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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Demo GRIME II
A 2.5D metroidvania about stealing enemy forms and summoning them
83% positive
1,977 reviews
Islets
2D metroidvania where reconnecting floating islands opens new paths
95% positive
1,949 reviews
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
First-person horror RPG aboard a starship overrun by mutants
87% positive
1,904 reviews
Ogu and the Secret Forest
Top-down adventure through hand-drawn regions full of puzzles and secrets
94% positive
1,898 reviews
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
Gory 2D action platformer with fast, combo-driven revenge combat
95% positive
1,894 reviews
Stay Out of the House
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal butcher's house
93% positive
1,892 reviews
Aeterna Noctis
Hand-drawn Metroidvania built around demanding combat and precision platforming
74% positive
1,876 reviews
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
A 2D Metroidvania with fish-sword fights and cat-eared townsfolk
87% positive
1,860 reviews
Hue
A 2D puzzle platformer where matching colors hide obstacles
93% positive
1,856 reviews
Salt and Sacrifice
2D action RPG about hunting mages and crafting gear
62% positive
1,855 reviews
Narita Boy
2D action-adventure with sword fights across a retro digital kingdom
78% positive
1,850 reviews
Batman™: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition
Side-scrolling superhero adventure with stealth, gadgets, and prison exploration
45% positive
1,837 reviews
Slain: Back from Hell
A gothic action platformer with weapons that exploit elemental weaknesses
72% positive
1,816 reviews
Teslagrad
A 2D puzzle platformer built around electricity and magnetism
83% positive
1,808 reviews
Escape Dead Island
Third-person zombie mystery with stealth, combat, and island exploration
61% positive
1,744 reviews
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Japanese folklore platformer with staff-bouncing combat and interconnected exploration
84% positive
1,733 reviews
ReCore: Definitive Edition
Third-person shooter and platformer with robot companions on Far Eden
63% positive
1,732 reviews
Rusted Moss
2D Metroidvania with elastic grappling and freely aimed gunfights
88% positive
1,683 reviews
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Retro 2D action platformer with character switching and local co-op
84% positive
1,653 reviews
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
A 2D platform adventure through a sunken city using shapeshifting
90% positive
1,630 reviews
Demo Worldless
2D exploration platformer with turn-based attacks and timed defenses
94% positive
1,622 reviews
Demo Environmental Station Alpha
Retro action platformer with secrets aboard an abandoned space station
80% positive
1,599 reviews
Isles of Sea and Sky
Open-world block-pushing adventure across islands with unlockable abilities
91% positive
1,585 reviews
Supraworld
First-person puzzle adventure where new abilities open interconnected paths
91% positive
1,558 reviews