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A chilling, punishing Metroidvania action-shooter about exploration and survival, with a janky but atmospheric ~11-hour campaign.

Zexion
A challenging sci-fi metroidvania with forbidden-tech hunting, creepy atmosphere, and dense exploration, coming in around 13-14 hours for reviewers.
2025-03-21
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- Science fiction
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Games like Paradox Soul

A chilling, punishing Metroidvania action-shooter about exploration and survival, with a janky but atmospheric ~11-hour campaign.

Zexion
A challenging sci-fi metroidvania with forbidden-tech hunting, creepy atmosphere, and dense exploration, coming in around 13-14 hours for reviewers.
2025-03-21
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Tombwater

A Souls-like 2D action-RPG in a cursed Wild West town, blending brutal combat with Eldritch horror and rewarding exploration.

2026-03-31

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

Enigma of Fear

A slow-burn pixel-art survival horror adventure as detective Mia investigates a missing father case in a bizarre non-place, mixing clue-hunting puzzles with monster encounters over a lengthy single-player campaign.

2024-11-28

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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

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

SIGNALIS

A dystopian sci-fi survival horror with fixed-camera exploration and item scavenging, weaving a cryptic cosmic mystery around a technician Replika, typically played for about 13–21 hours.

2022-10-27

Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Mystery

Dark Light

A post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with hack-and-slash combat, metroidvania exploration, cyberware upgrades, and a roughly 30-hour campaign (among reviewer samples).

2022-09-29

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Genopanic

A linear pixel-art adventure-platformer with light combat and puzzles in a dark sci-fi space station, offering a compact ~8-hour experience.

2024-05-17

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

Ghost Song

A somber 2D metroidvania on a desolate alien moon, with cosmic horror, ability-based exploration, and a roughly 13-15 hour journey.

2022-11-03

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

Super Lone Survivor

A compact, pixel-art survival horror remake about sneaking or fighting through a plague-stricken city while managing your sanity.

2022-10-31

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Side view
Simulator

Critadel

A futuristic 2D roguelike platformer with solid core shooting but uneven systems, offering three characters and huge weapon variety in short runs.

2021-10-12

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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

Zexion