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In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.
The top results based on the latest update are ANIMAL WELL [Score: 1.2], FEZ [Score: 1.2] and The Bomb Split [Score: 1.2] The top rated games you can find here are ANIMAL WELL [SteamPeek Rating: 9.0] ranked #1, Antichamber [SteamPeek Rating: 8.8] ranked #27 and VVVVVV [SteamPeek Rating: 8.1] ranked #8 Also don't forget to check the newest releases DREIFRAME [Release date: 2026-03-03] ranked #30, The Pale Piper [Release date: 2026-02-04] ranked #26 and The Bomb Split [Release date: 2026-01-08] ranked #3 While it is tempting to play with the newest and the best, there might be some other gems in the results, like Teslagrad [SteamPeek Rating: 6.2] ranked #12, Leap Year [SteamPeek Rating: 6.5] ranked #14 and La-Mulana [SteamPeek Rating: 5.9] ranked #15.
In this "Arcade Metroidbrainia", the only thing that stops you from progressing are holes in your understanding. Use mechanics in clever unique ways to uncover secrets, or dodge randomly generated hazards to get highscores.
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.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
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.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
While in search of food, a fruit bat stumbles its way through the ventilation system of a secret facility finding unique fruit that give special abilities. While in search of more fruit the bat must avoid traps and enemies. Will the bat be able to satiate it's hunger and escape with its life?
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.
Silhou is a fast-paced, precision platformer that challenges players to navigate through a series of deadly, handcrafted levels. Your goal is simple, collect the key and reach the exit..... while avoiding lethal traps, spikes, sawblades, and crushing walls.
A nonviolent creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths. No power-ups, no hand-holding. Just your wits and a scanner beam.
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...
Low wages, high adventure – every delivery is a magical struggle. Bounce, blast, and cast through treacherous ruins and vibrant forests in this movement-based 2D platformer. That goblin brew atop the mountain won't deliver itself. Time is money— get moving!
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.
Aleya's Ascent is a metroidvania inspired by Celeste and Hollow Knight. Explore a cosmic mountain range and find strange temples, hidden labyrinths, and ancient artifacts while overcoming platforming challenges, punishing fights and chase sequences to return star fragments to the night sky.
Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?
One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.
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.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Dive into the decaying machine world of DREIFRAME, a pixel-art metroidvania packed with challenge. As a Frame, a sword-wielding robot, fight brutal enemies, exploit their weaknesses, unlock powerful but risky abilities, and uncover the land’s story through exploration and combat.
Kill the deities that have been abandoned in the towers created by people, a KAIZO LIKE EXTREME CHALLENGING PLATFORMER video game that aims to make you become a god in Linked Mask.
A precision platformer where you can instantaneously flip from ceiling to floor. Run, jump, and flip your way through difficult and vibrant stages, each themed around a pair of complementary colors. Master a constant barrage of new level mechanics, each designed around your flip ability.
Seven: Reboot is a cryptic experimental puzzle game. It consists of a wide variety of puzzles of all difficulties. It’s a game about numbers and their meaning. Make notes, construct theories, communicate with other players and solve the mysteries of Seven!
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.
Hop on platforms and jump on walls to explore a vast immersive platforming world. Discover different types of arrows and use them to solve puzzles and illuminate the darkened world around you!
Zebulon the cat is lost in a strange place, but he has a lot of courage and curiosity quickly replaces fear as he explores and unravels the world around him. It also helps that smelly green food is everywhere to grab!
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