The Best Platform-adventure Games for PC Windows

Update : Forest adventure added at rank #3.
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Crystal Crisis (2019)

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Cave Story (Japanese: , Hepburn: Dkutsu Monogatari) is a 2004 Metroidvania[1]platform-adventure game for Microsoft Windows. Cave Story features 2D platform mechanics and is reminiscent of the games Amaya played in his youth, such as Metroid and Castlevania (both released in 1986). It received widespread critical acclaim for many polished aspects of its design, such as its compelling characters, setting, story, and gameplay.


  • puzzle
  • crossover
  • platform-adventure
  • competitive
  • fight
  • multiplayer
  • grid
  • local
  • jump-and-run
  • puzzle-battle
  • sdl
  • platform
  • classic
  • puzzle-fight
  • bubble-popping

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Cave Story's Secret Santa (2021)

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After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every house and return the missing packages. Be the Mimiga Who Saves Christmas!


  • platform-adventure
  • stealth
  • retro-game
  • jump-and-run
  • sdl
  • platform
  • crossover
  • metroidvania
  • puzzle
  • rabbit
  • retro
  • family-friendly
  • adventure
  • open-source
  • cute

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Forest adventure (2023)

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The little girl's favorite handkerchief was taken away by a wolf. In order to get her handkerchief back, the girl who has no fighting ability decided to follow the wolf to the mountain.

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  • platform-adventure
  • cartoony
  • japanese
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • jrpg
  • anime
  • runner
  • stylized
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • dungeon-crawler
  • cute
  • metroidvania

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Aria (2022)

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Aria is a narrative-driven adventure game following a young girl - Aria and her travelling companion, a “Dolki” (Half Dolphin, half Kiwi). A recent tragedy has left Aria adrift in her own imagination where corruption has begun to intrude upon the lands.

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  • emotional
  • cinematic
  • platform-adventure
  • cartoony
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • third-person
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • metroidvania
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • magic

5

Shadow Complex Remastered (2016)

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ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.


  • platform-adventure
  • side-scrolling
  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • exploration
  • military
  • classic
  • political
  • war
  • boss-fight
  • narrative
  • action
  • shooter
  • non-linear
  • fast-paced

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Ori: The Collection (2021)

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A collection of the two Ori games "Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition" and "Ori and the Will of the Wisps".


  • platform-adventure
  • metroidvania

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Bookbound Brigade (2020)

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Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.

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  • platform-adventure
  • metroidvania
  • historical
  • 2d
  • hand-drawn
  • side-scrolling
  • cute
  • colourful
  • book
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • platform
  • funny
  • skill
  • family-friendly

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