- #1 Strongloween: The Escape
97% 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 32.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Magic 7.2%
- #2 Goldstained
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lantern Jump
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Action-Adventure 13%, Fantasy 6.7%, Puzzle 6.7%, PvE 5.6%
- #3 Nulphia
96% 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 40.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #4 Lumnis
95% 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 32.9%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Nature 7%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #5 Moonhollow
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Questfinity
Windows
Join Noctus in a top-down action-adventure and wield the power of the moon as you explore, fight the darkness, restore lost souls, and bring life back to the land.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Magic 9.1%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #6 Unline
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoelEm_
Windows · Linux
More info coming soon...
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Emotional 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #7 Bardella and the Curse of Silence
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karl Lexvold
Windows
Explore a world of music and magic in the metroidvania Bardella and the Curse of Silence! Fight monsters, solve puzzles, and play music as you fight against the mysterious curse of silence and strive to free the land from its grip.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Action-Adventure 18%, Magic 10.4%, Fantasy 6.5%, Action 5.8%
- #8 Traveler's Refrain
92% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Red Essence GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Emotional 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 7%
- #9 BeforeDisaster
91% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: SourGrapeGames
Windows
《BeforeDisaster》 is a 2D action-adventure game. In the borderland, the plan of a certain cult organization gradually surfaces. The protagonist is ordered to defeat the cult leader to stop the plan. All this must be done before the disaster...
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.7%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Fantasy 9%, Combat 7.4%, Adventure 4.1%
- #10 Isle of Reveries
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: desertcucco
Windows · Linux
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Fantasy 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #11 TOXA : Mystical Cloning Powers
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PMA Studio
Windows
A cinematic action-adventure of myth and betrayal. Awaken with shattered memories, wield mystical cloning powers, and reclaim lost crystals to restore the floating Land of the Gods. Strategy, skill, and courage will decide your destiny.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 18.3%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Nature 16.6%, Magic 15.9%, Exploration 12.3%
- #12 Bitlands
90% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ByteForge
Windows
Platform across strange, magical terrain while meeting even stranger friends and enemies! Discover the history behind the Bitlands, and unlock new allies and powers to traverse the dangerous worlds of the Bitlands, and restore peace to a broken kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 11%, Magic 8.9%, Nature 8.7%
- #13 Pain-T
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wheel Of Games
Windows
Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Magic 7.2%, Nature 6.5%
- #14 Scion of Fire: Trial of the Souls Ablaze
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Driftsurge StudiosPub: Ardmetan
Windows
After a devastating fire, Ogfir, a boy left orphaned, is adopted by the Spirit of Fire, who bestows upon him a blazing branch with which he can invoke the power of fire. The boy is tasked with taming the corrupted Children of Fire to prevent humanity from being decimated by the Ancient of Fire.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Action 5.2%
- #15 Caesura
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: No Bananas Studio
Windows
Explore caves, forest, and clouds to discover new secrets in the mysterious world of Caesura. A rhythm driven, hand drawn world. Match your jumps and dashes to the beat to solve challenging puzzles that ask you to dance along with the world as it also dances to the beat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.5%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Emotional 8.7%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
- #16 Elmer
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miòpe Games
Windows
“ Elmer is a Metroidvania-style adventure game. ” AltroQuando is a place for those with a forgotten past, an illusionary present, and a future held only as a promise. Your presence here is the proof that you are seeking your own original sin, your own mask.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 4.5%
- #17 Naya: The Forgotten Path
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: L.S.F
Windows
Naya: The Forgotten Path é uma aventura de ação em terceira pessoa em uma floresta mágica com ruínas antigas, criaturas perigosas, caminhos ocultos e segredos esquecidos. Use arco, ataques corpo a corpo e magia, resolva puzzles, explore e descubra a verdade sobre o destino de Naya.
Why similar: Archery 21.2% ★, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Emotional 13.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Nature 8.2%
- #18 Sir Magical Jelly
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rony Tama Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action-adventure journey of a small slimy creature that has fast mobility. Focused on monster elimination with metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Magic 13%, Emotional 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 10%
- #19 The Elementum
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baturalp ÖZMEN
Windows
Tactical combat powered by combo-based spellcasting and elemental reactions. Explore, grow stronger, and unlock sealed-off areas.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Magic 9.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #20 Scrap Magic
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orange Makes Stuff
Windows
Do YOU like magic, guns, and adventure, then this is the game for you. Scrap Magic is a 3D, open world adventure game. Solve puzzles, explore, and restore the city to it's former glory. But beware, the land is dangerous with the monsters and roaming freely with no one to challenge their tyranny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Magic 9.2%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #21 Dirtlight
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Action 4.4%
- #22 Glyphen
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ToccGames
Windows
Glyphen is an Immersive Spellcasting Adventure in which you draw mysterious Glyphs to cast spells. Glyphs have meanings and can be combined to invoke complex magic. Draw Glyphs, create spells and become a mage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Magic 14.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #23 End's Reach
82% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Cuirass Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
End's Reach is a 3D Exploration Action Adventure Game that focuses on a character lost in the depths of space. Players will solve puzzles, collect upgrades, items, weapons and even magical abilities as they uncover the mysteries of this strange new world. A classic tale of technology taken too far.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.4%, Action-Adventure 21.5%, 3D 7.7%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 3.5%
- #24 Legend of a Soul Hunter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micha Schmid
Windows
Legend of a Soul Hunter is an action-adventure game with RPG elements. Explore islands and many individual dungeons by ship. Get items with different abilities, defeat monsters and become a successful soul hunter!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Action-Adventure 18%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #25 RIN: The Last Child
81% 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 41.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Magic 7.8%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #26 Limos' Lair
80% 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 44%, Puzzle 14.4%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #27 Levels of Fear: Voidwalker Act I- An Undying Devotion
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: J4de West
Windows
A Survival Horror game: Paranormal Investigator, Jonathan Hunter, awakens in an alternate realm finding himself fighting to survive. Forced to team up with a ghost girl named Angel trapped in a strange artifact, they must work together to escape an underground laboratory and evade dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 12.5%, 3D 5.6%
- #28 Secrets Under Eco
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Doer Entertainment
Windows
Explore Melior's military base in Secrets Under Eco; a 3D FPS pure metroidvania experience. Find equipment and fight enemies with unique wall-bouncing combat to escape the building and country that was once called home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #29 Lumiere
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koolhaus Games
Windows
At the core of everything in Lumiere is Light and Shadow. Journey as Soleil and Umbra as they embark on a mission to unite a beautiful world lost to darkness. With drop-in co-op play, a second player can join the adventure and uncover the mysteries of the land together.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.5%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
- #30 Orin
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jumit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Orin is a fast-paced metroidvania inspired by the story of a valiant warrior in the enchanting Eldoria. Explore mighty ruins, fight malevolent enemies, and forge unexpected alliances in this captivating world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.6%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%
- #31 Shell Soul:The Skull
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueWindGame
Windows
A nameless skeleton awakens in a graveyard. To recover lost memories and uncover the truth, it embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Exploration 14.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #32 Memoria
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Counting SheepPub: Counting Sheep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memoria is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where magic is as much about memory as it is about power. You play as a powerful—but aging—sorceress who awakens in a familiar but fragmented world. Only by exploring the world around you can you spark your memories, and remember once again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, Emotional 15.4%, Magic 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #33 Lelu
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jamierowanPub: Super Rare Originals
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 39.8%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 11.8%, 3D 5.4%
- #34 Echoes of You
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlost Pixel
Windows
Sacrifice parts of your own body and mind to gain powers. Survive the abyss, uncover the many ancient secrets it keeps, and find what your soul truly desires.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Action-Adventure 19%, Emotional 14%, Action 6%, Adventure 5.9%
- #35 Florarium
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Melting Caramel
Windows
Florarium is a Metroidvania game focused on exploration and battle. Explore the mysterious world full of unexpected secrets. Battle fierce enemies with your bow. Choose your own path to your goddess in the vast, interconnected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.9%, Exploration 13%, Emotional 10.6%, Story Rich 6.9%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #36 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
73% matchVery Positive95% of 278 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Magic 8.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #37 Whirlwind Magician
73% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Santi Ponce
Windows
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.8%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Nature 11%, Magic 10.2%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #38 Horn of Balance
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Martijn den Hollander
Windows
Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Magic 8.3%
- #39 Peristeria
73% 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 30.9%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 9.6%, Action 6.1%
- #40 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,588 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Indie 7.5%, Emotional 5.3%, Adventure 5.1%
- #41 Altruism
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Adam Bond
Windows
Explore a mysterious land and help the people through your acts of altruism.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.1%, Emotional 16.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Nature 12%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #42 The Steps of Divynia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice Spark Studios
Windows
Clash with tainted beasts as Divynia changes from the mundane to the unknown. As Aylidia, forge your destiny in a tale about courage and holding on to your beliefs. Will you unearth magic's greatest question, or are some mysteries better left untouched? Find out in this epic 2D Adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Emotional 15.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Fantasy 6.9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #43 Elusive
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Elusive is a borrower metroidvania combining 3D and 2D scenarios in a Giant House. Use your smallness to find resources in every corner, craft new tools and survive challenges with your acrobatic skills.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Emotional 15.3%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%, Female Protagonist 6%
- #44 YeGung
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MinSOO
Windows
This game is a bow action RPG game, so you can advance without developing your character, and you can easily defeat enemies as you strengthen your character. Features include main quests, daily quests, field hunting grounds, reinforcement, and stores.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.6%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Nature 9.6%, PvE 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #45 House of Shadow
72% matchPositive100% of 10 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 44.5%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Magic 5.2%, Combat 3.9%
- #46 Aetherion
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AiirolDev
Windows · Linux
Explore an open fantasy world across five interconnected realms. Fight, build, and terraform with resonant tools attuned to the world's fading light. Every decision shapes the balance of a dying world and determines what remains after its end
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 12%, Magic 8.3%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #47 Sweet Dreams Dahlia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2357 Steps
Windows
I wake beneath the ruins of a world built on dreams. I descend the shattered Tower, explore forgotten biomes, master ancient combat techniques, and face the consequences of my absence. Beautiful metroidvania about identity, guilt, and choice after the collapse of a powerful civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Action-Adventure 15%, Exploration 11.7%, Female Protagonist 6.7%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #48 Legends of Cumans
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Cuman Legacy
Windows
You're the last surviving Elf who must find the Secret Sword, the only weapon capable of defeating the immortal Lord Velomdor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Combat 7%
- #49 Take Care
70% 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 39.3%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Nature 9.9%, 3D 5.5%
- #50 Curse of Diamond
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toonwich IsaPub: Gigantic G
Windows
After a mysterious flash of light, Jennifer, a magic student, finds herself trapped in a cursed floating castle. Explore the castle’s interiors in search of a way to escape...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Emotional 14.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Magic 8.5%
- #51 Elementallis
66% matchVery Positive91% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: AnKae GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top-down action-adventure with elemental magic gameplay. Guided by guilt, you embark on a journey to restore the elements in a dying world. Harness and master elemental powers to fight enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a vast world filled with ancient temples.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Magic 8.6%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #52 TUSK
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NeverCry Studio
Windows
Top-down 3D action-adventure with the spirit of 90s classics. Tight combat, handcrafted dungeons, clever puzzles, and modern pacing. Collect enchanted masks to channel primal powers, brave ancient alien trials, and awaken the island’s lost protectors.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 13%, Combat 5%
- #53 Akari - The Five Eyed Fox
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SplashFire Studios
Windows
Play as Akari, a magical fox imbued with the power of light in this fast paced Metroidvania. Slash and Dash your way through an army of darkness and explore diverse, beautiful worlds.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Emotional 17%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Magic 7.3%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #54 Vernal Edge
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 672 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Combat 8.4%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #55 Elysian Siege
66% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Hell Hound GamesPub: ESAT
Windows
Stand in Keziah’s footsteps and heed the Divine Order. Jump your way through, reclaim your goddess’s temple, obliterate enemies, and find the Tear of Creation in this beautiful platformer game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Nature 13.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #56 Brave Tales
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hrzn. Studios
Windows
Brave Tales is an isometric action metroidvania where you explore the vast world of Slavic mythology and your story decisions can alter your world and reshape your destiny. You play as Kolya, who is the only one to save the village from the pure evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 11.9%, 3D 5.2%
- #57 Dark Water : Slime Invader
69% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2021
Dev: DEVBOX
Windows
Dark Water is an Action Platformer game where you use a bow.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.3%, Archery 20.3% ★, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #58 Maiden
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: DIRECTOR'S CUT
Windows
Maiden is a game set in a confined space with permanent death, where you must constantly stay on the move, search for keys to the next rooms, and use potions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.9%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Magic 8.4%
- #59 The Pellar
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Mimoza Games
Windows
The Pellar is an action-adventure game in which you play the role of a lonely quack doctor. Your task is to prepare medicines, potions and bandages that will be used to help those in need. Struggle with healing various ailments in this magical world inspired by Slavic mythology.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Nature 13.2%, Exploration 11.6%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #60 Rescue Hornet
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Take command of the galaxy's newest search and rescue ship, the Rescue Hornet, and venture into this metroidvania set on a hostile alien world. Use all your tools including your powerful claw arm to defend yourself from dangerous creatures, solve puzzles and search for survivors of an alien attack.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 17.5%, Action 4.3%, Combat 4.1%