Quarion
Games like Quarion

Games like Quarion

A short, single-player 2D pixel-art metroidvania on an alien planet with tough platforming, boss battles, and a ~3-hour run, praised for its tight execution despite some buggy movement physics.

Astronite
A short, cute 1-bit metroidvania with action, exploration, puzzles, and platforming on an invaded planet.
2022-11-30
- Shooter
- Action
- Science fiction

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Quarion
Games like Quarion

Games like Quarion

A short, single-player 2D pixel-art metroidvania on an alien planet with tough platforming, boss battles, and a ~3-hour run, praised for its tight execution despite some buggy movement physics.

Astronite
A short, cute 1-bit metroidvania with action, exploration, puzzles, and platforming on an invaded planet.
2022-11-30
- Shooter
- 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

B.I.O.T.A.

An intense 2D action-platformer with metroidvania exploration, set in a plague-infected mining colony, featuring hero selection and customizable 8-bit visuals.

2022-04-12

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Auridia

A ~6-hour single-player metroidvania focused on traversal-based discovery through ancient ruins and forgotten-god lore, with an atmospheric, lovecraftian tone.

2025-09-22

Action
Platform
Adventure
Side view

Xanthiom Zero

A short single-player metroidvania prequel where Captain Grisham uncovers Planet 4-514's secrets in a cute, fun 4–6 hour adventure.

2023-07-28

Action
Adventure

PSYCRON

A short, fast-paced 2D sci-fi metroidvania focused on exploration and movement, with an eerie lurking presence.

2021-08-19

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Rebel Transmute

A challenging retro-styled Metroidvania featuring alien cavern exploration, boss battles, and playstyle customization, with a dark story and uneven polish.

2024-03-11

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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

Haiku, the Robot

A cute, atmospheric pixel-art metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic robot world, with smooth combat and exploration but sparse save points and easy bosses.

2022-04-28

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Open world

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

Moonlaw

A compact moon-set metroidvania where a knight gains mobility upgrades to defeat a monster, with a short runtime and a rewarding second half.

2021-12-20

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Microvania

A compact pixel-art metroidvania with exploration, upgrades, hidden paths, and boss battles, offering a brief but secret-rich single-player experience.

2025-10-23

Action
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Astronite