Pseudoregalia
Sybil wakes inside Castle Sansa, a dream castle gone rotten, and the only way through is up, over and around it.
96% of 17,241 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48$4.49
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Once Upon A Puppet
Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.
Atmospheric, Dark, Mysterious
82% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Pseudoregalia
Sybil wakes inside Castle Sansa, a dream castle gone rotten, and the only way through is up, over and around it. A 3D metroidvania built on movement: every new ability bends the rules of what you can reach, and the castle never tells you which way is the right way. It only asks how far you are willing to jump.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Retro
96% of 17,241 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48$4.49Before I Go
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Atmospheric, Dark, Mysterious
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Lone Fungus
Lone Fungus is a handcrafted Metroidvania where you are the last mushroom alive in a world built by mushrooms. You explore ten connected areas, pick up Relics and Emblems, learn spells and moves from bosses, and open new paths with each ability. Cute pixel art, fast combat, and fair challenge make it easy to keep going.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Retro
85% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Unbound: Worlds Apart
A hand-drawn puzzle-platformer where you open portals that bend reality: inverse gravity, frozen time, super strength. Guide Soli, a small mage with a big job, through strange connected worlds, dodge everything that moves, and uncover why reality is coming apart. One touch kills, but checkpoints are generous.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Surreal
82% of 1,203 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99Promenade
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Mysterious, Retro, Surreal
94% of 844 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Pompom
You don't control Pompom the hamster’s movements, you control everything else. Lay down blocks, springs, cannons, umbrellas, use whips and alter the world, creating a safe path for Pompom to defeat the evil Captain Cat.
Retro, Surreal
86% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$9.99A Juggler's Tale
Abby is a string puppet who escapes her circus cage into a war-torn fairy tale, hunted across rivers, bandit camps and traps. The puppet master narrates her whole journey in rhyme while his strings, the very thing holding her up, snag on every branch.
Atmospheric, Dark, Mysterious
93% of 1,326 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$17.99Rusted Moss
Rusted Moss is a metroidvania built around an elastic physics grapple: you sling yourself across a melancholic wasteland, shoot witches and rusted machines with 360° aiming, and follow Fern, a changeling raised by humans, to decide whether the Age of Men ends. Difficult, moody and rewarding to master, with mouse and keyboard recommended.
Atmospheric, Dark, Mysterious
88% of 1,641 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99Quarion
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.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Retro
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Faerie Afterlight
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Surreal
68% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Unravel
Yarny, a little creature made of red yarn, travels through the landscapes of an old woman's memories. You swing, bridge and bounce with your own thread, but every step spends it. A wordless, heartfelt puzzle platformer with gorgeous Nordic scenery and a soundtrack worth sitting still for.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Surreal
90% of 4,504 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$19.99
Cheaper than Thread
Pompom
You don't control Pompom the hamster’s movements, you control everything else.
86% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Genopanic
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer.
73% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
100 Pumpkins 2
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
95% of 65 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Ninjahtic
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth.
80% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Clash of Puppets
Clash of Puppets is a 3D hack’n’slash platformer, featuring classic b-movie style.
86% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Auridia
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania.
97% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
1000 Amps
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
77% of 135 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Semblance
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world.
83% of 318 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Adventures of Poppe
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights…
76% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Teslagrad Remastered
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience!
80% of 216 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Hidden gems like Thread
Hypogea
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
97% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Auridia
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania.
97% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Metro Gravity
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls!
93% of 870 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$12.99
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
93% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Promenade
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities.
94% of 844 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.
82% of 4,810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99
Once Upon A Puppet
Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve.
82% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Islets
Fly a rickety airship between floating islands, reignite their cores and watch the map knit itself together as you explore.
95% of 1,920 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99
Rusted Moss
A grapple-driven metroidvania where every swing, shot and choice carries weight in a dying world.
88% of 1,641 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Akatori
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles.
71% of 332 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Lone Fungus
Lone Fungus is a handcrafted Metroidvania where you are the last mushroom alive in a world built by mushrooms.
85% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Newest games like Thread
A Sister's Journey
Help Violet find her missing sister Rena in a hand-drawn pixel-art world that is equal parts charming and trying to kill you.
66% of 67 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Akatori
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles.
71% of 332 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Before I Go
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an…
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.
82% of 4,810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99
GIGASWORD
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn.
75% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hypogea
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
97% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
93% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Auridia
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania.
97% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Metro Gravity
Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls!
93% of 870 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$12.99
Once Upon A Puppet
Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve.
82% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Locks
Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it…
78% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$11.99