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Castle In The Darkness
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A fast-paced medieval fantasy metroidvania platformer with snappy controls, tough-but-fair challenges, and a compact 8–10 hour adventure.

Creepy Castle
A retro metroidvania adventure about an animal hero uncovering an insect conspiracy in a castle, with minigames and speedrunning, but reviewers find the controls and missing QoL features frustrating.
2016-10-31
- Comedy
- Adventure

Indie

Side view

Role-playing (RPG)

Drama

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Haunted Lands

A dark, gory retro action platformer combining precision shooting, memory-based challenges, and artifact hunting in a haunted land, with a punishing difficulty and median reviewer playtime of about 8 hours.

2026-03-10

Shooter
Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie

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Kingdom Shell

A gloomy pixel-art 2D metroidvania about exploring a cursed kingdom and battling nightmarish foes, with old-school soulslike challenge and roughly 12-14 hours of play.

2023-10-05

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

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Lords of Exile

A short, easy 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in Exilia, combining retro mechanics, linear levels, and ninja-style projectile combat.

2024-02-14

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Odallus: The Dark Call

A single-player 16-bit-style metroidvania in a dark medieval fantasy world, focused on non-linear exploration, demonic combat, and movement upgrades, with a moderate difficulty and a reviewer median playtime of about 8 hours.

2015-07-15

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Historical

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Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

A compact, fun metroidvania adventure through trap-filled dungeons with puzzle-solving and hidden secrets, clocking in around 2.5 hours.

2025-03-05

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

A tight 4-6 hour retro 8-bit action platformer with sword-and-whip combat, branching stages, multiple characters, and a manageable challenge.

2018-05-24

Action
Platform
Fantasy
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view

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Beyond the Ice Palace 2

A single-player action platformer with chain combat, hidden-area exploration, and colossal boss fights, delivering a fun but occasionally buggy ~4.5-hour campaign.

2025-03-10

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Fighting
Side view

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Night Castle

A challenging retro Metroidvania about conquering a gothic castle under a 30-day time limit, with tense day/night routing and roughly 10 hours of play.

2025-10-04

Action
Indie

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UnEpic

A retro-styled 2D action-RPG with metroidvania exploration, skill-based combat, self-referential humor, and solo/co-op play.

2014-07-25

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

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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

A short, punishing 2D metroidvania-style action-platformer with soulslike combat, set in a cursed pixel-art world.

2016-03-04

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

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Nightfall Empress

A 16-bit dark fantasy metroidvania with RPG growth, hidden secrets, and a mature sacred-profane story; reviewers say it plays smoothly after a day-one patch.

2026-05-13

Adventure
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Side view