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
837 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Dark fantasy 2D Metroidvania with companion-based combat and exploration
95% positive
18K reviews
TUNIC
Isometric action RPG where lost manual pages reveal hidden knowledge
90% positive
17K reviews
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Third-person action RPG with acrobatic exploration, puzzles, loot, and scythe combat
78% positive
17K reviews
Rogue Legacy
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where each death brings a new heir
92% positive
17K reviews
Hyper Light Drifter
Difficult pixel-art action RPG built around combat and hidden paths
93% positive
17K reviews
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Retro side-scrolling platformer with four campaigns and local battles
95% positive
15K reviews
Rogue Legacy 2
Genealogical 2D action roguelite with descendants inheriting permanent upgrades
90% positive
15K reviews
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure through apocalyptic dungeons and puzzle rooms
88% positive
15K reviews
Touhou Luna Nights
Side-scrolling action game with bullet-heavy combat and time-stopping puzzles
97% positive
15K reviews
Dust: An Elysian Tail
2D action RPG with sword combat and nonlinear exploration
95% positive
15K reviews
Antichamber
First-person puzzle exploration through looping corridors and shifting rooms
95% positive
14K reviews
Tails of Iron
Hand-drawn 2D action RPG with punishing fights against frogs
87% positive
14K reviews
Demo Supraland
First-person puzzle adventure where new abilities unlock hidden paths
95% positive
13K reviews
Darksiders III
Souls-like hack-and-slash adventure hunting the Seven Deadly Sins
75% positive
13K reviews
FEZ
Puzzle platformer with rotating viewpoints in a three-dimensional world
93% positive
12K reviews
Rabi-Ribi
Nonlinear 2D platformer with close combat and bullet-hell bosses
95% positive
11K reviews
The Messenger
Retro 2D ninja platformer that shifts into time-travel exploration
92% positive
11K reviews
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Side-scrolling action platformer with secrets in a cursed land
93% positive
11K reviews
Lunacid
First-person dark fantasy RPG built around dungeon exploration and secrets
90% positive
11K reviews
Demo Monster Sanctuary
Pixel-art creature-collecting Metroidvania with tactical turn-based team battles
91% positive
11K reviews
Have a Nice Death
2D hack-and-slash roguelike through Death's shifting office departments
85% positive
10K reviews
Dungreed
Side-scrolling action roguelite with randomized dungeons and town rebuilding
92% positive
9,726 reviews
Windblown
Fast action roguelite built around dashes, weapon combos, and co-op
88% positive
9,501 reviews
Reventure
A 2D platform adventure where choices lead to 100 endings
95% positive
9,265 reviews