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Stranded in the year 10,000, Kent—an average Joe turned clone—must survive, explore, and rebuild civilization with the help of a snarky AI. Craft, farm, and automate in this 2D craftervania adventure as you uncover Earth’s secrets and kickstart humanity, one machine at a time.

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Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends

Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they try to stop the Nightmare Fiends from ruling over dreams forever.

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Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland

Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.

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I watched the Secret Level episode of Pac-Man the day before and thought, "what an interesting take…". Wild that they're actually turning it into a game.

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.

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Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.

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Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.

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A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.

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Hey all! The board that's pinned to the top of this community was created to track anticipated metroidvanias, but it's now almost out of date and I want to see what games are on your radar and should be included.

What upcoming metroidvanias are you looking forward to?

Here's some that I'm thinking about:

• Possessor(s)
• MIO: Memories in Orbit
• Exil
• Mandragora
• LUCID
• Altered Alma
• Iron Corbo: Kung Fu Janitor
• Crowsworn
• Mariachi Legends
• Akatori
• Constance
• Blade Chimera
• Primal Planet
• Inayah: Life After Gods
• Fallen Tear: The Ascension
• Comix Zero
• Ties: Soul Link
• The Red Selene
• Soul Blade

…and yes, I absolutely have Silksong on my radar, but I'm over paying attention to it until it comes out.

Now that 2024 is coming to an end, I'd love to do a community post and hear about what people enjoyed. It was a banner year for the genre.

What metroidvanias from 2024 stood out to you?

Here's what I played this year

1. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — Didn't expect it to be this good. Even the DLC is worth it. I'd put it behind Hollow Knight and the Ori games as an all-timer
2. Nine Sols — While the bosses were tougher than I'm comfortable with, this game was a huge surprise for me. Really polished. Luckily, there's a difficulty slider.
3. Animal Well — I'm a sucker for knowledge-gated games, and this brought back memories of Fez and Tunic.
4. BioGun — Super polished game that hits on all the notes that make me love this genre. I wish it was more performant on Steam Deck, but I was able to overlook that.
5. Voidwrought — People complained about the movement, but that didn't phase me. There were some minor endgame bugs that didn't allow me to 100% it, but I loved it enough that I wanted to.
6. Minishoot Adventures — I wasn't thinking I'd play this one, as I'm not much of a bullet hell guy, but it was a ton of fun.
7. Crypt Custodian — I love all of Kyle's games, and he keeps getting better. 100%-ed this one.
8. Ultros — Outside of Animal Well, this might be the most original out of the bunch. It was a crazy experience that was different than usual.
9. Biomorph — Fun, but I felt that I just wanted to beat it to get it over with by the end.
10. Tales of Kenzera: ZAU — I thought it was a great story and pretty polished, but it gets knocked because of how linear it is. There is zero backtracking. Barely fair to call it a metroidvania.
11. Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus* — I almost completed this, but the platforming at the end got very intense.
12. The Mobius Machine — This one felt like a slog to complete. It needed more variation.
13. Turbo Kid*
14. Noreya: The Gold Project*
15. Venture to the Vile*

*Didn't finish

The mystical Egyptian underworld beckons you in Duat: Shadows of Light & Dark! Foil the plans of Set and Apep using your powers of light. Explore the varied environments of the underworld and battle your way through in this epic pixel art style platformer.

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Slash, burn, and rage your way through Mandragora, a 2.5D side-scroller action-RPG with deep Metroidvania and Soulslike elements. Light your Witch Lantern, enter the dark realm of Entropy, and tear reality asunder.

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While really difficult (I had to tone down the difficulty), this was an S-tier metroidvania for me. I'd put it in my top 5

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

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• Xbox

Forgotlings is a breathtaking cinematic action-adventure set in a magical land of sentient forgotten objects. Journey to distant corners of our collective memories and unite warring tribes against a mysterious looming threat to their existence.

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