Best Metroidvania games on PC
Games built around exploring interconnected areas, gaining abilities or tools, and returning to earlier locations to open previously inaccessible paths. Combat and platforming are common.
- Exploration of interconnected areas
- New abilities unlock new paths
- Combat and platforming challenges
Related: Platformer, Adventure, Action, Souls-like
827 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Metal Unit
Side-scrolling action roguelite with mech combat and permanent upgrades
83% positive
2,902 reviews
Minit
A minimalist adventure with puzzles and sixty-second days
89% positive
2,901 reviews
Demo Caravan SandWitch
Third-person exploration adventure searching a desert planet for your sister
88% positive
2,900 reviews
Demo Phoenotopia: Awakening
2D action-adventure with puzzles and a starship abduction mystery
82% positive
2,873 reviews
Guacamelee! 2
2D Metroidvania with wrestling combat and chicken-form platforming
91% positive
2,869 reviews
The Fall
Side-scrolling sci-fi adventure with puzzles built around an AI's rules
88% positive
2,865 reviews
Valfaris
Sci-fi side-scrolling shooter with heavy metal and gory combat
82% positive
2,840 reviews
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
2D action-platformer with wrestling combat across living and dead worlds
93% positive
2,821 reviews
ScourgeBringer
2D roguelite platformer built around fast dashes and attacks
87% positive
2,821 reviews
DEAD OR SCHOOL
Side-scrolling action RPG about reaching school through zombie territory
84% positive
2,817 reviews
Otherworld Legends
Roguelike beat-'em-up with distinct heroes and item-driven builds
65% positive
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Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Weapon-switching action RPG set in a cursed, Greek-inspired city
78% positive
2,673 reviews
Kotama and Academy Citadel
Action metroidvania with fluid powers, weapon switching, and timed parries
77% positive
2,672 reviews
Minoria
2D action adventure with swordplay, spells, and witch hunts
81% positive
2,655 reviews
Demo Crystal Project
Nonlinear voxel RPG with turn-based battles and platforming exploration
91% positive
2,618 reviews
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
A side-scrolling action platformer where two ninjas combine their abilities
92% positive
2,618 reviews
Demo Indivisible
Side-scrolling action RPG combining platforming and real-time party combat
72% positive
2,590 reviews
Castlevania Dominus Collection
Three 2D action RPGs plus two takes on Haunted Castle
93% positive
2,576 reviews
Dreaming Sarah
Surreal exploration platformer where collected items change how you move
92% positive
2,566 reviews
Demo Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Side-scrolling action platformer with monster forms that open new paths
88% positive
2,537 reviews
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Six classic 2D action platformers with modern difficulty assists
75% positive
2,513 reviews
Seasons after Fall
A puzzle platformer where a fox changes the seasons
81% positive
2,480 reviews
Souldiers
2D action adventure across an interconnected realm near the afterlife
67% positive
2,466 reviews
Volgarr the Viking
Challenging 2D Viking platformer built around traps and bosses
81% positive
2,455 reviews