Metroidvania PC Games | Exploration-Driven 2D Action Ranked

You return to a place you could not reach, with an ability you found later. That structure alone makes a metroidvania, whatever the art or difficulty. Some centre on the weight of combat; others make filling the map the reward; some are short and dense. A handful of famous titles invite comparison, but this list ranks less-reviewed games first, so quiet successes surface ahead of the well-known. Ascent DX and Draco and the Seven Scales, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.

1,350 titles match. 370 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 424 support Japanese, and 142 are free.

751 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

Trapers Platformer: A Charming Metroidvania Adventure on a Perilous Island1/12$1.9980% positive 15explorationmetroidvaniaaction2d-platformerplatformerS

Visual Out: Explore a Dying Computer as a Defiant Program3/15$9.9980% positive 15indieactionadventuremetroidvaniaS

Irang: Metroidvania Adventure in a Joseon Fantasy World6/17Free76% positive 21metroidvaniaadventureaction-rpgatmosphericactionS

Sect-Machina: Explore a Cyberpunk Bug Society as a Moth-Disguised Butterfly9/10Free60% positive 304actionadventurecasualaction-adventureplatformerS

Other Worlds India: Extreme 2D Metroidvania Adventure1/20$0.9962% positive 141choose-your-own-adventuremetroidvaniacasualopen-worldsandboxS

S.P.L.I.C.E.D.: Chinatown's Fate Rests on Your Shoulders6/20Free66% positive 58singleplayermetroidvaniaside-scroller2.5dplatformerS

The Legend of Thabor: Rise of the Mages - A Retro Fantasy Adventure7/5Free75% positive 202dfantasymetroidvania2d-platformerpuzzle-platformerS

Legends of the Universe: Cosmic Bounty - Bounty Hunter Action Platformer1/16$1.9970% positive 33singleplayercontroller-supportactionindiemetroidvaniaS

Ha_Bits: Cyberpunk Survival Horror Metroidvania8/28Free79% positive 14cyberpunkactionsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrormetroidvaniaS

Bookbound Brigade: A Metroidvania Adventure Through Literary Worlds1/30$19.9969% positive 36actionadventureindiemetroidvania2dS

JK Girl Samurai - AOI no mon: Unleash Your Inner Warrior4/25$1.9968% positive 40female-protagonistactionswordplaypixel-graphicsaction-adventureS

Delta Manifold: First-Person Metroidvania Shooter Adventure8/22$1.9971% positive 28explorationmetroidvaniafpssouls-likeshooterS

Pedros Eggventure: First-Person Action-Adventure Quest5/29Free82% positive 11singleplayeradventureactioncasualwalking-simulatorS

Game Master Plus: Unravel a Town's Ancient Mystery1/1$6.9982% positive 11jrpgfemale-protagonistcharacter-customizationturn-based-combatsteampunkS

Book of Eos: Play as Monsters in a 1-Month Challenge RPG3/15$2.9982% positive 11explorationdungeon-crawlerjrpgrpg2dS

Eris and the Fading Kingdom: A Mythic Metroidvania Adventure7/22$3.9982% positive 11metroidvaniamythologyhack-and-slash2dactionS

Nimillion: The Last Expedition - Master Brutal Physics-Based Rocket Survival4/13$19.9982% positive 11simulationsci-fiphysicsdifficultindieS

PickaLegend: Action Roguelike Meets Bullet Hell Mayhem3/5$3.9982% positive 11action-roguelikebullet-hellroguelikepixel-graphicsmetroidvaniaS

Roseblight: Explore a Monochromatic World in This Action RPG9/25$7.9982% positive 11explorationmetroidvaniabullet-hellhack-and-slashpuzzleS

Twell: Explore a Mysterious Amnesiac Adventure3/21Free82% positive 11adventureactionrpgmetroidvaniaexplorationS

Curse of the Sea Rats: Hand-Drawn Metroidvania Adventure4/6$9.9959% positive 224story-richcombatactionco-oplocal-co-opS

THE DARK DWELLERS: Descend into a Forgotten Underground City2/18$2.9969% positive 35souls-likestory-richdifficultdark-fantasymetroidvaniaS

Blood Brothers: A Co-op Metroidvania Adventure to Save Your Soul6/19Free76% positive 17free-to-playactionadventureco-opmetroidvaniaS

Into The Underdusk: Brave a Sinking World in Precision Platforming Adventure5/2$4.9970% positive 30singleplayermetroidvaniaprecision-platformerdifficultactionS

Orion: The Eternal Punishment - Hunt the Void in this Retro FPS1/5Free70% positive 30fpsretroexplorationfirst-personarena-shooterS

Skelattack: Save the Underworld in a Quirky Action Platformer6/2$19.9960% positive 143singleplayerfamily-friendlyactionindieadventureS

Bloodline: Dark Fantasy Metroidvania of a Daughter's Revenge3/6Free69% positive 322d-platformeractionpixel-graphicsmetroidvaniadark-fantasyS

Emberbane: Rise from Ruin in a Dark Fantasy Metroidvania2/25$14.9960% positive 136metroidvania2d-platformerside-scrolleractionhack-and-slashS

Tamarin: Cute Monkey's Action-Adventure Through Nordic Wilderness9/10$8.99-70%60% positive 1273d-platformeraction-adventurethird-person-shootercollectathonmetroidvaniaS

Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows - Reclaim Your Lost Shadow2/20$16.9970% positive 27indieatmospheric2d-platformerpuzzle-platformerexplorationS

Winnie-The-Pooh Taste Test: A Cute 2D Platformer Adventure5/25Free70% positive 27adventurefamily-friendlyplatformer2d-platformercombatS

GoldFish Brain: Metroidvania Platformer in a Secret Lab12/7$4.9971% positive 24metroidvaniaindieaction-adventure2d-platformeradventureS

Sanae Toumaden X2: Mega X Touhou Fangame11/13$7.9971% positive 24animeaction2d-platformermetroidvaniahack-and-slashS

The Bounty Huntress: Metroidvania Adventure in Aresdale Castle7/1$3.9971% positive 24adventureactionmetroidvaniapixel-graphicsaction-adventureS

Shadow Labyrinth: PAC-MAN's 2D Action Metroidvania7/17$14.99-50%56% positive 346actionmetroidvaniaadventureaction-adventureplatformerS

Homeland: Face the Abyss in a Slavic Metroidvania4/4$5.9965% positive 46actionadventureplatformeraction-adventure2d-platformerS

Guardian: The Last Guardian's Quest9/8$0.9975% positive 16actionadventureindiefemale-protagonistmetroidvaniaS

Lillusion: Unleash Psychic Powers in a Mutagenic Metroidvania10/27$0.9975% positive 16metroidvania2d-platformersouls-likeplatformeraction-rpgS

RIN: The Last Child - Metroidvania Journey to Restore a Mystical World1/25$19.9961% positive 82metroidvaniaplatformeractionexploration2d-platformerS

Boots Versus Plants: Colonel Daisy's Mutant Cactus Crusade3/14$0.49-51%67% positive 33casualadventureaction2d-platformer2d-fighterS

Corrupt: Dark Metroidvania Action-Platformer8/9$9.9977% positive 13actionaction-adventureplatformermetroidvania2d-platformerS

Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit - A Gravity-Bending Puzzle Platformer9/6$19.9977% positive 13adventureplatformerpuzzleexplorationmetroidvaniaS

YeGung: Embrace the Bow in a Monster-Infested Action RPG6/27Free77% positive 13metroidvaniapveaction-rpgaction-adventurefemale-protagonistS

Attraction: Explore a Distant Planet as a Friendly Robot12/22$0.9969% positive 26adventureexplorationmetroidvaniaplatformerspaceS

Mangavania: Ninja's Quest for a Cure1/20$4.9968% positive 28metroidvania2d-platformerarcheryplatformer2dS

Piko Piko: A Charming Metroidvania Adventure with a Plastic Hammer4/28$14.9958% positive 132metroidvania2d-platformerpixel-graphicsexplorationplatformerS

Myastere -Ruins of Deazniff- — Explore Ancient Mysteries4/14$19.9966% positive 35actionmetroidvaniafemale-protagonistexplorationdifficultS

UROS: A Trip Through Shadows - Dark Fantasy Metroidvania Adventure7/13Free61% positive 67metroidvaniaactionplatformerfree-to-playdark-fantasyS

A Lenda de Niterói: Explore Brazil's Indigenous Roots in a Metroidvania Adventure1/5$2.9980% positive 10explorationmetroidvaniaprecision-platformer2d-platformeraudio-productionS

Demon Quest: Uncover Secrets in Linear Zones5/9$4.9980% positive 10metroidvanialineardifficultdark2dS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.