Metroidvania

March 26, 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

An underwater exploration game about the last aquanaut, whose home on the ocean floor is being overtaken by ice. The protagonist follows a mysterious mechanical...

Blaster Master Zero 2

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

March 20, 2019

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Blaster Master Zero 2 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 into the...

FLASHLOOP

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

2027

After the ship crashes, the captain finds himself on an uninhabited planet, where every new discovery makes him doubt that no one lives here. The player travels...

Odallus: The Dark Call

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Indie

October 31, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

This fantasy action-platformer draws on classic exploration games and follows Haggis, a weary warrior who takes up his sword again to rescue his son from the...

HunterX

Adventure, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

April 29, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

HunterX is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. On the night of a dark purple moon, a girl who seems to...

Death Slayer

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

July 17, 2023

Steam: 57/100

The game is about a young swordswoman named Asura, who confronts the evil that has plagued her land. Each enemy uses their own unique attack pattern, so you'll have...

Invasion Versus

Side view, Shooter, Metroidvania, Arcade, Online

2019

Invasion Versus is a side-scrolling arcade shooter. This is a fast-paced, asymmetrical genre game that pits two players against each other. One of them is a mobile...

Unformed

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

April 25, 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 68/100

A dark metroidvania set in a dark world inspired by Eastern mythology. Players will embark on a dark journey through mysterious lands full of deadly dangers, hidden...

Legion of Judgment: Fallen Angel

Side view, Metroidvania, Dungeons, Platformer

2026

The main character makes forays at night and single-handedly wages a war against the werewolf guild that has taken over the world. His day job is to manage the old...

Kingless Dungeon

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

June 13, 2025

Steam: 92/100

A dynamic adventure in which the player explores an ancient and gloomy dungeon, taking on the role of its owner: the Prince of Shadows. The character was a villain...

Robot Named Fight

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

September 7, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated world in order...

Jackroid

Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Adventure

April 14, 2025

Steam: 61/100

A retro-style sci-fi game about traveling through mysterious galaxies and unknown planets. The main character is a machine-human hybrid who is trying to protect the...

Castle in the Darkness

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

February 5, 2015

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This action-exploration platformer with RPG elements follows a knight who awakens in the monster-overrun city of Alexandria after an evil sorcerer and his army...

7th Domain: Tree of Chaos Prologue

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

July 29, 2024

Steam: 82/100

A free prologue for 7th Domain: Tree of Chaos, in which two locations are open: “Snow Land” and “Crystal Mine” and there are a number of restrictions. The main...

Environmental Station Alpha

Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

April 22, 2015

Steam: 81/100

This retro-styled metroidvania follows a robot sent to investigate an abandoned space station and discover what happened there. Wildlife has overrun the station...

Savage: The Shard of Gosen

Arcade, Isometric, Indie, Metroidvania, Role-playing game

Q4 2014

Steam: 77/100

This 2D action-platforming adventure with RPG elements is set in the world of Lor, where a young warrior from Gosen crosses paths with the warlord Aben Bael...

B.I.O.T.A.

Side view, Metroidvania, Arcade

April 12, 2022

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This 2D metroidvania action-platformer follows a team of mercenaries investigating an alien plague in a mining colony. Players explore a pixel-art world, fight...

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