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A metroidvania-style puzzle platformer with a mute fairy heroine exploring a post-war abandoned Earth in a lengthy, chapter-based adventure.

Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
A heartfelt mushroom-themed metroidvania with dense interconnected exploration and standout platforming, offering roughly 15 hours of play.
2025-11-07
- Action
- Warfare

Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

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Metro Gravity

A single-player metroidvania with gravity-bending movement, rhythmic combat, and puzzle-heavy exploration in a surreal dream world, roughly 10 hours for reviewers.

2025-06-19

Action
Platform
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Music

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Lone Fungus

A challenging, handcrafted mushroom-world metroidvania where ability-gated exploration and secret hunting unfold across a large 2D map.

2023-04-07

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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EMUUROM

A non-violent retro-pixel metroidvania where scanning creatures unlocks paths through an ancient paradise—a lengthy ~22–30 hour exploration that reviewers find thoughtful but occasionally disorienting.

2026-05-25

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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SteamWorld Dig 2

A single-player side-scrolling steampunk mining adventure with Metroidvania-style exploration, tight controls, and a roughly 10-to-12-hour campaign.

2017-09-22

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Rusted Moss

A twin-stick metroidvania with grapple-based movement through a fallen wasteland, mixing charming exploration with occasional tough boss fights and a substantial playtime.

2023-04-11

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Axiom Verge 2

An exploration-focused single-player metroidvania in an alien pixel-art world, with light combat and a divisive breach mechanic, lasting about 9 hours.

2022-08-11

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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The End Is Nigh

A difficult solo platformer mixing precise exploration and frequent death in a darkly comic post-apocalyptic world, with a typical 7-12 hour playthrough.

2017-07-12

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Submachine: Legacy

A single-player hand-drawn puzzle adventure about exploring desolate ruins and solving challenging, note-worthy puzzles to uncover a lighthouse keeper's story, lasting about 11 hours.

2023-10-13

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Point-and-click

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Iconoclasts

A roughly 17-hour pixel-art metroidvania about a renegade mechanic exploring a dying planet, with satisfying puzzles and a personal story about faith, though movement and combat feel clunky to some.

2018-01-23

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Supraland Six Inches Under

A cute, colorful first-person metroidvania in a tiny underground world, mixing Portal-style puzzles, exploration, and combat, with overwhelmingly positive reviews despite some design inconsistencies.

2022-01-14

Action
First person
Comedy
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Open world

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Stardust Demon

A retro pixel-art metroidvania with quirky characters, diverse abilities, hidden-room exploration, and optional challenges in a roughly 16-hour story.

2024-10-23

Action
Adventure
Indie
Side view