hyesmoPub: Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC
Windows · Linux
You are an intern trapped in an endless office hell. Fight your way through demonic coworkers, get promoted, and find a way to escape this cursed skyscraper.
Why similar: Comedy 29%, Procedural Generation 27%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Combat 11.6%, Action 10.6%
- #8 Zapling Bygone
92% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.6%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #9 The Tribulation Entanglement
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Retro 21.8%, Platformer 21.2%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Precision Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 11.5%
- #10 BUTTON PRISON
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: daimaGAME
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a mysterious room upon awakening. Surrounding you are sparse pieces of furniture, mannequins, and countless buttons. Can you safely escape this room?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 43.8%, Comedy 32.7%, Exploration 21.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #11 The Perfect Pencil
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Cima
Windows
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Action 5.1%
- #12 You are Peter Shorts
89% matchVery Positive90% of 208 reviews2024
Dev: ondydev
Windows
You are PETER SHORTS! You have been captured and taken to a secret cloning facility. Can you escape with your newly-cloned brethren?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Parody 18.8% ★, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #13 System Purge
89% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Actual Nerds
Windows
Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 23.9%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Retro 9.6%, Precision Platformer 8.5%
- #14 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
88% matchVery Positive85% of 3,703 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Platformer 36.2%, Metroidvania 27.9%, Comedy 14.9%, Action 9.1%, 2D 8.1%
- #15 Ghost Trap
87% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
You've died and landed in purgatory, your options? Unending suffering or finding a way back to your world.
Why similar: Platformer 31.4%, 2D Platformer 23.7%, Retro 17.1%, Action 16.1%, 2D 9.5%
- #16 JUMP KING QUEST
85% matchVery Positive86% of 763 reviews2026
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into high-stakes punishment platforming in JUMP KING QUEST! Explore alone or fall together in dynamic online climbing action as you fight your way upwards on an unhinged quest to The Smoking Hot Babe at The Top. In this world, every ledge is a battlefield…
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.7%, 2D Platformer 17%, Precision Platformer 16%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 9.6%
- #17 The End Is Nigh
86% matchVery Positive94% of 3,403 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Why similar: Platformer 38.8%, Precision Platformer 30.1%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #18 Madness
86% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: Action 22.6%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%
- #19 PSYCRON
84% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #20 Prison Loop
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 33.7%, Exploration 28.7%, Action 16.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Singleplayer 6%
- #21 RESTLESS SOUL
82% matchVery Positive92% of 321 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Comedy 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Retro 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12%, Adventure 8.3%
- #22 Fuzz Dungeon
82% matchVery Positive100% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.
Why similar: Dark Humor 34.3%, Platformer 24.4%, Comedy 19.6%, Exploration 12%, Action 7.3%
- #23 Inescapable
84% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.5%, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 13.5%
- #24 Genopanic
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Precision Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #25 This Strange Realm Of Mine
81% matchVery Positive82% of 635 reviews2017
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Why similar: Retro 27.3%, Shooter 24%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Dark Humor 9.6%, 2D 7.9%
- #26 Lovish
79% matchVery Positive87% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: LABS WorksPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Lovish is an outrageous 8-bit action-adventure game! Quest with Sir Solomon through a series of bite-sized rooms, as he attempts to free Princess Tsuna, the woman he loves, from the Devil Lord's clutches!
Why similar: Parody 23.6% ★, Platformer 11.1%, Retro 10.8%, Comedy 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #27 Ghostory
81% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: RigidCore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.7%, Platformer 23%, Retro 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 2D 9%
- #28 Super Chipflake Ü: Quest for the Uncooked Schnitzel
76% matchVery Positive96% of 412 reviews2026
Dev: SalsaShark Studios
Windows
You're hungry. For a schnitzel. The problem is: you have to get it!
Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Comedy 20.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Action 10.5%
- #29 TRY AGAIN
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,452 reviews2023
Dev: the Rejects
Windows
You're Benny, a test character trapped in an unfinished game by a figure called The Designer. She's up against a deadline for her publisher which means it's your last day as a test character. Navigate the facility, dodge game-dev chaos and defy expectations to become the main character.
Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action-Adventure 21.5%, Comedy 17.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.4%
- #30 Panic Porcupine
78% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...
Why similar: Platformer 18.4%, Retro 16.1%, Precision Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #31 Garbanzo Quest
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Retro 17.5%, Precision Platformer 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #32 OVERWHELM
78% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Action 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Retro 10.4%
- #33 The Upturned
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,657 reviews2022
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.
Why similar: Comedy 27.1%, Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Combat 8.8%
- #34 Paradox Soul
79% matchMixed43% of 637 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Shooter 8.6%
- #35 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 660 reviews2025
Dev: Mostly Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.3%, Platformer 18.7%, Precision Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%
- #36 The Guise
77% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Rasul MonoPub: GameNet
Windows
The Guise is a dark metroidvania fairy tale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster. Can he hold onto his humanity? It's up to you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Platformer 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%, 2D 7%
- #37 Nolgorb's Ordeal
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Hard Meat
Windows · Linux
Now with barely functioning co-op features! A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon, alone or with others jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.
Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Retro 31.3%, Precision Platformer 30.3%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #38 GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Daev TeamPub: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Windows
An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...
Why similar: Dark Humor 39.6%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Shooter 18.7%, Retro 11.5%, Action 7.5%
- #39 Mustache in Hell
76% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Retro 24.9%, Action 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 12.7%
- #40 Project Liminal 2
72% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Shooter 26%, Action 15.2%, Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 12.4%
- #41 Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
73% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.8%, Platformer 18.6%, Retro 15.9%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #42 Bat to Bed
71% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Retro 16.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 12.8%
- #43 THE GOOD OLD DAYS
70% matchVery Positive90% of 72 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 35.3%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Platformer 7.5%
- #44 Prison City
71% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Retroware
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 17%, Retro 16%, Shooter 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #45 Mayhem in Single Valley
71% matchVery Positive87% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: Fluxscopic Ltd.Pub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In this fast-paced, puzzle-loaded action adventure, you’ll juggle housework, zombie hordes, family dinners and radioactive squirrels! Oh, and you have to prevent the end of the world while keeping everyone from finding out it was all your fault.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Comedy 15.6%, Platformer 15.2%, Retro 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #46 ReSetna
69% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.5%, Platformer 23.9%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 7%
- #47 No Vacation for an Executioner
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: JayO
Windows
It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows. It aroused a riot of monsters, he had to clean up this cruel mess, and find out the truth of this crazy world.
Why similar: Retro 57.7%, Action 19.9%, Adventure 16.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #48 Total Party Kill
70% matchVery Positive96% of 168 reviews2019
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.5%, Platformer 17.6%, Retro 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Adventure 11.6%
- #49 Super Mombo Quest
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Precision Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #50 An Imp? A Fiend!
73% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
Why similar: Retro 25.9%, Platformer 25.3%, Action 18.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%
- #51 Overloop
68% matchVery Positive94% of 247 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.7%, Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Exploration 8.6%
- #52 Mighty Fling
70% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?
Why similar: Platformer 25.7%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 15%, 2D 9.2%, Exploration 9%
- #53 Psi Project
72% matchMixed40% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Vyacheslav ShilikhinPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Psi Project is a hardcore 2D shooter with elements of horror. The main character wakes up in an unknown place. Absolutely remembers nothing. Who he is and how he got here. Throughout search of answers he is strongly plagued by different kinds of hallucinations.
Why similar: Shooter 28.2%, Retro 27.9%, Action 23.8%, Adventure 20.1%
- #54 ANIMAL WELL
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.8%, Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Retro 8%
- #55 GravNewton
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: JOZGamerPub: JOZGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.
Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Precision Platformer 25.8%, 2D 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Action 9.5%
- #56 Simona's Requiem
67% 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 22.3%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #57 Depths of Sanity
67% matchVery Positive88% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.8%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #58 Cursedland
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 641 reviews2025
Dev: CSStudios
Windows
Step into Cursedland, a 2D indie action platformer where every jump, movement, and decision truly matters. This is a game built around precision, reflexes, and mastery, challenging players to push their skills to the limit while navigating a world filled with chaos, humor, and surreal surprises.
Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Action 11.6%, Comedy 10.6%
- #59 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,647 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24.7%, Retro 13.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, 2D Platformer 10%
- #60 Disorder
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Swagabyte Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Platformer 48.1%, Action 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%