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.
Caravan SandWitch
Third-person exploration adventure searching a desert planet for your sister
86% positive
3,939 reviews
Apotheon
2D action platformer about fighting Greek gods across Olympus
90% positive
3,874 reviews
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Side-scrolling dark fantasy action RPG with interconnected exploration and demanding combat
76% positive
3,825 reviews
Indivisible
Side-scrolling action RPG combining platforming and real-time party combat
71% positive
3,739 reviews
Vigil: The Longest Night
Side-scrolling action RPG with dark exploration and tough boss fights
86% positive
3,654 reviews
Haiku, the Robot
Side-scrolling metroidvania across a decaying world of corrupted robots
90% positive
3,574 reviews
HAAK
Side-scrolling metroidvania with hook-based movement and hidden wasteland paths
90% positive
3,522 reviews
Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Weapon-switching action RPG set in a cursed, Greek-inspired city
78% positive
3,512 reviews
The End Is Nigh
Difficult 2D platformer about building a friend after the apocalypse
94% positive
3,500 reviews
Guacamelee! 2
2D Metroidvania with wrestling combat and chicken-form platforming
91% positive
3,389 reviews
9 Years of Shadows
Side-scrolling Metroidvania with elemental armor inside a mechanical fortress
77% positive
3,371 reviews
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Side-scrolling Metroidvania with customizable sigils and demon battles
92% positive
3,289 reviews
ScourgeBringer
2D roguelite platformer built around fast dashes and attacks
86% positive
3,282 reviews
Leap Year
2D puzzle platformer where learning movement tricks opens paths
97% positive
3,213 reviews
Souldiers
2D action adventure across an interconnected realm near the afterlife
69% positive
3,151 reviews
Crypt Custodian
An afterlife Metroidvania about a banished broom-wielding cat
97% positive
3,151 reviews
Batman™: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition
Side-scrolling superhero adventure with stealth, gadgets, and prison exploration
43% positive
3,114 reviews
Blue Fire
3D adventure platformer built around precision jumps and exploration
81% positive
3,112 reviews
Phoenotopia: Awakening
2D action-adventure with puzzles and a starship abduction mystery
83% positive
2,918 reviews
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
Valfaris
Sci-fi side-scrolling shooter with heavy metal and gory combat
82% positive
2,840 reviews
DEAD OR SCHOOL
Side-scrolling action RPG about reaching school through zombie territory
84% positive
2,817 reviews
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Six classic 2D action platformers with modern difficulty assists
76% positive
2,805 reviews