- #1 MIO: Memories in Orbit
97% matchVery Positive83% of 4,771 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Robots 11.6%, Precision Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Exploration 6.5%
- #2 Autonomous Odyssey
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunOracle Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Autonomous Odyssey is a story-driven, hand-drawn 2D metroidvania. Use agile platforming on your apocalyptic sci-fi journey to explore the labs once filled with exceptional researchers. Fight through vengeful robots on Pim’s quest to find his missing father and restore everyone's humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Robots 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #3 Trash Heart
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Explore Trash Heart, a planet in the iron grip of the Trash Lord. Find artefacts that grant powerful abilities, fight hordes of deadly foes, and save a planet of outcast robots. Or just scrounge up all the trash your grubby little raccoon hands can hold.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Precision Platformer 23.9%, Robots 7%, Exploration 5.4%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #4 Feather's Edge
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clockwork Acorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Precision Platformer 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Platformer 7%, Action 5.8%
- #5 Somnium Shore
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo Pelegrini R.
Windows
A challenging, 2D Platform Adventure game where all level mechanics can change if you don't stay balanced. Help Ethan to grow up and leave his roots in order to pursue his dreams, find clues about his past and fight against your nightmares in your journey to the Somnium Shore!
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Precision Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 6.9%
- #6 Elly
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: EmotionalMingo
Windows
A metroidvania style 2D adventure platformer. Speak to the locals, level up your power and seek to find the truth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Precision Platformer 21.7%, Hand-drawn 10%, Platformer 6.6%, Stylized 5.7%
- #7 Nocturnal 2
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunnyside Games
Windows
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Precision Platformer 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Platformer 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #8 Ethereal Odyssey
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KU3 Dev
Windows · Linux
Explore a dreamscape, rich with magic, hidden secrets and mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Action 9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #9 Dewborne Dawn
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mythwalk Studios
Windows
In this new hand-drawn, story-rich metroidvania, explore the last haven of a dying world, and discover the purpose you play in saving it. Shape your own path, fight the all-consuming blight, and help bring hope back to the survivors. Take up the flames of dead gods, and stand firm in Dewborne Dawn!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Hand-drawn 20%, Combat 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #10 Grapixo Arte em Guerra
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Akyoma StudioPub: MIRA AÇU
Windows
Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 6.1%, Action 5.3%
- #11 Florarium
90% 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 45%, Hand-drawn 16%, Exploration 9.7%, Platformer 9.6%, Adventure 4.5%
- #12 Briar Flame
89% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: HappyDoodz Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stylized action-platformer set in a world consumed by eternal thorns. Explore handcrafted zones, unlock new flame-forged upgrades, and face brutal bosses as the Young Emberhost in a desperate attempt to reach the Heart of the Briar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Precision Platformer 10%, Combat 6.4%, Stylized 6%
- #13 Knytt Underground
89% matchVery Positive84% of 489 reviews2013
Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37%, Metroidvania 30.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 5.6%
- #14 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
87% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Precision Platformer 20.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Action 4.1%, Adventure 4%
- #15 Timeless Rain
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Young Cat Games Ltd
Windows
Explore this foreign world and manipulate time to navigate through the challenges that lie along your path! Meet the inhabitants of this strange realm as they push you towards finding the Timeless Rain...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Precision Platformer 17.6%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Platformer 8.2%, Stylized 5.2%
- #16 Derelict Star
86% matchVery Positive96% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Precision Platformer 28.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Platformer 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #17 Savage Horizons
86% match2 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Insolence Studio
Windows
A compact, exploration-driven metroidvania. Venture across a mysterious island and recover five fragments of a fallen meteor containing a rare and powerful mineral.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Colorful 5.9%
- #18 Raygun Gadabout
85% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Quantum Duck Studio Ltd.
Windows
An exhilarating action-adventure game set in a vibrant retro-futuristic universe. Embark on daring interstellar journeys, uncovering new worlds, and battling formidable alien adversaries. Upgrade your ship and abilities as you explore the vastness of space to save the Galaxy from a hidden threat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Exploration 7.7%, Space 6.5%, Combat 6.4%
- #19 Glitcheon
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: River ForgePub: River Forge Games
Windows
Explore a dystopian future in this Metroidvania platformer in which you use glitchy abilities to launch yourself and enemies across the level at high speeds, create temporary platforms, and more in your search to uncover the secrets of your origin in The Forum.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.2%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Robots 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Platformer 7.3%
- #20 HiddenLight
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Bears
Windows · Mac
"HiddenLight" is a game about the adventures of two teenagers - a boy named Saul and a girl named Celine - in a world plunged into darkness and teeming with demons
Why similar: Metroidvania 37%, Precision Platformer 24.8%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Exploration 6.9%, Adventure 6%
- #21 Gauntlet Force: Rise of the Machines
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forge Studios
Windows
Gauntlet Force: RotM is a metroidvania-lite action-brawler platformer. Fight brutally against an army of silly robots while ascending the interconnected Fortress of Doom. Collect upgrades and evolve your weapon to slay your way through bizzarre and evil villains.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.3%
- #22 KAON : Fragmented Core
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kulin Studio
Windows
KAON: Fragmented Core is a 2D action-platformer with a metroidvania feel. You play as Kaon, an android awakened in a world where no one lives anymore, neither humans nor animals. Mostly what’s left is plants, ruins, and robots, a good chunk of them turned hostile
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.9%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Robots 11.2%, Platformer 10.3%, Action 8.3%
- #23 Mechanode
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spriteflick
Windows
An all-action, story-driven metroidvania that confronts the darkest realities of existence and the dawning of consciousness.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Hand-drawn 14%, Robots 10.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 8.8%
- #24 The Rusted
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rodd Games
Windows · Mac
The world belongs to machines now. Join a loyal robot dog on a journey through a haunting post-apocalyptic world in search of its lost human family. THE RUSTED is a hand-drawn 2D action-puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Robots 17.1%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #25 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gentle Turtle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up on Hart Island, dazed and amnesiac, holding a mysterious magic pencil... that you're accused of stealing ? In this hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania, your creativity is your weapon: sketch your tools to survive the dangers and piece together your memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.1%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Platformer 10.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Action 5.9%
- #26 Ani Leaving Sirius
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: e2gamestudio
Windows · Mac
A dying planet in energy chaos, dangerous districts and challenging combats. Your only chance to escape the planet is through inconsistent portal! Gain energy crystals by slaying enemies. Improve your abilities and acquire drones. Complete your escape quest in this challenging rouge-lite gameplay.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Precision Platformer 22.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Action 6.2%
- #27 Trash Quest
79% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Precision Platformer 24.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Robots 6.5%, Stylized 5.6%
- #28 Astronite - Landing on Neplea
78% matchVery Positive85% of 184 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 46.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #29 Ghost Song
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,454 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Robots 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Platformer 7.9%
- #30 Xeodrifter
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 863 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Precision Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #31 Spirit Fusion
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 8%
- #32 labyrinth Trials
77% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Casperdew
Windows
A game designed with the intend of speed running as the player you must fight monsters and robots and make your way through four stages and defeat all the bosses and make it to the end portal as quickly as possible
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Precision Platformer 20.4%, Robots 14.1%, Action 9.3%, Adventure 8.8%
- #33 Tenebra
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broke CoCo
Windows
Unmask the secrets of a fractured utopia in "Tenebra,"a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where baroque excess meets technology. Collect ornate masks to unlock mysterious powers, solve intricate puzzles, and battle through a world that's equal parts Versailles and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Precision Platformer 11.1%, Stylized 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #34 Omega Warp
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Cian Games
Windows · Linux
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Robots 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Stylized 5.8%
- #35 Ultros
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,248 reviews2024
Dev: HadoquePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Platformer 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #36 Death Projection
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Wing Studio
Windows
Explore every corner of the realms of death in this Metroidvania! Face enemies, platforming challenges, and gain more power as you try to bring balance to this world, as a reaper!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Precision Platformer 26.3%, Combat 7%, Exploration 5.7%, Platformer 5.2%
- #37 Smelted Kin
75% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Microbat Studio
Windows · Linux
Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.3%, Robots 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 6.8%
- #38 Wreckdigger
75% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Karlis ZabersPub: team BitClub
Windows
Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Action 11.4%, 2D 4.3%
- #39 Ascender
76% 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 34.1%, Robots 16%, Hand-drawn 9%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Platformer 7.8%
- #40 FrogeON
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JofraDev
Windows
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Robots 9%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Colorful 7.1%
- #41 Xolotl
74% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.8%, Precision Platformer 26.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Colorful 4.1%
- #42 ACE
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: High ContrastPub: Morgonrock
Windows
Can you find all of the geodes and escape a cosmic horror in this unique, stylized platformer world? Procedurally create a near infinite number of unique levels that you can share with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Precision Platformer 26.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Exploration 7.7%, Platformer 4.9%
- #43 Chasing the Sky
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VeKa Team
Windows
Chasing the Sky is an epic adventure set on a vast flying island filled with terrifying monsters and mysteries. Explore its world, overcome deadly challenges, and gather a team to survive – all brought to life with classic hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.2%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #44 Ceplion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mert Ali Barlas
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Ceplion, a metroidvania-inspired action-platformer. Explore the Ceplion Island, uncovering mysteries and ancient secrets. Engage in precise combat against believers and monstrous creatures. Harness the power of inheritors to bring an end to the relentless war.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.4%, Precision Platformer 20.9%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #45 Aeterna Lucis
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Windows
Aeterna Lucis is the highly anticipated sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Following the gameplay steps of the first entry in the series, Aeterna Lucis is a Metroidvania that combines fast-paced combat, a large interconnected map, secret hunting, optional challenges, and a rich and deep story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.5%, Precision Platformer 19%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Platformer 8%, Exploration 7.1%
- #46 H=ZERO
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira Pub: Jefferson Nascimento Ferreira
Windows
In a future where humanity has vanished, machines maintain vast underground complexes under the command of artificial intelligences. You are a unit activated to deliver a mysterious payload. Face hostile systems, precision challenges, and uncover the forgotten purpose of your existence.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.7%, Robots 16.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #47 Unbound: Worlds Apart
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,334 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.4%, Precision Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 7.2%
- #48 Dust and Shadow
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HyperStep Studio
Windows
Dust and Shadow lets you shift between multiple time dimensions, altering the map in real time. Face enemies, traps, and the environment to uncover the mystery. Unlock powerful abilities as you progress through the adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #49 Honey's Sweet Revenge
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: EtheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Honey's Sweet Revenge is a metroidvania with mechanics inspired by platform fighters. Customize your item loadout and defeat enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Action 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Platformer 7.6%
- #50 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
69% 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 53.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 8%
- #51 Goo Keeper
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Oria Games Inc.
Windows
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #52 SlideNGlide
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Precision Platformer 27.3%, Exploration 8.2%, Platformer 6.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #53 Shards of Memories
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Twelve Games
Windows
Shards of Memories is a hand-drawn Metroidvania where defeated enemies leave behind memories that carry their abilities. Equip these memories strategically, shape your own combat style, and explore a fractured world marked by its past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.9%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Exploration 6.1%, Platformer 6.1%, Action 5.7%
- #54 Star Hearts: Launch Point
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcap LLC
Windows · Mac
Star Hearts: Launch Point is a tight 2D action adventure featuring an 8-bit retro aesthetic in classic NES-fashion. Journey to the galaxy’s edge and discover the origins of Prin - an interstellar revolutionary in the making - as she embarks upon her first space-faring adventure!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.1%, Metroidvania 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Platformer 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #55 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
69% matchVery Positive87% of 907 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 61.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 7.3%, Action 6.4%
- #56 SHEEPO
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 615 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.8%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 5.5%
- #57 Vitavania
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nekod team
Windows · Mac · Linux
🍂The most vibrant Metroidvania about a catgirl! Sandbox elements, divinity, and mysticism!
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Platformer 6.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #58 Carestia
68% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: River Stone Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the underground, solve the puzzles, get skills and fight against bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Robots 11.5%, Sci-fi 8%, Platformer 7.4%
- #59 Res Extensa
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overclocked Abacus Games
Windows · Linux
A platform adventure game incorporating elements from immersive sims and cinematic platformers. Run, fight and hack your way through a distant space colony as you attempt to reclaim your humanity.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.1%, Robots 16.3%, Platformer 9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #60 Outpost Delta
68% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Achievement LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40%, Sci-fi 12%, Robots 11%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%