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A compact, punishing Metroidvania with smooth platforming and a dreamlike allegory about accepting death.

Fearmonium
A psychedelic metroidvania where a memory becomes a phobia, blending suspense and humour in a compact ~6-hour adventure through a boy's mind.
2021-05-20
- Action
- Comedy

Platform

Adventure

Horror

Indie

Side view

Role-playing (RPG)

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Saviorless

A hand-drawn, combat-based metroidvania set in a surreal, religious-themed dark fantasy world, offering a single-player storybook journey that lasts about three hours.

2024-04-02

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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After Death

A dark metroidvania platform-exploration game where you fight skulls and ghosts while seeking a gate out of a monster-infested world, with stiff old-school controls and a roughly 7-hour reviewer playtime.

2017-10-04

Action
Adventure
Indie

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Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland

A charming metroidvania with dream-world exploration, secret-collecting, and memory recovery, running about 5.5 hours.

2026-03-31

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Kids

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System Purge

A challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer about infiltrating an ancient machine's buried facility to rescue a lost lover, with a short, narrative-driven playthrough.

2022-04-05

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Horror
Indie
Side view

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TetherGeist

A challenging, no-combat precision platformer with a wholesome coming-of-age story and astral-projection tether mechanics, clocking in around 13-15 hours.

2026-05-07

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Metro Gravity

A single-player metroidvania with gravity-bending movement, rhythmic combat, and puzzle-heavy exploration in a surreal dream world, roughly 10 hours for reviewers.

2025-06-19

Action
Platform
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Music

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Crypt Custodian

A single-player afterlife metroidvania where a mischievous cat janitor explores, cleans, and battles through a sprawling ghost-filled world with snappy, rewarding combat.

2024-08-27

Action
Platform
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Ghost Song

A somber 2D metroidvania on a desolate alien moon, with cosmic horror, ability-based exploration, and a roughly 13-15 hour journey.

2022-11-03

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

A single-player pixel-art metroidvania where priestess Momo fights demon hordes with close melee combat and exploration in a cute anime-inspired tale of bells and moon gods, lasting about 10 hours.

2024-01-11

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

A polished dark fantasy Metroidvania with rewarding exploration and moderate difficulty, set in a sorrowful post-apocalyptic world of Homunculi, offering a lengthy ~23-hour campaign.

2025-01-22

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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9 Years of Shadows

A hand-crafted side-scrolling metroidvania action-adventure with a ghost companion and a roughly 12-hour story about restoring color to a dark world.

2023-03-27

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)