- #1 Mindbreak
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lost Umbrella Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mindbreak is an exploration driven tile-based puzzle adventure game about the escape from a corrupted insane asylum. Play as the supernaturally gifted asylum patients as you build and combine their unique abilities to explore and master the vast interconnected asylum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Sokoban 23.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 15.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 6.8%
- #2 The Legend of Lumina
96% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Wizbane
Windows · Linux
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Sokoban 32.8% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 4.6%, Exploration 4.5%
- #3 Educe
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tristen MacPherson
Windows · Mac
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #4 Limos' Lair
95% 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 43.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Adventure 7%
- #5 Piece of Worlds
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inonaka Games
Windows
Explore a whimsical and charming world made of jigsaw puzzle pieces as you solve sokoban-style puzzles. Uncover the hidden secrets of this compact puzzle adventure as you progress through the stages.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Sokoban 33.9% ★, Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 3.2%
- #6 Black Sheep
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Double Machine
Windows
You are the royal Shepherd ! Your mission is to bring the Black Sheep to the rival kingdom as a gift to stop the wat ! Go on an adventure to complete your quest but think wisely, the Black Sheep must arrive alive !
Why similar: Metroidvania 44%, Grid-Based Movement 16.6%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 12.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #7 Kaori
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Félicien Boury
Windows
Kaori is a first-person puzzle and adventure game. Explore ancient ruins on a sun-drenched archipelago and uncover the many mysteries of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Underground 17.3% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 6.2%
- #8 Icekai
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ville Saarenketo
Windows
Icekai is a sokoban -style game in a slippery environment. Easy to learn but probably too hard for you to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Sokoban 28.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 16.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #9 Old Ninja : UnderWorld
91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.9%, Underground 16.4% ★, Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, 2D 6.5%
- #10 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
91% matchVery Positive87% of 891 reviews2012
Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67%, Adventure 11.3%, Puzzle 7.3%, 2D 5.7%, Exploration 5.2%
- #11 Only Sliding
89% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Grid-Based Movement 31.1%, Puzzle 17.2%, 2D 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #12 CorgiSpace
89% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Adam SaltsmanPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
CorgiSpace is a collection of 8-bit games that have short legs on purpose. This anthology includes more than a dozen action, adventure, arcade, and puzzle games, and each can be thoroughly explored in under an hour.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.2%, Sokoban 31.7% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 5.5%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
- #13 Adventure Apes and the Mayan Mystery
90% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: ScaryPotatoPub: Groupees Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Go Ape-bit with this fast-paced retro platformer, in which you work to recover a stolen magical artifact in the labyrinth of an ancient temple!
Why similar: Metroidvania 61.1%, Adventure 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Indie 6.2%
- #14 Seeking The Guardian
87% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: UiqooPub: Cursor Chasing Cat
Windows · Linux
「Seeking The Guardian」is a puzzle adventure game filled with puzzles and “impossible” puzzles. Within the stone cave engraved with legends of the Guardian, read the murals, solve the puzzles, and search for the exit.
Why similar: Sokoban 25.4% ★, Puzzle 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #15 TheLastHope
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: pinheiro studio
Windows
The Last Hope is a Metroidvania-style platform game with RPG elements, in which the player controls an unnamed character who is transported against his will to the underworld, and now has to discover how to escape and how to survive the dangers around him.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.1%, Underground 20.7% ★, Adventure 13%, Exploration 4.2%, Multiple Endings 3.9%
- #16 The Matter Gun
86% 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 50.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #17 Ascent DX
84% matchVery Positive99% of 272 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 56.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Exploration 7%
- #18 Dungeon Blocks
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Fortcullis Games
Windows
Dungeon Blocks is a block pushing puzzle game inspired by the classics Binary Land and Sokoban. Control two adventurers at the same time. Guide them through deadly dungeons on their quest to defeat the Demon Lord!
Why similar: Sokoban 43.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.6%, Puzzle 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 2D 6.9%
- #19 AmaZoo
84% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Turbo Soda Games
Windows
Help KoKo on his first day at work! Push, kick, grab and rearrange the boxes, while avoiding the dangers throughout the mega-warehouse. Solve all the puzzles and finally reach the exit!
Why similar: Sokoban 39.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 27.8%, Puzzle 17.6%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 5.2%
- #20 Environmental Station Alpha
85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 67.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Puzzle 2.9%, 2D 2.8%
- #21 Me With Me
83% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: YenThe Studio
Windows
In Me With Me you control 2 cats at the same time going through levels with puzzles. A very cool 2D platform game to pass the time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #22 Sliding Hero
81% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Silent Chicken
Windows
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Sokoban 27.2% ★, Puzzle 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Open World 5.7%
- #23 Voidnomicon
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shichi Studio
Windows · Mac
2d platformer, action, adventure - "Metroidvania" set in fantasy world filled with ancient magic and monsters. Pixel art graphic with anime style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 68.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #24 Ninja Smasher!
82% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Q-Cumber Factory
Windows
Ninja dash! Ninja jump! Ninja slash! 8-bit style Ninja platform action game!
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.6%, Adventure 17%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #25 Screen King
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Potomax
Windows
Screen King is a grid-based puzzle game where you need to merge your tiny LCD screen with the other LCD screens in the level and be the last one standing.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 36.8%, Sokoban 34.3% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, 2D 4.3%
- #26 Hopping Out
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KamilFirma
Windows
Hopping Out is a tile-based puzzle game where you hop 2 tiles at a time. Play as Frog and use your tongue to move boxes, press buttons to create lily pads, all to catch many flies!
Why similar: Sokoban 35.6% ★, Grid-Based Movement 30.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Adventure 5.5%
- #27 Winslow
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Tommy Owen
Windows · Mac
A boy, home alone, wanders into a shadowy underworld of knights and skeletons. Navigate a cunning labyrinth, find keys, solve color puzzles, and dodge foes in this gripping side-scroller. Uncover secrets in a haunting, nonlinear adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Puzzle 18.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Open World 4.2%
- #28 LEMMICK WORLD
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ponzu Cafe
Windows
Guide a tiny Steppe Lemming to the goal. Featuring 100 levels filled with intricate puzzles built on creative gimmick combinations. A pure logic-based puzzle game with no action elements—perfect for players who love thoughtful, challenging brainteasers.
Why similar: Sokoban 52.4% ★, Puzzle 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #29 Rob Riches
78% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Megapop
Windows · Linux
Plan your steps carefully as you traverse ancient temples, filled with dangerous traps and puzzles.
Why similar: Sokoban 30.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 26.3%, Underground 15.2% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #30 Quarion
76% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Underground 14.7% ★, Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Exploration 6.3%
- #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 51.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #32 Faeland
76% matchVery Positive90% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Talegames
Windows
Take on the role of skilled hunter, Sam, in Faeland, an adventure RPG set in a beautiful world inspired by 8-bit classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 63.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #33 Demon Peak
78% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 4.6%
- #34 Glowkeeper
74% matchPositive100% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: oolimry
Windows · Mac · Linux
A luminescent puzzle game about manipulating elements. By the light of fireflies, link and dissolve elemental forces to construct bridges, break through obstacles, and traverse a glowing, interconnected world.
Why similar: Sokoban 36.6% ★, Metroidvania 34%, Puzzle 13.6%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #35 SlimeSlider
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mathgolfer
Windows · Mac
SlimeSlider is a puzzle game about navigating levels by pushing boxes. In each level, you must push boxes in order to overcome (or take advantage of) your tendency to slide in order to direct the blob to the exit portal.
Why similar: Sokoban 43% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.7%, Puzzle 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, 2D 6.7%
- #36 Red and White
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Rukashi
Windows
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Open World 6.8%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 3.9%
- #37 Legends of Cumans
73% 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 45.7%, Puzzle 16.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #38 A Directionless Cycle
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Half Sun Games
Windows
2D Sokoban game where you explore a game that's slowly degrading, while you control multiple tiles with different directions at the same time.
Why similar: Sokoban 36.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 26.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 4.8%
- #39 Spartan's Spear
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daisy GamesPub: Martin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spartan's Spear is a thinky adventure set in Ancient Greece. Battle creatures of all kind with your wit and the might of your spear! Maneuver in tight spaces, loot chests for helpful items.
Why similar: Sokoban 45.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 17.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 13%, 2D 4.3%
- #40 Maze Burrow
74% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas "Kimimaru" Deeb
Windows · Mac · Linux
An echidna wakes up one day to find its cozy burrow turned into a giant maze by an evil mole gang! Solve puzzles to progress through the burrow, defeat the mole gang, and escape to freedom in this Sokoban-inspired puzzler.
Why similar: Sokoban 44.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 22.5%, Puzzle 16%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D 6.6%
- #41 Sokogram
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PressGtoGeorge
Windows
Sokogram merges Nonogram logic grids with Sokoban box-pushing puzzles. Each level blends both systems into one unified challenge with handcrafted designs that reward deduction over guessing.
Why similar: Sokoban 41.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 28%, Puzzle 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, 2D 5.6%
- #42 The Mummy Demastered
73% 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 70.5%, Adventure 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #43 Slime Well
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice&WhalePub: YunheCulture
Windows
Slime Well is a Metroidvania-style puzzle game where players take control of a slime, skillfully using its abilities to solve puzzles, explore, and ultimately uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #44 Treasure 'n Trio
69% matchVery Positive100% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: TNT
Windows
Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
Why similar: Sokoban 39.4% ★, Grid-Based Movement 28.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D 5.6%
- #45 Silly Sync
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infidox
Windows
In Silly Sync, one move controls all characters at once. Plan carefully—use obstacles to your advantage and deliver each character to the goal.
Why similar: Sokoban 46.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 22.4%, Puzzle 20.9%, 2D 7.2%, Indie 1.5%
- #46 Cathedral
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 70.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 3.5%
- #47 Akaku Forest
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dowfamidas
Windows
Akaku Forest is a game that blends puzzles, platforming, and thrilling boss battles in a Metroidvania-style format. You take control of Aki-Maku, a courageous forest spirit. Use your torch to solve puzzles or face off against your enemies. Save the forest!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 5.1%
- #48 Worm Jazz
71% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Inconspicuous Creations
Windows
Worm Jazz is a wriggly puzzler with a unique blend of game mechanics inspired by familiar classics such as Snake and Bomberman. Features smooth jazz, explosive chain-reactions and dapper headwear.
Why similar: Sokoban 41.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 33.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Exploration 2.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #49 Unlock: The Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom ListerPub: Argon Interactive
Windows
A meta puzzle-adventure where nothing is set in stone. Unlock features to watch the world evolve, and think outside the box to complete missions. But as you change the world to your whims, the world might have ideas of its own...
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11%, Exploration 6.6%
- #50 Ultimaze
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Solarshaper
Windows
Ultimaze is a tile-based puzzle game about navigating small labyrinths.
Why similar: Sokoban 41.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 27.6%, Puzzle 17.6%, 2D 6.5%, Adventure 5.6%
- #51 Bomb's Lair
67% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Vetche Studio
Windows · Linux
Throw angry bombs and solve puzzles in this 2D puzzle game. Discover four worlds with 48 handcrafted levels. Will you succeed and claim the treasure at the bottom of The Bomb's Lair?
Why similar: Underground 29.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 26.5%, Puzzle 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 7.9%
- #52 Colorful Craftworks
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project Colorful Craftworks
Windows
Colorful Craftworks is a 2D puzzle game where you paint objects to change their properties and create new paths. Use colors to extinguish flames, transform obstacles, and solve carefully designed stages filled with creative, trial-and-error based challenges.
Why similar: Sokoban 50.7% ★, Puzzle 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #53 Let's Get Larry a Haircut
67% match6 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Lounge Cheese
Windows
Let’s Get Larry a Haircut is a 2D block-pushing puzzle game with sokoban elements, where you collect tokens to open a hairdressing place, then push a walrus inside for a trim. Larry is a relaxing game about not getting crushed or blowing up the wrong things.
Why similar: Sokoban 44.8% ★, Puzzle 19.8%, Grid-Based Movement 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, 2D 7%
- #54 PorBor
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brett CrayfishPub: Brett Crayfish
Windows
PorBor is a metroidvania set in a mutated civilization due to a past destructive event. Slash through enemies to form a collectable substance, forcing you to engage with close and quick combat. Explore this varied overgrown world as Bor to prevent another event, and learn about the mind of a god...
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Underground 22.4% ★, Exploration 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Open World 5%
- #55 G-MODEアーカイブス+ フラッシュモーター・カレン
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
The soul is square… probably. A certain girl stepped into the virtual world.
Why similar: Sokoban 51.8% ★, Puzzle 17.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 4.4%
- #56 Chasm
67% 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 69.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 4.5%, Indie 2.7%
- #57 Elliot Quest
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: Ansimuz GamesPub: PlayEveryWare
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, 2D 5.3%, Indie 3.6%
- #58 Memory's Reach
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 100 Stones Interactive
Windows · Mac
Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.1%, Underground 22.6% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Exploration 5.6%
- #59 Auridia
64% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 7.4%