It’s a great year to use new power-ups to unlock new areas.
10Hollow Knight
Lets just get it out of the way, shall we?
If you’re waiting for Silksong, youve probably played Hollow Knight.
But that doesnt mean you cant play it again.
And if you havent played it, what better way to quench that Silksong thirst?
9Ultros
Ultros is a Metroidvania game which is visually stunning and actuallylooksdifferentfrom others.
Trippy, psychedelic, and bizarre.
Ultros fuses Rogue-like mechanics with the classic Metroidvania formula to give it a new spin.
Ultros is the right dose of visual appeal and fun gameplay you need.
8Animal Well
Probably the most original entry on this list.
For example, one of the most impactful changes is having no direct ways to attack enemies.
And you cant go wrong with capybaras.
A very narrative-driven, dialogue-heavy, and story-focused baby.
You’d betterhone your parrying skills, because youre going to need them.
Start your journey in Bo: Path Of The Teal Lotus with these beginner tips.
You know how Hollow Knight reminds you of the infection in several areas of the game?
Well, Bo has its own looming threat that you’ll constantly see hanging in the background.
It is by no means a brutally hard gamein terms of the combat.
Instead, it focuses on challenging, well-designed and precise platforming sections to ramp up the difficulty.
Yes, these are mostly tragic and unsettling.
Well, thats Haiku The Robot in a nutshell.
At least, as alive as a world of robots can get.
2Super Metroid
The father of them all.
you’ve got the option to never go wrong with the blueprint of the genre.
1Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night
Putting the vaniain Metroidvania.
Amid a growing collection of constantly iterative and new Metroidvanias, these titles deserve a lot more recognition.
