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Metroid-vania

A portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania, these games are inspired from Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, in that they are 2D open world games, where progress is achieved through equipment upgrades. Also known as 'Search Action' games in Japan.

tag   : #metroidvania
games : 33

Games

33 games in database, 15 completed (45%). Year range: 1986-2024, median: 2018.

list - box art - screenshots

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Metroid

NES 1986@1271

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Super Metroid

SNES 1994@115

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation 1997@1411

Metroid Fusion

Game Boy Advance 2002@1438

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Game Boy Advance 2003@3524

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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Nintendo DS 2005@4509

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Xbox 360 2007@631

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Shadow Complex

Xbox 360 2009@116

Outland

Xbox 360 2011@296

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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Xbox 360 2011@308

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

PlayStation 4, July 2014@2886

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Axiom Verge

PlayStation 4 2015@1349

Environmental Station Alpha

Windows 2015@1365

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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Xbox One 2016@1661

AM2R: Return of Samus

Windows 2016@1665

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Xbox One 2016@2247

Dead Cells

PlayStation 4 2018@2032

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Yoku's Island Express

PlayStation 4 2018@2039

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Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition

PlayStation 4 2018@2052

The Messenger

Nintendo Switch 2018@2344

Chasm

PlayStation 4 2018@4210

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

PlayStation 4 2019@2189

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Blasphemous

PlayStation 4 2019@2275

Gato Roboto

Nintendo Switch 2019@2348

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Xbox One 2019@2680

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Guacamelee! 2

Xbox One 2019@2800

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Xbox One 2020@2427

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Metroid Dread

Nintendo Switch 2021@2994

Record of Lodoss War -Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-

Xbox One 2021@3413

Axiom Verge 2

PlayStation 5 2022@3490

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The Last Case of Benedict Fox

Xbox Series X 2023@3663

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Animal Well

PlayStation 5 2024@4133

Vainger

UFO 50 2024@4288

Videos

Metroid (NES)
2021-22-09
Filling the Tanks 
2021-19-09
1 - Upgrades
2021-19-09
2 - Norfair
2021-19-09
3 - Kraid and Ridley
2021-22-09
4 - Mother Brain

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation)
2015-22-07
Symphony of the Night 2/2
2015-21-07
Symphony of the Night 1/2

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Game Boy Advance)
2023-28-01
MiSTer GBA 1
2023-29-01
MiSTer GBA 2
2023-05-02
MiSTer GBA 3

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Nintendo DS)
2025-15-06
Dominus Collection

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PlayStation 4)
2021-05-06
4 Player Madness

Axiom Verge (PlayStation 4)
2015-03-04
The final part - 2 / 2
2015-03-04
The final part - 1 / 2

AM2R: Return of Samus (Windows)
2021-24-09
The Forbidden Metroid Remake

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (Xbox One)
2019-18-08
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Dead Cells (PlayStation 4)
2018-07-08
Necromantic Slime
2018-07-08
Duplex Bow is great
2018-08-08
A quick run before work
2018-08-08
Teleport Rune
2018-11-08
The Ossuary
2018-11-08
The Concierge
2018-11-08
Challenge Runs and Ossuary
2018-11-08
Room of Spiky Death
2018-11-08
Ram Rune
2018-12-08
Ancient Sewers
2018-12-08
Clock Tower
2018-14-08
Blueprint Hunt Failure
2018-16-08
Spider's Rune
2018-17-08
Blueprint Extraction
2018-18-08
The Gardener
2018-19-08
Strategic Barbarian
2018-18-08
Teleport of Doom
2018-18-08
Buzz Cut
2018-19-08
Fight for Survival
2018-19-08
Worm Hunting
2018-19-08
Whip and Rapier
2018-25-08
Hunting Bat and Runner
2018-25-08
Explosive Crossbow
2018-25-08
Graveyard
2020-04-09
Back From the Dead

Yoku's Island Express (PlayStation 4)
2018-25-08
Mail Bug
2018-08-09
Exploring (Broken video)
2018-09-09
Screetch
2018-09-09
Devourer of Gods
2018-09-09
Mountain Climb

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition (PlayStation 4)
2018-26-09
So Many Bugs
2018-29-09
Revenge
2018-29-09
Greenpath
2018-30-09
Hornet
2018-30-09
Fungal Wastes
2018-30-09
City of Tears
2018-01-10
Mantis Village
2018-06-10
Soul Sanctum
2018-06-10
Crystal Peak
2018-06-10
Kingdom's Edge
2018-07-10
Ancient Basin
2018-07-10
Upgrades
2018-07-10
Royal Waterways
2018-08-10
Deepnest
2018-09-10
Exploration
2018-13-10
Shade Cloak
2018-13-10
Spirit's Glade
2018-14-10
Queen's Gardens
2018-14-10
Edges of the World
2018-14-10
The Pure Nail
2018-14-10
Colosseum of Fools
2018-14-10
The Dreamers
2018-15-10
Back In

Chasm (PlayStation 4)
2024-15-07
PlayStation Peek

Blasphemous (PlayStation 4)
2019-16-09
The Penitent One
2019-16-09
Mercy Dreams
2019-21-09
Holy Visage
2019-21-09
AVOID SPIKES
2019-21-09
Graveyard of the Peaks
2019-21-09
Our Lady of the Charred Visage
2019-22-09
Grievance Ascends
2019-22-09
Tres Angustias and Esdras
2019-22-09
Library of the Negated Words
2019-23-09
Upgrades
2019-28-09
Blood Perpetuated in Sand
2019-28-09
Nail Uprooted from Dirt
2019-28-09
Three Gnarled Tongues
2019-28-09
Searching for Upgrades
2019-29-09
Exposito, Scion of Abjuration
2019-29-09
Wall of the Holy Prohibitions
2019-29-09
Quirce, Returned By The Flames
2019-29-09
Into the Abyss
2019-08-10
Melquiades, The Exhumed Archbishop
2019-08-10
Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony
2019-08-10
Last Son of the Miracle
2022-11-10
Alcazar of Grief

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Xbox One)
2020-24-08
1 - Castlevania-like
2020-24-08
2 - Zangetsu
2020-26-08
3 - Tower of Twin Dragons
2020-26-08
4 - Valac
2020-31-08
5 - Shovel Knight

Guacamelee! 2 (Xbox One)
2021-06-02
Game is Hard
2021-13-02
Egg Challenge and Crucible 1

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Xbox One)
2020-15-03
Owl Friend
2020-17-03
Kwolok
2020-17-03
Wellspring

Metroid Dread (Nintendo Switch)
2021-29-10
1 - NEW METROID GAME
2021-30-10
2 - Kraid
2021-30-10
3 - Quiet Robe
2021-30-10
4 - Drogyga
2021-31-10
5 - Frozen
2021-31-10
6 - Raven Beak

Record of Lodoss War -Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- (Xbox One)
2022-15-10
Xbox Game Pass-through

Axiom Verge 2 (PlayStation 5)
2023-04-01
1 - Parallel World

Animal Well (PlayStation 5)
2024-11-05
1 - I AM POTATO
2024-11-05
2 - FLUTE
2024-11-05
3 - YO-YO
2024-11-05
4 - CHAMELEON
2024-15-05
5 - GHOST CHASE

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