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2025

98%

Very Positive

51 reviews

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Glowkeeper

Developer / Publisher: bucketfish, oolimry

2025
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- side scroll
- fast travel
- no combat
- accessibility
- difficulty options
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
A luminescent puzzle game about manipulating elements. By the light of fireflies, link and dissolve elemental forces to construct bridges, break through obstacles, and traverse a glowing, interconnected world.
- Windows
  
  Steam
  
  itch.io
Nov 6, 2026

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PITH
unreleased

Developer / Publisher: ItllBeFunTheySaid

Nov 6, 2026
- Coming Soon
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- pixel
- no combat
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- 3D
Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.
- Windows
  
  Linux
  
  Steam
  
  Demo
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Soulchain

Developer / Publisher: moraguma
- Game Jam Entry
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- action
- difficulty options
- fantasy
- Metroidbrainia
Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.
- Windows
  
  Mac
  
  Linux
  
  Web
  
  Steam
  
  itch.io
2025

99%

Very Positive

79 reviews

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Vampire's Best Friend

Developer / Publisher: SinksAdventure

2025
- Demo Available
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- open world
- action
- stamina system
- relaxed
- Metroidbrainia
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
- Windows
  
  Steam Deck
  
  Steam
  
  Demo
  
  itch.io
Sep 22, 2026

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Little Ghost

Developer: Alan Abbadessa, Eduardo Alexandrino, Law Jun Yan, Leaf Riifuneko

Publisher: Sync Book Games

Sep 22, 2026
- new releases
- Demo Available
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- action
- no combat
- multiple characters
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
Chill metroidvania maximizes non-linear exploration & puzzle-platforming. Frequent checkpoints, no currency, no combat. Gain friends & abilities. Collectables-as-media; tarot cards, weird podcasts, and songs from over 20 bands; all found within a surreal papercraft world.
- Windows
  
  Steam
  
  Demo
  
  itch.io
To be announced

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Distantia
unreleased

Developer / Publisher: Max H

To be announced
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- Sci-Fi
- Metroidbrainia
A dark 2D action platformer where exploration is key. Every discovery becomes a tool. Every mistake, a lesson. Learn the hidden rules of this place where you are trapped. Adapt to deadly encounters and master fast-paced combat to uncover what lies beneath the surface.
- Windows
  
  Steam
Nov 11, 2026

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Monomoon
unreleased

Developer / Publisher: Gentle Giant

Nov 11, 2026
- Coming Soon
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat
- fantasy
- Metroidbrainia
- Micro / Mini
- puzzle heavy
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
- Windows
  
  Mac
  
  Steam
Q1 2027

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Polly's Puzzle Box
unreleased

Developer / Publisher: Box Penguin Games

Q1 2027
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
- Windows
  
  Mac
  
  Steam
  
  Demo
2026

94%

Very Positive

160 reviews

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Derelict Star

Developer: GateEightyEight

Publisher: Luminous Tree Games

2026
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- pixel
- side scroll
- Has Hub
- no combat
- isolation
- Sci-Fi
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- MV Lite / Adjacent
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
- Windows
  
  Steam Deck
  
  Steam
  
  itch.io
2012

93%

Very Positive

16,271 reviews

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Fez

Developer: Polytron Corporation

Publisher: Microsoft Studios, Polytron Corporation, Trapdoor

2012
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- pixel
- voxel
- no combat
- isolation
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- 3D
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
- Windows
  
  Mac
  
  Linux
  
  Steam Deck
  
  Steam
  
  itch.io
- Nintendo
  
  Switch
- PlayStation
  
  PS4
  
  Vita
  
  PS3
- Xbox
  
  360
- Mobile
  
  iOS

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