36 Best Metroidvania Games of All Time

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Metroidvania games are incredibly popular. This is a subgenre of action-adventure video games and one that’s been around for ages. If it’s a new term for you, the name came from two iconic video game franchises, Metroid and Castlevania. Overall, these are typically 2D games where players have to explore a relatively large map. However, you’ll reach different areas that are locked off. You can only progress by backtracking and finding some power-up that will allow players to progress forward.

So this list of games below is exactly what you can expect in terms of gameplay. To avoid sounding repetitive below, just know that you’ll have a large map filled with areas that will cut you off, forcing you to find some power-up that will allow you to progress forward. With that said, below, we’ll rank down some video games and provide some premise. Perhaps you’ll find something worth picking up to enjoy today.

Most Metroidvania games are 2D side-scrollers where you battle your way through to the next objective. But in Supraland Six Inches Under, things are a little different. First, the game is in first-person perspective. That means you’ll see the world much differently than the other titles on this list.

Second, the game is more about exploring and solving puzzles than combat. According to the developers, only 5% of the game is about combat. So you’ll be roaming around the world trying to find tools and gear to help unlock new parts of it or solve puzzles to get past roadblocks.

The game also has funny “gags,” so be ready.

Welcome to Arcadia. We’d like to say it’s a lovely place where everyone is happy, but we’re sure you’d see right through that. Instead, Haiku, The Robot takes you to a place where machinery has run wild and