Metroidvanias

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Inspired by tales of Japanese folklore, a painted-style metroidvania game.

Kickstarter link

Lightwood is a fast-paced action adventure Metroidvania game inspired by Hollow Knight, The Legend of Zelda, and Dark Souls. The story takes place in a decaying Kingdom inside an ancient tree that shelters creatures from all walks of life, some friendly, some hostile, either way you will find yourself exploring and finding items, hidden locations and fighting deadly enemies and bosses in order to unravel the past.

Faye Freelance: Rebel Reporter is a brand new NEWSVANIA that combines the nostalgic charm of pixel platformers with the spirit of Journalism in a stylish twist. Face your foes not with guns and blades, but with pen and ink! Featuring stylized pixel-art aesthetic and hand-crafted animation.

Here's the Steam link

Console release at a later date.

“Laika: Aged Through Blood it’s a motorvania Western-inspired set in a post-apocalyptic desert. It is the story of a tribe oppressed by the occupying forces, and the personal story of a coyote warrior mother who embarks on an endless path of revenge to recover what her people lost.

Drive, jump and fight your way through the huge hand-drawn world on your trusty motorcycle. Run through the sandy desert and make dangerous jumps, shoot enemies in slow motion and reload your weapon by doing a backflip. Use skill-based power-ups and persist in challenging battles against big bosses!”

Noreya: The Gold Project is a 2D pixel-art metroidvania game set in a dark fantasy universe.The game offers players a choice between allegiance to the Gods of Light and Shadow or the gods of Corruption and Gold! But be careful! Decisions made in the game affect players progress by unlocking new paths or abilities.

Here's the trailer.

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• Nindie Games Review
• GamesReviews Review
• KeenGamer Review

Could be good news — reviews were decidedly mixed for this game: great art direction and puzzles, bad mechanics. Maybe it can live up to its full potential.

If that's indicative of anything… 🤷.

I wasn’t aware that this game was a “Metroidvania”…

Was originally set to be released on Sep 21, 2023. The delay is due to complications related to a same-day multi-platform release.

Out in 2024. Looks stylistically similar to F.I.S.T. Looking at the trailer, maybe it has split screen multiplayer. Will have a traditional Metroidvania overworld with some rouge like procedurally generated dungeons

Kickstarter is here

They're looking to release in Q1 2024.

A lo-fi PICO-8 pixel art style Metroidvania