Metroidvania for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Metroidvania genre

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - a game in the Metroidvania genre

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The Curse of Blood returns to the Castlevania universe in a modern 2D action format with a focus on world exploration from the creators of Dead...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Exploration, Detective, Metroidvania, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of...

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song...

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A reimagining of the Prince of Persia series, the main character of which is the Persian soldier Sargon from the elite group of warriors “Immortals...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit...

Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam...

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Role-playing game, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction...

Moadra

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026

Steam: 85/100

A dark metroidvania set on the forgotten planet Protea VI. Its landscape combines sandy wastelands, icy peaks, and research facilities overrun by...

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The story centers on Joe Musashi, a martial artist whose village was destroyed and his fellow tribesmen turned to stone. Ahead lies the path of...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on...

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2026

Players: 4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An android named Mio awakens on a large spaceship that has fallen into disrepair. The main character explores overgrown locations filled with hostile...

The Last Faith

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world...

Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A dynamic action platformer based on the anime and manga "Cobra's Space Adventures". The player takes on the role of space pirate Cobra and faces a...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore...

Blasphemous 2

Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game, Side view, Action, Horror, Gothic, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The sequel to the hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the Penitent. The character will take part in epic battles with bosses, each...

Umbraclaw

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2024

Steam: 85/100

An action-adventure about a cat named Kuon, who finds herself in the Kingdom of Souls after dying in the world of the living—a dangerous dimension...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge...

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A dark metroidvania inspired by the Castlevania and Dark Souls series. The main character is the doomed Lord Derek Erikon, who escaped a fatal end in...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an...

Well Dweller

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A dark fairy tale metroidvania from the creators of Crypt Custodian. Deep in the forest lies a well, at the bottom of which lives Blik — a tiny bird...

Constance

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2026

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A colorful metroidvania about a girl artist. The plot is based on the girl’s inner experiences about creativity, balance between life and work...

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

Online, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Steam: 72/100

A game that supports co-op for up to 4 people. Characters explore dungeons, ruins, and gardens that are automatically generated each time. The game...

Crypt Custodian

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Roguelike, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The main character is a cat named Pluto, who came to the other world and learned that he would now forever sweep the afterlife. The character goes to...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of...

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant...

Castlevania Dominus Collection

Action, Adventure, Old school, Platformer, Collection, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2024

Players: 6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A collection of classic Castlevania games, including Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia...

Shadow Labyrinth

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Science fiction, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The gloomy version of the famous Packman. The main character - Mesnik No. 8, accompanied by a yellow sphere named Pak, examines the mysterious...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To...

Elderand

Adventure, Action, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A game with Metroidvania elements and hardcore combat, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The main character travels through a dark world...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the...

Mariachi Legends

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is the chosen one of Death itself — detective Pablo Cruz. He was entrusted with the task of returning a powerful amulet that...

Axiom Verge

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds...

Salt and Sacrifice

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania, Action, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of Salt and Sanctuary, which tells the story of a condemned criminal who becomes an inquisitor hunting mages in a whimsical fantasy...

Caravan SandWitch

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Casual game, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The protagonist explores a sunny sci-fi world by car to find his sister. You can help people you meet on the road solve their problems. The car needs...

Death's Gambit

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world...

ASTLIBRA Revision

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ASTLIBRA Revision is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a young man separated from his childhood friend when a demon attacks their village. He...

Songbird Symphony

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2019

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This musical Metroidvania follows Birb, an orphaned chick searching for his origins in a forest world. He explores interconnected levels, meets their...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre for Nintendo Switch