Best Metroidvania Steam Games on Sale

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated metroidvania games.

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Axiom Verge Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Price -88% 2.18€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 May 2015
Dex Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Price -96% 0.82€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 May 2015
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Apr 2015
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

Price -96% 0.94€
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Apr 2015
Environmental Station Alpha Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Price -7% 7.44€
Rating 8.0
Release 22 Apr 2015
Chronicles of Teddy Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.

Price -94% 0.81€
Rating 6.6
Release 02 Apr 2015
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.

Price -83% 2.61€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Mar 2015
Dreaming Sarah Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

Price -86% 0.72€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 Mar 2015
Ori and the Blind Forest “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Price -74% 2.98€
Rating 9.3
Release 10 Mar 2015
Apotheon Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Price -73% 4.01€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Feb 2015
Wings of Vi Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Price -84% 2.40€
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Nov 2014
Escape Dead Island Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Price -96% 0.63€
Rating 6.1
Release 20 Nov 2014
Chariot Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Price -93% 1.18€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Nov 2014
Super Win the Game Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Price -66% 2.74€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Oct 2014
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.

Price -97% 0.52€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Aug 2014
UnEpic Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.

Price -93% 0.96€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Jul 2014
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!

Price -94% 0.64€
Rating 8.2
Release 15 Jul 2014
Abyss Odyssey From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 6.2
Release 15 Jul 2014
Super Panda Adventures In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!

Price -96% 0.18€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Jul 2014
The Fall Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 May 2014
Retro Game Crunch Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Price -94% 0.63€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 May 2014
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD This sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow reveals the story of the Belmonts as they battle destiny across generations to discover their true fate. Trevor Belmont, knight of the Brotherhood of Light, embarks on an epic quest to avenge his mother who was killed by his father Gabriel.

Price -80% 2.42€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Mar 2014
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Dracula, weak and yearning release from immortality, must reclaim his powers and defeat Satan. An epic fantasy adventure set in an expansive modern-day world!Awoken after centuries of slumber, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds, Dracula must reclaim his powers and make a pact with Death, to defeat Satan and gain...

Price -87% 4.12€
Rating 8.2
Release 25 Feb 2014
Teslagrad A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Dec 2013
MURI MURI is a DOS-style shooter from Remar Games and Ludosity. Features PC Speaker sound and 16-color EGA graphics.

Price -89% 1.16€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Dec 2013
SteamWorld Dig SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Price -94% 0.62€
Rating 9.1
Release 05 Dec 2013
Valdis Story: Abyssal City Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

Price -53% 7.12€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Oct 2013
Knytt Underground The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Price -90% 0.65€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Oct 2013
Megabyte Punch Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.

Price -95% 0.81€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Oct 2013
Volgarr the Viking Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

Price -91% 0.96€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Sep 2013
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is the complete edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a dark and vivid new re-imagining of the Castlevania mythology. It is the end of days and ungodly powers isolate the Earth.

Price -87% 3.26€
Rating 7.9
Release 27 Aug 2013
Guacamelee! Gold Edition Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Aug 2013
Toki Tori 2+ Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island!

Price -89% 1.76€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jul 2013
Rogue Legacy Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

Price -95% 0.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Jun 2013
The Swapper What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Price -94% 0.84€
Rating 9.1
Release 30 May 2013
Dust: An Elysian Tail Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Price -78% 3.21€
Rating 9.3
Release 24 May 2013

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