I really love Metroid-games and their ilk. Here's an overview of all the games in the dreadfully named genre that are on my radar.
ð personal favourite
ð recommended
ð OK
â not recommended
ð yet to play
- ð Alwa's Awakening
- ð Alwa's Legacy
- ð AM2R
- ð Animal Well
- â Apotheon
- ð Astalon: Tears of the Earth
- ð Axiom Verge
- ð Axiom Verge 2
- ð Batman: Arkham Asylum
- ð Bladechimera
- ð Blasphemous
- ð Blasphemous II
- ð Blaster Master
- ð Blaster Master Zero
- ð Blaster Master Zero 2
- ð Blaster Master Zero 3
- ð Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- ð BÅ: Path of the Teal Lotus
- ð Carrion
- ð Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
- ð Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
- ð Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
- ð Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
- ð Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- ð Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
- ð Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- ð Cathedral
- ð Cave Story+
- â Chasm
- ð Chronicles of the Wolf
- ð Dead Cells
- ð Death's Gambit
- ð Death's Gambit: Afterlife
- â Demon Peak
- ð Demon's Crest
- ð Dust: An Elysian Tail
- ð Echo: The Oracle's Scroll
- ð Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
- ð Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
- ð F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
- ð fig.
- ð Foregone
- ð Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark
- ð Gargoyle's Quest
- ð Gargoyle's Quest II
- ð Gato Roboto
- ð Ghost 1.0
- ð Ghost Song
- ð GRIME
- ð Guacamelee!
- ð Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
- ð Guacamelee! 2
- ð Hebereke
- ð Hebereke Enjoy Edition
- ð Hollow Knight
- ð Hollow Knight: Silksong
- ð Imp of the Sun
- ð Infernax
- ð Journey to the Savage Planet
- ð Knytt Underground
- ð Kunai
- ð La-Mulana
- ð La-Mulana 2
- ð Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- ð Mega Man ZX
- ð Mega Man ZX Advent
- ð Metroid
- ð Metroid Dread
- ð Metroid Fusion
- ð Metroid II: The Return of Samus
- ð Metroid Prime
- ð Metroid Prime Remastered
- ð Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- ð Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- â Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- â Metroid: Other M
- ð Metroid: Samus Returns
- ð Metroid: Zero Mission
- ð Mio: Memories in Orbit
- ð Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
- ð Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
- ð Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
- ð Ori and the Blind Forest
- ð Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- ð Outland
- ð Owlboy
- ð Öoo
- ð Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- ð Pseudoregalia
- ð Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
- ð Rogue Legacy
- ð Rogue Legacy 2
- ð Shadow Complex
- ð Shadow Complex Remastered
- â Shadow Labyrinth
- ð Shantae
- ð Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
- ð Shantae and the Seven Sirens
- ð Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
- ð Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- ð Shantae: Risky's Revenge
- ð Strider (2014)
- ð Souldiers
- â Source of Madness
- ð Steamworld Dig
- ð Steamworld Dig 2
- ð Sundered: Eldritch Edition
- ð Super Metroid
- ð Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- â Teslagrad
- ð The Legend of Tianding
- ð The Mummy Demastered
- ð Timespinner
- ð Touhou Luna Nights
- ð Ufouria: The Saga
- ð Ufouria: The Saga 2
- ð Ultros
- ð Undivine
- ð Voidwrought
- ð Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
- ð Xeodrifter
- ð Zexion