A portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania, these games are inspired from Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, in that they are 2D open world games, where progress is achieved through equipment upgrades. Also known as 'Search Action' games in Japan.
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Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos C Super Metroid ** Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 C Castlevania: SOTN *** Konami PS 1997 2 videos C x 2 Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Konami GBA 2003 3 videos Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow ** Konami NDS 2005 1 video C Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 360 2007 Shadow Complex ** Chair Entertainment 360 2009 C Outland Housemarque 360 2011 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet ** Shadow Planet Productions 360 2011 C Unepic Win 2013 Guacamelee! PS4 2014 Jul 1 video Axiom Verge Thomas Happ Games PS4 2015 2 videos C Environmental Station Alpha Arvi Teikari Win 2015 Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios XB1 2016 C AM2R: Return of Samus Milton Guasti Win 2016 1 video Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Bombservice XB1 2016 1 video Dead Cells Motion Twin PS4 2018 25 videos Yoku's Island Express Villa Gorilla PS4 2018 5 videos C Hollow Knight Team Cherry PS4 2018 23 videos C The Messenger Sabotage Studio NSW 2018 Chasm Bit Kid PS4 2018 1 video Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ArtPlay PS4 2019 Blasphemous The Game Kitchen PS4 2019 22 videos C Gato Roboto NSW 2019 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night XB1 2019 5 videos Guacamelee! 2 XB1 2019 2 videos C Ori and the Will of the Wisps Moon Studios XB1 2020 3 videos Metroid Dread Nintendo NSW 2021 6 videos C Record of Lodoss War XB1 2021 1 video Axiom Verge 2 PS5 2022 1 video The Last Case of Benedict Fox * XSX 2023 M ! Animal Well *** Shared Memory PS5 2024 5 videos C Vainger Ufo50 2024