Awaken: Astral Blade
2024PC · PS · Android
Punishing combat, metroidvania
- Critics
- unknown
- Players
- 82%
- Steam
- To beat
- unknown
$8.99was $19.99−55%
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Games like Kotama and Academy Citadel
2026PC
24 games that share what Kotama and Academy Citadel does well: sci-fi, platforming and side-scrolling. Each one shows critic and player scores, how long it takes to beat, and the cheapest way to play it.
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24 picks · prices as of Oct 16, 2026
Hidden gem$14.69
was $19.99−27%
$12.59
was $19.99Historical low
Multiplayer$16.99
was $19.99−15%
No price yet
Icey
2016PC · Mac · PS · Switch · iOS · Android
Spectacle fighter, metroidvania
- Players
- 90%
- Steam
- To beat
- unknown
$3.08
was $10.99−72%
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
2016PC · Mac · PS · Xbox · Switch
Spectacle fighter, punishing combat
- Players
- 93%
- Steam
- To beat
- ~5h
- IGDB
$9.99
Environmental Station Alpha
2015PC · Mac
Metroidvania, platforming
- Critics
- unknown
- Players
- 81%
- Steam
- To beat
- unknown
$7.99
$19.99
Hidden gemFreeFree to play
MultiplayerHidden gem$15.89
was $19.99−21%
Feudal Alloy
2019PC · Mac · PS · Xbox · Switch
Punishing combat, metroidvania
- Players
- 69%
- Steam
- To beat
- unknown
$1.69
was $16.99Historical low
$2.32
was $14.99−85%
$2.49
was $9.99−75%
$14.99
Hidden gemMio: Memories in Orbit
2026PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Punishing combat, metroidvania
- Players
- 83%
- Steam
- To beat
- ~23h
- IGDB
$13.99
was $19.99−30%In Game Pass
No price yet
Nine Sols
2024PC · Mac · PS · Xbox · Switch
Punishing combat, metroidvania
- Critics
- 88
- IGDB
- Players
- 94%
- Steam
- To beat
- ~26h
- IGDB
$29.99
In Game Pass
$9.99
Super Alloy Ranger
2022PC · Mac · Switch
Platforming, Action-Adventure
- Critics
- unknown
- Players
- 89%
- Steam
- To beat
- unknown
$9.99
$9.99
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
2022PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Spectacle fighter, JRPG
- Critics
- 81
- IGDB
- Players
- 89%
- Steam
- To beat
- ~21h
- IGDB
$49.99
Hidden gemGhost 1.0
2016PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Metroidvania, platforming
- Critics
- unknown
- Players
- 90%
- Steam
- To beat
- ~15h
- IGDB
$12.99
$19.99
Hidden gems like Kotama and Academy Citadel
Highly rated, under 5,000 Steam reviews, and outside the big series.
$1.99
was $19.99Historical low
$19.99
Freedom Planet 2
2022 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Platforming, Action-Adventure
96% of 1,589 Steam reviews
$24.99
$5.59
was $19.99Historical low
Multiplayer$2.49
was $9.99−75%
$19.99