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  1. #1 Polly's Puzzle Box
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Box Penguin Games
    Windows · Mac

    As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Physics 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Puzzle 8%

  2. #2 Nerdtastic Norman & The Soul Fragments
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Section 8 Studios
    Windows

    Nerdtastic Norman is a 2d scrolling puzzle platformer set in purgatory based on Dante's Inferno. Over 70 unique levels, dangerously hard boss battles, and 1 unique story. Help Norman gather the missing pieces of his shattered soul, and help him return to the land of the living.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Physics 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%

  3. #3 TOUKAN
    96% 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 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Exploration 7.6%, 2D Platformer 6.9%

  4. #4 KnightLight
    95% 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 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%

  5. #5 Find Eden
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
    Windows

    Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%

  6. #6 ANIMAL WELL
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,075 reviews2024
    Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Mystery 6.4%

  7. #7 Tool Land
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: bjsjsk
    Windows

    Tool Land is an adventure exploration platformer puzzle game. Collect tools with unique functions, uncover the secrets behind various mechanisms, and explore every corner of this hand-drawn doodle art world!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Physics 8.1%

  8. #8 Greak: Memories of Azur
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,518 reviews2021
    Dev: NavegantePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Greak: Memories of Azur is a single-player puzzle platformer adventure. Azur is under threat from an enemy attack who have control of strange creatures infecting the land. Take on the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel and utilize their unique abilities to escape the invasion together.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Cinematic 12%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Side Scroller 7.5%

  9. #9 The Matter Gun
    91% 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 40.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Physics 5.1%

  10. #10 Shell Soul:The Skull
    89% 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 40.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 8.4%

  11. #11 TYPO
    90% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
    Dev: gomostudios
    Windows · Mac

    Typo is puzzle-driven sidescrolling adventure. Find your way through a mysterious testing lab, type and spawn what you need to survive in this love letter to the puzzle-platformer, solving tens of unique puzzles in a hand-crafted world.

    Why similar: Typing 37.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Mystery 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%

  12. #12 Dark Labyrinth
    89% 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 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 8.4%

  13. #13 Beneath the Ghost Kingdom
    88% 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 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 7.8%

  14. #14 Surface Tension: Eclipse
    87% 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 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Puzzle 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  15. #15 Frank and Stein
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Emberstaff Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Trapped in one stitched body, Frank & Stein must swap heads to survive this gloomy Metroidvania. Wield light and psychic powers to explore a castle shrouded in darkness, solve puzzles and reveal the unseen. Discover abilities and secrets, but beware of threats lurking in these twisted corridors...

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 7%

  16. #16 Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows
    86% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: King's Pleasure
    Windows

    Embark on a journey through a land of darkness to save your lost shadow. With the help of a mysterious beast’s shadow, master new abilities, outsmart enemies, and uncover hidden truths in your quest to reclaim what’s been taken.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 9%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Mystery 7.8%

  17. #17 FeatherCall
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DreamVeil Studios
    Windows

    FeatherCall is a fast pace, puzzle platformer where you help Luna, a mother blue bird, rescue her lost children. Brave numerous challenges and puzzles by Dashing to new heights, Throwing a guiding feather, and Gliding back to safety!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 8.9%

  18. #18 Wind Of Life
    85% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: Press Q Games
    Windows

    The game is about the wind and its freedom. Make your way to a colorful and meditative journey. Go all the path escaping the dangers of an abandoned planet and controlling the wind power.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Relaxing 11%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.9%

  19. #19 MONOMOON
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gentle Giant
    Windows

    In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 8.3%, Puzzle 8.3%

  20. #20 Öoo
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,170 reviews2025
    Dev: NamaTakahashi
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.8%

  21. #21 Yuna and the Spirit Forest
    83% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: RavenRaiders
    Windows

    A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

  22. #22 Amalu, Wells between worlds
    82% 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 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Platformer 4.6%

  23. #23 TWINSTAR 双星
    82% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Yuhan HE
    Windows

    A sci-fi fantasy Metroidvania where you play as a vampire adrift in space. Awaken in a strange space lab, explore the station, solve puzzles, defeat enemies, find hidden rooms, collect odd items, awaken lost powers, and uncover a secret buried deep within.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, 2D Platformer 5.4%

  24. #24 Nonolith
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Justcamh
    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 32.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 7.8%

  25. #25 Memory Draw
    79% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
    Dev: Restart Studio
    Windows

    Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Physics 11.6%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 7%

  26. #26 Xanthiom 2
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2026
    Dev: MathanGames
    Windows

    Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43%, 2D Platformer 13%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 9.5%

  27. #27 Dutch's Chickens
    80% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Chilling Moose Games
    Windows

    Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Side Scroller 7.8%

  28. #28 Potata: Foxy Tale
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Potata Company
    Windows

    Potata: Foxy Tale is a fairy tale themed platformer adventure game in a beautiful world of dark forests. Your goal is to restore the balance and assemble the fragments of the Woodland Spirit.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Platformer 5.8%, Side Scroller 4.5%

  29. #29 Somnium Shore
    78% 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 44.5%, Exploration 11.6%, 2D Platformer 8%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%, Platformer 6.9%

  30. #30 Reso-Seeker
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ralta Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Resort adventure of exploration, life-sim and a little action. Your guide is in-game "Brochure" filled with map and activities. Check them off as you go. Learn new skills to unlock new areas. Days at the waterpark, nights at the hotel lounge. No enemies. Just your own pace. A cozy Metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Side Scroller 9.5%

  31. #31 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
    76% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: 半星BanXing
    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 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Puzzle 8.3%

  32. #32 方块 Block
    76% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2026
    Dev: GlanielStudio
    Windows

    Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 8.1%, Platformer 4.9%

  33. #33 PITH
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
    Windows

    Traverse a wonderful and strange world of cubes shrouded in fog in PITH, a 3D metroidvania adventure. Find tools to help delve deeper and uncover secrets that were hiding in plain sight.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 43.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Exploration 7%

  34. #34 Altalis
    75% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Fiz Studio
    Windows

    A puzzle Metroidvania game!

    Why similar: Metroidvania 31.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.3%, Puzzle 7.5%

  35. #35 Fractured Balance
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vrglab
    Windows · Linux

    A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%

  36. #36 Core Descent
    72% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: travisisgood
    Windows

    Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 9%

  37. #37 Ember Fall
    73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: ASH GAMES
    Windows

    Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 12%, Puzzle 6.7%, Physics 6.6%

  38. #38 Dirtlight
    73% 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%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 5.9%

  39. #39 Little Nemo
    74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: Cine Game Interactive SystemsPub: Gilles Villeneuve Pictures
    Windows

    Little Nemo is a tiny 2D Open World game inspired by good Retro titles. Talk, Run, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Magic World full of Mistery and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Keys before your Time runs out?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 9%, Puzzle 8.3%

  40. #40 Ripple Park
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Phase Wanderer
    Windows

    You are lost in a vast and eerie labyrinth filled with pools and puzzles. Gather items to activate various mechanisms as you explore further. Face various unknown entities that lurk within. Unravel the mysteries of the labyrinth and your own identity to find your way out. Inspired by poolcore.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 8.2%

  41. #41 Norman's Night In
    75% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
    Dev: Bactrian Games
    Windows

    Norman finds himself lost in a cave with nothing but his new bowling ball and a weird feeling that somehow he was meant to be there.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Physics 14%, Puzzle 7.5%, Adventure 7.1%

  42. #42 Switch Box
    71% 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 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 6.4%

  43. #43 Homam: An Inventor's Fist
    70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Jerfas Studio
    Windows

    Experience a unique 2D pixel art platformer where satisfying pounding mechanics meet brain-teasing puzzles. Step into Homam’s shoes, a skilled hero with a powerful fist, and help the legendary inventor Al-Jazari on a time-traveling quest. Solve puzzles, and conquer challenges with agility and wit

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Side Scroller 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 7.9%

  44. #44 Spatial Dip
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Andrew GrantPub: Assorted Nonsense Games
    Windows · Mac

    Scale into ever-smaller nested worlds. Shrink into your spaceship's mechanisms. Uncover the fractal worlds within and meet the zany goobers who call them home. Track down the root of the system errors, whether by replacing old gears or getting Grandma Beetle's bakery back in business.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Physics 9.2%, Puzzle 6.4%

  45. #45 Fiadh
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Miraculum Games
    Windows

    Embark on a journey as Fiadh, a young woman with a deep connection to animals, racing against a cataclysmic storm in this mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer. Traverse decaying landscapes, form unbreakable connections, and harness newfound abilities to preserve the last vestiges of a fading world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Platformer 5.3%

  46. #46 Gridvania
    72% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: ExpertStars
    Windows

    In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, 2D Platformer 13%, Relaxing 4.7%, Casual 4.3%

  47. #47 Undying Elf
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 百里
    Windows · Linux

    A Metroidvania 2D platformer focused on exploration, puzzles and collection, with creative puzzles and well-designed maps.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 7.5%

  48. #48 The Pale Piper
    68% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2026
    Dev: FreeTimeDev
    Windows · Linux

    Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Side Scroller 9.2%, 2D Platformer 9%

  49. #49 Mechinus
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Huey Games
    Windows

    Roll-and-ride contraptions, clockwork puzzles and steampunk stealth await in this puzzle-platforming adventure set in a mechanical ecosystem. You play as Cognito, whose duty to maintain the lifecycle of this captivating world leads him on an epic journey to heart of the machine in order to save it.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Cinematic 9.6%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Puzzle 6.8%

  50. #50 Guillotine
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zomorro Studio
    Windows

    You’ve lost your head… and you must get it back. In Guillotine, decapitate enemies, steal their powers, and face creatures from Basque folklore such as Patxi Errementaria, Olentzero, or the Sorgina. Terror and absurd humor in a platformer with the soul of a metroidvania.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Puzzle 11.1%, Atmospheric 5%

  51. #51 Me With Me
    70% 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 34.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 8.2%

  52. #52 Defrost
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Radiant Bear Games
    Windows

    Defrost - a 3D third-person metroidvania. Jump, climb, explore, collect coins, and upgrade your abilities. Fight, help strange characters survive, and use the world in creative ways. Discover why the fridge is defrosting before it's too late.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Physics 11%, Exploration 9.1%, Stylized 4.9%

  53. #53 Little Ghost
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Alan AbbadessaPub: Sync Book Games
    Windows

    Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 41.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Stylized 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.9%

  54. #54 Rift Walker
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ahando
    Windows

    Rift Walker is an open world 2D puzzle platformer where... there aren't any platforms?

    Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 6.6%

  55. #55 Awita: Journey of Hope
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
    Dev: ant_game_projects
    Windows · Linux

    Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 7%

  56. #56 The SOL Device 2
    69% 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 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9.2%

  57. #57 Inversion Day
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Ján & 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 24.3%, Metroidvania 23.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 8.8%, Stylized 7.7%

  58. #58 Restless Lands
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Crackin'
    Windows

    A Norse mythology Metroidvania where an orphan sets out on a journey through interconnected realms. Master tactical combat, discover ancient powers, and unveil the secrets of a dying world in this hand-crafted pixel art adventure.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 10.1%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

  59. #59 words from pluto...
    63% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: ThatMegalosaurus
    Windows

    An experimental platformer where words are tied to movement. Guide Pluto up the strange mountain and figure out what secrets are held within.

    Why similar: Typing 52.8%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 10%, Platformer 5.2%, Mystery 5.1%

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