Metroidvania for PC — top best games in the Metroidvania genre / Page 2

Tombwater - a game in the Metroidvania genre

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Open world, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 31 March 2026

Hardcore pixel 2D action with elements of soulslike and metroidvania. The events of the game unfold in a dark Wild West. The player takes control of a lone...

Maseylia: Echoes of the Past

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 19 June 2026

Players: 1/10

An adventurous action metroidvania built around exploration, freedom of movement, and the discovery of forgotten secrets in a vast interconnected world. Each new...

The Siege and the Sandfox

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A combination of stealth and metroidvania in the setting of an oriental fairy tale. The main character is a sand fox, a master of stealth, who must escape from a...

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 19 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...

ASTLIBRA Revision

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

ANIMAL WELL

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Candellum

Action, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Free game, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 5 May 2026

Free action game with a top-down view, where all mechanics revolve around fire, life, and inevitable extinction. The action takes place in an abandoned wax factory...

Islets

Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Action, Open world

Game released: PC → 24 August 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Islets is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements in a fantasy setting. Aiko is an aspiring warrior who explores the skies and earth...

Salt and Sacrifice

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Players: 8.4/10

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 world. The events...

Afterimage

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 April 2023

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Side view game with non-linear levels. A girl named Renee survived an attack on her home village, but lost her memory. Now she is trying to regain her memories and...

Curse of the Sea Rats

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

Game released: PC → 6 April 2023

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A pirate witch turned several British prisoners into rats. They set off to travel along the coast of Ireland to find her and return to their former appearance. Each...

The Eternal Life of Goldman

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

A hand-drawn adventure platformer with elements of exploration and battles, set on a mysterious Archipelago. Players will uncover the mysteries of the islands, seek...

Rebel Transmute

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2024

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance. You can learn abilities that change your playing style to a...

This Is Fine: Maximum Cope

Adventure, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 1 May 2026

A colorful Metroidvania based on the famous meme about a dog in a burning house. The player controls a dog named Question Hound, exploring five worlds inspired by...

Anima Flux

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

Game released: PC → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

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

THE IRONY

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

A horror platformer inspired by the visual style of PS2-era games and combining dark 2.5D pixel graphics. The player takes on the role of an inspector sent by a...

Wolfhound

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old-school metroidvania with a side view, set on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle, where a secret Nazi base is hidden. The player takes on the role of...

Avoidvania

Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Runner, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 1 August 2026; Early Access: PC → 25 September 2021

An adventure game where a small cat finds itself in a huge castle, drawn by a mysterious scent coming from its tower. Inside, a tangled maze of corridors awaits...

Awaken - Astral Blade

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

Game released: PC → 22 October 2024

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Biomorph

Metroidvania, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 5 April 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A colorful metroidvania in the spirit of Hollow Knight, in which the main emphasis is on hardcore battles with enemies, an abundance of different fighting styles...

Yars Rising

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

Game released: PC → 10 September 2024

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...

Morkull Ragast's Rage

Platformer, Slasher, Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Comics

Game released: PC → 6 March 2025

The main character of the game is Morkull, a villain who knows that he is a video game character. In battles, you can use combos and a variety of abilities to help...

Layers Deep

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

A small onion, just sprouted in late autumn, finds itself in a world that is rapidly fading. The gothic atmosphere is saturated with destruction and secrets, and...

Catmaze

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

Game released: PC → 25 May 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: PC → 6 March 2023

Metacritic: 88/100

An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The main character...

Eden's Guardian

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.9/10

The game takes place in a world with a medieval and fantasy aesthetic, ravaged by conflict, where the stories of gods and men are intertwined. The main character...

Lunacid

Action, First-person view, Fantasy, Dungeons, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 31 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 15 March 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Long ago, a huge beast emerged from the sea and covered the land with a poisonous fog. Now those deemed undesirable are thrown into a huge well that has become a...

Exophobia

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Exploration, Metroidvania, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 23 July 2024

An old-school pixel shooter made in the Metroidvania format and inspired by projects from the 90s. The main action takes place on a spaceship that was captured by...

Shadow Labyrinth

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Science fiction, Platformer

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025

Players: 8/10

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 planet. We will have...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 13 March 2015

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...

Blighted

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

A role-playing action game with a dark world, created by the authors of Guacamelee! and Nobody Saves the World. The story centers on the sole survivor of the...

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 16 July 2024

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...

Frontier Hunter: Erza's Wheel of Fortune

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Anime / Manga, Dungeons, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 15 December 2022; Game released: PC → 26 July 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Erza is a legendary huntress who has become a spearhead in the Empire's military campaigns. With its help, the majestic...

9 Years of Shadows

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 27 March 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character explores a dark castle filled with dangerous creatures in order to lift the curse that has stripped the earth of all its flowers. The dormant...

Rusted Moss

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 23 April 2023

The main character travels across the map with the help of her grappling hook, fighting her way through witches and rusty machine monsters. The unique grappling...

Gunbrella

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character is a stern woodcutter who finds himself in a city that is alien to himself, filled with various enemies, including a cult of sectarians, a gang...

Phantom Blade: Executioners

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

Game released: PC → 2 November 2023

Players: 9.3/10

A dynamic game in which the gamer can make decisions that change the course of events. Various combinations of Phantoms' skills and powers are used in battles. They...

TEVI

Metroidvania, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 November 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character Tevi is agile and agile, and has both her trusty dagger and a huge wrench in her arsenal, which she uses to strike in close combat with style. At...

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

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

Game released: PC → 11 January 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Five years after the events of Momodora 3 , demons invaded the village of Koho. The high priestess sets out on a journey to save her people from destruction. In...

Rising Hell

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

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...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre for PC