Metroidvania 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Metroidvania genre

Death's Gambit - a game in the Metroidvania genre

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 of “immortals...

Metroid Dread

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Metroid Dread is an adventure action-platformer with a side view set in the sci-fi universe of Metroid. The game is a direct sequel to Metroid Fusion from 2002...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2021

Steam: 90/100

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Castlevania Advance Collection

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Axiom Verge 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

Aeon Must Die!

Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Aeon Must Die! is an indie side-scrolling action game in a futuristic style with tactical and side-scrolling RPG elements. Eon, the fearsome Emperor of the...

UNSIGHTED

Action, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Top-down view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

UNSIGHTED — top-down action adventure role-playing game in a sci-fi setting. Events take place in a fantasy world of the future — Arcadia. The game will...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Shantae

Action, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

This action-adventure platformer with metroidvania elements follows half-genie Shantae, the self-appointed guardian of the fishing village of Scuttle Town. When the...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Cathedral (2019)

Action, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2021

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Cathedral is an adventure platformer about exploring a vast world and uncovering the hero’s past. Progress involves finding five elemental orbs and making a way...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch