Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 97 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- 96 Metroid Prime
- 95 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- 95 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- 94 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- 94 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- 94 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 93 Super Metroid
- 93 Super Metroid
- 93 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.48 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (2016)
- 4.45 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
- 4.37 Knightmare II: The Maze of Galious (1987)
- 4.32 Batman: Arkham City (2011)
- 4.32 Super Metroid (1994)
- 4.30 Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order (2019)
- 4.29 Dead Cells (2017)
- 4.29 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003)
- 4.28 Knytt Stories (2007)
- 4.26 Demon's Crest (1994)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Gameplay
Metroidvania is part of Gameplay. This group of genres contain:
- 4X
- Action RPG
- Arcade
- Artillery
- Beat 'em up / brawler
- Board game
- Cards / tiles
- Chess
- City building / construction simulation
- Dating simulation
- Falling block puzzle
- Fighting
- Gambling elements
- Game show / trivia / quiz
- Graphic adventure
- Hack and slash
- Hidden object
- Hunting
- Interactive book
- Interactive fiction / text adventure
- Japanese-style adventure
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
- Life / social simulation
- Managerial / business simulation
- Massively Multiplayer
- Mental training
- Metroidvania
- Mini-games
- Music / rhythm
- Paddle / Pong
- Party game
- Pinball
- Platform
- Puzzle elements
- Quick Time Events (QTEs)
- Rail shooter
- Real-time strategy
- Roguelike
- RPG elements
- Sandbox / open world
- Shooter
- Stealth
- Survival horror
- Tactical RPG
- Tactical shooter
- Tile matching puzzle
- Timed input
- Time management
- Tower defense
- Trading / collectible card
- Tricks / stunts
- Turn-based strategy
- Visual novel
- Wargame
- Word construction