The Best Metroidvania Games for Playstation 5 - Page 2

Update : Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution added at rank #38.
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Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters across a 40+ hour story, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.


  • dark
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • kickstarter
  • rpg
  • metroidvania
  • blood
  • 2.5d
  • combat
  • action
  • scroller
  • medieval
  • boss
  • violent
  • platform

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Cookie Cutter (2023)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Love turns to rage and chainsaws in Cookie Cutter, a totally unique hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania. Become Cherry, a violent android on a rage-filled quest to save her creator.


  • metroidvania
  • dark
  • blood
  • comedy
  • soundtrack
  • violent
  • gore
  • dystopian
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • gothic
  • rage
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • combat

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Rusted moss (2023)

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Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...


  • metroidvania
  • precision
  • platform
  • 2d
  • twin-stick
  • anime
  • pixel
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • cycle
  • multiple-endings
  • colourful
  • cute
  • traversal

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Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark (2025)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Take control of the demon sisters Kirika and Masha as they attempt to revive their Demon Lord Maxim and rebuild their castle in this 2D action Metroidvania adventure!


  • metroidvania
  • cooperative
  • castlevania
  • boss
  • anime
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • boss-fight
  • challenging
  • middle-of-the-road
  • magical
  • action
  • gothic
  • adventure
  • 2d

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9 Years of Shadows (2023)

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9 Years of Shadows is a metroidvania game with a good plot and beautiful graphics. You play as Europa, exploring Talos Castle to remove the curse that caused the world to lose its color and emotions. With elemental armors and escalating complexity in Europa's powers, the game is a delightful experience for fans of the genre.


What we like:
  • Solid mechanics
  • Beautiful graphics and music
  • Escalating complexity in Europa's powers
  • Unique elemental armors
  • Good plot
What could be improved:
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Environmental puzzles lack intricacy
  • No fast travel
  • Unskippable cutscenes
  • Game might be too easy

  • metroidvania
  • boss
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • platform
  • boss-fight
  • anime
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • action
  • fantasy
  • underwater
  • cute

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Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Play as Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War ~Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth~, a thrilling 2D action-exploration game. Using your sword and bow, fight against enemies and level up your elemental spirits to gain new abilities. With beautiful graphics and an engaging story by the original creator, both longtime fans and new players will enjoy this Metroidvania-style adventure.


What we like:
  • Fantastic gameplay and puzzles
  • Beautiful 2D sprites with great animations
  • Good music
  • Backtracking is not a chore
  • Smooth and responsive controls with continuous influx of new weapons and spells
What could be improved:
  • Extremely short gameplay for completionists
  • Grating music at times
  • Potentially difficult fights

  • anime
  • boss
  • novel
  • action-exploration
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • "
  • metroidvania
  • boss-fight
  • ikaruga
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • rpg
  • puzzle
  • platform

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Vernal Edge (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.


  • metroidvania
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • platform
  • combat

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BIOMORPH (2024)

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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.


  • metroidvania
  • dark
  • platform
  • exploration
  • lore
  • 2d
  • nonlinear
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • multiple-endings
  • combat
  • comedy
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • non-linear

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Shadow Labyrinth (2023)

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Android PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch 2 Nintendo Switch

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.


  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • mech
  • boss
  • maze
  • boss-fight
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • instrument
  • classic
  • combat
  • pac-man
  • underground

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Venture to the Vile (2024)

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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?


  • metroidvania
  • dark
  • 2.5d
  • lore
  • platform
  • gothic
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • narrative
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • open-world
  • 2d

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