Metroidvania

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Demons, Metroidvania, Exploration

January 15, 2025

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game is about demon hunter Shin, who has lost his memory and made a pact with a demon that can turn into a sword. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic...

Sundered

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

July 28, 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

January 21, 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...

Voidwrought

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Fantasy

October 24, 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The main action takes place in a hand-rendered cosmic horror world, in which the player explores the ruins of the First Civilization and battles the gods who live...

HEART ABYSS

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Slasher

November 3, 2026

Dynamic action inspired by Japanese mythology. The plot takes place in the dark lands of the Human Empire, where creatures from Japanese legends are encountered...

Chronicles of the Wolf

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Metroidvania

June 19, 2025

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A fantasy Metroidvania in the vein of the Castlevania series, players take on the role of the last remaining member of the Order of the Rose Cross, Mateo Lombardo...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

December 15, 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Otherskin

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Exploration, Metroidvania

September 2, 2025

Steam: 69/100

The game takes place on a distant planet called Vandermire with various biomes, which is the source of the ever-expanding Corruption that threatens the entire...

Heart Forth, Alicia

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania

2027

Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress Alicia, who sets...

Yoku's Island Express

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

May 29, 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Meganoid

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

March 29, 2017

Steam: 63/100

Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...

Bloody Hell

Metroidvania, Shooter, Indie, Demons, Adventure, Fantasy, Top-down view, Free game

January 28, 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 97/100

A pixel game about an angel who wants to destroy Satan. The huge world is divided into sectors, between which you can move on a trolley. The locations are filled...

Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening

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

August 26, 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 76/100

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 mysterious...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

August 15, 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

August 30, 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

Supraland Six Inches Under

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

January 14, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland Six Inches Under is a continuation of the exciting first-person action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. This time you will dive six inches below the...

ANIMAL WELL

Metroidvania, Action, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Puzzle, Exploration

May 9, 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An old school metroidvania with a focus on exploration and puzzle solving that will require the player to think outside the box to achieve results. In the game you...

Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

Adventure, Metroidvania, Side view, Platformer, Demons, Exploration

July 17, 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The main character is a certain Bo. One day he descends from heaven to play a key role in a mystical ritual. The hero goes on a dangerous journey through colorful...

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Warhammer 40K, Stealth

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A grim 2D action-platformer that tells the story of a mercenary named Vihnik, who seeks to climb the hierarchical ladder of the Eshin clan and earn the coveted...

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania

July 16, 2024

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in the steampunk city of Canaan, where the brave Aletheia is trying to defeat an army of clockwork golems and destroy the terrible plans of a...

Elderand

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

February 16, 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, swings and...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

October 7, 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

BlazBlue Entropy Effect X

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

February 12, 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Extended version of the 2D action BlazBlue Entropy Effect from 2023. The events of the game unfold in a post-apocalyptic future, where the real world is on the...

Divinum

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania

August 28, 2026

Steam: 85/100

In the center of the story is a girl named Fior — one of the defenders, born with the fate of a Guardian and outstanding combat skills. An unknown threat descends...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

September 29, 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Catmaze

Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view

May 25, 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...

Chasm

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

July 30, 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

February 6, 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Haiku, the Robot

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

April 28, 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

This adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements takes place in Arcadia, a mechanical world inhabited by corrupted robots and machinery. The player explores...

Mark of the Deep

Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Isometric

January 24, 2025

Players: 1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The adventure of a pirate nicknamed "Rookie", who must uncover the secrets of a mysterious island and reassemble his crew after a shipwreck. The locations are...

GNAW

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Exploration, Metroidvania

2027

The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

March 11, 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Cave Story

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania

January 4, 2005

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...

Axiom Verge

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

March 30, 2015

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 himself in a...

Dark Devotion

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

April 25, 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dark Devotion is a side-scrolling action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You will try on the role of a Templar woman who is trapped in a dark and gloomy Temple. As...

Yars Rising

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration

September 10, 2024

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting adventure where she...

Song of the Deep

Arcade, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

July 12, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Song of the Deep is a side-scrolling arcade adventure. The setting was a sunken city that hides many secrets and mysteries and where the main character’s father was...

Aeon Must Die!

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

October 14, 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...

ITORAH

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

March 21, 2022

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

ITORAH is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game, you can try on the role of Itora, the only person left in the colorful...

Awaken - Astral Blade

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

October 22, 2024

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character is a certain Loretta, who is called upon to defeat demons and save the world. Among the features of the game are a wide selection of weapon...

Best Games in the Metroidvania genre