The Best Metroidvania Games for Xbox Series X - Page 3

Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

Light Dark 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure is a challenging action-adventure game inspired by Metroidvanias and Dark Souls. You play as Arum, a young girl trying to save her father's soul from the afterlife. Navigate the 8 Doors of Purgatory and defeat many enemies in your way! Prove your skills and fight difficult bosses for a satisfying experience.

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

Embark on a thrilling adventure to solve the mystery behind the downfall of the Minoan civilization in Treasures of the Aegean. With fascinating historical context and stunning hand-drawn graphics, explore a non-linear open world as you gather clues to prevent history from repeating itself. Parkour over obstacles, solve puzzles, and discover treasures while being challenged by lurking rivals. The game will immerse you in a time loop adventure filled with action, precision, and puzzle-solving that will keep you coming back for more.

Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.

Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.

Meet and unlock powerful Ghosts, each with their own stories and quests to complete. Explore Victorian-era London across multiple regions of the city and uncover the dark secrets of the Malthus family. Traverse the world in extraordinary ways with the help of Movement Ghosts, including trapeze artists Rose and Flossie Reed, mountaineer Victoria Peak, professor of time and space Haley Hall.

Rewind, rethink, redo. COGEN is a brand-new kind of 2D action game where there's no time for death.

Bring back the light to the sun’s empire in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Make your way through hand-crafted environments, battle using your skills and improve them as you will need them in order to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the sun.

Recompile is a visually stunning Metroidvania style game that takes place within a digital world. The player controls a program that gains new abilities by assimilating new code and can use these abilities to hack and interfere with the world around them. The game rewards players for thinking outside the box and offers multiple paths and endings. The setting and music create a calming, serene atmosphere while still providing challenging combat. The game's unique aesthetic and interesting hacking systems make it stand apart from other games in the genre, and it is likely to be a game that players will continue to talk about.