Metroidvania game recommendations

Interconnected maps, new abilities that unlock old paths and exploration as its own reward: the metroidvania is the style for players who love getting lost before mastering the whole map. These are the highest rated metroidvanias to play next.

The 25 best metroidvania games

1. 1

   Vampire Survivors (2022)

   Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   93
2. 2

   A Castle Full of Cats (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
3. 3

   Minishoot' Adventures (2024)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
4. 4

   Touhou Luna Nights (2018)

   Nintendo · PC

   92
5. 5

   Bloody Hell (2023)

   PC

   92
6. 6

   FEZ (2012)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   91
7. 7

   Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition (2012)

   PlayStation · PC

   91
8. 8

   Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010)

   PlayStation · PC

   91
9. 9

   Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020)

   Nintendo · PC — Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

   91
10. 10

    Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999)

    PC — PS Store ↗

    91
11. 11

    Animal Well (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    91
12. 12

    Supraland Six Inches Under (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
13. 13

    Crypt Custodian (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    91
14. 14

    Pseudoregalia (2023)

    PC

    91
15. 15

    ASTLIBRA Revision (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    90
16. 16

    Yoku's Island Express (2018)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

    90
17. 17

    Rabi-Ribi (2016)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    90
18. 18

    Islets (2022)

    Nintendo · PC

    90
19. 19

    SHEEPO (2020)

    PC

    90
20. 20

    Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (2025)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    90
21. 21

    Nine Sols (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    89
22. 22

    BlazBlue Entropy Effect (2023)

    PC

    89
23. 23

    Gato Roboto (2019)

    Nintendo · PC

    89
24. 24

    Momodora III (2014)

    PC

    89
25. 25

    Patch Quest (2021)

    PC

    89

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.