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.
Patch Quest
Twin-stick roguelite shooter where you lasso monsters for their abilities
94% positive
2,789 reviews
Castlevania Dominus Collection
Three 2D action RPGs plus two takes on Haunted Castle
94% positive
2,755 reviews
Chasm
Side-scrolling action adventure with a map assembled anew each playthrough
74% positive
2,735 reviews
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
2D action platformer with interconnected ruins and demanding sword-and-magic combat
84% positive
2,714 reviews
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD
Side-scrolling action adventure tracing a family's conflict with Dracula
84% positive
2,707 reviews
Minoria
2D action adventure with swordplay, spells, and witch hunts
81% positive
2,655 reviews
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Side-scrolling action platformer with monster forms that open new paths
88% positive
2,652 reviews
La-Mulana
2D action platformer built around cryptic puzzles in ancient ruins
80% positive
2,641 reviews
Crystal Project
Nonlinear voxel RPG with turn-based battles and platforming exploration
92% positive
2,599 reviews
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Side-scrolling action platformer where defeated dragons change your form
85% positive
2,595 reviews
Castlevania Advance Collection
Four retro 2D action games set in Dracula's castle
92% positive
2,535 reviews
Islets
2D metroidvania where reconnecting floating islands opens new paths
95% positive
2,513 reviews
Dark Devotion
2D dark-fantasy action RPG with branching, one-way temple paths
74% positive
2,506 reviews
Volgarr the Viking
Challenging 2D Viking platformer built around traps and bosses
81% positive
2,455 reviews
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Eight classic side-scrolling action games about fighting Dracula
82% positive
2,289 reviews
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
2D Metroidvania with sword-and-gun combat in a steampunk city
80% positive
2,288 reviews
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise
Action roguelite with shifting dungeons and customizable ally combos
92% positive
2,259 reviews
UNSIGHTED
Pixel-art action adventure where friends run out of time
93% positive
2,238 reviews
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Isometric action adventure across islands full of puzzles and monsters
80% positive
2,174 reviews
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
A 2D action RPG with tough battles across snowy rat lands
80% positive
2,159 reviews
Aeterna Noctis
Hand-drawn Metroidvania built around demanding combat and precision platforming
75% positive
2,158 reviews
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Side-scrolling fantasy Metroidvania with character switching and hidden passages
83% positive
2,127 reviews
Ogu and the Secret Forest
Top-down adventure through hand-drawn regions full of puzzles and secrets
94% positive
2,088 reviews
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
A 2D platform adventure through a sunken city using shapeshifting
90% positive
2,038 reviews