When a demon's castle darkens the land, two sisters challenge its halls.
Together they can break the curse.

In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure.
Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets. Proceed through the castle while confronting the demonic bosses that await deep within.
Each boss yields new weapons to wield, allowing for more varied exploration and opening up new routes.

Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark is a 2D action adventure starring two new characters. Servants of the Dark takes the tight action players enjoyed in Gal Guardians: Demon Purge and vastly increases the exploration and collection elements, shifting genres completely to a full Metroidvania for an all-new experience.

Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.

Join Aletheia and a vibrant cast of characters as they race to discover the secrets of the Steam City of Canaan. Clobber armies of Clockwork golems and hunt horrors that slither through depths once forgotten. Thwart the twisted schemes of Canaan’s corrupt overseers, the nefarious Comitium. Fight for mankind’s survival and reveal the dark and dangerous truths riveted into the very foundations of the Steam City.

A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.

Ghost Parade is an adventure game with a unique gameplay and updatable stories. Surrounded by a beautiful, magical and mythical atmosphere, it tells a story of a girl named Suri, who lost in a forest and tries to get back home. Along the way, she befriended many mythical ghosts inside the forest to guide her. In return, the ghosts need Suri to help them taking back the forest from human that destroying it.

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber—armed and combat-ready, memory clear of purpose. But something new is stirring… Strike out beneath the surface in search of answers in Ghost Song, an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns lit only by bioluminescent flora, battle strange and powerful creatures, and acquire new abilities to help you unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets. Descend deep into the darkness—only then will you learn (or is it remember?) the truth.

GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.


Help Maxwell explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces.

Maxwell's homeworld is nearing collapse. In a last-ditch effort to find help, he hyperjumps where no dog has gone before. Stranded, he finds himself at the edge of a hostile system - if there's any hope of return and rescue he'll need every friend (and every weapon) he can find. Like all underdogs, the odds are stacked against him, but you can't keep a good dog down.

Welcome to the Grizzled Planet, a seamless open world platformer presented in retro style and filled with old-school challenges. Explore without pointers to uncover secret areas. Equip yourself with unique items and skills, even the ability to shrink and enlarge or explode and recombine. Only through self-discovery will you overcome enemy Dinos in epic combat and find the truth of Grizzland.

HAAK is a Metroidvania-inspired action-platformer, allowing you to explore the apocalyptic wasteland. During the process of exploration, you need to develop your skills, fight with the mysterious organization entrenched in this world, solve various mysteries, and embrace the world's ultimate secret.

In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss!

Discover and explore the darkly-charming, procedurally-generated departments of Death Inc., where you’ll meet a diverse cast of memorable characters—like your affable pumpkin-headed assistant, Pump Quinn—who are always willing to share the latest office gossip.

Sharpen your skills (and scythe) through fast-paced hack n’ slash combat, utilizing over 30 unique weapons and spells you can find and upgrade to create devastating combinations.

Since Death can’t die, use what you’ve learned and earned to overcome the numerous minions and bosses in each department of Death Incorporated... over and over. A performance review after every run guarantees that you’ll unlock interesting items and upgrades that will help you progress on your journey.

Taking more power for yourself is a controversial move in Death Incorporated’s company culture. For instance, adopting a Curse upgrade for yourself might result in the Labor Inspector granting your subordinates enhanced powers, or worse, raising the cost of koffee and other items that are vital to your work output.

Where am I pyooooo??? HEBEREKEis back and so is his great and surreal adventure! A mysterious little creature Hebe fell into a mysterious world. Discover a brand new world, explore every corner, find the treasures with your new wonderful friends, and use their skills to find new places.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.

This masterpiece from Paul Helman and Sean Scapelhorn is a classic platformer that tells an emotional and surprisingly rich tale of self-discovery peppered with nostalgic popular culture references that will bring a smile to any gamer who enjoys the 8 and 16 bit era!

An unmissable tale of a small robot on a big adventure!
Made by just two people, Horace offers over 15 hours of exciting platforming and pushes the boundaries of the genre with profound storytelling and quirky and nostalgic pop culture references! A game made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour. You explore a dangerous grey land, unearthing coloured fragments on a journey to find your missing mother. As obstacles match the background, they disappear, creating new and exciting puzzles - full of peril, mystery… and colours unseen.

HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.

Bring back the light to the sun’s empire in this 2D fast paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Make your way through hand-crafted environments, battle wicked creatures using your skills and abilities and improve them as you will need them in order to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the sun.

INAYAH - Life After Gods is a thrilling action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Immerse yourself in a story with multiple choices, explore diverse biomes, face more than 20 bosses, and develop your character with a unique progression system.

<p>The debut release from Magnetic Realms is a Sci-Fi action adventure called "Inescapable".</p>

Iko is an aspiring yet hopeful warrior exploring the land and sky to reunite a series of floating islands. With his rickety airship, he must travel from island to island in order to reignite each one’s magnetic core while fighting off the many adversaries standing in his way. Islets is a surprisingly wholesome metroidvania about making connections with the people around you. By reuniting the islands and befriending a cast of charming characters, the world expands and reveals new parts of each area for Iko to explore. Scour every nook and cranny in order to collect the many upgrades hidden around this world and face its numerous hidden challenges! There’s also a tour guide to show you around, but you should be careful. The guy’s got some really weird vibes...

JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword is a retro styled 2d metroidvania with fast paced gameplay, charming pixel art, and an interesting storyline.

Jett Rider, the most unlikely hero stars in the biggest 2D adventure of the year. Save the planet Gravos, free its people, face the toughest bosses... And don't forget to recycle!

A collision in the orbit of the planet Gravos is the starting point of an unforgettable adventure with tons of fun and love for the classics. Jett, the space sweeper, was only supposed to pick up the wreckage of the AC-137 cargo ship, but he soon discovered that something messy was brewing on the surface of Gravos.

In this colorful, co-op adventure game you play as the newest recruit to Kindred Aerospace. Dropped onto an uncharted planet with little equipment, you must determine if this planet is fit for human habitation but perhaps you are not the first to set foot here…

Kalinur is a retro metroidvania full of action and adventure!
You explore a castle in order to find and defeat the dread wizard Kalinur, who used his power to leave the kingdom in a state of darkness and suffering.
During this adventure you will have great challenges and rewards in order to bring peace back to the kingdom.

Contents Include:
* Metroidvania, Heavy on the 'Vania.
* Classic NES-inspired Graphics and Music
* Exploration-heavy Gameplay with 11 castle areas to unlock and explore!
* 31 unique enemies and 9 bosses to defeat
* Lots of Upgrades and Items... it's a Metroidvania!

Investigate every corner of Arcadia to discover all the secrets that keep its walls. Discover the 20 Easter Eggs hidden in Arcadia.


Kingdom of Arcadia is a retro style game for lovers of pixel art games. If you also love retro style games you will love this game where the whole adventure will be taking place inside an arcade machine of the 80-90.

Best Switch Metroidvania Games

Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Ghost 1.0

Ghost Parade

Ghost Song

GINSHA

Goodboy Galaxy

Grizzland

HAAK

Have a Nice Death

HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Horace

Hue

HunterX

Imp of the Sun

INAYAH - Life after Gods

Inescapable

Islets

JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword

Jett Rider - Reduce, reuse and BLAST IT OFF!

Journey to the Savage Planet

Kalinur

Kingdom of Arcadia

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