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
256 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
2D action RPG with sword combat and nonlinear exploration
95% positive
19K reviews
Pseudoregalia
3D Metroidvania with acrobatic moves and open-ended castle exploration
97% positive
19K reviews
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure through apocalyptic dungeons and puzzle rooms
88% positive
19K reviews
Rogue Legacy
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where each death brings a new heir
92% positive
19K reviews
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Dark fantasy 2D Metroidvania with companion-based combat and exploration
95% positive
19K reviews
TUNIC
Isometric action RPG where lost manual pages reveal hidden knowledge
91% positive
19K reviews
Antichamber
First-person puzzle exploration through looping corridors and shifting rooms
95% positive
18K reviews
Darksiders III
Souls-like hack-and-slash adventure hunting the Seven Deadly Sins
76% positive
18K reviews
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Retro side-scrolling platformer with four campaigns and local battles
96% positive
17K reviews
FEZ
Puzzle platformer with rotating viewpoints in a three-dimensional world
93% positive
16K reviews
Supraland
First-person puzzle adventure where new abilities unlock hidden paths
95% positive
15K reviews
Tails of Iron
Hand-drawn 2D action RPG with punishing fights against frogs
88% positive
15K reviews
Rogue Legacy 2
Genealogical 2D action roguelite with descendants inheriting permanent upgrades
91% positive
15K reviews
Touhou Luna Nights
Side-scrolling action game with bullet-heavy combat and time-stopping puzzles
97% positive
15K reviews
The Messenger
Retro 2D ninja platformer that shifts into time-travel exploration
93% positive
13K reviews
Darksiders™
Third-person action adventure as an accused Horseman fights Heaven and Hell
89% positive
13K reviews
Monster Sanctuary
Pixel-art creature-collecting Metroidvania with tactical turn-based team battles
91% positive
13K reviews
Rabi-Ribi
Nonlinear 2D platformer with close combat and bullet-hell bosses
95% positive
12K reviews
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Side-scrolling action platformer with secrets in a cursed land
93% positive
12K reviews
Lunacid
First-person dark fantasy RPG built around dungeon exploration and secrets
91% positive
12K reviews
Hue
A 2D puzzle platformer where matching colors hide obstacles
93% positive
11K reviews
SteamWorld Dig
2D mining platformer about digging deeper and upgrading your tools
94% positive
11K reviews
Have a Nice Death
2D hack-and-slash roguelike through Death's shifting office departments
86% positive
11K reviews
VVVVVV
2D precision platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping
96% positive
11K reviews