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A dark-but-cute Metroidvania platformer with a platform creation gun and twin-stick shooting, where auto-mapped biomes make exploration feel unrewarding.

B.I.O.T.A.
An intense 2D action-platformer with metroidvania exploration, set in a plague-infected mining colony, featuring hero selection and customizable 8-bit visuals.
2022-04-12
- Shooter
- Action
- Science fiction

Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

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Astronite

A short, cute 1-bit metroidvania with action, exploration, puzzles, and platforming on an invaded planet.

2022-11-30

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

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Falco Xolon

A tight ~2-hour run-and-gun platformer on an alien planet where plasma collection and precise shooting matter, though clunky controls and unfair sections undercut the fun.

2024-11-11

Shooter
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Side view
Sport

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Zapling Bygone

A twisted single-player metroidvania where you steal foes' abilities by wearing their skulls into a hive-mind, offering a compact ~5-hour campaign with positive but imperfect reception.

2022-08-05

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Critadel

A futuristic 2D roguelike platformer with solid core shooting but uneven systems, offering three characters and huge weapon variety in short runs.

2021-10-12

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

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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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Augment Anthem

A janky but exploration-focused 2D sci-fi metroidvania where combining Augment types reshapes your gun and movement, set across interconnected post-apocalyptic environments with a roughly 10-14 hour playtime.

2026-05-15

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Survival
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view

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ROCKETRON

A short, casual 2D aerial Metroidvania-style shooter with solid-but-straightforward combat and non-linear exploration; reviewers note it can feel slow and a bit clunky.

2020-02-07

Action
Platform
Indie

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Tootum

A compact pixel-art Metroidvania blending deep exploration with roguelike progression and three endings, though reviewers report floaty movement and glitches.

2026-05-26

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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Quarion

A short, single-player 2D pixel-art metroidvania on an alien planet with tough platforming, boss battles, and a ~3-hour run, praised for its tight execution despite some buggy movement physics.

2025-08-28

Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Trash Quest

A compact single-player metroidvania on a space station, combining run-and-gun combat and tight platforming with some frustrating backtracking.

2021-04-26

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Rotten Bloom

A compact ~1.5-hour action-adventure Metroidvania in a nature-reclaimed dystopia, where you extract corpse abilities and reshape your essence to decide the fate of both species.

2026-07-15