- metroidvania
- 2d
- swordplay
- retro
- fantasy
- platform
- demons
- pixel
- dark
- adventure
- exploration
- medieval
- action
- nonlinear
Monster Sanctuary (2020)
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Monster Sanctuary is a retro-inspired RPG where you collect over 100 unique monsters to fight alongside you in strategic turn-based combat. The game offers a huge world to explore and highly customizable equipment for each monster. With free DLCs and alternate music tracks, there's always something new to experience. Jump in and start your journey as a Monster Keeper now!
- Intricate teambuilding and turn-based gameplay
- Huge map with many secret locations and over 100 monsters
- No required grind, relies mostly on monster synergy and tactics
- Highly customizable equipment and skill trees for each monster
- Generous amount of content, including free DLCs and alternate music tracks
- Game may be too difficult for players expecting a Pokemon-like experience
- Story and general progression may not do a great job of directing players towards building monster synergies
- Sudden difficulty spike relative to the rest of the story may turn some players off
- Plot is basic and nothing breathtaking
- turn-based
- metroidvania
- rpg
- battle
- japanese
- pixel
- exploration
- collector
- creature
- jrpg
- combat
- platform
- fight
- tactical
- 2d
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in The Mist (2025)
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Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
- metroidvania
- fantasy
- rpg
- dark
- 2d
- action
- souls
- rally
- medieval
- head-scratching
- post-apocalyptic
- souls
- metroidvania
- precision
- nonlinear
- 2.5d
- pvp
- character
- pve
- platform
- psychological
- action-adventure
- customization
- dark
- funny
- horror
Unsighted (2021)
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UNSIGHTED invites you into a post-apocalyptic world where you have a ticking clock before your own expiration. With Metroidvania-like gameplay, fully interconnected world, and an interesting story that allows for tough choices, the game provides a balanced mix of exploration, combat, and character progression. With additional modes like co-op and rogue-lite, UNSIGHTED guarantees a high replay value. A game that creatively brings several game designs together to make a fun and polished game.
- Balanced mix of gameplay elements
- Interesting story with tough choices
- High replayability with additional modes
- Polished sound and graphics
- Responsive controls
- Writing could be better
- Characters feel one-dimensional
- Dialogue interrupts gameplay
- pixel
- exploration
- boss
- top-down
- robots
- metroidvania
- dungeon
- combat
- puzzle
- war
- post-apocalyptic
- souls
- platform
- rpg
- crafting
Elderand (2023)
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Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.
- metroidvania
- gothic
- boss
- lovecraftian
- rpg
- 2d
- scroller
- platform
- gore
- combat
- action-adventure
- character
- action
- cult
- hack-and-slash
- metroidvania
- dark
- blood
- comedy
- soundtrack
- violent
- gore
- dystopian
- platform
- action-adventure
- gothic
- rage
- rpg
- 2d
- combat
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
- metroidvania
- boss
- cooperative
- castlevania
- anime
- boss-fight
- gothic
- platform
- inventory
- 2d
- adventure
- action-adventure
- challenging
- action
- pixel
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.
- Solid mechanics
- Beautiful graphics and music
- Escalating complexity in Europa's powers
- Unique elemental armors
- Good plot
- 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