Metroidvanias

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?

🌐 Steam

ReSetna is a 2.5D Metroidvania set in a crumbling world. The once great civilization has collapsed, leaving its fragments struggling under APEX. When a mysterious Signal emerges, driving robots to violence and madness, ReSetna and her drone companion, IXA, are dispatched to unravel the mysteries of the Signal and discover its true purpose.

Are you ready to delve into the ruins, navigating this broken society, to face untold challenges, and eventually ReSet the future?

🌐 Steam

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

I'm diving in right now. Loved Islets…

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Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.

🎮 Steam

✅ Soulsbourne Seeker

Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.

🌐 Steam

I never played the first one, but I've heard good things. And I'm excited about all the co-op options (online / split-screen / cross-platform)

Play as Maui the demigod in an adventure to save his island home from a darkness that threatens to consume it. Transform into majestic animals, meet spirit Aumakua, explore unique biomes, face epic bosses, and defeat nefarious enemies in this epic hand-painted 2D open world Metroidvania.

🌐 Steam

This is from the makers of Ebenezer and the Invisible World, which didn't get the greatest reviews. But here's to hoping they learned from their last game

Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cityscape, Neo-Barcelona awaits!

🌐 Kickstarter, Steam

…been waiting for this one.

Xplorite is a hand-drawn 2d action-exploration metroidvania full of enemies and secrets. Get in Sy's shoes and explore the depths of planet Nargal in look for the missing research team. Travel through different biomes full of enemies and hazards and try to uncover what is happening on the planet.

Sounds like they're aiming to release at the end of the year

🌐 Steam

When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.

🌐 Steam

TIES: Soul Link is an Emotional and Brutal 2D Metroidvania, combining Action RPG elements with Adventure Platformer. An exciting story of resilience and overcoming fears. Explore incredible cities in a world in decline, set in the year 2097, full of secrets and with brutal and bloody gameplay.

🌐 Website, Steam

The story takes place in the year 2997. You play as Apranik. Your mission is to travel to the planet Thulcandra in search of a crucial item: the Angel’s Egg, a very ancient artifact believed to be the source of all life in the Universe. You journey through the claustrophobic corridors of a massive underground complex filled with the remnants of technological and biological horrors created by a now dead civilization.

🌐 Steam

Metroidvania with a mix of melee and ranged combats inspired by classics like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Guacamelee! Help Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte battle her way through the secrets of Mars.

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Take the role of the resurrected Adrestia and embark on an epic journey to prevent your twin sister from unraveling the universe. Master acrobatic combat, explore the Greco-Roman space vessel Atromitos, and shape your destiny in Somber Echoes.

🌐 Steam

Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?

I'm not finding any reviews for this game, but it's been one of the more Wishlisted metroidvanias on Steam.

🌐 Steam

Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!

🌐 Steam

“We set out for the stars in search of paradise. We found something else...”

Echo Weaver is a time loop metroidBRAINia where time is your currency and secrets are your only upgrades. You are the last Weaver, remnant of a ruined society trapped in a fatal time loop. Uncover their story - and your own - as you explore what remains.

Use each loop to chip away at the mystery, exploring beautifully drawn biomes, helping quirky survivors, and tracking down leads. Fine-tune your skills to blaze through new routes, harvest potent “echoes”, and exploit time as a valuable currency. Unearth powerful secrets to reshape the timeline and master the loop, weaving a new fate for all those trapped within.

When faced with eternity, knowledge is the only gear you need.

🌐 Steam

Step into the shoes of Pluto; a mischievous cat who's just died, and after a disastrous meeting with the Afterlife Guardian is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER!!!

Islets was one of the best metroidvanias of 2022, so I'm excited to see what he does with this one.

🌐 Steam

Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

🌐 Steam

Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.

🌐 Steam

One thing I dislike about this game it that Arthra gauge generates so slowly and depleted too easy that I rarely use a surge.

Then I beat the game today with 90+% completion, then went back to collect things just to realize that there's a charm that generates the gauge when attack.

Damn, feels like I played the game wrong, because this made fighting bosses tedious.

Pulverize demons as a small Angel wielding a GIANT DEMONIC HAMMER! Explore Hell's deepest layers, and uncover the truth of how Heaven fell in this Bullet-Hell Metroidvania. Will you succeed, or die in the chaotic depths of BLOODY HELL 2?

The original Bloody Hell is still out there for free

🌐 Steam

Bo is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania based in a colorful world of Japanese folklore. You play as a tiny fox spirit that grows from lotus blossom after being blessed by the moon god. It is an indie game being developed by Squid Shock Studios.

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Getting solid reviews. Out on Switch soon with no specific date announced. I'm holding out to start Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which releases tomorrow, and may come back to this one.

Embark on a gripping mission to reforge humanity's future as Aletheia, an elite mercenary of the Steam City of Canaan, in this gripping steampunk adventure inspired by classic Metroidvanias and action-RPGs.

🎮 Steam

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