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$9.99Fallback
Endroad · 2019
A post-apocalyptic jetpack action-roguelike about leading a rebellion through a maze-like underground complex, with a short session length and potential navigation frustration.
ActionAdventureFallback
Endroad · 2019-10-11
A post-apocalyptic jetpack action-roguelike about leading a rebellion through a maze-like underground complex, with a short session length and potential navigation frustration.
$9.99
- Action
- Adventure
- Indie
FreeThe Doors That Led to Nowhere
SoloCap Games · 2024
A tense, compact first-person metroidvania RPG in a dark void, featuring dimensional-door traversal, a mysterious blade, and creative boss fights.
ActionFirst personThe Doors That Led to Nowhere
SoloCap Games · 2024-11-08
A tense, compact first-person metroidvania RPG in a dark void, featuring dimensional-door traversal, a mysterious blade, and creative boss fights.
Free
- Action
- First person
- Platform
FreeNYKRA: Before
ENDESGA · 2021
A short, narrative-driven sci-fi platformer exploring abandoned planets, but technical issues can mar the experience.
ActionPlatformNYKRA: Before
ENDESGA · 2021-09-27
A short, narrative-driven sci-fi platformer exploring abandoned planets, but technical issues can mar the experience.
Free
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
$9.99Death Machine
Philip Froelich · 2026
A pixel-art metroidvania with roguelite item collection set in a hostile machine citadel, but reviewers say controls need polish.
ActionPlatformDeath Machine
Philip Froelich · 2026-01-06
A pixel-art metroidvania with roguelite item collection set in a hostile machine citadel, but reviewers say controls need polish.
$9.99
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
$10.00Little One
Tristan O. · 2026
A dark, atmospheric 2D RPG about exploring a dreary world, meeting odd inhabitants, and fighting monsters, with praised visual palettes and a compact ~2-hour playtime.
AdventureStrategyLittle One
Tristan O. · 2026-04-10
A dark, atmospheric 2D RPG about exploring a dreary world, meeting odd inhabitants, and fighting monsters, with praised visual palettes and a compact ~2-hour playtime.
$10.00
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
$4.99Lunnye Devitsy
Boss Baddie · 2009
An atmospheric short metroidvania-lite platformer where a lost alien explores a strange planet to find a way home to the moon.
ActionPlatformLunnye Devitsy
Boss Baddie · 2009-07-01
An atmospheric short metroidvania-lite platformer where a lost alien explores a strange planet to find a way home to the moon.
$4.99
- Action
- Platform
- Puzzle
$2.99Inexistence
Jonathan BRASSAUD · 2016
A single-player 16-bit-era Metroidvania with a vast mysterious world, though mixed reviews point to clunky controls and a short ~3-hour runtime.
ActionAdventureInexistence
Jonathan BRASSAUD · 2016-04-18
A single-player 16-bit-era Metroidvania with a vast mysterious world, though mixed reviews point to clunky controls and a short ~3-hour runtime.
$2.99
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
$7.99Bioysque
Arkhouse Telegnosis · 2025
A solo retro action RPG in a dark bio-horror sci-fantasy setting, featuring surreal creature combat, upgrade gathering, and boss fights, with a bizarre, unclear feel and short reviewer playtime.
ActionScience fictionBioysque
Arkhouse Telegnosis · 2025-06-12
A solo retro action RPG in a dark bio-horror sci-fantasy setting, featuring surreal creature combat, upgrade gathering, and boss fights, with a bizarre, unclear feel and short reviewer playtime.
$7.99
- Action
- Science fiction
- Adventure
$19.99Virtue's Heaven
MOKKOGRAD · 2025
A compact pixel-art metroidvania about defiantly facing the apocalypse to free imprisoned friends.
ActionScience fictionVirtue's Heaven
MOKKOGRAD · 2025-05-20
A compact pixel-art metroidvania about defiantly facing the apocalypse to free imprisoned friends.
$19.99
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform
FreeRetro Machina: Nucleonics
SuperGG.com · 2021
A short, atmospheric action-adventure following a little robot through puzzle-solving and mystery in a retro-futuristic world, with rough edges around controls and polish.
ActionAdventureRetro Machina: Nucleonics
SuperGG.com · 2021-04-14
A short, atmospheric action-adventure following a little robot through puzzle-solving and mystery in a retro-futuristic world, with rough edges around controls and polish.
Free
- Action
- Adventure
- Indie