Metroid · 1994
Super Metroid
Samus returns to Zebes, gaining abilities that open new routes through its interconnected world.
GAME CATALOG
Game Catalog
Explore Metroid, Castlevania, metroidvanias and neighboring action adventures.
Each profile brings together a short introduction, an editorial take, play-time guidance and useful links. Categories and difficulty labels are GAME NOTE editorial guides.
42 games
METROID
Metroid
Ability upgrades, connected maps and routes worth revisiting.
Metroid series
Metroid · 2002
Metroid Fusion
Investigate the X parasite aboard a space station while evading the dangerous SA-X.
Metroid · 2021
Metroid Dread
Samus explores planet ZDR while evading E.M.M.I. pursuers and unlocking new routes.
CASTLEVANIA
Castlevania
Exploratory castles, equipment and character growth.
Castlevania-style games
Castlevania · 1997
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Explore Dracula's castle as Alucard, using equipment, spells and transformations to uncover its secrets.
Castlevania · 2003
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Soma explores a mysterious castle and gains abilities by collecting enemy souls.
Castlevania · 2005
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Soma returns in the sequel to Aria of Sorrow, collecting souls as he explores another castle.
Castlevania · 2019
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Explore a demon-filled castle as Miriam, opening routes with equipment and shard abilities.
Castlevania · 2021
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
Play as Alucard, Simon and other series heroes through side-scrolling stages with character skills and equipment progression. Primarily a mobile title; the Apple Arcade version ended service on September 3, 2026.
Castlevania · 2026
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
A 2D Castlevania adventure starring Rose Belmont, set after Dracula's Curse.
METROIDVANIA
Metroidvania
Exploration-focused games in the broader tradition.
Ori series
Metroidvania · 2015
Ori and the Blind Forest
Guide Ori through Nibel, learning movement abilities to cross the forest.
Metroidvania · 2020
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Explore a wider world with Ori through platforming, combat, puzzles and new abilities.
Hollow Knight series
Metroidvania · 2017
Hollow Knight
Descend into Hallownest, explore its connected regions and uncover new ways to move.
Metroidvania · 2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Explore a new kingdom as Hornet in the follow-up to Hollow Knight.
Aggelos series
Metroidvania · 2018
Aggelos
Explore the Kingdom of Lumen in a retro pixel-art action RPG, gaining elemental powers through forests, caves and temples to open new paths with swordplay and magic.
Metroidvania · 2026
Aggelos 2
Explore, solve puzzles and fight across opposing light and dark realms with fast action and precise platforming.
Blasphemous series
Metroidvania · 2019
Blasphemous
Travel through Cvstodia as the Penitent One, fighting and uncovering relics and secrets.
Metroidvania · 2023
Blasphemous 2
The Penitent One wakes in a new world, exploring with multiple weapons and abilities.
Ender series
Metroidvania · 2021
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Explore a world ruined by the Rain of Death and fight with the spirits you purify.
Metroidvania · 2025
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Explore a smoke-stricken land with Lilac and her artificial companions, decades after Ender Lilies.
Kyle Thompson games
Metroidvania · 2022
Islets
Travel between separated islands as Iko and reconnect a gradually opening world.
Metroidvania · 2024
Crypt Custodian
Explore the afterlife as Pluto the cat, solving puzzles and gaining new abilities.
Other games
Metroidvania · 2021
GRIME
Explore a surreal organic world, absorb enemy attacks and traits with a black hole, and combine living weapons with ability progression in timing-focused combat.
Metroidvania · 2022
Souldiers
Choose a class and explore Terragaya in a long pixel-art action RPG adventure.
Metroidvania · 2023
Afterimage
Explore the hand-drawn world of Engardin with varied weapons and abilities.
Metroidvania · 2024
ANIMAL WELL
Search a layered well for items and clues, experimenting with hidden uses and puzzles.
Metroidvania · 2024
Nine Sols
Explore New Kunlun in a Taoist science-fiction adventure built around parries and counterattacks.
Metroidvania · 2024
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Play as Sargon of the Immortals and explore time-distorted Mount Qaf, using blades, a bow and time powers in combat, puzzles and platforming before revisiting earlier areas with new abilities.
Metroidvania · 2026
A Sister's Journey
Violet searches for Rena using guns, dodges and precise jumps, collecting weapon upgrades and abilities across a pixel-art world.
Metroidvania · 2026
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
Explore an interconnected 3D world with double jumps, air dashes and grappling abilities that open paths and shape mobile combat.
Metroidvania · 2026
Silver Pines
Investigate a disappearance in an American town, solve puzzles and manage ammunition, medicine and inventory space while choosing whether to fight or evade.
UpcomingMetroidvania · TBA
Altered Alma
Explore and fight in Neo Barcelona, upgrade a spaceship, recruit crew and build relationships that influence abilities and playstyle.
UpcomingMetroidvania · TBA
Demon Still Alive
Explore a demonic nightmare, upgrade abilities and combine fire, ice, platform movement and combat against enemies.
UpcomingMetroidvania · TBA
LUCID
Oenn gains Crystal Arts in a crystal-punk world, expanding movement and combat with crystal weapons for platform puzzles and bosses.
UpcomingMetroidvania · TBA
Mira and the Legend of the Djinns
Treasure hunter Yuba and the amnesiac Djinn Mira explore ruins, deserts and mountains using weapons and elemental combat to uncover the past.
UpcomingMetroidvania · TBA
Sinweaver
Progress through handcrafted boss stages and an explorable overworld, using melee combat, Sin magic and abilities to escape hell.
EXPLORATION-ACTION
Exploration Action
Neighboring games built around dungeons, puzzles and discovery.
Other games
Exploration Action · 2021
Death's Door
Play a soul-reaping crow through connected worlds, dungeons, puzzles and boss fights.
Exploration Action · 2022
ASTLIBRA Revision
Journey through time and fate with Karon, a talking bird companion. Explore chapter-based worlds, fight side-scrolling battles and develop your character through equipment mastery and skill combinations.
Exploration Action · 2022
TUNIC
Explore an unfamiliar world as a small fox, learning its rules from scattered manual pages.
SOULSLIKE
Soulslike Action
Demanding combat and interconnected areas.
Other games
Soulslike Action · 2024
Another Crab's Treasure
Help Kril search an underwater kingdom for his lost shell, using found objects as armor.
Soulslike Action · 2025
AI LIMIT
Explore a ruined future city as the regenerated mech Arisa, searching for the truth of its collapse.
Soulslike Action · 2025
The First Berserker: Khazan
Play as the exiled general Khazan in a demanding action RPG built around defense, stamina and boss fights.
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