Metroidvania 2021 for PC — top best games in the Metroidvania genre

Cyber Shadow - a game in the Metroidvania genre

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Grime

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 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...

Castlevania Advance Collection

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...

Rising Hell

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Source of Madness

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2021; Game released: PC → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Source of Madness is an action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Claylands, the crazy world...

Axiom Verge 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

Aeon Must Die!

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 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...

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 3 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

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

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 13 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that follows the adventures of secret agents. In the story, world...

UNSIGHTED

Action, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Top-down view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

UNSIGHTED — top-down action adventure role-playing game in a sci-fi setting. Events take place in a fantasy world of the future — Arcadia. The game will...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Lost Epic

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

Early Access: PC → 5 June 2021; Game released: PC → 28 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Lost Epic is a 2D side-scroller where you explore and fight in a fantasy world. The game is an action RPG and tells about the war between gods and people. Players...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Abyss of Neptune

Adventure, Action, First-person view, Free game, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Shooter, Survival horror, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 April 2021

Steam: 69/100

Abyss of Neptune is a shareware adventure with a first-person view, elements of horror and survival in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Aeterna Noctis

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

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...

Holl Space 5D6

Role-playing game, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Exploration, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 21 May 2021

Steam: 60/100

Holl Space 5D6 is a role-playing slasher game with a third-person view and horror elements in the cyberpunk genre. In each episode, you control a different...

UROS: A Trip Through Shadows

Free game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 13 July 2021

Steam: 61/100

UROS: A Trip Through Shadows is a 2.5D action game with platformer elements, set in a dream world. The evil god Strogobor has enslaved the dream world with terrible...

Vomitoreum

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: PC → 30 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...

Avoidvania

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

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

Steam: 95/100

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...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

Pronty: Fishy Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 19 November 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help Pronty and his faithful assistant Bront...

Touhou Double Focus

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Action, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 May 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 73/100

This action-adventure metroidvania based on Touhou Project follows Aya Shameimaru, a tengu journalist, and Momiji Inubashiri, a tengu patrol member, as they become...

Transiruby

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2021

Steam: 92/100

Transiruby is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a science fiction setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a cyborg named Sirubi and go...

Pulse Jumper

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

Game released: PC → 6 February 2021

Steam: 84/100

Pulse Jumper — arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. Your goal — get to space and chat with friends on the space station. But you must have time to...

Fearmonium

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

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Fearmonium is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with Metroidvania elements. The game takes place in the mind of a boy named Max, who once saw several clowns...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 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...

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

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

Game released: PC → 27 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

The Bounty Huntress

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

Game released: PC → 2 July 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...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre of 2021 for PC