- #1 Take Care
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanesto
Windows
In Take Care you discover a great forest full of challenging enemies and puzzles. Help rebuild a withering town in its center and bring back its inhabitants who have lost their way in search of something better.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.7%, Souls-like 19.8%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Top-Down 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #2 TUNIC
96% matchVery Positive91% of 17,431 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.1%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Difficult 9.6%
- #3 Lumnis
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Wild Moose Games
Windows
An Action-Adventure Souls-like mixing Combat, Climbing, and Exploration. You play a wanderer destined to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22%, Souls-like 19.7%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Action 9.2%
- #4 Lelu
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jamierowan
Windows
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Top-Down 12.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #5 Weapon Devourer
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bogdan
Windows · Mac
Weapon Devourer is a psychological horror game with souls-like and 1930's cartoon vibes, blending subtle puzzles. Battle sentient weapons, dodge their attacks, metamorphose into a fearsome entity to overcome powerful challenges, and synthesize mighty combinations by diving into the Shield's belly.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.8%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Difficult 10.2%
- #6 Astronium
94% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: LukeThePolicePub: The Council
Windows
Astronium is a metroidvania with souls-like aspects, with a focus on combat and on getting weapons. Defeat strong enemies, survive ambushes, explore diferent biomes and meet interesting individuals on this hostile planet
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Souls-like 18.8%, Difficult 12.9%, Top-Down 10.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #7 The Sacred Acorn
93% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: A Few Dragons
Windows
A cozy souls-lite adventure about a small squirrel embarking on an epic quest to save her tribe from the corruption threatening to destroy their world. Upgrade your magical abilities, battle legendary guardians, and explore a dangerous, enchanted land in this 2D action-adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.4%, Metroidvania 18.5%, Top-Down 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #8 Latitude 76: Land of the Onkilons
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anisimov Games
Windows · Linux
Switch between characters, use your grappling hook to explore a phantom island, home to mammoths. Face threats from hunters and choose to play stealthily or confront the dangers head-on. Inspired by real events. Wishlist today!
Why similar: Souls-like 20.9%, Metroidvania 19.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Top-Down 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #9 Emlis
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JK Globe
Windows
Play as Emlis, a slime, explore an interconnected world, and fight enemies using elemental powers. Recover stolen elemental spirits from invaders to save the corrupted forest Soleen. Uncover secrets, defeat bosses, restore spirits to bring back life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Souls-like 20.2%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Top-Down 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #10 Limos' Lair
91% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Oleg Fedotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this Action-Puzzle Metroidvania, you will explore the lair of a long-gone mythical creature and unravel its mysteries. Consume enemies to gain their abilities, use your frog-like tongue to grapple and fight, explore the land, solve puzzles, find secrets, and complete challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Top-Down 17.6%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11.2%
- #11 Nulphia
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keyreal
Windows
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Top-Down 15.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #12 Shieldbound
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Bangers
Windows
Shieldbound is a metroidvania action-platformer. Explore a realm that revolves around a mysterious tower with many platforming challenges. Fight powerful enemies in 2D souls-like combat... all of that, using the unique abilities of a spirit-powered shield!
Why similar: Souls-like 22.2%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Difficult 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #13 Zenith
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nocturnia Studios
Windows
Step into a dark and decaying world with Zenith, an Action RPG that blends intense combat, deep exploration, and an immersive atmosphere. Explore ruined cathedrals and gothic landscapes filled with secrets, facing relentless enemies that will challenge your skill and strategy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 24.1%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 10%, Action 7.2%
- #14 Mr Figs
88% 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 34.4%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Action 9%
- #15 Amo
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ryoshitsude
Windows
Amo is a top-down metroidvania, where a lost dog, Amo, gets stranded on an island. Explore the vast environments, fight through the enemies of the past, and solve the many mysteries that the island holds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Top-Down 18.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5.6%
- #16 Go Alone
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orobi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Alone is a pixel art soulslike metroidvania adventure with magical ranged spells and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Souls-like 28.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #17 Tairo: Lost In Time
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Philuma
Windows
Tairo: Lost In Time is a 3D stylized metroidvania following Tairo, a young time weaver lost in a forgotten realm. Explore a big lively world, full with mysteries to solve, wide range of bosses, creatures and forgotten knights. Shape your journey downwards, manipulating time to reveal your past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Souls-like 33.6%, Stylized 13.3%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Action 5.1%
- #18 An Automaton's Journey
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xyros GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Play as the ancient automaton Cecilia Immergreen as you explore the world for secrets, solve puzzles, delve into dungeons, fight other Hololive members as powerful bosses, help other members with side quests, and find powerful items to explore previously unavailable locations.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Top-Down 19.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Action 6.3%
- #19 Lightwood
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unfixed Brain
Windows
Lightwood is an immersive semi-open world Metroidvania. Master your skills and fight magnificent Lords as you unravel the ancient mysteries behind the kingdom's decay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Souls-like 26.4%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Action 5.8%
- #20 Dimension Rift Zero
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrDyvik
Windows
Explore an interconnected world, encounter bizarre enemies and mysterious puzzles in this hand-drawn metroidvania, action adventure. Forge your own path, uncover secrets and master unique powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Souls-like 25.2%, Difficult 13.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #21 Metasweeper
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adrian Marple
Windows · Mac · Linux
Metasweeper is a one of a kind minesweeper adventure game. Explore a land full of strange life, finding new abilities that unlock new areas and fully complement basic minesweeper clearing and flagging.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 18.4%, Top-Down 16.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, Stylized 8.7%
- #22 Strongloween: The Escape
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: François LinckPub: François Linck Games
Windows
Live the adventure of Torkin, prisoner of STRONGLOWEEN. Discover powerful items and fight bosses that will prevent you and other prisoners from escaping. Strongloween holds many secrets, will you discover them all?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.8%, Stylized 9%
- #23 Noad: The Priest
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Falling Spring
Windows
Noad: The Priest is a 2D action adventure game. It tells the story of a priest who begins an expedition where an unknown black substance 'Adven' flows out of the gate and cannot return beyond it. Face the truth with newcomers beyond the gate!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Souls-like 21.6%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Top-Down 11.2%, Action 10.8%
- #24 Faros
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuxCor Studios
Windows
An action-adventure game where you explore the island solving puzzles to light the lighthouses and bring light back to this troubled world. Enter the Grim to change the world, but be careful the Grim contains dark spiritual forces who want to make you as twisted as they are.
Why similar: Souls-like 18.2%, Stylized 15.2%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Action 10.5%, Exploration 8.9%
- #25 Peristeria
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peristeria
Windows
An atmospheric 3D metroidvania with heavy emphasis on platforming and exploration. Use projectiles, grappling, and dash to discover hidden ruins and secrets beneath the surface.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #26 HALLOW BLADE
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XekveraPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
HALLOW BLADE is a dark fantasy action adventure set in a vast interconnected subterranean kingdom where you form an unbreakable bond with an ancient possessed sword hungry for souls and vengeance.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Souls-like 25.2%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 7.3%, Action 5.4%
- #27 Dumbriel: Magnificent Adventure in Hell
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MadMoa
Windows
Dumbriel is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure set in Hell. Play as a clumsy fallen angel in a twisted underworld. Slash, craft, and dodge through deadly arenas, weird monsters, and hellish traps. Die, upgrade, and dive back in.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Souls-like 25.7%, Difficult 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #28 Coral & The Abyss
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Intrugli Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Souls-like 20.9%, Difficult 12.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #29 Briar Flame
77% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Souls-like 26.8%, Stylized 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Combat 5.6%
- #30 Karma Exorcist
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyclosPub: Infini Fun
Windows
The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Souls-like 19.5%, Difficult 16%, Exploration 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #31 Chronos: Before the Ashes
79% matchMixed64% of 874 reviews2020
Dev: Gunfire GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.8%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, Action 10.2%, Stylized 9.4%, Adventure 6%
- #32 The Legend of the Bard: The Power Accordions
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo Vieira
Windows
Use an accordion to explore an open world inspired by Brazil!! 🪗🎶
Why similar: Souls-like 23.4%, Metroidvania 22%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Top-Down 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #33 Curvature
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pawel Lossew
Windows · Linux
The Xerran Dominion is one step from becoming unstoppable. Your machines won’t survive - but you will. Control the environment and use their tech to your advantage. In this brutal sci-fi action RPG, the world is your weapon - and you are the trigger.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.9%, Metroidvania 21.4%, Difficult 13.8%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #34 Anokye
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Mills Media
Windows
Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Souls-like 26%, Difficult 16.6%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 5.2%
- #35 Souldiers
75% matchMixed69% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Souls-like 10.5%, Combat 7.1%
- #36 Vesuvius
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snow Day Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the frozen depths of Vesuvius, a 2D action platformer. Set within the sprawling volcano, journey through fantastical alternate realities, battle corrupted mythical beasts, and survive a world steeped in ash and fable.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 29.7%, Difficult 15.5%, Exploration 6.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #37 La-Mulana 2
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,051 reviews2018
Dev: NIGOROPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Souls-like 22.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Difficult 12.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #38 Memoria Wake
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Crescendo
Windows · Mac
Parry with precision and fight through shifting, surreal landscapes in this Souls-like action-adventure. When reality turns into a living nightmare, you must ascend through a shattered realm to rescue a missing friend.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.6%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #39 Apomo District
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apomo
Windows
Explore a world that changes everyday where you’ll hunt weird monsters called ‘Apomo.’ Catch and cook fish to get buffs, collect bugs to cast spells, and find gear to fit your play style.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.3%, Action-Adventure 22%, Top-Down 17.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Action 6.5%
- #40 Spright
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Wallnut
Windows
Spright is a hand-crafted 2D action-adventure about a lone warrior in a diving helm, drawn into the ruins of a fallen world. Forge, swim, and fight through luminous caverns, cursed foundries, and drowned ruins.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Souls-like 25.7%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 7.3%
- #41 GBWEngine
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: GBWGame
Windows
Welcome to the world of GBWEngine, where you can enjoy enjoyable exploration in semi open or sandbox levels, using different weapons and equipment to engage in thrilling battles with various monsters.
Why similar: Souls-like 36.3%, Action-Adventure 22.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Action 9.3%, Adventure 6.6%
- #42 Varuni: Heir of Time
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yūgen.co
Windows
Time’s Gate is a narrative driven action adventure game where you shift timelines between past and present to explore fractured worlds. Master fast-paced combat, blend into crowds, and hunt powerful guardians to reclaim fragments of the Varunavarta where your choices shape the fate of time itself.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Souls-like 25.4%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 7.5%
- #43 MYRIORAMA
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: J&K Games
Mac
MYRIORAMA is a top-down action-adventure game in the style of classic 2D Zelda titles, but with a twist: players will solve puzzles and complete dungeons by rearranging the rooms of the dungeons themselves!
Why similar: Top-Down 28.6%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Puzzle 12.6%, Action 8%
- #44 Skjoldur Story
73% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Snoozing Pixel LLC
Windows
In this lighthearted pastoral adventure, explore a vast and whimsical world, confronting dangers in whichever order you choose using nothing but a magical shield.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.4%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Top-Down 13.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.1%
- #45 Lightward
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbit Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a quest to restore light to a kingdom swallowed by darkness. Dive into a cute and dark pixel-art interconnected world with tight controls, seamless exploration, and challenging combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Souls-like 30.4%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Action 7%, Adventure 4.5%
- #46 The Will of Our Fathers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David M Tippy
Windows
The Will of Our Fathers is a top-down 2D action-exploration game with an old-school design philosophy. Explore a large, interconnected world full of traps and treasure, delve into challenging and mysterious dungeons, and uncover secret schemes against The Will of Our Fathers.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.8%, Top-Down 20.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 8%
- #47 Stray Blade
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 521 reviews2023
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.7%, Metroidvania 22.5%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #48 Intertwined
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VoidNode
Windows · Mac
A 2D metroidvania where your final boss is the character you didn’t choose. Play as Seren or Umbra—Master directional spear combat, explore a broken world, and uncover the truth behind your bond.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Souls-like 26.2%, Difficult 15.7%, Exploration 9%, Action 4.8%
- #49 VELKYN
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: endeetree
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the floating island of Vynary and dive into an epic adventure waiting to be explored. VELKYN is an immersive OPEN WORLD adventure with a focus on combat, exploration, and puzzles.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.9%, Action-Adventure 17%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Stylized 9.7%
- #50 Dreamdawn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Custodio Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore surreal landscapes where dreams and reality intertwine. Battle manifestations of fear, uncover the secrets of an interconnected world, and awaken the truth buried within a fading mind in Dreamdawn, a mysterious top-down action-adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Difficult 13.2%, Exploration 12.9%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #51 Enemies Within
68% 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 27.1%, Souls-like 23.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Difficult 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #52 止境 Ends
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 正人君子杨某人
Windows
"Ends" is a classic 2D horizontal board action game. In the game, you will play a dead soldier. In the chaotic order, you will pick up the broken weapons again, explore the broken world, challenge the changing creatures, and find your final destination.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.2%, Metroidvania 20.8%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 9.4%
- #53 Benders of Moona
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lincoln Charlles BorgesPub: Tao Team
Windows
Discover the power of healing through the pursuit of mastery in the art of waterbending. Learn new skills, explore a living world full of riddles and mysteries that plague the peace between the material and spiritual world. A hand-drawn 2d platformer inspired by digital oil painting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.7%, Souls-like 22.5%, Difficult 11.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #54 Tenebra
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broke CoCo
Windows
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Souls-like 20%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Stylized 11.4%, Exploration 5.8%
- #55 Cliff Kingdom
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Most likely no reason for hysteria
Windows · Mac
The lighthouse has gone dark! You awake as Mothboy, last in a long line of lightkeepers summoned when something goes wrong. In this action packed adventure you climb, fight and explore the depths of Cliff Kingdom searching for the lost light.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Souls-like 27.8%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Action 5.9%
- #56 Obsidian Legion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Palisade Games
Windows
Embark on a dark journey in this 2D Adventure Game. Explore the treacherous isle of Am Balla and collect the tools necessary to overcome the many dangers set before you. Find out why turmoil has so suddenly stricken this land and put an end to it.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.8%, Metroidvania 28.6%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, Combat 8%, Action 6.8%
- #57 Kochu's Dream
69% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A 3d bug adventure game 🐜🐛🐞 Run, jump and shoot while you chase an elusive fairy . . . Can you turn back into a human?
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 23.4%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Stylized 9.1%
- #58 Shards of Memories
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 21.8%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Exploration 7.7%, Action 6.9%
- #59 DREIFRAME
65% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: MrDrone
Windows
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.9%, Souls-like 28.9%, Difficult 14.6%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 4.9%
- #60 Roots of Cinder
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DigitalZeon
Windows
The doors of hell have been opened, and now demons walk the earth. Embark on an action-packed and mysterious adventure where you will have to confront the most dangerous enemies and solve the most intricate puzzles. All with the help of an extensive arsenal of weapons and summonings.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.7%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Top-Down 10.7%, Exploration 9.8%