Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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Fatal Claw
Kisha, a cat brought back from the dead, claws through a fallen underworld where Ancients and Commoners collide. Absorb powers from infected enemies, blink through attacks, and fuse skills into wild new ones. A fast, hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania with secrets, bosses and more than one ending.
Dark, Mysterious, Atmospheric
90% of 550 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99BIOMORPH
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Dark, Mysterious, Surreal
91% of 654 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Moadra
A dark sci-fi metroidvania on the hostile planet Protea VI. Roll, wall jump and sprint through sand-swept wastes and freezing summits, scan for hidden paths, blast alien organisms and absorb their Protoplasm to evolve Moadra's weapons and abilities. Tough, atmospheric and unforgiving, in the old Metroid spirit.
Retro, Dark, Mysterious
85% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$24.99Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Retro, Mysterious, Atmospheric
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Venture to the Vile
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Dark, Mysterious, Surreal
72% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$24.99GRIME
Parry attacks to absorb your enemies, wield weapons that are living creatures, and grow stronger with every kill. A demanding metroidvania with souls-like combat, strange civilizations and bosses many times your size.
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85% of 4,698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$24.99Crypt Custodian
Crypt Custodian is a metroidvania about a mischievous cat who dies, gets sentenced by the afterlife's guardian, and must clean up the afterworld forever. Sweep with your broom, befriend doomed ghosts, and explore a vast, colorful land. Gentle, funny and quietly moving, it respects your time at every turn.
Mysterious, Surreal, Atmospheric
97% of 3,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$11.99MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet. Guide the small robot MIO through overgrown ruins, earn abilities that reshape how you move, and uncover why the ship's caretakers failed. Demanding, gorgeous and full of secrets for players who like their exploration earned.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Mysterious, Atmospheric
82% of 4,810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99Lone Fungus
Lone Fungus is a handcrafted Metroidvania where you are the last mushroom alive in a world built by mushrooms. You explore ten connected areas, pick up Relics and Emblems, learn spells and moves from bosses, and open new paths with each ability. Cute pixel art, fast combat, and fair challenge make it easy to keep going.
Retro, Mysterious, Atmospheric
85% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Voidwrought
A hand-drawn 2D action-platformer of cosmic horror. Hatch from your cocoon, carve through the ruins of a dead civilisation, tear Ichor from the gods hoarding it, and build a shrine of loyal followers in the wreckage. Tight controls, over 50 Relics and Souls, and eleven bosses between you and the truth.
Retro, Dark, Mysterious
77% of 965 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99Axiom Verge
A lab accident hurls a scientist into Sudra, a ruined alien world full of biomechanical horrors. A retro-style metroidvania with a twist: you can glitch the world itself, corrupting enemies and warping walls to open paths. One developer made all of it, art, music and code, and it shows.
Retro, Dark, Mysterious
90% of 5,883 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99MindSeize
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Retro, Dark, Mysterious
72% of 213 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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Crypt Custodian
A dead cat with a broom explores a vast, colorful afterlife, cleaning up its messes and getting to know the doomed souls who live there.
97% of 3,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$11.99
Voidwrought
A fast 2D Metroidvania where you hunt the blood of gods beneath a star-scorched sky.
77% of 965 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99
MindSeize
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
72% of 213 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Super Skelemania
Dive into Super Skelemania, a single-sitting metroidvania about an acrobatic skeleton.
91% of 94 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Genopanic
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer.
73% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
Zexion
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72!
89% of 567 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Mable & The Wood
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world.
59% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Super Roboy
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting!
92% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Vomitoreum
Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
91% of 900 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action.
87% of 298 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
After Death
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world.
88% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Hidden gems like Zapling Bygone
Shattered Divinities
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!
93% of 979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 550 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
Infinitevania
A retro-styled 2D metroidvania with fluid modern movement. You travel between worlds, defeat powerful creatures, absorb their powers, and grow…
92% of 302 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.
97% of 4,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 215$15.99
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
93% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
GRIME II
Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.
86% of 1,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$20.99
Zexion
Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72!
89% of 567 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Crypt Custodian
A dead cat with a broom explores a vast, colorful afterlife, cleaning up its messes and getting to know the doomed souls who live there.
97% of 3,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$11.99
Moadra
Blast alien organisms, absorb their Protoplasm and grow new powers to survive a hostile planet.
85% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$24.99
Super Roboy
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting!
92% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
BIOMORPH
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world.
91% of 654 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Newest games like Zapling Bygone
Moadra
Blast alien organisms, absorb their Protoplasm and grow new powers to survive a hostile planet.
85% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$24.99
Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.
97% of 4,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 215$15.99
Fatal Claw
A resurrected cat fights through a dark, hand-drawn world, stealing powers from infected foes and fusing them into new abilities.
90% of 550 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
Infinitevania
A retro-styled 2D metroidvania with fluid modern movement. You travel between worlds, defeat powerful creatures, absorb their powers, and grow…
92% of 302 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Dewdrop Dynasty
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted…
76% of 256 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Shattered Divinities
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth!
93% of 979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Before I Go
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an…
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
GRIME II
Absorb foes with hand-made tendrils, summon them back as molds, and unravel a strange land obsessed with art.
86% of 1,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$20.99
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse
Fight shifting dungeons with sword, magic or a stolen body, then rebuild your village between runs.
72% of 558 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$16.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A hand-drawn metroidvania aboard the Vessel, a vast ark gone quiet.
82% of 4,810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
93% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Quarion
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.
94% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$0.99