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Mage

Dungeon exploring Wizard action! Learn spells, defeat bosses and escape the evil in this 2D metroidvania.

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Indie, Exploration, Adventure, 2D, Singleplayer, Action, Atmospheric, Story Rich, Platformer, Action-Adventure, Dark, RPG, Casual, Comedy, Dark Humor, Nonlinear, Multiple Endings, Dark Fantasy, Mystery Dungeon, Hand-drawn

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• My spell programming metroidvania Arcane Assembly is coming out soon! (score: 54)

• What's the most FLAWED metroidvania that you love VS the most WELL DESIGNED metroidvania that just doesn't do if for you (score: 30)

• 2D platformer Metroidvania where you only use magic? (score: 29)

• Venture to the vile patch 1.05 is live ! (score: 15)

• Hardcore plateforming MV ? (score: 6)

• What Metroidvania's can I play/emulate on android? (score: 4)

• Anyone find the Castlevania MVs difficult or is it just me? (score: 4)

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

• Afterimage... the map is too big (score: 7)

• Crypt Custodian Review (score: 24)

• What to play next? (score: 11)

• Steam has Afterimage and Lone Fungus on sale - if I can get only one, which one? (score: 22)

• Any good recommandations of colorful and puzzle oriented MV ? (score: 11)

• A Brief Few Thoughts on AM2R and Metroid: Samus Returns (score: 6)

• Thoughts on the 3 GBA Castlevania games (score: 1)

• Metroidvanias with triple jump? (score: 1)

• Which metroidvanias have the biggest and most extensive maps? (score: 1)

• Animal Well's Mysterious Atmosphere (score: 8)

• Opposite expectations resulted in opposite experiences: Afterimage and Aeterna Noctis (score: 1)

• Afterimage and Aeterna Noctis, curious experience (score: 1)

• HELP!!!! for nine sols (score: 1)

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

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

• Our latest KS update: Fallen Tear: The Ascension - A Unique Metroidvania Experience (score: 1)

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

• Ideas of What to Play Next (score: 1)

• Switch MVs Currently On Sale in Nintendo eShop (score: 1)

• Top 10 Classic Metroidvania Games That Will Transport You to a New World (score: 1)

• More recommendations? (score: 1)

• The Four Horsemen of Metroidvania (score: 1)

• Are you ok with Hollow Knight "rip offs"/"homages" ? (score: 1)

• Hated the bosses of Order of Ecclesia. Was fine with every other decision the game made. (score: 1)

• The fall damage in GRIME is mechanically annoying, but canonically absolutely HILARIOUS. (score: 1)

• Marko: Beyond Brave Review (score: 1)

• Dust: An Elysian Tail - 95% in-game completion, 28/30 achievements (score: 1)

• Dust: An Elysian Tail Review - 95% in-game completion, 28/30 achievements (score: 0)

• The Last Faith late review (Switch physical copy) (score: 1)

• Need Help in Minishoot Adventures (score: 1)

• What metroidvanias should I play next? (score: 0)

• Finally gave Dandara a proper go - and yeah, it's really good. (score: 1)

• Any recommendations for MV where combat isn't so hard or can be grind/cheesed? (score: 1)

• Marko: Beyond Brave Changes and Improvements - 10 patches in 6 days! (score: 1)

• Afterimage (score: 1)

• Platform recommendations for my next MVs (score: 0)

• Everyones favourite type of post! - My Metroidvania Tierlist (score: 1)

• Altered Alma Demo Preview - Impressions (score: 1)

• Voidwrought Early Preview (score: 1)

• Xbox MVs Currently on Sale in Microsoft Store (score: 1)

• PS4/PS5 MVs Currently On Sale in PlayStation Store (score: 1)

• My personal tier list (score: 1)

• Best Metroidvania for My Taste?? (score: 1)

• Ender Lilies - Does it get better? (score: 1)

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

• What is your dream Metroidvania? (score: 1)

• Every MV in UFO 50 I play ends the same way, quitting in frustration over Quality of Life issues. (score: 1)

• Afterimage, holy shit! (No spoilers) (score: 6)

• Tevi Boss Help (Ch.6) (score: 1)

• Metroidvania Guru Tier List (So Far) (score: 11)

• Finally got around to playing Afterimage. About 15 hours in, and *damn* y'all weren't kidding when you said this game's map was huge. (score: 1)

• Examining the Presence of Bantu Mythos in Tales of Kenzera: Zau (score: 1)

• The Spirit of the Samurai Preview (score: 2)

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

• Astalon Help Button inside Wall (score: 1)

• Is Prince of Persia the Lost Crown overrated? (score: 1)

• Did anyone else find Record of Lodoss War to be disappointing? (score: 1)

• 🎮 AMA: We are the devs of “Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus,” a hand-drawn metroidvania based on Japanese Folklore, now ON SALE on Steam! Ask us Anything! 🌸 (score: 1)

• My experience and ranking of all demos I played this Next Fest (score: 1)

• What is a example of a bad metroidvania that you have played (if their is any)? (score: 1)

• Fun little experiment: build your ideal metroidvania! (score: 1)

• pronty? (score: 1)

• I need help (score: 1)

• My thoughts on Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists. (score: 1)

• Voidwrought - Devotees (score: 1)

• AWAKEN: Astral Blade Review (score: 24)

• The Metroidvania I'd make! (If I had the resources and any ideas how development works) (score: 0)

• Voidwrought Review (score: 66)

• VOIDWROUGHT THOUGHTS (score: 2)

• Voidwrought, Final Thoughts (score: 3)

• BioGun Is in Active Development Again - Future Plans, Roadmap and Upcoming Additional Content for Existing Players (score: 91)

• Which one did you like more and why (score: 0)

• Question (score: 0)

• Voidwrought (score: 0)

• GRIME is fantastic...bis (score: 26)

• Do any Metroidvanias feature the ability to hurt some enemies by jumping on them, like Mario games? (score: 13)

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

• What games in UFO 50 are metroidvanias? (score: 2)

• 9 years of shadows - shadow of demise (score: 3)

• Is gal guardians: demon purge good? (score: 1)

• Devil Within: Satgat. Plainly addictive. (score: 35)

• TEVI platform performance (score: 1)

• Is it just me or does the Blood Pact in Blasphemous 2 make no sense? (score: 4)

• Fairly new to this wonderful genre (score: 15)

• Nine Sols has amazingly detailed difficulty options - my review (score: 72)

• Rabi-Ribi (almost) destroyed me (score: 21)

• What are some MVs without spikes? (score: 1)

• What's your COMFORT (replayable) Metroidvania? (score: 40)

• Help request with 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure (spoilers) (score: 1)

• Sundered: Eldritch Edition difficulty (score: 1)

• Awaken Astral Blade - I do not recommend (score: 11)

• A thread about Marrow, the horror metroidvania (score: 5)

• Minishoot' Adventures (score: 1)

• Help Me Pick a New Game (score: 2)

• Console gamers: Do you prefer a mobile-friendly Wiki? (score: 2)

• Nine Sols is not as good as I was led to believe (score: 0)

• The Spirit of the Samurai Review (score: 39)

• Non-abandoned Metroidvanias that haven't set LATAM (and I guess MENA) prices (score: 8)

• What to Play Next (score: 2)

• Difficult non-pixel metroidvania on steam? (score: 2)

• Favorite Metroidvania's with a Damage Slider/Difficulty Option? (score: 14)

• FOUNTAINS Review (score: 33)

• I might have found the bad metroidvenia finally. (score: 0)

• My top metroidvanias of 2024 (score: 89)

• Enemy explosion vs Enemy dead body laying around on death (score: 0)

• Christmas Fun (score: 4)

• Torn on whether I should finish Awaken: Astral Blade (score: 1)

• A lighthearted review of Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus (score: 8)

• Afterimage or ghost song (score: 4)

• what game should I play next? (score: 4)

• My metroidvania year in review (score: 3)

• My metroidvania year in retrospective (score: 5)

• Most "open" MVs? (score: 7)

• Xbox Recommendations 🙌🏻 (score: 1)

• Enjoying Aeterna Noctis so far (score: 9)

• Rate the Communities Favorite Metroidvanias 2024: Summary and Thoughts (score: 7)

• I racked up on MVs with holiday sales - what order should I play them in? (score: 1)

• Steam Keys Giveaway (5 games) (score: 120)

• Help with Biogun please (score: 2)

• More Upcoming Indie Metroidvania Games You May Not Know About (Part 32) (score: 15)

• Contact damage (score: 3)

• My thoughts about Aeterna Noctis after completing around 1/3 of the game (score: 5)

• Scratching the La Mulana Itch (score: 15)

• Metroid only gets it right (score: 0)

• Viola and the Spirits of Tintrea (score: 1)

• Did anyone else find Chasm hard? (score: 7)

• The plot of Biomorph (score: 1)

• Just beat haiku and craving for some phoenotopia awakening. (score: 14)

• I really appreciate Blade Chimera difficulty level (score: 22)

• Super Roboy Review (score: 46)

• Everyone's making tier lists, so here's my tier list of all the Metroidvania games I've completed. (score: 0)

• Our Metroidvania BloodBound and News 😶‍🌫️👉👈 (score: 1)

• JimmmDonuts list (score: 0)

• Help me continue Ender Lillies (score: 0)

• Anyone else notice the American History X posters in Blade Chimara? (score: 6)

• I love Ender Lilies, what other games do you recommend? (score: 11)

• Ender magnolia - What do level ups actually do? (score: 2)

• Blade Chimera Review (score: 22)

• Ender Magnolia is frustratingly close to perfection (score: 12)

• I am stuck in Ender Magnolia's Middle Stratum (score: 1)

• Ender Magnolia, without contact damage it's too easy (score: 0)

• My thoughts about Afterimage (and a small comparison with Aeterna Noctis) (score: 9)

• Ender Magnolia - Help (score: 0)

• Blasphemous 2 is so much better with a trainer. (score: 0)

• Anyone else dislike the way Ender Lilies and Ender Magnolia look? (score: 0)

• Ender magnolia rats still op (score: 0)

• If you had the opportunity to design a Metroidvania game, what would the story, characters, core mechanics, etc. be like? This is mine. (score: 4)

• NEED me a recommendation (score: 0)

• Ender Magnolia: Are bosses again as tanky (and tedious) as in Ender Lillies? (score: 0)

• I played Resetna before release! Here's my review (score: 13)

• Really having a blast with Ender Magnolia, strong recommend (score: 22)

• Any recomendations? (score: 0)

• The Last Faith has incredibly frustrating game design. (score: 76)

• Rabi-Ribi Platinum Edition DLC Pack digital release for PS4 and Switch is out! (score: 5)

• Hello friends! That “lost” feeling has set in… (score: 12)

• Ender Magnolia Review (TL;DR 5 stars!) (score: 14)

• Long Metroidvanias? (score: 7)

• Why cant I post an image in this subreddit? (score: 0)

• I need a little help with ReSetna endgame (I think endgame) (score: 2)

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Questions about Combat (score: 1)

• Metroidvania suggestions (score: 0)

• Mark of the Deep Review (score: 31)

• Does anyone who played Hollow Knight in 2023+ think its overrated? (score: 0)

• Both Vernal Edge and Afterimage is in the February Fanatical Platinum bundle (score: 5)

• The Last Faith’s ice levels are beyond miserable. (score: 12)

• My top 10 metroidvanias which have "mixed" or "mostly positive" Steam review scores (score: 99)

• Now that the honeymoon phase is over, here are some thoughts and criticism of Aeterna Noctis (score: 9)

• Twilight Monk Preview (score: 9)

• Any Mobile Metroidvania game? (score: 0)

• Lightning struck twice for me, Ender Magnolia is mesmerizingly magical. (score: 32)

• Forged In Shadow Torch (FIST) combat review. (score: 4)

• Guns of Fury Review (score: 57)

• What have you guys done to me (score: 47)

• My list so far (score: 0)

• looking for recommendations (score: 4)

• Based on my played MV List, what do you think would be my next beloved MV? (score: 10)

• Beyond the Ice Palace 2 - First Impressions (score: 16)

• Just finished The Last Faith. My thoughts. (score: 6)

• Should I continue ender lilies? (score: 2)

• Monster Boy looks nice, but the deceptive difficulty doesn't feel tightly intentional. (score: 5)

• Should I get Afterimage or Blasphemous? (score: 1)

• Can someone explain the ending of Moonscars to me? (score: 2)

• A patch for Lone Fungus is dropping today at 10am PST (score: 68)

• I FINALLY Completed 100% of the Map in 'Guns of Fury'! (score: 16)

• Watch out for Scam Websites! (score: 9)

• Tell me your impressions of said games: (score: 1)

• The Best Metroidvanias of Steam Next Fest 2025! (score: 41)

• Have you ever played a game that's a sequel to another game, return to the older game, and the older game just feels worse to play? (score: 14)

• Top 10 metroidvanias and advice on what to play next. (score: 7)

• [Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona] Just got the compass, thought this guy was supposed to take me to the next area, is my game bugged? (score: 3)

• Skelethrone difficulty/advice (score: 1)

• Death´s Gambit Afterlife: Ashes of Vados long review because I loved it (score: 19)

• REVIEW: Beyond the Ice Palace 2 isn't really a MV (score: 14)

• I made a list of all the Metroidvania I've played, and rated them. (score: 21)

• Beyond the Ice Palace 2 Review (score: 27)

• I had big issues with Ori 1 and I wonder if Ori 2 addresses them (score: 0)

• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Preview (score: 10)

• Guys Sale Started. You know the rules. Suggest some picks for me. (score: 0)

• ReSetna – A metroidvania where your decision counts! (score: 5)

• Metroidvanias that support ultrawide resolutions? (score: 5)

• Favourite MV games (score: 6)

• Just finished Vernal Edge, and I wasn’t surprised to see that only 14% of people on Steam beat the game. I enjoyed it, but there are some ROUGH edges. Here are some (very long-winded) thoughts (score: 25)

• How to NOT Design a Game: "Beyond The Ice Palace 2" (score: 6)

• Name 3 widely acclaimed MV which you personally dislike/hate (score: 27)

• my honest, brief thoughts on aeterna noctis around the halfway mark (score: 1)

• Need some recommandations (score: 2)

• I can really use some Axiom Verge 1 tips. (score: 1)

• what igavanias would you recommend on steam? (score: 8)

• Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark Review (score: 44)

• How fun is 'Haiku, the Robot'? (score: 48)

• Zexion is a lot of fun, but it demands far more from players than any other MV I've played (score: 15)

• Twilight Monk Review (score: 21)

• INAYAH: Life After Gods - First Impressions (score: 11)

• One man’s Metroidvania wishlist for developers (score: 4)

• The basis for working with the list of metroidvanias. (score: 8)

• Hate to say it but twilight monk is a massive disappointment. (score: 0)

• For devs: DO NOT PUT CONSUMABLES INSIDE INVENTORY WITHOUT CONFIRMATION. (score: 0)

• Twilight Monk - my take on the most of things done. (score: 7)

• Gal Guardians Review (score: 19)

• PSA: Do Not Sleep on Hollow Knight! I can't believe no one is talking about this game. (score: 310)

• Inayah: Life after Gods - my take on the most of things done. (score: 9)

• Love HK, Ender Lilies, Ori and Blasphemous 2, should I go for Afterimage? (score: 11)

• INAYAH: Life After Gods Review (score: 1)