Ocean’s Heart is an epic top-down action RPG in which you explore a beautiful archipelago as a young woman named Tilia. Take on contracts to fight monsters, descend deep into ancient dungeons, defeat menacing foes, and unravel the mystery of Ocean’s Heart. All done in beautiful, bright pixel art.

PowerSlave: Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions

With the help of the many treasures on a mysterious island, Dorothy might just be able to save her son and dispel a terrible curse.

There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?


What Happens When Classic Asteroids® Meets Metroidvania®? Carebotz is a single-player game featuring Bibz, a maintenance droid and protagonist on a mission to save a derelict factory from destruction. To accomplish this, you must advance carefully as danger lurks everywhere!

Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database. To capture a creature, Sheepo must find their unhatched egg, which happen to be highly guarded by that species "queen" (aka, a boss.) With each egg Sheepo collects, you then gain the ability to transform into that creature on contact, and explore the deeper reaches of the planets sprawling environment

Set in the Pumpkin Kingdom which has lost its national treasure—the "Bluewater Willow," this brain-stimulating action-shooter follows Cotton, a witch with the biggest appetite in the universe, and Appli, the most tomboyish girl in the royal family. This is the fourth installment in the fantasy shooting game series featuring Cotton, one of SUCCESS's most popular characters. This masterpiece of the past is given new life using the specially-developed "Zebra Engine." The new features included such as game rewind, slow mode, and quick save greatly improve ease of play. Online rankings have also been added!

Original developer WayForward upgrades its 2011 classic with new voice acting by Laura Bailey and Troy Baker, sharpened visuals, and rebalanced gameplay. Run, jump, cut, and feed your way through a massive underground castle to confront Rayne’s father at the behest of the Brimstone Society.

Pixel Art Hack & Slash Roguelike Action! Do you dare to discover what awaits you deep in the abyss? Explore randomly generated dungeons in a roguelike action experience. Hack and slash enemies, acquire loot, and obtain enhancements to your existing equipment. Start your exploration now!

Unbound is an atmospheric 2D Puzzle-Platformer where the main character, Soli, can conjure magic portals to travel between different realities in order to learn more about the catastrophe that ravaged his world. Inside certain portals, the physical properties of the character or world elements can change, offering new gameplay possibilities. Unbound’s artistic approach can be summarized as a dark fairy tale presented in a cartoonish style, with the purpose to give the game experience a fresh look and feel. Curiosity and exploration will have an impact on the overall atmosphere. Unbound is set in a universe of magic and mystery, where Mages once traveled between distant worlds using portals. When an ancient sickness threatens the future of the multi-verse, a gifted child named Soli must embrace his unique gift and bring peace to the worlds apart.


A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle. Do you wish to cleanse the land and help the people of Cvstodia? Then the Blasphemous Digital Deluxe Edition is what you seek.

Can you survive being in a relationship? Together is a game about being with someone. Someone who is kind. Someone who makes you happy. Someone whose mental state requires a lot of your time and energy. Someone who you care about. But after you've invested so much love in being with them, what happens when they no longer feel the same way?

Get ready to run, jump, fight, and explore! Sun Wukong VS Robot is a mini retro pixel metroidvania game inspired by old-school classics. Sun Wukong has awakened. Our hero appears at the center of a mechanical maze and is holding the weapon from his legends. However, he is imprisoned by a mind locker that has been put on his head. To regain his freedom, Wukong must defeat the four robots.

Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and unity?

Metroidvania-style spring wire action! 2D side-scroller that uses wires to explore ruins in all directions Steampunk retrospective that connects ancient history and modern times Eliminate the global crisis stirring in the ruins through investigative action!

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.

Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!

What a filth enveloped the world that its only salvation may be… two bloody beasts? Born of anger, blood and night werewolf Gregor and vampire Hredrick launch a crusade in defiance of unspeakable evil. Will they accomplish the mission even though opposed by hordes of hellish opponents, enraged people they are trying to save and even ...

An all-new Metroidvania-style game developed using Pixel Game Maker MV! Make use of a variety of weapons as you traverse sprawling stages on a mission to take back your brother's body from the witch who stole it!

Touhou Luna Night's is a 2D search action (Metroidvania) video game. After creating many action games, this is a new project from Team Ladybug.

Welcome to the medieval, magical kingdom of Micetopia, where mice live in freely an idyllic country village. Unfortunately as the story begins forces of evil have taken away all the mice except for the one elder remaining. Can you become the hero of Micetopia and save your villagers from the dark minions? In Micetopia you play as a brave mouse who must fight, jump, and explore its way through a world of mystery. Overcome enemies, gain new powers and rescue your compatriots from the clutches of their captors. Do you have what it takes for the elder to bestow upon you the title “Hero of Micetopia?”

Control Ultimate Edition contains the main game and all previously released Expansions ("The Foundation" and "AWE") in one great value package. Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

A mudokon chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Abe was a first class Floor-Waxer for RuptureFarms who was catapulted into a life of adventure. Late one night he overheard plans from his boss, Molluck the Glukkon, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as a final effort to rescue Molluck's failing meatpacking empire! Can Abe change the fate of thousands and rescue the Mudokons? Can he escape the dark recesses of RuptureFarms and the desolate, uninviting, and downright terrifying surrounding environment? Lead our unlikely hero on his mission because if he doesn’t make it… Abe’s back on the menu!


Embark on a valiant quest to save your toy village in the hit first-person open-world puzzle platformer!

Roam and explore a huge interconnected world. Unlock powerful new abilities and combine them to overcome imaginative puzzles or uncover shrouded secrets. Defeat charging hordes in fast, frenetic first-person combat as you battle your way towards an audience with the Blue King.

Supraland is the ultimate "sandbox" adventure and offers players a fresh take on puzzles, exploration, and adventure!

Game features:
- 12–25 hours of open-world puzzle, action and platformer gameplay
- A grand adventure in a tiny "sandbox", with rewarding exploration gameplay and hundreds of secrets to discover
- Discover exciting upgrades and unlock a wide range of game-changing weapons and abilities
- Family-friendly visuals combined with countless crafty puzzles

Best Switch Metroidvania Games

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Ocean's Heart

PowerSlave Exhumed

Treasure Hunter Man 2

Pixel Game Maker Series MEDIUM-NAUT

Carebotz

Trash Quest

SHEEPO

Castlevania Advance Collection

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

Rogue Explorer

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Blasphemous Deluxe Edition

Together

Sun Wukong VS Robot

Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition

Myastere: Ruins of Deazniff

Kingdom of Arcadia

Narita Boy

From Shadows

Pixel Game Maker Series The Witch and The 66 Mushrooms

Touhou Luna Nights

Micetopia

Control Ultimate Edition

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Supraland

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