The Best Metroidvania Games for Xbox Series X - Page 5

The Holy Gosh Darn is a narrative adventure with a time-travelling twist. Time travel to jump between the past and present across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim. Uncover information in one timeline to alter things in another in a bid to stop your heaven from going bang. Again.

Bioframe Outpost is a 2d sci-fi action adventure game, dedicated to exploration, experimentation, emergent gameplay, and narrative. Its photography-based approach to non-linear exploration and action gameplay offers a fresh take on Metroidvania gameplay.

Bring back the light to the sun’s empire in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Make your way through hand-crafted environments, battle using your skills and improve them as you will need them in order to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the sun.

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.

After ten years of peace...the evil Daimur has returned. Princess Arzette is the Kingdom of Faramore’s only hope to restore harmony to the land. Travel through multiple breathtaking locations filled with scum, villainy and secrets.

A cat with the body of a bodybuilder fights against aliens in this 2D platformer with anime aesthetics.

Battle your way through a living planet in Rebel Transmute, a sprawling 2D action-exploration epic! Embody Moon Mikono as you explore, reprogram your abilities, duel twisted sci-fi experiments, rebel against colonizers, and search for your long lost mother.

Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG that puts you in the shoes of a former Final Boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long lost powers, and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of so-called heroes.

Never let your light go out. Wield a powerful flame, overcome menacing creatures and explore the shadows of a ruined castle in this compelling 2.5D action adventure platformer which features a unique dynamic difficulty system.

Recompile is a visually stunning Metroidvania style game that takes place within a digital world. The player controls a program that gains new abilities by assimilating new code and can use these abilities to hack and interfere with the world around them. The game rewards players for thinking outside the box and offers multiple paths and endings. The setting and music create a calming, serene atmosphere while still providing challenging combat. The game's unique aesthetic and interesting hacking systems make it stand apart from other games in the genre, and it is likely to be a game that players will continue to talk about.