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.
Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos C 30 logs, 3 codes, 2 facts Super Metroid Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 C 10 logs Castlevania: SOTN Konami PS 1997 2 videos C x 2 24 logs Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002 6 logs Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Konami GBA 2003 3 videos 4 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 11 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, 1 facts 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 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 6 logs Metroid Dread MercurySteam NSW 2021 6 videos C 19 logs, 4 facts 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, 1 facts