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Islets

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Tags

Exploration, Adventure, 2D, Singleplayer, Action, Fantasy, Atmospheric, Open World, Side Scroller, Story Rich, Platformer, Action-Adventure, 2D Platformer, Funny, Cute, Family Friendly, Colorful, Nature, Linear

Reddit

• looking for a new metroidvania that won’t make me throw my controller at the wall (score: 30)

• Islets will be free on the Epic Games Store next week, starting March 28 (score: 117)

• Epic Game Store is giving out free Islets next week (score: 36)

• The Excellent Islets is Free on Epic Games Store Right Now! (score: 70)

• Islets free on Epic & Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 40% off from Ubisoft (score: 16)

• New to Metroidvania Genre (What to play?) (score: 7)

• Best Islets today, great little metroidvania! (score: 15)

• How similar is Islets to Crypt Custodian? (score: 9)

• A Metroidvania with a adventure theme setting? (score: 7)

• MVs with great features in their map system? (score: 6)

• Best metroidvanias for switch? (score: 23)

• Easy metroidvania (score: 8)

• What are the best non-Soulsborne MVs? (score: 7)

• Any essential metroidvanias to play as a novice before playing Hollow Knight? (score: 13)

• Don't sleep on Islets! (score: 72)

• 9 years of Shadows was ok (score: 17)

• PSA Islets runs flawlessly on steam deck despite the unsupported status and to prove it I’m giving away 5 steam keys. (score: 91)

• Good ones with linear progression (score: 6)

• Is there a game you love that you heard about on this sub first? (score: 42)

• Which MetroidVania has the most weak starting character to OP God Level Mobility+strength Endgame? (score: 22)

• Recommendations for a Metroidvania fan on switch? (score: 26)

• Which metroidvanias have difficulty sliders? (score: 12)

• Best Steam exclusives? (score: 7)

• Metroidvanias with the most surprising abilities? (score: 54)

• Game recommendations for Switch (score: 6)

• Xbox MVs Currently on Sale in Microsoft Store (score: 15)

• Boss Rush Mode (score: 7)

• Islets is a perfectly paced Metroidvania. (score: 87)

• What metroidvanias have really cool movement abilities? (score: 26)

• Looking for niche metroidvanias (or similar genres) (score: 6)

• Crypt Custodian Soundtrack (score: 9)

• Crypt Custodian is OUT NOW! Crypt Custodian is a top-down metroidvania about a cat doomed to be the afterlife's janitor. It's my third metroidvania after making Islets and Sheepo. Out now on Steam and will be out on Switch/Playstation/Xbox two hours after this post! Links in comments. (score: 465)

• Crypt Custodian after 5 hours (score: 66)

• My thoughts on Crypt Custodian (score: 82)

• Crypt Custodian Review - 100% in-game completion, 46/48 achievements (score: 53)

• Crypt Custodian Review (score: 24)

• BioGun Review (score: 21)

• Why are controls bad so often in this genre? (score: 1)

• An Emotional Tier List by a Metroidmaniac (score: 1)

• Which metroidvanias did you finished this year? (score: 1)

• What metroidvanias should I play next? (score: 1)

• What to play after Nine Sols? (score: 1)

• More recommendations? (score: 1)

• Ideas of What to Play Next (score: 0)

• Games in which you have free will (score: 1)

• Just finished Crypt Custodian (score: 1)

• Crypt Custodian is amazing! (score: 1)

• My personal tier list (score: 1)

• Pouvez-vous me conseiller un metroidvania? (score: 1)

• MVs with easy levels and harder boss fights. (score: 4)

• Are there any truly great MV's that I've missed? (score: 1)

• Help me choose my next one to play (score: 3)

• Recommend me a Metroidvania (score: 1)

• my love for crypt custodian (score: 69)

• Desperately seeking to find more titles in this genre that I like (score: 9)

• Would these metroidvanias be good for me? (score: 3)

• Crypt Custodian and Sheepo are for kids (and I mean it in the best way possible) (score: 32)

• What Metroidvanias Should i consider purchasing This Autumn/ Winter Sale? (score: 10)

• SIB Nine Sols, Bo Path of Teal Lotus, or Voidwrought (score: 2)

• Switch MVs Currently On Sale in Nintendo eShop (score: 16)

• Your best non-MV games played in 2024? (score: 12)

• Any recomendations? (score: 0)

• What part of metroid and what part of castlevaniya are added to make this genre? (score: 4)

• “9 Most Underrated Games of 2024” — YouTube (score: 66)

• Looking for cheerful MVs (score: 4)