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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Darksiders™
Third-person action adventure as an accused Horseman fights Heaven and Hell
89% positive
9,042 reviews
Demo Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
2D action RPG with whip traversal and boss-powered spells
76% positive
8,806 reviews
The Vagrant
Side-scrolling action RPG with combo combat and a family mystery
89% positive
8,732 reviews
Demo Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure about a holy knight fighting monsters
80% positive
8,444 reviews
Demo Minishoot' Adventures
Top-down spaceship shooter with open-ended exploration and bullet-heavy bosses
97% positive
8,111 reviews
Bloody Hell
Top-down bullet-hell shooter about an angel hunting Satan in Hell
97% positive
Free
The Swapper
Sci-fi puzzle platformer built around clones and body swapping
94% positive
7,585 reviews
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
2D fantasy action-platformer with labyrinth exploration and elemental switching
92% positive
7,448 reviews
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Persian-inspired Metroidvania with time powers and precision platforming
82% positive
7,386 reviews
Afterimage
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a vast world and weapon-based combat
77% positive
7,318 reviews
Demo VVVVVV
2D precision platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping
96% positive
7,192 reviews
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Side-scrolling ninja stealth platformer with choices to evade or kill
96% positive
6,995 reviews
Demo F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Metroidvania action platformer about a rabbit resisting a mechanical army
86% positive
6,944 reviews
Haydee
Third-person puzzle shooter with deadly platforming and limited saves
85% positive
6,925 reviews
SteamWorld Dig
2D mining platformer about digging deeper and upgrading your tools
94% positive
6,912 reviews
Demo Öoo
A puzzle platformer where bombs are tools for exploration
99% positive
6,886 reviews
Out There Somewhere
A 2D puzzle platformer about navigating with a teleport gun
93% positive
6,633 reviews
Eastern Exorcist
Hand-drawn side-scrolling action RPG about an exorcist fighting demons
83% positive
6,325 reviews
You Have to Win the Game
Retro exploration platformer with difficult jumps and hidden routes
93% positive
Free
Demo Laika: Aged Through Blood
Side-scrolling action adventure built around motorbike combat and exploration
91% positive
6,224 reviews
Axiom Verge
2D action platformer about exploring an alien labyrinth with glitches
90% positive
6,111 reviews
SteamWorld Dig 2
2D mining platformer with gear upgrades and underground secrets
95% positive
6,001 reviews
Journey To The Savage Planet
First-person alien exploration adventure with platforming and online co-op
87% positive
5,968 reviews
Cave Story+
2D action platformer with upgradeable weapons and multiple endings
91% positive
5,657 reviews