The Sky House (Ahmed Khalifa)
"The Sky House is a small metroidvania about a flying creature in a flying house." - Author's description
Download on GameJolt (Windows)
tagged : metroidvania
Axis Descending (Mars Ashton)
"The demo for a cancelled Metroidvania project that won the Taco Bell Feed the Beta award and was exhibited throughout the states during 2015-2017. It is the subject of a talk by its creator, Mars Ashton, regarding the development of a project in an abandoned game engine that defined independent game development as we know it today." - Author's description
Download demo on itch.io (Windows)
Sudden Mountain (Elliott Davis)
"Game Boy Jam 5" - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
SHRUBNAUT (Andrew Gleeson, Niilo Takalainen, Nathan Antony, Maike Vierkant)
"Use your hookshot to explore a space terrarium and find all the secrets" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
REDDER (Anna Anthropy)
"REDDER is an open-world game with 180 screens in nine areas to explore." - Author's description
Author's note: "CAUTION: This game contains strobing effects."
Purchase for $5 on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
A Mini Falafel Adventure (Chris Nimmo, Reed Richards)
"a condensed, action-oriented Metroidvania with an emphasis on memorable boss fights, characters and gameplay-twisting powerups." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
Underground Hangovers (Deconstructeam)
"a metroidvania platformer sorted with several bizarre super-unconventional tools." - Author's description
Download here (Windows)
A Dragon Named Coal (Clever Crow)
"A Dragon Named Coal is a dark fairytale with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night style gameplay and branching story mechanics of Dragon Age: Origins." - Author's Description
Play the pre-alpha build here (Browser)
birdsong (Daniel Linssen)
"It's finally time to leave the nest." - Author's description
Download here (Windows)
Super Skeleman (Ben Allen)
"Super Skeleman is a short exploration platformer meant to play like a 3D Mario game in 2D with dives, backflips, and triple jumps. Explore 100 rooms and find the 5 mysterious runes to open a more mysterious door." - Author's description
Download on Game Jolt (Windows)
Environmental Station Alpha (Arvi Teikari)
"Environmental Station Alpha is an action adventure platformer with a retro aesthetic and heavy emphasis on exploration." - Author's description
Download demo here (Windows)
Vote on Steam Greenlight (Windows)
Tower of Babel (Blubberquark Software)
"Tower of Babel is an atmospheric randomly generated metroidvania puzzle platformer. Try to climb up as high as possible." - Author's description
Author's note: "This game is still in development. Feedback is welcome.
You can use the feedback thread here to tell us what you think."
Download on itch.io (Windows, Linux)
Inescapable (Magnetic Realms)
"Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?" - Author's description
Why play it? Lovecraftian sci-fi platformers with quality writing are a rare thing; even more so when they have the quirks and look of an Amiga game. - Gnome
Buy it for $4.99 on Steam (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Buy it for $4.99 on the dev's site (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Environmental Station Alpha (Hempuli)
"The station was used to preserve unique species and natural environments. It was abandoned several decades ago. The main engine began to malfunction due to unknown reasons, and was shut down. However, we have been receiving signal from the station as of late. Investigating the station will be dangerous but necessary. To avoid casualties, we've sent our most durable explorer robot for the mission..." - Author's description
Paradox Lost (Retro Game Crunch)
"Abby survives her plane going down and comes across a gun that shoots time travel! A metroidvania spanning three eras." - Author's description
Purchase Retro Game Crunch on Humble Store for $12.74 (Windows, Mac)