Roundup2026-05-21
The 25 best Metroidvania games you can play in 2026
Austin Wood & Malindy Hetfeld & Joe Donnelly & Josh West & Heather Wald & Sam Loveridge & Emma-Jane BettsGamesRadar+
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
2025 ·201 writers · 927 pieces
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
2020 ·53 writers · 71 pieces
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
2025 ·19 writers · 13 pieces
Nine Sols
2024 ·45 writers · 32 pieces
Animal Well
2024 ·63 writers · 51 pieces
Blasphemous II
2023 ·36 writers · 29 pieces
SteamWorld Dig 2
2017 ·34 writers · 23 pieces
Axiom Verge
2015 ·30 writers · 18 pieces
Guacamelee! 2
2018 ·25 writers · 11 pieces
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
2024 ·10 writers · 3 pieces
Supraland
2019 ·12 writers · 3 pieces
Yoku's Island Express
2018 ·29 writers · 19 pieces
Ultros
2024 ·20 writers · 12 pieces
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
2021 ·9 writers · 1 pieces
Cave Story+
2011 ·10 writers · 3 pieces
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
2016 ·19 writers · 11 pieces
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
2024 ·63 writers · 80 pieces
Laika: Aged Through Blood
2023 ·12 writers · 3 pieces
Tevi
2023 ·8 writers · 1 pieces
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
2019 ·32 writers · 19 pieces
Dust: An Elysian Tail
2013 ·9 writers · 1 pieces
Mio: Memories in Orbit
2026 ·27 writers · 27 pieces
Pseudoregalia
2023 ·7 writers · 1 pieces
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