Metroidvania indie games

DREGS

T-Minus Zero Entertainment

DREGS is a co-op space cleanup game with a flamethrower. Torch alien fungus, haul zombie corpses into incinerators, exterminate pests, and restore derelict ships for a bigger payout. No mission timer. Just satisfying cleanup, questionable teamwork, and plenty of things on fire.

Vicarius

Nocten

2 titles on Steam

A small handcrafted open world focused on exploration and combat. Leave your safe zone to gather the resources that will help you craft better gear. The further you go, the more dangerous it gets but the resources are also better. Dying means losing everything that you are carrying.

Faybound : Veils of Magic

GTGames

An ancient darkness threatens the balance of a magical world. Take on the roles of different fairies and unite their powers. Use their unique abilities to confront the emerging threat. Experience a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania full of danger and mystical secrets.

Echo Weaver

Moonlight Kids

Time is your greatest resource and secrets are your only upgrades. Master an unraveling time loop in this knowledge-based Metroidvania. As the last Weaver, exploit time-altering anomalies and use what you learn to break the cycle. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.

Fsh

Leave Me Bee

Fueled with Spite and Rage, explore a strange land and fight your way to get your stolen eyes back.

Werfast

Frans Castillo

A dark metroidvania where you pilot a powerful mech to explore a surreal underground world. Unlock new abilities, discover hidden areas, battle deadly enemies, uncover ancient secrets, and survive the horrors lurking below.

Stickility

Reglan

Explore vast and deep interiors of an underground research center, brimming with creative foes, bosses, NPC's, and more. Craft your equipment from scavenged tech, and uncover Biotec's dark experiments.

Grapixo Arte em Guerra

Akyoma Studio

Scratch in a 2.5D world that blends hip hop aesthetics with action/platforming, where urban art has come to life. Explore dynamic environments, face cleaning robots, and uncover secrets of this vibrant world as you reclaim your identity in this intense and colorful adventure.

Okko The Exiled

Frozen Flame Interactive

Okko The Exiled is an action-packed adventure where you stomp, launch and bash your way through Kutala, a land of demons, on a quest to defeat the Demon Lord Yalda and link Okko’s isolated world with the heavens.

The Merlies

Darjeeling, Blue Ramen, ARTE France

Meet the Merlies, a tiny birds community trying to find harmony in a cute post-apocalyptic world filled with the remains of a long forgotten civilization. Gather your birdies, explore this wild world with your tiny bird squad and complete your village out of collected scraps!

Isernsmith

Tirazis

Isernsmith is a gothic, crafting-heavy, RPG where you have to explore dungeons, gather resources, and forge new weapons and tools to overcome a tyrannical order that rules through dark forces.

Little Ghost

Alan Abbadessa, Law Jun Yan, Eduardo Alexandrino, Leaf Riifuneko

Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.

Sylv and the Ancient Tree

Kelkorne

The balance of Sunroot Island is fading. Join Sylv, guardian of the Ancestral Tree, in a vibrant platforming RPG adventure. Reclaim the elemental energy stolen by the egocentric Umbra before the biomes collapse and the corrupted wildlife takes full control.

Draco and the Seven Scales

Ice Goat Games

Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.

YesterSol

Neat Games

Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!