Top-Rated Free Metroidvania Games on Steam

14 free Metroidvania games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Akatori: Сhapter One - Players say: Young monk Mako explores two realms, fighting with fists and a bird companion that doubles as a weapon and platforming tool. Players like: Distinctive Pixel Art · Satisfying Combat · Responsive Platforming ·
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Join young Mako as she ventures into a wild world of exploration and finds a mysterious bird companion. Navigate through two distinct realms with your staff and face off against an ancient sentinel in this prologue to the action-packed metroidvania Akatori.

Bloody Hell - Players say: Play an angelic bird battling through Hell in a top-down bullet-hell adventure, unlocking abilities and routes on the way to Satan. Players like: Enjoyable Boss Fights · Responsive Combat · Exploration And Secrets ·
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A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Pages of Time: Prologue - Players say: Guide witch Loretta through a magic academy, platforming and using time-recording, rewinding, and orb spells to solve puzzles. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Time-Based Puzzles · Gentle Soundtrack ·
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Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.

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Nov 23, 2022
97% 👍
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The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare - Players say: A toy bear and fairy cross a nightmare of twisted fairytales, battling monsters and platforming through danger to rescue his owner. Players like: Dark Fairytale World · Atmospheric Music · Combat And Exploration ·
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When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.

Dead Seater - Players say: As Jesse searches the Vincent estate to reunite his family, he finds keys, keeps the lights on, and evades threats before Father returns. Players like: Tense Horror Atmosphere · Effective Sound Design · Distinctive Camera Framing ·
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Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.

Raji: Prologue - Players say: In ancient India, Raji uses powers granted by the gods to fight demons and search for her captured brother. Players like: Distinctive Visual Style · Indian Mythology · Enjoyable Gameplay ·
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Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.

Janosik - Players say: As Janosik, explore a secret-filled mountain castle, fight enemies, evade hazards, and find upgrades while rescuing captured companions. Players like: Interconnected Castle · Enjoyable Platforming · Charming Pixel Art ·
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Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!

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Sep 25, 2020
94% 👍
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Friendly Fire - Players say: Explore a magical 2D world, help its peculiar inhabitants through quests and dialogue, and uncover five possible endings. Players like: Charming Characters · Relaxing Atmosphere · Distinct Endings ·
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Can you save the world from an unknown destiny?

Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue - Players say: Guide Soli through a fractured fantasy world, using reality-bending portals to solve platforming puzzles and evade threats. Players like: Interest in Full Game · Portal Puzzle Design · Illustrated Visuals ·
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Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue is an introduction for an upcoming 2D Metroidvania puzzle platformer where you can conjure different magic portals to travel between the worlds. Each portal gives you a unique ability to explore hand-crafted worlds and outsmart deadly creatures.

StarBreak - Players say: Explore hostile sci-fi side-scrolling worlds, battle aliens and bosses with other players, and risk permanent character loss. Players like: Rewarding Gameplay Loop · Skill-Based Challenge · Long-Term Goals ·
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StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.

Ori and the Blind Forest - Players say: Guide Ori through a dying forest in a 2D platform adventure focused on precise jumps, evolving movement abilities, and exploration. Players like: Hand-Painted Visuals · Beautiful Soundtrack · Responsive Platforming ·
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“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Outland - Players say: Switch between light and dark to cross a perilous 2D world, solve color-based challenges, and battle forces of chaos. Players like: Light-Dark Switching · Colorful Visual Design · Platforming and Puzzles ·
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Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.

You Have to Win the Game - Players say: Explore a maze-like retro world, leap past traps, collect treasure, and gain abilities that open new routes. Players like: Retro PC Style · Precise Platforming · Exploration And Secrets ·
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You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

The Desolate Hope - Players say: Guide Coffee, a service robot, through a failing research station, platforming simulations, and RPG battles against a spreading virus. Players like: Distinctive Robot Art · Strange Sci-Fi Story · Genre-Blending Gameplay ·
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On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.

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May 5, 2014
93% 👍
of 1.8k