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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Cyber Shadow
Side-scrolling ninja platformer with unlockable moves and tough bosses
83% positive
1,556 reviews
Chasm
Side-scrolling action adventure with a map assembled anew each playthrough
76% positive
1,508 reviews
Demo Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive
1,489 reviews
Pankapu
2D action platformer with shifting forms in a child's dreams
64% positive
1,475 reviews
Shadow Man Remastered
Third-person horror action-adventure with exploration, puzzles, and shooting
94% positive
1,459 reviews
StarBreak
Free-to-play 2D action platformer with permadeath and alien boss fights
78% positive
Free
Momodora III
A 2D action platformer with a hidden stage to uncover
93% positive
1,443 reviews
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Action-adventure through a mind with puzzles and musical boss fights
94% positive
1,437 reviews
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
Side-scrolling action platforming with two demon-hunting sisters to switch between
80% positive
1,416 reviews
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Isometric action adventure across islands full of puzzles and monsters
82% positive
1,414 reviews
Foregone
A side-scrolling action platformer mixing melee combat with gunfire
81% positive
1,412 reviews
Demo BLADECHIMERA
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a demon sword that manipulates time
89% positive
1,402 reviews
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Side-scrolling action platformer with creature transformations and interconnected areas
87% positive
1,339 reviews
Unbound: Worlds Apart
Side-scrolling puzzle-platformer where portals change gravity and time
83% positive
1,339 reviews
Abyss Odyssey
Side-scrolling action roguelike where you take control of your enemies
68% positive
1,323 reviews
JUMP KING QUEST
A precision platforming RPG mixing charged jumps with weapon combat
87% positive
1,305 reviews
Demo Verho - Curse of Faces
First-person dungeon crawler in a world where unmasking is fatal
91% positive
1,299 reviews
IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer
Incremental 2D platformer where movement upgrades automate currency growth
77% positive
1,299 reviews
Moonscars
A 2D action metroidvania about a warrior made of clay
81% positive
1,289 reviews
Castle In The Darkness
Retro action platformer with tough fights and hidden secrets
77% positive
1,286 reviews
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
2D action platformer built around leaping between surfaces
81% positive
1,275 reviews
Demo Wings of Vi
2D precision platformer with deadly hazards and demanding boss fights
79% positive
1,259 reviews
AWAKEN - Astral Blade
2.5D action platformer with parries, upgrades, and hidden paths
81% positive
1,199 reviews
Friendly Fire
A free pixel-art platform adventure set in a mysterious world
94% positive
Free