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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre for Nintendo 3DS

SteamWorld Dig - a game in the Metroidvania genre
SteamWorld Dig
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 November 2013
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 80/100
SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...
Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 November 2013
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 44/100
Metacritic: 65/100
A 2.5D action-adventure companion to Batman: Arkham Origins, the game continues its story and reveals more about the Dark Knight’s past. The adventure unfolds in a...
Metroid - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Metroid
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 1 September 2011
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 58/100
Metroid is the heroine, Samus Aran is a galactic bounty hunter. She wears an exceptionally powerful and adaptable exoskeleton created by the ancient Chozo race...
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate
Arcade, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 March 2013
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 72/100
This action-adventure platformer with metroidvania elements follows the Belmont family’s conflict with Dracula. Trevor Belmont, a knight of the Brotherhood of...
Metroid: Samus Returns - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 September 2017
Metacritic: 85/100
Metroid: Samus Returns is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer set in the Metroid universe. The game is based on the 1991 classic Metroid 2: Return of Samus, with...
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Action
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 5 February 2015
Players: 10/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...
Cave Story+ - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Cave Story+
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 1 May 2014
Players: 10/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...
Cave Story - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Cave Story
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 4 October 2012
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 89/100
This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...
Blaster Master Zero - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Blaster Master Zero
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 9 March 2017
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Blaster Master Zero is an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer based on the 1988 Blaster Master game. The new edition features the unique style of the original...
Xeodrifter - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Xeodrifter
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 18 June 2015
Players: 10/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 74/100
This side-scrolling metroidvania follows an interstellar drifter exploring a small cluster of four planets in the Omega sector. After a collision with a rogue...
Metroid Fusion - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Metroid Fusion
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 16 December 2011
Metacritic: 92/100
This futuristic action platformer with metroidvania elements follows Samus Aran, an interstellar bounty hunter infected by an X parasite while on a mission near the...
Cave Story 3D - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Cave Story 3D
Arcade, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 November 2011
Metacritic: 82/100
A side-scrolling metroidvania with a two-dimensional playfield. Cave Story is an action game; the available information does not describe its story, characters, or...
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - a game in the Metroidvania genre
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 16 December 2011
Metacritic: 80/100
A platform action game with puzzle and metroidvania elements, in which Kirby sets out to save the kingdom from evil. Three of his copies can assist him on the...