Hidden gem Metroidvania games
60 overlooked Metroidvania games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
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Adventure 4168
Casual 3707
Action 3670
2D 3418
Puzzle 2520
Story Rich 2302
Pixel Graphics 2046
RPG 2043
Cute 1974
Strategy 1907
Simulation 1815
Anime 1705
Atmospheric 1688
Exploration 1559
Visual Novel 1453
Female Protagonist 1382
◆ 87Ichima-san
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$10.99
◆ 87Vacant Kingdom
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players$7.99
◆ 85KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~7k players$17.99
◆ 85Goodboy Galaxy
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$24.99
◆ 85Jubilee
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players-81% $9.99 $1.89
◆ 85Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
🕳 ×12 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$19.99
◆ 84ROLLING STAR
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~8k players-50% $11.99 $5.99
◆ 84Intrepid Izzy
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$10.99
◆ 83Tres-Bashers
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~8k players$9.99
◆ 83Orten Was The Case
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$14.99
◆ 83TOMOMI
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~7k players$7.99
◆ 82The Legend of Lumina
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~4k playersFree
◆ 82Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players-20% $14.99 $11.99
◆ 82Hero's Spirit
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players$5.99
◆ 81Exographer
🕳 ×3 gap📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~6k players-50% $19.99 $9.99
◆ 81Trash Quest
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$2.99
◆ 81Genotype
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~1k players$24.99
◆ 81Xanthiom Zero
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~4k players-50% $4.99 $2.49
◆ 81Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier📈 Rising
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~10k players$5.99
◆ 81Super Roboy
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 80The Holy Gosh Darn
🕳 ×5 gap📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~13k players$19.99
◆ 80Beep's Escape
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$5.00
◆ 80ColorBlend FX: Desaturation
🕳 ×26 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$15.99
◆ 80Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~1k players$3.99
◆ 79Anopek
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~3k players$6.99
◆ 79My Night Job
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 79Something Ate My Alien
🕳 ×17 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$16.99
◆ 79Makis Adventure
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players-80% $9.99 $1.99
◆ 79Hargrave
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~10k playersFree
◆ 79DragonLoop: Prologue
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 78Deep Rune
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 78Falta
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 78PSYCRON
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~5k players$6.99
◆ 78NBB.EXE
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~800 players-70% $19.99 $5.99
◆ 78The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players-80% $4.99 $0.99
◆ 78Treasure Adventure Game
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 78Robot Wants It All
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~8k players$19.99
◆ 77Frogmonster
🌱 Solo grassroots🚀 Should be huge✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~24k players$19.99
◆ 77Watcher Chronicles
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, RPG
▮ ~7k players$19.99
◆ 77Maptroid: Worlds
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~4k players$2.99
◆ 77Soul's Spectrum
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$7.99
◆ 77Vision Soft Reset
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~7k players$9.99
◆ 77Moo Lander
🕳 ×20 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$18.99
◆ 76Bleeding Deities
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~720 players$9.99
◆ 76Mystik Belle
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~9k players$14.99
◆ 76Necrosphere
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~6k players$7.99
◆ 75Witchroid Vania: A Magical Girl’s Fantastical Adventures
📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-40% $11.99 $7.19
◆ 75Shrine Of The Forest God
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~760 players$2.99
◆ 75Million to One Hero
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 75You are Peter Shorts
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~8k players$14.99
◆ 75The Spectral Web: Hitodama
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~960 players$2.99
◆ 75After Death
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players$13.99
◆ 74Master Key
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, RPG
▮ ~12k players-55% $11.99 $5.39
◆ 74Nightmare: The Lunatic
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players$16.99
◆ 74Ato
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~19k players$14.99
◆ 74Mini Ghost
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~16k players$1.99
◆ 74Treasures of the Aegean
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$19.99
◆ 74Moonlight Pulse
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~10k players$11.99
◆ 74Dystobel
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~960 players$5.99
◆ 73Tropicalia: a Brazilian Game
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~3k players$14.99