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.
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Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos C 30 logs Super Metroid ** Nintendo SNES 1994 C 10 logs Castlevania: SOTN *** Konami PS 1997 2 videos C x 2 25 logs Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002 6 logs Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Konami GBA 2003 3 videos 7 logs Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow ** Konami NDS 2005 1 video C 20 logs Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 360 2007 5 logs Shadow Complex ** Chair Entertainment 360 2009 C 4 logs Outland Housemarque 360 2011 2 logs Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet ** Shadow Planet Productions 360 2011 C 1 logs Guacamelee! PS4 2014 Jul 1 video 1 logs Axiom Verge Thomas Happ Games PS4 2015 2 videos C 12 logs Environmental Station Alpha Arvi Teikari Win 2015 1 logs Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios XB1 2016 C 14 logs AM2R: Return of Samus Milton Guasti Win 2016 1 video 3 logs Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Bombservice XB1 2016 1 video 1 logs Dead Cells Motion Twin PS4 2018 25 videos 35 logs Yoku's Island Express Villa Gorilla PS4 2018 5 videos C 5 logs Hollow Knight Team Cherry PS4 2018 23 videos C 41 logs The Messenger Sabotage Studio NSW 2018 3 logs Chasm Bit Kid PS4 2018 1 video 1 logs Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ArtPlay PS4 2019 1 logs Blasphemous The Game Kitchen PS4 2019 22 videos C 28 logs Gato Roboto NSW 2019 1 logs Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night XB1 2019 5 videos 5 logs Guacamelee! 2 XB1 2019 2 videos C 4 logs Ori and the Will of the Wisps Moon Studios XB1 2020 3 videos 8 logs Metroid Dread MercurySteam NSW 2021 6 videos C 19 logs Record of Lodoss War XB1 2021 1 video 1 logs Axiom Verge 2 PS5 2022 1 video 2 logs The Last Case of Benedict Fox * XSX 2023 M ! 15 logs Animal Well *** Shared Memory PS5 2024 5 videos C 30 logs Vainger Ufo50 2024 2 logs