Metroidvania for PC — top best games in the Metroidvania genre / Page 3

Blighted - a game in the Metroidvania genre

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...

Voltage High Society

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Exploration, Old school, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 27 July 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.9/10

The nameless hero is imprisoned on an island ruled by cybernetic monsters. He is trying to uncover the secrets of this place and gain the desired freedom. In the...

Genopanic: Prologue

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

Game released: PC → 5 March 2024

Players: 7.7/10

A short prologue to Genopanic, which will take about an hour to complete. You can understand the basics of gameplay and defeat the first boss. The main character...

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...

The Mobius Machine

Side view, Action, Metroidvania, Platformer, Roguelike, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 1 March 2024

Players: 8/10

The main character explores a huge alien world, where he fights with the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. You need to purchase equipment that will make...

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...

Voidwrought

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2024

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Janosik 2

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2024

The famous Slovak mountaineer and robber Janko Janosik finds himself in the center of dangerous events. This time it is not his comrades who need saving, but...

Ascent DX

Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 26 March 2025

The game takes place on a square screen of 64 x 64 pixels. The ship’s ship crashed on an unknown planet. The character explores magnificent jungle, lifeless deserts...

Narvas

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2022

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...

The Tarnishing of Juxtia

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2022

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Song of Decay

Action, Adventure, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 28 February 2026

The player, in the role of the legendary hero of Greek mythology, Orpheus, embarks on a quest to find Eurydice. They will have to explore abandoned mausoleums...

RIN: The Last Child

Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 25 January 2024

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...

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...

Eternal Core

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 January 2026

A dark adventure where the player controls a robot created by a group of rebels with the aim of destroying a tower that drains life from the planet. You need to...

Tempus Vitae

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2027

A sci-fi metroidvania from the first person perspective, where players need to move between two eras and utilize time travel abilities. The main character is...

Crystal Project

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 31 March 2022

Crystal Project is a Japanese-style RPG adventure game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You have to go to conquer a large open world, find crystals and...

Vernal Edge

Side view, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: PC → 14 March 2023

The Kingdom of Harikot took off into the skies and split into many small islands — this helped the Aloe Church gain control over these locations. 20 years...

Evil Wizard

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Metroidvania, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 25 May 2023

A humorous game with pixel graphics in which the gamer controls a defeated villain. The character must regain his strength to take revenge on the heroes. You also...

Ultros

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2024

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character comes to his senses in a certain sarcophagus floating in space. The character explores areas of the ship and fights alien creatures to uncover...

Awaken - Astral Blade: First Contact

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

Game released: PC → 11 October 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...

BLADECHIMERA

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

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

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...

Touhou Luna Nights

Metroidvania, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 February 2019

A pixel game in which the main character finds herself in another world. It's full of strange places and demon youkai. You can use different weapons and learn...

Mala Petaka

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

A dynamic neon shooter where retro pixel aesthetics meet the frantic pace of classic 90s action. Everything in the game is filled with adrenaline: narrow corridors...

DOOMBLADE

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

Game released: PC → 31 May 2023

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character is the girl of Gloom, the last surviving member of the Twilight. She wields a sentient Demon Sword, which seeks revenge on the Lords of Terror...

Ebenezer and the Invisible World

Metroidvania, Side view, Fantasy, Platformer

Game released: PC → 3 November 2023

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...

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...

Trinity Fusion

Action, Science fiction, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: PC → 13 April 2023; Game released: PC → 15 December 2023

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The game tells the story of the interdimensional warrior Maya, who has three alternate personalities. The heroine is trying to coordinate the actions of different...

Death Slayer

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 17 July 2023

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...

Pseudoregalia

Metroidvania, Platformer, Third-person view, Action, Exploration, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 28 July 2023

Players: 7.7/10

The main character is Sybil, who finds herself in a dream world and is trying to find a way out. She explores Sansa's mysterious castle — a gloomy place with...

Run Coffee Run

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Comedy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 10 January 2026

A dynamic game where the main character moves quickly through levels and drinks coffee to stay awake. You need to explore different corners of the level to find the...

Slavania

Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 14 March 2024

Players: 7.6/10

The game takes place in a dark medieval world based on fairy tales. The main character explores different locations filled with monsters to collect information...

The Devil Within: Satgat

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

Early Access: PC → 9 April 2024; Game released: PC → 21 November 2024

The main character is Kim Rip, a royal guard who is trying to uncover the secrets of the Black Sting and cleanse the world of its vice. The source of demonic power...

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...

GNAW

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

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...

Brichi Quest

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Dungeons, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 6 January 2023

The protagonist finds a mysterious sword that takes him to an unknown land. The character must search every island and dungeon in search of a way to return home. On...

Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2023

The game takes place in a fantasy version of feudal Japan with evil spirits and demons. The game world is based on Japanese myths and legends. Brave brother and...

An Amazing Wizard: Prologue

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 27 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Free prologue for the game An Amazing Wizard about a magician. The main character can learn and use more than 100 spells in battles, further strengthening them with...

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

Anime / Manga, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 27 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A game based on the anime “Record of Lodoss War”. The main character named Deedlit wakes up in an unfamiliar place. The girl must go through 6 levels of a labyrinth...

Beyond the Ice Palace 2

Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 10 March 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A pixel game about the damned king who went on a trip to return his crown and throne. In battles, the character uses chains that also help when moving along the...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre for PC