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Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.

Not the strongest reviews, but the devs seem committed to fixing the feedback

🎮 Steam

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• Game Grin
• Kakuchopurei
• Soulsbourne Seeker

Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...

🌐 Steam

For $5

Mask of Darkness is a story DLC that adds a thrilling new chapter to Sargon’s saga. Experience a new story around Radjen, the assassin of the Immortals, as she traps Sargon in her Mind Palace, a nightmarish dimension created with her dark magic.

Dive into a new world born from the shadow assassin’s dark past and soul. Discover four surprising and surreal new biomes with more than ten totally new types of platforming elements, including deadly traps and merciless mechanisms. In between platforming sequences, face six otherworldly new enemy archetypes inspired by Radjen’s surreal dreams, as well as three epic bosses. Use newly acquired combat abilities to overcome them.

• Experience Sargon's darkest quest yet: step away from Mount Qaf to dive into a brand-new story of loss and danger.
• Uncover Radjen's fate in a story that resolves hanging questions from The Lost Crown's main story.
• Use Sargon’s abilities and Time Powers to navigate this intricate and interconnected new dimension.
• Experience an improved combat experience with new Amulets to complement Sargon’s arsenal.
• Gain a new outfit for Sargon, inspired by the Immortals’ best.

Uncover the secrets that lie behind the Mask of Darkness, buried deep within Radjen’s mind!

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• Steam
• Switch
• Playstation
• Xbox

Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?

🌐 Steam

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?

🌐 Steam

ReSetna is a 2.5D Metroidvania set in a crumbling world. The once great civilization has collapsed, leaving its fragments struggling under APEX. When a mysterious Signal emerges, driving robots to violence and madness, ReSetna and her drone companion, IXA, are dispatched to unravel the mysteries of the Signal and discover its true purpose.

Are you ready to delve into the ruins, navigating this broken society, to face untold challenges, and eventually ReSet the future?

🌐 Steam

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

I'm diving in right now. Loved Islets…

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• Steam
• Switch
• PS5
• Xbox

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• Dot Esports
• Prima Games
• The Xbox Hub
• Finger Guns
• Cannot Be Tamed
• Feiito Gaming

Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.

🎮 Steam

✅ Soulsbourne Seeker

Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.

🌐 Steam

I never played the first one, but I've heard good things. And I'm excited about all the co-op options (online / split-screen / cross-platform)

Play as Maui the demigod in an adventure to save his island home from a darkness that threatens to consume it. Transform into majestic animals, meet spirit Aumakua, explore unique biomes, face epic bosses, and defeat nefarious enemies in this epic hand-painted 2D open world Metroidvania.

🌐 Steam

This is from the makers of Ebenezer and the Invisible World, which didn't get the greatest reviews. But here's to hoping they learned from their last game

Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cityscape, Neo-Barcelona awaits!

🌐 Kickstarter, Steam

…been waiting for this one.

Xplorite is a hand-drawn 2d action-exploration metroidvania full of enemies and secrets. Get in Sy's shoes and explore the depths of planet Nargal in look for the missing research team. Travel through different biomes full of enemies and hazards and try to uncover what is happening on the planet.

Sounds like they're aiming to release at the end of the year

🌐 Steam