Metroidvania

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Metroidvania is a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania and refers to games that feature the most distinctive gameplay concept of the Metroid games and later Castlevania games. Games of this genre feature a freely explorable world that is gated in content by specific abilities that need to be acquired by the player. Generally these game have a central hub from which the player can move to various interconnected levels which gradually unlock as the player acquires new skills. A large number of Metroidvania games use a side scrolling perspective like the games the name derives from but this is not a requirement. Top-down or bird's-eye view (e.g. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past) or 3D games (e.g. Batman: Arkham Asylum) can also share these concepts. Metroidvania games usually feature mild RPG elements such as upgradable health.

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1000 Amps Windows (2012) and Macintosh (2012) 1000 Amps is a monochrome puzzle game played as a platformer. The player controls Plug and has to restore the...
The Adventures of Captain Comic DOS (1988) and NES (1989) You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been...
AeternoBlade Nintendo 3DS (2014), PS Vita (2014), PlayStation 4 (2015), Xbox One (2017) and Nintendo Switch (2018)
Aggelos Windows (2018)
Ainevoltas Windows (2005) Ainevoltas is a small freeware 2D platformer with some very minor RPG elements. Players control Justin as he needs to...
Ainevoltas II Windows (2008) Ainevoltas II is a 2D platformer with minor RPG elements. It is the sequel to the earlier game Ainevoltas, but...
Aliens: Infestation Nintendo DS (2011) Aliens: Infestation is a side-scrolling action/platformer that takes heavy inspiration from Nintendo's Metroid series and from latter-day Castlevania side-scrollers. Infestation...
AM2R: Return of Samus Windows (2016) AM2R: Return of Samus is a fangame and a remake of Metroid II: Return of Samus using the art and...
Antichamber Linux (2014), Windows (2013) and Macintosh (2014) Antichamber is a first-person puzzle game set in non-Euclidean space. The player has to learn his way through set of...
Antiflux Windows (2016)
Aquaria Linux (2013), Windows (2007), Macintosh (2008), Android (2013) and iPad (2011) Naija lives in a city on a rock floating high in the sky. She dreams of the ocean, painting pictures...
Ascent of Kings Wii U (2015), Ouya (2013) and New Nintendo 3DS (2017)
A Valley without Wind Linux (2014), Windows (2012) and Macintosh (2012) A Valley Without Wind is set on the continent Environ which is overrun by monsters and their masters, the evil...
Axiom Verge Linux (2015), Windows (2015), Macintosh (2015), PS Vita (2016), Wii U (2016), PlayStation 4 (2015), Xbox One (2016) and Nintendo Switch (2017) Axiom Verge is a 2D metroidvania platform shooter centered around the protagonist Trace, a scientist who, after an experiment gone...
Banjo-Tooie Nintendo 64 (2000) and Xbox 360 (2009) After two years under the rock, Gruntilda is finally set free from her death bed by her two sisters. As...
Batman: Arkham Asylum Windows (2009), Xbox 360 (2009), Macintosh (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2009) Once again, Batman has captured and returned the Joker to Arkham Asylum. Unfortunately, the inmates have taken over and the...
Batman: Arkham City Windows (2011), Xbox 360 (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2011) Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and once again stars the masked superhero Batman as the...
Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate Nintendo 3DS (2013) and PS Vita (2013) Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D action game set three months after the events of Batman: Arkham Origins. Batman...
Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate: Deluxe Edition Windows (2014), Xbox 360 (2014), PlayStation 3 (2014) and Wii U (2014) This deluxe edition is an updated version of Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, adapted from handheld devices. The main content is...
Batman: Return to Arkham PlayStation 4 (2016) and Xbox One (2016) Batman: Return to Arkham is a compilation that introduces the games Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City for the...
The Battle of Olympus Game Boy (1993) and NES (1988) The Battle of Olympus is an action game with light role-playing elements. It is set in ancient Greece and casts...
Bionic Commando NES (1988) At some point during the 1980's the world has become a stage of battle between the Federation and the Empire....
Bionic Commando: Rearmed Windows (2008), Xbox 360 (2008) and PlayStation 3 (2008) Bionic Commando Rearmed is a remake of original Bionic Commando for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The visuals are updated to...
Blaster Master NES (1988), Wii (2009), Nintendo 3DS (2012) and Wii U (2015) The game begins with a classic story of a boy and his frog who runs away, becomes radioactive and jumps...
Blaster Master Zero Nintendo 3DS (2017) and Nintendo Switch (2017)

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Metroidvania

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