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.
The Devil Within: Satgat
2D action platformer with demanding combat and demon powers
79% positive
929 reviews
Trinity Fusion
2.5D action roguelite with parallel selves and changing levels
85% positive
913 reviews
Promenade
Platform adventure about collecting cogs to unlock new worlds
95% positive
911 reviews
Super Mombo Quest
2D precision platformer built around enemy combos and exploration
96% positive
896 reviews
SiNiSistar Lite Version
Dark 2D action platformer about exorcising monsters with sword and bow
86% positive
889 reviews
UnderParty
Violent 2D action platformer with combos and varied bosses
85% positive
830 reviews
Kelipot
Side-scrolling action platformer with branching boss fights and roguelite runs
85% positive
826 reviews
Elderand
Gothic side-scrolling action RPG with exploration and weapon crafting
75% positive
822 reviews
Heroine Anthem Zero 2 : Scalescars Oath
Side-scrolling action RPG about a priestess searching for home
82% positive
809 reviews
Tomba! Special Edition
2.5D platform adventure with quests, hidden treasures, and pig enemies
89% positive
793 reviews
Flynn: Son of Crimson
Side-scrolling action platformer with crimson weapons and a guardian dog
85% positive
771 reviews
BIOMORPH
2D Metroidvania where defeated monsters' forms unlock new paths
92% positive
716 reviews
Aggelos
Retro 2D action RPG with unlockable abilities and tough bosses
77% positive
707 reviews
Vernal Edge
Pixel-art Metroidvania across floating islands with combo-based combat
75% positive
689 reviews
BioGun
Side-scrolling metroidvania shooter fighting viruses inside a dog's body
85% positive
667 reviews
Alwa's Legacy
A 2D metroidvania with magic upgrades and dungeon puzzles
87% positive
649 reviews
SHEEPO
Combat-free 2D metroidvania where creature forms open new paths
96% positive
625 reviews
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark
2D Metroidvania with sister-switching combat and Demon Realm exploration
66% positive
610 reviews
3dSen PC
NES emulator that turns supported games into playable voxel scenes
91% positive
559 reviews
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Side-scrolling action platformer about a ninja fighting its creators
86% positive
541 reviews
Mr. Sun's Hatbox
2D stealth-action roguelite with recruitable thieves and hat heists
85% positive
521 reviews
FOUNTAINS
Soulslike action RPG with tough combat and interconnected exploration
83% positive
509 reviews
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Side-scrolling action platformer with wall climbing and aerial scythe attacks
94% positive
493 reviews
Lingo 2
First-person word puzzles in a winding, nonlinear world
93% positive
473 reviews