Metroidvania

May 12, 2026

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Clockwork Ambrosia is a steampunk metroidvania with run-and-gun platforming, following Iris, an airship pilot who must fight an army of deadly robots and monsters...

La-Mulana 2

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

July 30, 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

La-Mulana 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade platformer with lots of puzzles. This time the main character is the girl archaeologist Lumisa Kosugi, who...

Mystik Belle

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

May 22, 2015

Steam: 86/100

Mystik Belle is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. You have to go to the amazing school of magic Hagmore. Freshman witch Bella...

Redo!

Action, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Metroidvania

August 20, 2019

Steam: 86/100

Redo! is a side-scrolling hardcore action game set in the metroidvania genre and dark fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a brave girl who is trying to...

Lorera

Free game, Indie, Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, Side view, Puzzle, Platformer, Exploration, Open world

July 15, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Lorera is a free-to-play side-scrolling action adventure game with pixel art, set in the mysterious world of Lorera. Puzzles, traps and boss fights await...

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

October 19, 2023

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Western set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The plot tells the story of a tribe oppressed by the invaders. The main character wants revenge in order to return...

Juvenate

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

September 30, 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 85/100

A short game consisting of three levels, each with its own unique environment, enemies, and mechanics. The character runs quickly, jumps on platforms, and fights...

The Bounty Huntress

Adventure, Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania

July 2, 2021

Steam: 66/100

The Bounty Huntress is a side-scrolling action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements in a fantasy setting. In the game, you take on the role of a bounty hunter...

Rusty Rangers

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

June 21, 2025

Steam: 90/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world engulfed in chaos and constant horror. No one remembers what it was like before being captured by the Baron, except...

Anchor: Quest for Atlantis

Metroidvania, Fantasy, Adventure, Dungeons, Action, Exploration

April 1, 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

The main character is immersed in the seabed and explores the ancient ruins to reveal the secrets of the fall of Atlantis. The ruins protect the guards. In battles...

Narvas

Action, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania, Indie, Adventure

September 3, 2022

Steam: 60/100

The story of the action-platformer tells about a young garbage collector named Mace, who, along with his robot partner Toby, tries to save his home colony from an...

Nightmare Boy

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

October 25, 2017

Steam: 58/100

Nightmare Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game takes place in another world full of enemies from your worst nightmares. Only you can save...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

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

July 10, 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is a direct continuation of the exciting action-platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will delight you with...

The Witch & The 66 Mushrooms

Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Metroidvania, Exploration

November 7, 2020

Steam: 86/100

The Witch & The 66 Mushrooms — indie side-scrolling platformer with action elements. A young girl wearing a magic hat must navigate the Witch's Labyrinth to...

Sect-Machina

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration, Action, Adventure, Casual game

September 10, 2023

Steam: 59/100

The main character is a butterfly who went to explore the city of insects to get to the bright lights. The settlement is divided into areas where certain types of...

Ebenezer and the Invisible World

Metroidvania, Side view, Fantasy, Platformer, Casual game, Exploration

November 3, 2023

Steam: 73/100

A game based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge and a team of shadowy allies battle a wealthy industrialist and his private guard to...

Pigbook

Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

December 15, 2023

Steam: 77/100

A short pixel adventure set on a small pig island. A pig named Bacon challenges dragons that have suddenly disrupted the locals' lives. In addition to regular...

Heroine Anthem Zero -Sacrifice-

Role-playing game, Metroidvania, Side view

December 23, 2016

Steam: 61/100

This side-scrolling fantasy role-playing game follows Wanin, a forest keeper, and Shama Kutami, a wandering cat-girl whose paths cross in a world recovering from...

Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Metroidvania

September 8, 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 83/100

An action platformer with metroidvania elements, Valdis Story: Abyssal City follows the warrior Wyatt as he explores the ruins of a long-lost holy city. In a world...

Escape From Tethys

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Metroidvania

July 13, 2018

Steam: 76/100

Escape From Tethys is a side-scrolling retro Metroidvania about a scientist exploring a mysterious planet. The events of the game will take you to the hostile...

The Tarnishing of Juxtia

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

July 26, 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 66/100

The Tarnishing of Juxtia is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. As the last creation of the goddess Yuxtia, you will travel...

Yeomna: The Legend of Dongbaek

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

July 31, 2022

Players: 1.7/10

Steam: 42/100

Yeomna: The Legend of Dongbaek is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in the Metroidvania genre. Ominous flames rise again in the once peaceful world ruled by...

Soul's Spectrum

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Exploration, Fantasy, Top-down view, Metroidvania, Adventure

October 19, 2023

Steam: 94/100

The main character finds herself in a mysterious dungeon with monsters and traps, from which she tries to get out. With each death, the heroine's body is...

Slavania — The Power of Drum

DLC, Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Adventure, Indie

May 5, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

An add-on for the Slavic metroidvania, the key element of which is the music of the drum and bass group "Neuromonk Feofan", as well as a playable character of the...

City of None

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration

2027

Old-school metroidvania from the creators of Celeste and TowerFall. Players need to explore a dark metropolis inhabited by strange spirits, fierce beasts...

Unworthy

Metroidvania, Indie, Action

May 29, 2018

Steam: 79/100

This combat-focused metroidvania follows a nameless warrior who has risen from the grave and wanders a ruined landscape in search of meaning. Robbed of life but...

Iron Bramble

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Old school, Metroidvania

2027

Metroidvania from the creators of Rusted Moss, combining fast-paced platforming with precise shooting. The action takes place inside a vast cyber-gothic...

Lunnye Devitsy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Side view

July 1, 2009

Steam: 69/100

This adventure platformer follows an alien who falls from the moon onto a mountainside on a strange planet and must find a way home. The player explores unusual...

RIN: The Last Child

Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy

January 25, 2024

Steam: 52/100

The story is inspired by the ancient myth of Krona. The main character goes on a journey to restore order in the mystical world. You can create spells and improve...

Awaken - Astral Blade: First Contact

Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Free game, Metroidvania

October 11, 2024

Players: 7/10

Free prologue for Awaken — Astral Blade. The game takes place in a dangerous jungle, where, under the influence of some red energy, animals and plants began...

Super Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Side view, Casual game

October 1, 2014

Steam: 89/100

This exploration platformer follows You Have to Win the Game and centers on traversing an open-ended world in search of hidden secrets. The player explores a large...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

July 29, 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...

Faerie Afterlight

Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Exploration, Metroidvania

September 28, 2023

Steam: 69/100

Kradyrev smashed the light into pieces, scattering each fragment. Kimo and Whispy try to navigate this surreal world to collect the missing rays. As they discover...

Ninja Noboken

Arcade, Action, Side view, Slasher, Adventure, Comics, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

May 3, 2022

Steam: 59/100

Ninja Noboken is an old-school action-slasher game about ninjas with a side view. Evil has risen from the ashes and is once again wreaking havoc on a once...

Summit

Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Open world

April 28, 2023

Steam: 81/100

The main character was one of the few survivors of a giant avalanche. He set out on a journey through a giant open world located on a mountain range to find a...

BioGun: Clinical Trial

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

January 26, 2024

Steam: 84/100

A colorful metroidvania where, according to the plot, all dogs began to die out en masse due to an unknown virus. One of the scientists decided to introduce a...

Trizna

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

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A nameless fallen warrior, left without burial rites and awakened by an ancient powerful witch, turns into her obedient tool to achieve her goals shrouded in...

Ghost 1.0

Action, Indie, Metroidvania

June 7, 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action metroidvania follows a mysterious agent sent by two hackers to infiltrate the Nakamura Space Station and steal a major electronic secret. The station’s...

Cathedral (2019)

Action, Indie, Metroidvania

October 31, 2019

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...

Noreya: The Gold Project

Metroidvania, Exploration, Platformer

June 21, 2024

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This pixel-art metroidvania is set in a dark fantasy world where the protagonist must choose between the Gods of Light and Shadow and the gods of Corruption and...

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