The only one I've played is Dead Cells, and it's fantastic. I haven't even bought any of the DLC, the base game is already endlessly replayable. I also listen to the soundtrack at least once a week.
I definitely want to get around to playing Hollow Knight and Animal Well at some point.
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet but Aeterna Noctis is one of my favorites and I have played a LOT of metroidvanias. Some of the platforming sections are quite difficult but there is an easier mode with easier enemies and platforming. It has a huge map and some really cool mechanics I haven’t seen before.
Edit: a couple more I thought of that aren’t listed. HAAK is a fun one, another one with some interesting mechanics and a fun story too. Souldiers is more of a 2d RPG game but it still has some Metroid mechanics. Four classes you can play as with a good story.
I love this style of game. I always have one on the go. Some times they scratch the itch, others they miss just a bit. I found that the blasphemous series more dark souls than Metroidvania. Biogun, chasm, bloodstained, any of the ori games, haiku, the mummy demastered, turnip boy commits tax evasion, dust an Elysian tale... I have more but that's a solid chunk. I'd love to hear from others if they do or don't consider these in the same family.
Do you consider Zelda64 a MetroidVania? If so then Darksiders has that action, similarly control, soul reaver 1 and 2, and blood omen 2.
Headlander was surprisingly fun. Probably not my favorite, but certainly up there.
Aquaria. Very retro indie game from 2007. Underwater theme.
It's a little old and more Metroid- than -vania: A Robot Named Fight
EDIT: since no one else mentioned it, Timespinner is kinda good too, despite being a somewhat short game
Darksiders is very good
Super Metroid will always be my favourite. I also enjoyed Axiom Verge and Bloodstained ROTN.
I generally like shorter Metroidvania like Iconoclasts and some of the Shantae series or even Yoku's Island Express which has some backtracking.
The Metroidvania tag is a bit like Dubstep in music, a lot of those Dubstep tracks aren't Dubstep but they can still be fun for some people.
carrion is a reverse horror game where you play as the monster
Can I half-cheat and say Control?
Is it a metroidvania?
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. IMO this is where the series peaked, perfected the formula and delivered a game packed with several large maps and three sets of bonus characters to replay the game with.
if you haven't played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night you really, really should. It's made by the creators behind the Castevania games and is REALLY good.
I can't stand how the character moves in bloodstained. It's like an 8 bit games physics.
But it is a fun game otherwise.
Are you sure you aren’t confusing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night with Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon? The former is as fluid as SotN, if not more so. The latter is meant to emulate the stiff movement of the original 8-bit Castlevania games.
The one with boat intro. She plays piano on the cover or something. It's very super Castlevania feeling.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a fantastic experience.
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