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A challenging, handcrafted mushroom-world metroidvania where ability-gated exploration and secret hunting unfold across a large 2D map.

Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
A heartfelt mushroom-themed metroidvania with dense interconnected exploration and standout platforming, offering roughly 15 hours of play.
2025-11-07
- Action
- Warfare
- Platform
- Adventure
- Indie

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EMUUROM

A non-violent retro-pixel metroidvania where scanning creatures unlocks paths through an ancient paradise—a lengthy ~22–30 hour exploration that reviewers find thoughtful but occasionally disorienting.

2026-05-25

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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FOUNTAINS

A challenging single-player action RPG with soulslike combat and metroidvania exploration in an ancient interconnected world, offering roughly 9–12 hours of play.

2024-12-20

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

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The Mobius Machine

A single-player side-scrolling metroidvania action-adventure on an alien world, focusing on exploration, combat, and escape, with very positive Steam reviews.

2024-03-01

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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La-Mulana 2

A demanding single-player metroidvania set in ancient ruins, featuring intricate puzzles and boss fights, with a lengthy campaign of roughly 60 hours based on reviewer playtimes.

2018-07-30

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Open world

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Derelict Star

A 2D momentum-based platformer set on an abandoned freighter, blending precise movement, exploration, and navigation puzzles in a non-linear space setting.

2026-04-02

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Open world
Mystery

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Frogmonster

A charming single-player Metroidvania FPS with soulslike boss fights in a lively creature-filled voxel world, offering a roughly 13–17 hour campaign.

2024-04-02

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Open world

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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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Hollow Knight: Silksong

A visually beautiful 2D metroidvania where you explore a haunted insect kingdom with melee sword combat — a long, highly-rated single-player adventure.

2025-09-04

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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ANIMAL WELL

A single-player 2D Metroidvania where you manipulate the environment with collected items to unravel the secrets of a dense, surreal underground labyrinth over roughly 10–14 hours.

2024-05-09

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Side view
Mystery

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Hollow Knight

A dark hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in an insect kingdom, with challenging bosses and a brutal but rewarding difficulty curve.

2017-02-24

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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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