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A cute, short retro metroidvania about saving your dog across three dungeons, plus a 50-floor survival tower.

Under The Island
A charming retro 2D action-adventure Zeldalike that mixes dungeon combat, puzzle solving, and a day/night cycle in a compact 8-9 hour experience.
2026-02-17
- Action

Puzzle

Adventure

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Side view

Role-playing (RPG)

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Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince

A compact pixel-art Zelda-like action-adventure starring Lily, with magic, mythological charm, and well-crafted dungeons.

2022-08-16

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

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Astalon: Tears of the Earth

A retro-styled single-player metroidvania with three switchable heroes, hand-drawn pixel art, and a ~13-hour climb through a twisted tower.

2021-06-03

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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Creepy Castle

A retro metroidvania adventure about an animal hero uncovering an insect conspiracy in a castle, with minigames and speedrunning, but reviewers find the controls and missing QoL features frustrating.

2016-10-31

Comedy
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Drama

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Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

A compact, fun metroidvania adventure through trap-filled dungeons with puzzle-solving and hidden secrets, clocking in around 2.5 hours.

2025-03-05

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Shipwreck

A top-down adventure of dungeon crawling and monster combat to escape a stranded island, with a short, approachable playthrough of about 14 hours.

2015-02-13

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Donna: The Canine Quest

A compact five-hour action RPG with cute pixel art, heroic hounds, and melee combat with loot discovery.

2025-11-10

Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster

An action RPG mixing 2D side-scrolling material runs with kingdom rebuilding, featuring pixel-art anime visuals and a short ~4-hour single-player campaign with mixed reception.

2026-04-23

Action
Strategy
Fantasy
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Tales of Bloomrise

A cozy single-player pixel-art RPG mixing village farming, fishing, and crafting with procedurally generated action dungeons in a roughly 12-hour adventure.

2026-03-02

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Horde of Viscount

A retro-styled 2D metroidvania with co-op, adjustable difficulty, town building, and subweapon movement, offering reviewers around 6-8 hours of play.

2026-04-10

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Arcade

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ROSA's Quest

A brief, fun 2D platformer set in a flooded, ocean-conquered world where a rescue android fights through ruined cities to defeat aquatic leaders.

2026-05-08

Platform
Indie

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Alchemist's Castle

A short, old-school metroidvania set in castle dungeons, where the alchemist's apprentice uses explosives to collect power-ups and reclaim what's his in about 3-5 hours.

2017-11-02

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Indie