- #1 Galaxy Kingdoms
97% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Pretoriano_devPub: Coliseum Studio
Windows
Galaxy Kingdoms is an action/adventure shooter. Feel the journey of a bounty hunter as he explores the galaxy in search of quests and treasure. Strengthen yourself by buying new weapons and armor and then take on more powerful enemies.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 38.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Shooter 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #2 OUTGUNNED!
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PINECREW
Windows
OUTGUNNED! is a fast-pased action-platformer set in a cyberpunk dystopia where cats are the dominant species. Topple the corporation as one of the playable characters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Cyberpunk 12%, Shooter 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #3 恶意结核 (MechaBlight)
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeMaoFanKa
Windows
《MechaBlight》is a Rougelite 2D platform adventure-action game; you will be searching our ever-changing, futuristic...yet ruined world. Fight, die, obtain resources, unlock gear, and get stronger from each gameplay. Equip yourself with your own style to challenge powerful creatures in this world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Cyberpunk 22.7%, Roguelite 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, RPG 6.5%
- #4 Survive the Rift
95% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Monster Helix Inc.
Windows
Survive the Rift is a roguelike shoot 'em up with procedurally generated levels, unlockable ships, and plenty of items to make each run unique. Inspired by classic 16-bit era scrolling shooters with modern roguelike game mechanics.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 41.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #5 INAYAH - Life after Gods
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Exogenesis StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%
- #6 NineLives
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yoyiyo Studio
Windows
The artificial intelligence "Leviathan" awakens consciousness and kills his creator, Professor Steinberg. As a courier, you will travel through a world after nuclear war, searching for lost memory fragments and solving the mystery of your own identity.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 39.7% ★, Metroidvania 30.7%, Cyberpunk 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, RPG 4.2%
- #7 NIGHTRAVEL
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Yoshida Gakuen
Windows
「NIGHTRAVEL」は、荒廃した電子街が舞台のマルチビルド2Dアクションゲームです。電脳支配された故郷を救うため「ハッカー」となり、反撃の狼煙を上げよう。 荒廃した空虚な街を駆け抜け、有象無象の敵対者たちを蹂躙しよう。一人でも友達と一緒でもプレイ可能。 戦利品を組み合わせて能力増強、各キャラクターを使いこなし、電脳システムに支配された街を取り戻そう。
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Cyberpunk 26.6%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Action 6%
- #8 Descenso
92% matchPositive100% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Magic Art Hat
Windows · Mac
A very short adventure in which you will explore a futuristic world and a handsome deck.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.5% ★, Metroidvania 27.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Shooter 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #9 Cryotank Rogue
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fishtank Tales
Windows
Cryotank Rogue is a fast-paced 2D sideview twin-stick roguelike shooter set in a brutal cyberpunk apocalypse. Fight through procedurally generated levels, loot weapons and augments, and evolve into a deadly machine to survive permadeath runs.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.7% ★, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Shooter 9%, Side Scroller 7.5%
- #10 Axiom Verge
91% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Cyberpunk 6.3%, Side Scroller 3.5%
- #11 CYBERPHOBIA
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
CYBERPHOBIA - In the near future, A.I. droids are attacking the city. Grab Your weapons and Go get 'em! (Multiplayer or Single Player)
Why similar: Looter Shooter 53.7% ★, Cyberpunk 23.8%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #12 Hallway Gunners
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Finbox Entertainment
Windows
Run & gun, dash & slide to claim back your hallway from your enemies and set the new highscore on all 3 difficulty levels. Hallway Gunners is a retro/pixel - style endless runner with guns, upgrades and leaderboards.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 36.7% ★, Runner 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Shooter 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #13 Badass Brigade
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marauder Squad
Windows
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Side Scroller 5.5%
- #14 MindScape: Verenna
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoLoJo Games
Windows
Prepare for an electrifying journey through a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world with Nova. Unleash her extraordinary powers and confront ruthless factions to reclaim a world on the brink of chaos, and reforge the destiny of humanity. Are you ready to shape the future?
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Cyberpunk 23%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #15 CyberFall
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ravenwood InteractivePub: Max Gaming Technologies, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
CyberFall is an open-world survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Cyberpunk setting with base-building and crafting. Players fight to survive against new threats as well as each other.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 39.7% ★, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Shooter 9.8%, Sci-fi 8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.1%
- #16 Dex
86% matchVery Positive87% of 3,498 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.8%, Metroidvania 25.5%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%, RPG 6.3%
- #17 Lethal Operation Episode 3 Lethal Arms of Justice
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Daisessen
Windows
キャラをじっくり育てながら広い世界を冒険する――。 そんなSTGの最終編。ショットを合成して、いいとこどりのショットも作れる! シリーズ最強の敵たちに最強の武器やスキルの組み合わせで対抗し、 この物語の真実に辿り着いてください―
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Shooter 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #18 Chasm
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,617 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Kid, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%, RPG 6.7%, Action 4.7%
- #19 Eden Gamma - エデン・ガンマー
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abstract Red Studio
Windows
In the world of Eden Gamma, find clues and let your gun do the talking in this side scrolling cybperpunk action-platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #20 Chicken with Robot Legs
82% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: GalloPintoGames
Windows
Chicken with Robot Legs is a fast-paced Runner-Vania where you're always moving and always exploring. Your goal: find a way home. Discover upgrades that let you reach new areas and uncover the secrets scattered throughout a strange, unfamiliar world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.7%, Runner 28.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Action 3%
- #21 Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork-
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ステサンゲームズPub: room6
Windows
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.6%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 7.7%
- #22 Shadow Complex Remastered
84% matchVery Positive85% of 953 reviews2016
Dev: ChAIR EntertainmentPub: Epic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.8%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 6.7%, Shooter 5.9%
- #23 the machine that BREATHES
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shweep Games
Windows
the machine that BREATHES is a 2D Survival Horror game with a focus on situational combat and exploration. Inspired by the likes of Resident Evil and System Shock, you'll crawl through a hostile environment and manage a limited inventory to brace against the unknown.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Cyberpunk 29.3%, Sci-fi 15%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #24 Ilíada Espacial 2
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Pareja de la Flor
Windows
Destroy hordes of enemies and save Sivinina in this RPG-Space Shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 48.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%, RPG 5.7%
- #25 Remission
80% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
Remission - Due to a Radioactive accident at the Hospital, Cancer cells have mutated into human form. It is up to You to save the city.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 62.6% ★, Shooter 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Action 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #26 Quartermaster
79% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Nathan ShturmPub: Quartermaster Games
Windows
An online PvE co-op action game for up to 4 players. Work together with your team to manage your inventory, complete objectives, and destroy endless waves of ferocious robots.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 46% ★, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #27 A.N.N.E
81% matchMixed53% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Gamesbymo Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the mysterious and beautiful planet Gomi on foot or with your spaceship in this action packed platformer and space shooter hybrid. Your mission is simple, retrieve A.N.N.E and escape.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, RPG 11.1%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #28 Go To Heck
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Vilkas
Windows
Go To Heck is a fast-paced 2d sidescrolling action roguelite, descending through Cyberheck and using your railgun to destroy all the devils in your way.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.1%, Roguelite 17.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Shooter 7.8%
- #29 Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaosmonger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #30 Veiled Edge
77% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: ONW Studio Inc,
Windows
Veiled Edge is an indie game that weaves together diverse genres into a single, compelling narrative. With fresh ideas, experimental gameplay, and the distinctive atmosphere of cyberpunk, each chapter delivers a completely new experience, drawing players deeper into its virtual worlds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Cyberpunk 23.9%, Roguelite 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #31 Nihilsearch
78% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Team_Bug
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in the pixelated 2D world of "Nihilsearch" on a lifeless mechanical planet. Explore dark underground complexes, battle hostile machines and life forms, and meet diverse humans, life forms, and machines. Discover the meaning of life and create your own adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Futuristic 7%, RPG 6.7%
- #32 Planet Paycheck
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wobble Blocks
Windows
Planet Paycheck is a fast paced Coop Third-Person Roguelite where you build unique guns with several options to kill robots to get resources to upgrade your research base to build better guns to kill more robots to get more resources to upgrade your research base more to build EVEN BETTER GUNS!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 60% ★, Roguelite 16.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Action 4.5%
- #33 Intergalactic Mystery
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebelião Studio
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure with Duke and Floc, fighting in alien worlds, unraveling cosmic secrets, and challenging bosses in search of the celestial origins of an enigmatic Alien. RPG, adventure, shooting, and NPC interaction. Get ready for intense action!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%
- #34 Prism Drift
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fogeL Games
Windows · Linux
Take control of a lone pilot in a hostile galaxy. In this incremental roguelike, every death is a lesson and every scrap of loot is progress. Battle through relentless waves of enemies, level up your skills, and return to base to turn your scavenged parts into ship upgrades.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 45.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Roguelite 11.9%, Action 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #35 Panda Punch
75% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Ninja Rabbit StudiosPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Linux
Panda Punch is a puzzle platformer game in which you have to control a red panda and save the world from evil alien robots.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.4%, Metroidvania 29.4%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Action 6.3%
- #36 Invaders 360
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Holo Games GbR
Windows
A modern tribute to arcade legends! This shoot'em up arcade game revives the classics after 45 years with fresh graphics and innovative gameplay. Become a part of Space Ranges Inc. Join now! Get the high score!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 48.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Futuristic 6.3%
- #37 The Watcher
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Sai GamePub: Sai Saga
Windows
Our heroes hear tales of a mysterious land and set out on a journey to uncover the secrets of what has happened there
Why similar: Looter Shooter 55.3% ★, Runner 23.2%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Action 4.2%, 2D 1.1%
- #38 MURICA
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Acme Pixel Foundry
Windows
Get portal-napped to an alternate version of The United States 2000 years in the future. Travel the 16-bit landscape of MURICA on a search for the way home; and maybe save the past while you're at it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #39 Viridian Eclipse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Battle Rat Games
Windows
-Fast paced Military / Sci-Fi / Roguelite FPS -Late 90's / Early 2000's Nostalgic Vibes with Modern Mechanics! -Tons of Guns! -Unlock player abilities and other features in your home base! -Randomized hand crafted levels! -Speed Run levels and race the clock! -Stylized Gore and Dismemberment system!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 42.7% ★, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Roguelite 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Shooter 8.4%
- #40 TAKE BOMB: The suit take off
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nao Games
Windows
This is an action game in which the player cannot jump by himself, but jumps with the blast of a bomb. You can dash with the blast on your back, and even attack with bombs, allowing you to enjoy bombs to the fullest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.7%, Sci-fi 19%, Action 10.1%, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Guns of Fury
71% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Shooter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Side Scroller 10.7%
- #42 Earth's Shadow
72% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Earth's Shadow is a third person action Sci-Fi dungeon crawler set in the year 3081 on planet Sumbra; a remote alien planet where legends of valuable relics surround this black world, calling to the greedy and brave explorers seeking a bright future... but end up uncovering an even darker past.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 42.9% ★, Cyberpunk 18%, Shooter 11.3%, RPG 7.5%, Futuristic 5.5%
- #43 JETBOY
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: GameOverDog
Windows · Mac
Jetboy is a retro supercharged jetpacking pixel shooter with a pumping metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Side Scroller 2.1%, Action 1.8%
- #44 Xanthiom 2
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.6%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Sci-fi 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Action 3.9%
- #45 Scurge: Hive
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Orbital MediaPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
An infectious retro hardware classic from 2006 has been revived. Only you can save the world from the deadly virus known as Scurge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Sci-fi 15%, Shooter 11.3%, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #46 Beyond Zero Line
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Action 7.1%
- #47 Safe Hayven
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Escape Code Games
Windows · Linux
Safe Hayven is a 2D pixel platformer with a killer soundtrack that will take you on a cyberpunk journey into the future. Aya is in the city of Wrexham, 2089. The world is being dominated by the Z-54 A.I and Aya leads the "Rezistance" in fighting back against this new threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Cyberpunk 27.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #48 Cyberpunk 3776
72% matchMixed52% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: Peter Hann
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #49 AI UPRISING
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: DMG Studios
Windows · Mac
AI Uprising is a fast-paced 3D third-person shooter inside a futuristic spaceship under siege by waves of rogue AI machines. You are humanity’s last line of defense, armed, outnumbered, and standing between charging mechanical AIs and the fragile energy barrier protecting what’s left of your crew.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 49.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Shooter 7.3%, Sci-fi 3.9%
- #50 MF-01 Aerostrike
69% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: LMG3864 Games
Windows
A Tactical Shmuplovania. Aerostrike combines elements from Metroidvania, Bullet Hell, and Shmup genres. Take flight in the MF-01 Aerostrike, explore a large underground base, battle against squadrons of hostile ships of all shapes and sizes, and find a way to escape alive.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Shooter 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #51 Tyrannical Chickens
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Chickens have started a despotic uprising in this 2D shooter, and you are tasked with puttng it down. Buy guns, upgrade them, kill chickens - and die. Over. And over. And over.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 45% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Shooter 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #52 The Mummy Demastered
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 898 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Action 8.6%, Shooter 5.7%, 2D 1.3%
- #53 Headlander
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2016
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Adult Swim Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.9%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Action 7.5%
- #54 Altered Alma
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2Awesome StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Cyberpunk 24.9%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, RPG 5.2%
- #55 MegaSphere
70% matchMixed64% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: AKGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.5%, Cyberpunk 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 11.1%, 2D 1.5%
- #56 INNBC STARFIGHTER
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Jonathan Fior Pub: Innovative Bioresearch
Windows
A free-to-play 90s-style bullet-hell shooter with high-res graphics, unlocked 60+ FPS, single-player campaign, and online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #57 Project Atno
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olsen Games LLC
Windows
Forge your own path through a derelict station in this fast-paced epic adventure. Navigate the labyrinthine behemoth, form alliances with survivors, and uncover the secrets behind the mystery that befell this place.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Cyberpunk 27.4%, Sci-fi 12%, Futuristic 6%, Action 4.9%
- #58 Against All Odds
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 25 Crimson
Windows
Against All Odds is an immersive story based top-down shooter, where you follow the tragic story of Maxwell Philben. Fight your way out, tearing anything that comes in your way and find out the madness behind your abduction.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 54.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 8.3%, Combat 2.5%
- #59 Hyper Sentinel Fusion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac
Pilot an agile star fighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha—your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on explosive upgrades, ready for the next run.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Side Scroller 8.3%
- #60 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
66% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue to this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Take on Astronite's first major challenge and defeat the deadly Kronch.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.4%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Action 6.2%, Combat 2.6%