Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Games like Yars Rising
If Yars Rising left you wanting something colorful and retro, you have options. You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
Quarion
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.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw. Burrow under monsters, lash at them with an arsenal of strange weapons, and pick apart a vast dark world full of secrets, beastly bosses and a Victorian Gothic tale. Retro 8-bit looks, a cracking chiptune score, and combat that makes you earn it.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
87% of 7,981 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99B.I.O.T.A.
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
85% of 209 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
84% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99Recompile
You are a semi-sapient program fighting deletion inside a dying Mainframe. Recompile mixes tight 3D platforming, shooting and logic-gate hacking across a nonlinear digital ruin, with multiple endings shaped by how you repair, restore or destroy. Moody and strange, it is worth a look for its story and world.
Mysterious, Story-driven
67% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Double Cross
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Colorful, Retro, Hand-drawn
80% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Colorful, Retro, Hand-drawn
88% of 584 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Legends of the Universe - StarCore
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
73% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Narita Boy
A retro action-adventure inside a video game. Wield the Techno-sword against the Stallions, explore a hand-drawn Digital Kingdom soaked in neon and synth, and piece together the Creator's lost memories. The look and sound carry it; the sword fights are the fun part.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
79% of 1,172 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Cave Story+
A quiet boy wakes in a dark cave with no name and no memory, and finds a village of rabbit-like Mimigas in danger. Run, jump, shoot and fly through a massive retro action-adventure with 10 upgradeable weapons, over 20 boss fights and four endings. Cute looks, sharp claws, and a story people still talk about decades later.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
92% of 5,273 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99Axiom Verge
A lab accident hurls a scientist into Sudra, a ruined alien world full of biomechanical horrors. A retro-style metroidvania with a twist: you can glitch the world itself, corrupting enemies and warping walls to open paths. One developer made all of it, art, music and code, and it shows.
Colorful, Retro, Mysterious
90% of 5,885 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99Escape From Tethys
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Retro, Mysterious
76% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Cheaper than Yars Rising
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.
87% of 7,981 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
B.I.O.T.A.
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague.
85% of 209 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
84% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Recompile
You are a semi-sapient program fighting deletion inside a dying Mainframe.
67% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Axiom Verge
Explore a strange alien world as a scientist turned survivor, bending reality to open new paths.
90% of 5,885 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Double Cross
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
80% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
88% of 584 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Legends of the Universe - StarCore
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
73% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Narita Boy
You play a pixel hero summoned into the Digital Kingdom, slashing corrupt programs with the legendary Techno-sword.
79% of 1,172 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Cave Story+
Run and shoot through a cave full of secrets, where every boss fight and ending depends on how you play.
92% of 5,273 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
Escape From Tethys
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape.
76% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Yars Rising
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire…
96% of 902 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Zexion
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72!
89% of 571 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Guns of Fury
Blast through a corporation's facility with an arsenal of weapons, mechs and quick reflexes.
88% of 992 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.
87% of 7,981 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
84% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.
82% of 4,847 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99
AWAKEN - Astral Blade
Guide the bionic warrior Tania through a hand-drawn dark fantasy world, where fast, demanding combat and hidden paths lead to a mystery told piece…
81% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition
Fueled by love but driven by rage, Cherry embarks on a blood-soaked quest for revenge, explores the massive Megastructure, and eviscerates the…
77% of 896 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
HAAK
HAAK is a hand-drawn metroidvania set in a sunken cyber-wasteland.
89% of 3,182 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$17.99
PSYCRON
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
93% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Newest games like Yars Rising
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.
87% of 7,981 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.
82% of 4,847 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99
Adventure of Samsara
A hero resurrected. A new Adventure. With stunning, 2D pixel art, Adventure of Samsara combines classic gameplay, a deeply connected world, and a…
87% of 71 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 173 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!
84% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Zexion
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72!
89% of 571 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Guns of Fury
Blast through a corporation's facility with an arsenal of weapons, mechs and quick reflexes.
88% of 992 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Stardust Demon
A retro story-rich metroidvania filled with unique and diverse abilities, and quirky, charming aliens and demons.
83% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
AWAKEN - Astral Blade
Guide the bionic warrior Tania through a hand-drawn dark fantasy world, where fast, demanding combat and hidden paths lead to a mystery told piece…
81% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Rebel Transmute
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart!
74% of 250 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire…
96% of 902 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99