- #1 SlideNGlide
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33%, Precision Platformer 24.1%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Platformer 5.2%
- #2 MOMIBOSU
96% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: PenGames
Windows
A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.3%, Metroidvania 21.7%, Difficult 16.2%, 2D Platformer 8%, Platformer 5.8%
- #3 Somnium Shore
96% 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 39.1%, Precision Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 9.5%, Difficult 6.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #4 A Sister's Journey
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Florian Lackner
Windows
Explore a charmingly beautiful, hand-crafted pixel art world and help Violet on her journey searching for her sister. Uncover its mysteries, face its threatening foes, and run 'n gun your way through this challenging action-metroidvania - which will put your true platforming skills to the test.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Precision Platformer 23.4%, Difficult 14.2%, Exploration 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #5 Bones Beneath
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Herb Software
Windows
Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.1%, Precision Platformer 25.4%, Difficult 16.5%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Platformer 6.4%
- #6 Xeodrifter
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Difficult 11.2%, Precision Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 7.8%, 2D Platformer 5.4%
- #7 Feather's Edge
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clockwork Acorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Difficult 15.2%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #8 Into The Underdusk
92% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Stone Crow Games
Windows
Get lost in the Underdusk: a broken world full of danger and mystery. Experience brutal precision platforming, search for collectibles to expand your powerset and regain your lost memories in an atmospheric 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.6%, Precision Platformer 25.7%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 7%, Action 3.8%
- #9 Necrosphere
91% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Cat Nigiri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.4%, Metroidvania 26.5%, Difficult 12.5%, Action 6.7%, Platformer 5.7%
- #10 Derelict Star
90% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Precision Platformer 29.2%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 6.8%, Exploration 5.7%
- #11 Colors Assemble
91% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Dibakar Jana
Windows
Help Brad reunite with his family and complete all hand-crafted 2D platform challenges in a colorful twisted world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Precision Platformer 32.1%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 5.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%
- #12 Hollow Floor
89% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Precision Platformer 26.4%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Cute 6.7%, Platformer 5%
- #13 Vulpis
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: max.marauder
Windows · Mac
Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.5%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 5.3%, Action 5%
- #14 Necrosphere64
88% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Precision Platformer 28.6%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 7.5%, Action 4.3%
- #15 Trash Quest
87% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Precision Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Cute 6.3%, Exploration 5.6%
- #16 Jubilee
86% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Precision Platformer 24.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Action 8.4%
- #17 Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda
86% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Barış TaranPub: Yoto Games
Windows
Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda! Story based platform game. Sometimes it will drive you crazy with its difficulty! Overcome obstacles, pass levels and collect the story!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Precision Platformer 25.3%, Difficult 14.2%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 4.7%
- #18 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
84% matchVery Positive84% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.3%, Precision Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%, Action 3.7%
- #19 Xplorite
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alejandro Andes
Windows
Xplorite is a hand-drawn 2d action-exploration metroidvania full of enemies and secrets. Get in Sy's shoes and explore the depths of planet Nargal in look for the missing research team. Travel through different biomes full of enemies and hazards and try to uncover what is happening on the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Precision Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Robots 6.7%, Exploration 5.4%
- #20 Vampire's Best Friend
84% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Precision Platformer 26.9%, Difficult 10.4%, Platformer 7.6%, Cute 7.4%
- #21 MIO: Memories in Orbit
82% matchVery Positive82% of 3,685 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Precision Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 7.3%, Robots 7.2%
- #22 You Have to Win the Game
83% matchVery Positive93% of 5,720 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.9%, Precision Platformer 13.4%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%
- #23 Moonbrella
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jett Williams
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D platformer Metroidvania with deep movement and no jump button. Upgrade your umbrella to explore an abandoned planet and ascend to the moon.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Difficult 16%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 5.3%
- #24 PizzaBoy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Breadless
Windows · Linux
Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Precision Platformer 27%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 5.8%
- #25 How About Spikes
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: SoulPixel Studio
Windows
How About Spikes is a 2D metroid-vania like platformer. Fight your way through enemies and a lot of spikes while exploring the world of Garden Valley.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Precision Platformer 25.9%, Difficult 15.3%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Platformer 6%
- #26 Xolotl
80% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Precision Platformer 27%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 5.8%
- #27 Environmental Station Alpha
79% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.6%, Difficult 9.6%, Platformer 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Action 3.6%
- #28 Null Path
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NordlePub: Moist Men Studios
Windows
Your skill, patience, and ingenuity will be tested in this homage to precision platformers! Traverse various biomes, from caves to volcanic wastelands and mysterious towers. Each environment with it's own deadly traps, puzzles, and challenges designed to push you to your limits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Precision Platformer 34.5%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.3%, Adventure 3.6%
- #29 Knytt Underground
79% matchVery Positive84% of 483 reviews2013
Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.8%, Metroidvania 32.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 4.1%
- #30 Battery Samurai
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Matthewstone
Windows
Get batteries to get stronger! Enjoy your adventure now! Recover lost parts and get various skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.3%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.9%, Action 5.3%
- #31 Goblin and Coins II
77% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Nikola Bulj
Windows · Linux
Years have passed, decades maybe. Little goblin moved on, all but forgot about the great coin trouble, not even realizing that a new trouble is awaiting behind the doors!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Precision Platformer 22.7%, Difficult 14%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #32 Super Mombo Quest
76% 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 40.8%, Precision Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Platformer 7.5%, Action 5.1%
- #33 Before I Go
74% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: J's Labratory
Windows
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Precision Platformer 21.3%, Difficult 17.6%, Platformer 6%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #34 Oirbo
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Precision Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 15.9%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Platformer 5.8%
- #35 Pulse Jumper
77% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Fifth Edge Studios
Windows
Pulse Jumper is a Precision-Platformer where you can jump with guns!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.3%, Precision Platformer 28%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 8%, Space 5%
- #36 Autonomous Odyssey
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunOracle Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Robots 9.5%, Platformer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #37 Jumper Jon
74% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41%, Precision Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Cute 6.9%
- #38 Aleya's Ascent
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minor Games
Windows
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Precision Platformer 23.8%, Difficult 14.1%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Platformer 6.3%
- #39 Janosik 2: Prologue
73% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Linux
Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.8%, Precision Platformer 25.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Cute 5.8%
- #40 RIN: The Last Child
73% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Space Fox GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows
Join RIN, the last child of the Creator, on a journey to restore order in a mystical world. Collect aspects and runes, craft spells, and confront powerful bosses - your transformed siblings. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Can you restore harmony to this enchanted realm?
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Difficult 15.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #41 Timothy and the Tower of Mu
73% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Kibou EntertainmentPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Ascend the tower to save your grandfather in this classic, hardcore action-platformer. The Tower of Mu is waiting for you... Push past each check point to the next awaiting challenge; dashing, jumping, and slinging your way up to the towers peak. Die. learn. Overcome.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.7%, Metroidvania 20.4%, Difficult 18.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #42 Genopanic
71% 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 34.3%, Precision Platformer 23.7%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #43 Chibits
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Explore an abandoned planet and uncover the mysteries behind the event that ended the world. Travel through a charred forest, large factory and run down cities as you collect upgrades and battle the relics that were left behind.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 8.7%, Exploration 6.7%, Cute 6.1%
- #44 Iron Bramble
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mini BunniesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Momentum-based platforming built around expressive movement and tight gunplay. Master your elastic grappling hook to explore a vast, cyber-gothic megastructure, where robots piloted by the souls of the dead do penance for their sins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Precision Platformer 21.2%, Difficult 11%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #45 Wings of Vi
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,260 reviews2014
Dev: Grynsoft
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.9%, Difficult 24.2%, Metroidvania 15.2%, Platformer 10%, Cute 3.7%
- #46 Cor Magnetis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
That story’s ending isn’t just “Heartbreak.” Even if you shatter, you can be reassembled again and again—drawing others in, connecting people to one another. Its name is Cor Magnetis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.7%, Precision Platformer 26.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #47 Glitcheon
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: River ForgePub: River Forge Games
Windows
Explore a dystopian future in this Metroidvania platformer in which you use glitchy abilities to launch yourself and enemies across the level at high speeds, create temporary platforms, and more in your search to uncover the secrets of your origin in The Forum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Precision Platformer 23.8%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Platformer 7%, Cute 5.9%
- #48 HAPPY UPPEN SOMETIMES DOWNSAD
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zizou
Windows
A soul-crushing, non-linear, foddylike Miseryvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.3%, Precision Platformer 23%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 8%, Cute 5.7%
- #49 Ceplion
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mert Ali Barlas
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #50 La-Mulana
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,597 reviews2013
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.6%, Difficult 21.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 5%, Adventure 3.1%
- #51 Death Projection
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Wing Studio
Windows
Explore every corner of the realms of death in this Metroidvania! Face enemies, platforming challenges, and gain more power as you try to bring balance to this world, as a reaper!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Precision Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Action 4.1%
- #52 House of Shadow
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: High Clarity Games
Windows
House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Precision Platformer 22.3%, 2D Platformer 7%, Exploration 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #53 Smelted Kin
69% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Robots 7.6%, Action 7.1%, Platformer 6.3%
- #54 Super Beefit
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Castle
Windows
Help Beefit brave perilous lands and cavernous depths to rescue his bovine love in this tight, precision platformer with responsive controls, and skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action 8.4%, Cute 4.8%
- #55 The Bomb Split
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: syzygy.systems
Windows · Linux
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Precision Platformer 32.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 6.1%, Exploration 5.3%
- #56 Microvania
66% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Dreampunk
Windows · Mac
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 7.2%, Robots 6.8%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #57 Castle In The Darkness
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,271 reviews2015
Dev: Matt KapPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.2%, Difficult 18.5%, Platformer 10%, Action 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #58 Stanislav
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sumo Studio
Windows
Help Stanislav escape the prison and defeat the plague to save the world, in super-tight 2D pixel platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.3%, Difficult 21.6%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #59 OUTBUDDIES DX
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Difficult 16.8%, Platformer 8.3%, Action 5%, Exploration 4.8%
- #60 Megabat
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arff Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
While in search of food, a fruit bat stumbles its way through the ventilation system of a secret facility finding unique fruit that give special abilities. While in search of more fruit the bat must avoid traps and enemies. Will the bat be able to satiate it's hunger and escape with its life?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.2%, Difficult 21.7%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%