- #1 Alwa's Legacy
97% matchVery Positive87% of 648 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Magic 9.6%, Platformer 8.2%
- #2 Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Lavadrop Entertainment
Windows
A 2D metroidvania where every defeated Archon becomes a summonable power. Claim six ancient beings, use their abilities to fight, move, and unlock hidden paths, and uncover a sinister plot threatening the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Magic 11.2%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #3 Echoes of the Outworlder
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outworlder LLC
Windows
Explore a shattered land in this isekai Metroidvania, mastering fluid movement, battling monsters, clashing with Outworlders, and uncovering the truth behind a world on the edge of collapse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Open World 11.9%, Story Rich 7.2%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #4 Dark Labyrinth
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaote
Windows
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Open World 9.9%, Platformer 8.6%
- #5 Overbowed
94% matchVery Positive92% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Magic 8.9%, Platformer 8.7%, Retro 7.3%
- #6 Ascender
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Conspiracy 10.4% ★, Cartoon 8.7%
- #7 Dr. Atominus
93% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Pikku-a
Windows · Linux
Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Open World 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #8 Treasure Adventure Game
92% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 9%, Open World 8.9%
- #9 Esquire Robo
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidFrogLLC
Windows
"When her friend vanishes on a distant planet, a lone android uncovers a conspiracy that threatens not just the colony, but the fate of the entire universe."
Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Open World 16%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.1%
- #10 Chicken with Robot Legs
90% matchPositive92% of 12 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 30.9%, Runner 19.2%, Open World 11.8%, Platformer 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #11 Summit
91% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Dominik Hackl
Windows
Explore a giant mountain massif in this classical 2D Metroidvania. Climb daring mountain passes, explore forgotten ruins and gather equipment as you ascend your way to the ultimate destination - the Summit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Open World 14%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #12 Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overwrite Digital Services
Windows · Linux
'Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire' is a 2D, action-platformer with Metroidvania twists. Play as Gerel, a mother on a mission to face the evil Corvus Empire and save her children. Engage in a heartfelt tale of resilience and redemption, in a visually stunning, Mongolian-inspired pixel art world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Open World 9.2%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #13 Aeternum Vale
89% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: pixhellk9
Windows
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Open World 12.4%, Retro 7.5%
- #14 TOUKAN
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: .mar1000
Windows
Explore a mysterious world where every melody can reveal a forgotten passage. Use your beak, your song and your knowledge to progress and uncover the many secrets buried deep within the Metroidvania Puzzle-Platformer that is TOUKAN.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 6.3%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #15 Shell Soul:The Skull
87% 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 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #16 Corestory
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leon Busch
Windows
Embark on an exciting journey through the long forgotten kingdom of Corestate. Collect and master various abilities, upgrade your gear, customize how you want to play and defeat powerful opponents. Decide about the world’s fate in this mysterious pixel-art Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Platformer 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Open World 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #17 The Legend of Thabor - Rise of the Mages
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Ivo ZabotPub: iz-gamedev
Windows
It is a 2D action adventure in pixel graphics. Combines the Metroidvania, platformer and puzzle platformer genres. Experience great fantasy worlds, challenging boss fights and exciting puzzles. Gradually learn new skills and become a master of magic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Fantasy 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #18 Slacker Dungeon
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deleted Layer
Windows
The Slacker Dungeon is a is a 2D side-scrolling metroidvania action game. You have to play as a guy who found an enchanted intelligent sword and went on an adventure in search of wealth and an easy life.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Magic 10.6%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #19 Burning Roots
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pehe
Windows
Explore and fight your way trough the castle in this 2D platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11%, Magic 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #20 KnightLight
84% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Platformer 7.3%
- #21 Rift Walker
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ahando
Windows
Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Open World 10.4%, Story Rich 7.9%, Platformer 7.6%
- #22 Ascent DX
81% matchVery Positive99% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #23 Arenion
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NoD
Windows
An anime-style 3D Metroidvania adventure with fast-paced combat, varied weapon abilities, puzzle-solving, free exploration, and a mysterious journey filled with unexpected turns.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Open World 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Cartoon 8.8%, 2D Platformer 6.6%
- #24 Amalu, Wells between worlds
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieTech Studio
Windows
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%
- #25 Tootum
79% matchMixed54% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Douglas OliveiraPub: Doug Veira Dev
Windows
A handcrafted pixel art Metroidvania that blends deep exploration with roguelike progression. Discover secrets, evolve your build, and face a world where every choice can lead to one of three endings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Magic 12.1%, Runner 6.9%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #26 The SOL Device 2
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Straitlace Studios
Windows
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Open World 10.5%, Platformer 9.4%
- #27 Royally Frogged
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Traverse
Windows · Mac
Banished from his kingdom, a young frog prince sets out on an adventure to save his people from the reign of King Croaker. There will be many perils along the way for this frog prince, can he swing his way out of trouble?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #28 Mereonozis 2D: The Kingdom of Gremlins
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Gorev
Windows
A puzzle-bazed metroidvania. Help the robot to repair the station. But there are gremlins who will try to break everything you've just fixed!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Open World 11.4%, Cartoon 9.9%
- #29 Inversion Day
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jan & Josh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invert the world around you in this atmospheric pixel-art puzzle platformer. Escape an alien spaceship with your dog using mysterious artifacts that reshape reality, uncover hidden secrets, and solve increasingly difficult handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Metroidvania 19.3%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Retro 9.7%, Platformer 8%
- #30 Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myrwood Games
Windows
Fall of Gorithia: Nym's Fate is a 2D action adventure set in the ancient land of Gorithia. Go from simple thief to magic wielding warrior as you battle your way through the fallen kingdom on your quest to find your lost brother in this sprawling fantasy world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Magic 13.7%, Open World 11.6%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #31 A Wizard's Hat
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TheGameGateway
Windows
Become Hatty the wizard's hat. Possess creatures and learn new abilities, delve into the castle's basement, travel to deep forests and lava caves. Become powerful enough to save the wizard. Adventure awaits.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Fantasy 6.4%, Platformer 6.1%
- #32 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
76% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Cartoon 12.4%, Platformer 9.9%
- #33 Nonolith
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JustcamhPub: Inner Pocket
Windows · Mac · Linux
The NONOLITH consumes you. Copy and paste the world around you to discover the secrets of this ancient, enigmatic structure. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Open World 8.2%, Platformer 8.2%
- #34 Switch Box
76% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #35 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Highberg
Windows
Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 9.5%
- #36 How Long Is This Dog?
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serious Penguin Studios Inc.
Windows
Gracie the wiener dog is lost and a long way from home. Luckily she is longer. How long? Who knows!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 7%, Exploration 6.6%
- #37 Dream City
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuggleGreen
Windows
A Metroidvania puzzle adventure. You arrive at a sentient building filled with intriguing interactive props. Learning to use these tools is how it communicates with you.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #38 Surface Tension: Eclipse
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redo Games
Windows
Move lights. Walk on shadows. Surface Tension: Eclipse is a surreal 2D puzzlevania where cast shadows become solid platforms, every room is a spatial riddle, and the darkness hides more than it reveals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 7.9%, Retro 6.3%
- #39 Between Worlds
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pletenica Studios
Windows
MAT is a young boy trapped in a school he barely recognises. Help him in the search for answers, shifting between worlds, uncovering new challenges, creatures, and abilities in each of them. Explore a narrative platformer inspired by the metroidvania genre, made by friends for friends.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Open World 15.7%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Retro 10.4%, Cartoon 10.3%
- #40 Slumbering Feline
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: The Flavare
Windows · Linux
Slumbering Feline is a single-player, one-shot game featuring a feline-themed story. Step into the shoes of Momo, who finds herself lost in a strange dream and trying to escape from her slumber. Can Momo find her way out of this dreamscape?
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Magic 10.3%, Platformer 9.9%, Fantasy 7.6%, Retro 7.1%
- #41 Gooboventure
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Mingo
Windows · Mac
A hand-pixeled platformer about a blob of goo. Ledges carry you up, ceilings don't drop you, narrow cracks are doors. Goo is both your health and your ammunition, and it comes from fighting. Find your scattered neighbours before winter.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Cartoon 9.7%
- #42 All At Once
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Studio SoSeong
Windows
Clear all Stages — ALL AT ONCE.
Why similar: Runner 22.9%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #43 The Matter Gun
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #44 Little Beast in the Big Maze
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Castle Teeth Games LLC
Windows · Linux
A fantastical, atmospheric Metroidvania platformer where you jump, fight, and expand your abilities to escape your exile and confront the beastly Queen who banished you. But will this fairy-tale end with you becoming a hero, or a beast?
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 9%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #45 Bite Sized
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bite Sized Studios
Windows · Mac
Platform by biting other creatures in this mouthful of a Metroidvania! Explore a vast, interconnected world where the only challenge that stands in your way is tough puzzle platforming and winding routes. A truly Bite Sized Metroidvania experience.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #46 Shadow King
71% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Retro 9%, Open World 7.2%, Platformer 6.6%
- #47 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
69% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Demistar
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Open World 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 8.4%
- #48 Sarah's Great Adventure
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 川流游戏
Windows
In the world of dreams, be a hero who saves the world!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Cartoon 11.7%, Magic 10.3%, Platformer 8.9%
- #49 Prism Break
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Silver Compass Games
Windows
Prism Break - a challenging and ever changing adventure through a colourful geometric world! Can you break out?
Why similar: Metroidvania 31%, Runner 18.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 12.7%, Cartoon 12.5%
- #50 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Nemo, Inc
Windows
Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Magic 8.7%
- #51 Kuzo
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eads Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an overgrown landscape of magic as you create your own platforms and shape your path through the world. Discover the history of a forgotten planet, collect relics to awaken your abilities, and create the very terrain you traverse.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Open World 10.4%, Magic 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
- #52 Little Nemo The Clown
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Infiniti Sound Imagery StudiosPub: Gilles Villeneuve Pictures
Windows
Little Nemo The Clown is a 2D Open World game inspired by good Metroidvania titles. Talk, Run, Fly, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Fantasy World full of Magic and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Clown before your Time runs out?
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Conspiracy 14.8% ★, 2D Platformer 12%, Magic 11.7%, Cartoon 10.8%
- #53 Eystrandi
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 204 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.2%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Magic 6.8%, Adventure 5.9%
- #54 Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Christophe GalatiPub: Deneos
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and unity?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Retro 5.6%
- #55 Pedros Eggventure
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Breakfast CrewPub: MHC
Windows
we are doing this game for a project at "univercity". we hope you enjoy this game that we made. we have everything you would want, a main character who totally does not look like Pedro Pascal, a dragon, a run for your life and just some good old egg puns. - Ms Maddy of Breakfast Crew
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Walking Simulator 16%, Cartoon 12.9%, Exploration 7.7%
- #56 RIN: The Last Child
67% 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 35.2%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 11.8%, Magic 8.7%, Exploration 7.2%
- #57 Bluso Hero and the Copper Heart
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Abrigo de Paulo
Windows
Explore the ruins of a decaying mechanical world in this visceral Metroidvania. Fight through clockwork horrors in search of the legendary Copper Heart, aided by a brilliant medic-engineer companion. Forge your path, repair your body, and unravel the truth behind the corrosion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #58 Aggelos 2
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: WONDERBOY BOBIPub: PQube
Windows
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Retro 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #59 Alice Into the Panopticon
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lunarians
Windows
Guide Alice, a young girl lost in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, in her quest to return home. In this 2D action-adventure metroidvania game you will meet peculiar characters, traverse a multitude of sceneries, and fight powerful beings known as Egregores to unravel the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #60 Kingdom of Delta
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blaxer Games
Windows
Kingdom of Delta is an adventurous 2D platform game whose story takes place in a monarchy ruled by those who love equations, order and rules. Your homeland has been attacked by the Empire of Chaos. Fight, grow and become stronger to prove to yourself that you are not a failure.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.3%, Magic 12.6%, Runner 12.3%, Open World 11.6%, Platformer 11.2%