Metroidvania games

2009 action-adventure game

Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The player controls a nameless insectoid warrior in exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a supernatural disease. The game is set in diverse subterranean locations, featuring friendly and hostile insectoid characters and numerous bosses. Players have the opportunity to unlock abilities as they explore, along with pieces of lore and flavour text that are spread throughout the kingdom.

Castlevania (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami. The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters.

is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo. The player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic Metroid creatures. Metroid combines the platforming of Super Mario Bros. and the exploration of The Legend of Zelda with a science fiction setting and an emphasis on nonlinear gameplay. Most Metroid games are side-scrolling, while the 3D games use a first-person perspective. Players battle hostile alien enemies and obtain power-ups as they progress through the game world, with few non-pla

2019 single-player action-adventure video game

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2025 Metroidvania game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The sequel to Hollow Knight (2017), it was released on 4 September 2025 for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

1994 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo

thumb|320px|Screenshot of the 2013 Metroidvania game Guacamelee!

1986 action-adventure shooter video game

2004 video game

2021 action-adventure video game developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo

2015 platform-adventure Metroidvania video game

2019 action-adventure video game developed by Remedy Entertainment

2020 platform-adventure video game developed by Moon Studios

1991 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo

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2010 action-adventure video game developed by Team Ninja

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2002 action-adventure video game published by Nintendo

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video game sequel to Mirror of Fate

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2004 action-adventure video game, remake of the 1986 game Metroid

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2017 action-adventure video game, remake of the 1991 video game Metroid II: Return of Samus

2024 video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier

2006 video game

Owlboy is a platform-adventure video game created by Norwegian independent developer D-Pad Studio. The game is notable for its long development cycle, which began in 2007, and was released in November 2016.

2018 hack and slash action-adventure video game developed by Gunfire Games

2018 roguelike action platformer video game

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2012 action role-playing video game developed by Humble Hearts

2019 action-adventure video game

1988 NES game

2019 video game

2001 video game

QuackShot Starring Donald Duck, known in Japan as is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The player controls Donald Duck as he, alongside his three nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, attempt to track down a lost artifact which was treasured by King Garuzia. The game was influenced by the Indiana Jones film series.

is an action role-playing platform video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The name was licensed by computer game developer Falcom and was developed and released in Japan by Hudson Soft in 1987. Nintendo released the game in the United States and Europe as a first-party title under license from Hudson Soft.

is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Tecmo for arcades. The player assumes the role of a "Legendary Warrior" who must navigate numerous levels and defeat enemies with a weapon called the "Diskarmor", a razor-sharp shield with a long chain attached to it that operates like a yo-yo. The warrior intends to defeat Ligar, an evil "dominator". Later ports, particularly the NES and Lynx versions, expanded on the near non-existent story from the original.

1999 video game

1989 video game

2007 explorative platformer for the Nintendo DS

first video game in the Shantae video game series

2007 video game

Shantae is a series of platform video games developed by American independent video game developer and publisher WayForward. The eponymous heroine of the series was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created by her husband Matt Bozon. The series began in 2002 with the original Shantae, and currently consists of six games, with a seventh in development.

2013 puzzle-platformer video game

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania action platforming video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios, initially launched in April 2013 for platforms PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita and was later ported to Windows in August and to OS X and Linux in February 2014. The enhanced Super Turbo Championship Edition was released for Wii U, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 in July 2014 and later on the Nintendo Switch in October 2018. The game is inspired by traditional Mexican culture and folklore, like alebrijes and Day of the Dead.

2010 platforming video game

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1994 SNES game

2013 video game