Metroidvanias
- Voidwrought, a cosmic horror metroidvania, announced an October 24 release date.
>Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage. All Reviews:
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- Nine Sols, after a very successful PC release in May, is coming to all major platforms on November 26, including Xbox Game Pass
This game was fantastic — great story, art style, gameplay. It's very hard, but there are sliders to control the difficulty. I have this game in my top 10 metroidvanias, so I'm excited for others who don't have a PC to try it out
- Exographer, a pixel-art "brainovania" based in scientific principles, is out today on all major platfroms
>Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
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- Let's discuss: Hollow Knight
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/16204715
> The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series! > > Let's discuss Hollow Knight. What aspects do you like about it? What doesn't work for you? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let's get the conversation going! > > If you have any recommendations for games or series for the next post(s), please feel free to DM me or add it in a comment here (no guarantees of course). > > Previous entries: > Nintendo DS, Monster Hunter, Persona, Monkey Island, 8 Bit Era, Animal Crossing, Age of Empires, Super Mario, Deus Ex, Stardew Valley, The Sims, Half-Life, Earthbound / Mother, Mass Effect, Metroid, Journey, Resident Evil, Polybius, Tetris, Telltale Games, Kirby, LEGO Games, DOOM, Ori, Metal Gear, Slay the Spire
- Blasphemous 2: Mea Culpa, the DLC for the popular gothic metroidvania, announced a release date of Oct 31 for all major platforms.
>The ascension to penitence never ends. Strike down the enemies who stand in your way as you reveal pathways within Cvstodia to forgotten areas. Retrieve the shards and feel the stinging pain in your hands from the punishment you embraced, once more.
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Embark on a brand new quest
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Mea Culpa returns with savage attacks, devastating combos and special abilities
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New savage executions and abilities
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2 new bosses await their end
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Uncover 2 large new zones, once forgotten
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Experience an alternative ending for the Penitent One
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Add to your arsenal of penitence with new resonances, abilities, prayers, rosary beads and more
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- Marko: Beyond Brave, a Slavic-lore inspired metroidvania, is out today on Steam
>Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.
Not the strongest reviews, but the devs seem committed to fixing the feedback
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- Anima Flux, a co-op sci-fi metroidvania, announces an Oct 7 release date for all major platforms
>Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...
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- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has released it's new DLC today on all major platforms
For $5 >Mask of Darkness is a story DLC that adds a thrilling new chapter to Sargon’s saga. Experience a new story around Radjen, the assassin of the Immortals, as she traps Sargon in her Mind Palace, a nightmarish dimension created with her dark magic.
>Dive into a new world born from the shadow assassin’s dark past and soul. Discover four surprising and surreal new biomes with more than ten totally new types of platforming elements, including deadly traps and merciless mechanisms. In between platforming sequences, face six otherworldly new enemy archetypes inspired by Radjen’s surreal dreams, as well as three epic bosses. Use newly acquired combat abilities to overcome them.
- Experience Sargon's darkest quest yet: step away from Mount Qaf to dive into a brand-new story of loss and danger.
- Uncover Radjen's fate in a story that resolves hanging questions from The Lost Crown's main story.
- Use Sargon’s abilities and Time Powers to navigate this intricate and interconnected new dimension.
- Experience an improved combat experience with new Amulets to complement Sargon’s arsenal.
- Gain a new outfit for Sargon, inspired by the Immortals’ best.
>Uncover the secrets that lie behind the Mask of Darkness, buried deep within Radjen’s mind!
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- Awaken: Astral Blade, a dark fantasy metroidvania, announces an October 21 release date on Steam and Playstation
>Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?
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- Ender Magnolia, the sequel to the popular Ender Lilies, is coming out of Steam Early Access and arrives on all major platforms on Jan. 22nd, 2025
>Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
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- ReSetna, a sci-fi dystopian metroidvania from a Croatian team, is announced for a Q1 2025 release
>ReSetna is a 2.5D Metroidvania set in a crumbling world. The once great civilization has collapsed, leaving its fragments struggling under APEX. When a mysterious Signal emerges, driving robots to violence and madness, ReSetna and her drone companion, IXA, are dispatched to unravel the mysteries of the Signal and discover its true purpose.
>Are you ready to delve into the ruins, navigating this broken society, to face untold challenges, and eventually ReSet the future?
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- Crypt Custodian, the isometric metroidvania from the developer of Islets and Sheepo, is out now on all major platforms
>Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
I'm diving in right now. Loved Islets…
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- Aestik, a hand-drawn metroidvania with branching storylines, is out today on PC
>Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
🎮 Steam
- Just released my game, Amata, into early access! The whole campaign is ready to play and there is a free demo! <33store.steampowered.com Amata on Steam
Rage across the mad realm of a dead god as Charlet, the immortal artificer. Explore a vast, arcane desolation wrought by hatred. Cleanse the wicked, twisted inhabitants of ancient, forgotten worlds. Help Charlet find a way home using her powerful and varied suite of combat and platforming abilities.
- Revenge of the Savage Planet, a 3D sci-fi metroidvania sequel to Journey to the savage planet, is coming with co-op options in 2025 on all major platforms
>Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.
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I never played the first one, but I've heard good things. And I'm excited about all the co-op options (online / split-screen / cross-platform)
- Maui the Shapeshifter, a Polynesian-inspired metroidvania, is announced for PC
>Play as Maui the demigod in an adventure to save his island home from a darkness that threatens to consume it. Transform into majestic animals, meet spirit Aumakua, explore unique biomes, face epic bosses, and defeat nefarious enemies in this epic hand-painted 2D open world Metroidvania.
🌐 Steam
This is from the makers of Ebenezer and the Invisible World, which didn't get the greatest reviews. But here's to hoping they learned from their last game
- Altered Alma, a long-in-the-works cyberpunk metroidvania, announces an upcoming Kickstarter and demo for Sep 3
>Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cityscape, Neo-Barcelona awaits!
🌐 Kickstarter, Steam
…been waiting for this one.
- Xporite, a sci-fi hand-drawn 2D action-exploration metroidvania, is announced for PC
>Xplorite is a hand-drawn 2d action-exploration metroidvania full of enemies and secrets. Get in Sy's shoes and explore the depths of planet Nargal in look for the missing research team. Travel through different biomes full of enemies and hazards and try to uncover what is happening on the planet.
Sounds like they're aiming to release at the end of the year
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- Kong: Survivor Instinct, a "Monsterverse™" metroidvania, is coming out this fall for PC, PS5, and Xbox
>When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
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- Ties: Soul Link, an action-RPG with heavy platforming metroidvania, announces their Kickstarter campaign to be released on PC and Switch
>TIES: Soul Link is an Emotional and Brutal 2D Metroidvania, combining Action RPG elements with Adventure Platformer. An exciting story of resilience and overcoming fears. Explore incredible cities in a world in decline, set in the year 2097, full of secrets and with brutal and bloody gameplay.
- Silent Planet, a cosmic horror metroidvania, announces a Q2 '26 release for PC.
>The story takes place in the year 2997. You play as Apranik. Your mission is to travel to the planet Thulcandra in search of a crucial item: the Angel’s Egg, a very ancient artifact believed to be the source of all life in the Universe. You journey through the claustrophobic corridors of a massive underground complex filled with the remnants of technological and biological horrors created by a now dead civilization.
🌐 Steam
- Mars 2120, a sci-fi metroidvania out of Brazil, is out now on all major platforms
>Metroidvania with a mix of melee and ranged combats inspired by classics like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Guacamelee! Help Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte battle her way through the secrets of Mars.
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- Somber Echoes, a sci-fi metroidvania inspired by Greco-Roman lore, was announced for PC.
>Take the role of the resurrected Adrestia and embark on an epic journey to prevent your twin sister from unraveling the universe. Master acrobatic combat, explore the Greco-Roman space vessel Atromitos, and shape your destiny in Somber Echoes.
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- BioGun, an anticipated twin-stick metroidvania that takes place inside a dog, is out of Steam Early Access and is now out on Steam.
>Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?
I'm not finding any reviews for this game, but it's been one of the more Wishlisted metroidvanias on Steam.
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- Narcalid, a split-screen co-op metroidvania, is releasing for Steam Early Access on Aug 8
>Narcalid is a puzzle platformer with peaceful exploration and mighty challenges in a strange, unknown world. Use real-life meditation skills in compelling spiritual narratives to open the gateway to Earth before Mother Narcalid becomes unstoppable!
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- Echo Weaver, a time-loop knowledge-gaited Outer Wilds-inspired metroidvania, is announced to be released on all major platforms
>“We set out for the stars in search of paradise. We found something else...”
>Echo Weaver is a time loop metroidBRAINia where time is your currency and secrets are your only upgrades. You are the last Weaver, remnant of a ruined society trapped in a fatal time loop. Uncover their story - and your own - as you explore what remains.
>Use each loop to chip away at the mystery, exploring beautifully drawn biomes, helping quirky survivors, and tracking down leads. Fine-tune your skills to blaze through new routes, harvest potent “echoes”, and exploit time as a valuable currency. Unearth powerful secrets to reshape the timeline and master the loop, weaving a new fate for all those trapped within.
>When faced with eternity, knowledge is the only gear you need.
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- Crypt Custodian, the new metroidvania from the creator of Islets and Sheepo, announced an Aug 27th release date for all major platforms.
>Step into the shoes of Pluto; a mischievous cat who's just died, and after a disastrous meeting with the Afterlife Guardian is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER!!!
Islets was one of the best metroidvanias of 2022, so I'm excited to see what he does with this one.
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- Guns of Fury, a "Metal Slug" inspired metroidvania, is announced for release on PC and Switch later this year
>Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
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- Aestik, a hand-drawn metroidvania made over the last 4 years by a beau and belle couple, announced a Aug 26th release date for PC
>Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
🌐 Steam
- The Lost Crown, Just realized that I missed a charm after I beat the game
One thing I dislike about this game it that Arthra gauge generates so slowly and depleted too easy that I rarely use a surge.
Then I beat the game today with 90+% completion, then went back to collect things just to realize that there's a charm that generates the gauge when attack.
Damn, feels like I played the game wrong, because this made fighting bosses tedious.
- Bloody Hell 2, a bullet-hell pixelart metroidvania, is announced after 3 students from the Netherlands made the original game for free
>Pulverize demons as a small Angel wielding a GIANT DEMONIC HAMMER! Explore Hell's deepest layers, and uncover the truth of how Heaven fell in this Bullet-Hell Metroidvania. Will you succeed, or die in the chaotic depths of BLOODY HELL 2?
The original Bloody Hell is still out there for free
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- Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, a colorful hand-drawn metroidvania inspired by Japanese folklore, is out on all platforms
>Bo is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania based in a colorful world of Japanese folklore. You play as a tiny fox spirit that grows from lotus blossom after being blessed by the moon god. It is an indie game being developed by Squid Shock Studios.
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- Gestalt: Steam & Cinder, a long in-the-works pixelart steampunk metroidvania, is out today on PC
Getting solid reviews. Out on Switch soon with no specific date announced. I'm holding out to start Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which releases tomorrow, and may come back to this one.
>Embark on a gripping mission to reforge humanity's future as Aletheia, an elite mercenary of the Steam City of Canaan, in this gripping steampunk adventure inspired by classic Metroidvanias and action-RPGs.
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- Sky Dust, a cyberpunk voxel metroidvania, is announced from Orbit Studio
>Sky Dust is set in a cyberpunk universe, taking place in a future where society has collapsed following a global disaster, and the lines between morality and ethics have become blurred.
>In this world, powerful individuals hire mercenaries to carry out various tasks, with data trafficking in the Cyberverse being the most common.
>Players take on the role of a mercenary embarking on a transformative journey, impacting both their own life and the world around them.
- After 2 years in Steam Early Access, MARS 2120 is being released on all major platforms on August 1st.
>MARS 2120 is a Metroidvania with engaging melee combat inspired by classics like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, or Guacamelee! With the use of special abilities tied to elements like ice, fire, and electricity help Sgt. Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte navigate the colony and battle her way through the secrets of Mars.
>Why do humans dream of space exploration? What if that dream goes wrong?
- MÌO: Memories in Orbit, a new SF odyssey that combines metroidvania and unique art direction, announced at Nintendo Direct for a 2025 release
You are MIO, a nimble robot with extraordinary abilities. You wake up in the Vessel, a space ship drifting aimlessly in space.This enormous technological ark, whose initial purpose remains unknown, lies now as a field of ruins, overgrown with lush vegetation and machines gone rogue.
Delve into the heart of this technological labyrinth to revive its lost memories, as you guide MIO through the vast expanse of the Vessel. Unlock new powers and abilities to explore new areas, face off against a fearsome bestiary, and set out on a quest to unlock the secrets of the Vessel.
- ABYSS X ZERO, a 3D metroidvania from the makers of Unsighted
>ABYSS X ZERO is a stylish 3D Metroidvania, with expressive low poly visuals made by the two person indie team Studio Pixel Punk, that also brough you the award-winning indie hit UNSIGHTED.
>Explore an expansive world with carefully-crafted dungeons and stylish combat. Take control of two different characters, fated to battle each other: Codename A and Codename Z, both legendary heroes with unique abilities that change how you fight and interact with the environment.
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- Wolfhound, a sci-fi WW2 metroidvania, was announced at Summer Games Fest
>Announcing WOLFHOUND, the next adventure from Bit Kid! Infiltrate a mysterious Axis base in the Bermuda Triangle as one-man army Capt. Chuck “WOLFHOUND” Rossetti. Explore the deadly island and uncover the Nazi's twisted scientific pursuits while wreaking havoc on their forces and horrific creations in this sci-fi WWII Metroidvania!
