Quantum Curse
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
The top results based on the latest update are Gemaboy Zero X [Score: 1.3], Omega Warp [Score: 1.3] and MindSeize [Score: 1.2] The top rated games you can find here are Axiom Verge [SteamPeek Rating: 7.5] ranked #31, Zexion [SteamPeek Rating: 5.3] ranked #35 and Xeodrifter [SteamPeek Rating: 5.0] ranked #20 Also don't forget to check the newest releases Hand Cannon: Janky Reality [Release date: 2025-11-20] ranked #18, Microvania [Release date: 2025-10-23] ranked #15 and Scurge: Hive [Release date: 2025-10-10] ranked #5 While it is tempting to play with the newest and the best, there might be some other gems in the results, like The Mobius Machine [SteamPeek Rating: 5.0] ranked #13, Xeodrifter [SteamPeek Rating: 5.0] ranked #20 and Xanthiom Zero [SteamPeek Rating: 4.7] ranked #29.
Feel good traversal sci-fi explorative side scrolling ability upgrade shooter with no map system, large areas and action puzzle bosses.
Gemaboy Zero X is an action, exploration, and platform Cyberpunk Ploidmania videogame. It is the latest installment in the PLOIDS saga in which Omega will have to travel through time to preserve it and rescue his beloved Alpha!
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.
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Beyond Sentinel will have you play as both Justin and Erica in horizontal shooter and metroidvania stages as you battle in space and explore the many levels of the Sentinel station.
An infectious retro hardware classic from 2006 has been revived. Only you can save the world from the deadly virus known as Scurge.
Star Child is an explosive new action-adventure set on a sinister alien planet. Fight numerous aliens and formidable bosses, wield powerful explosives and destructive laser weapons, find secrets and unlock new abilities as you progress. Can you survive your dangerous mission?
Remake to 2016's Legends of the Universe - StarCore, a Metroidvania style Action-Platformer with several abilities, enemies and areas to explore.
ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Blast your way through a cosmic gauntlet of epic boss battles, addictive scoring, and hidden secrets in a thrilling arcade-style adventure through fantasy, sci-fi, and alien-themed worlds.
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.
Sci-fi 2D shooter platformer combining the control of a human character and an armored vehicle on the surface of a planet filled with robots and immortal local inhabitants
Jetboy is a retro supercharged jetpacking pixel shooter with a pumping metal soundtrack.
A precision platformer where you control a frog using dash chips to overcome traps, avoid electrified enemies, and conquer challenges in chaotic digital environments.
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
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.
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
The Place is an atmospheric science fiction quest inspired by classic works like Aliens, Predator and The X-Files. Immerse yourself in the retro-futuristic aesthetic of the 90s as you travel to Venus to find a weapon against Earth's alien invaders.
Mutant foes await: Transform into different animals and recombine your own DNA to unlock new abilities in Faunamorph. Uncover the mysteries of your origin in this action-packed 2D metroidvania about genetics and mutations.
A throwback retro-style platformer inspired by the Blue Bomber with a unique twist. Take on the role of Jack Johnson, and complete the simulation in this action platformer. Featuring 12 levels, 10 bosses, 10 mini bosses, and 9 unique weapons. Create your own levels and share them with your friends.
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
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.
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
Explore and uncover the mystery of this enormous spaceship by shooting alien creatures in this Sci-Fi Action/Adventure Metroidvania.
Jett Rider is an arcade shooter packed with action, exploration, RPG elements, tons of humor and awesome bosses. Explore, fight, gain experience, purchase weapons in this exciting adventure.
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Keep Runnin is a 2D sidescrolling parkour-platformer game where you navigate through various, visually stunning environments, overcome obstacles, and evade unexpected hazards. Test your reflexes and embrace the excitement of a high-stakes chase in this exhilarating adventure.
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
You are a robot with the mindset of a child, but your advanced robotic body allows you to fight better than most humans. Your goal is to solve the mystery of how the aliens got aboard the spaceship and, more importantly, to find a new energy source to survive. A strange scientist will accompany you.
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Forge your own path through a derelict station in this fast-paced epic adventure. Navigate the labyrinthine behemoth, form alliances with survivors, and uncover the secrets behind the mystery that befell this place.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
With the power of gravity manipulation and bubblegum, the Bubblegum Bandit wreaks havoc and takes revenge! Steal from evil robots and blow up their ships!
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
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