Upcoming PC metroidvania games in 2026

Nocturnal 2 is an action-adventure game that lets you explore and rekindle the dark depths and towering heights of the city of Ytash.

Slash, kick and magick your way through an adventure brimming with secrets and curious encounters! Hark the Ghoul offers a meticulously handcrafted world to explore.

A 3D Survival-Horror Metroidvania in a vast, interconnected tower ruled by cryptic systems, strange residents and esoteric mysteries...

Aeterna Lucis is the highly anticipated sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Following the gameplay steps of the first entry in the series, Aeterna Lucis is a Metroidvania that combines fast-paced combat, a large interconnected map, secret hunting, optional challenges, and a rich and deep story.

Discover the countless secrets of the NONOLITH. Copy and paste blocks to reach new areas, and master hidden mechanics that let you do the seemingly impossible. You are very powerful, you just don't know it yet.

Rune Fencer Illyia is an intense, atmospheric action-platformer with a heavy focus on exploration and combat. Traverse an enormous and dangerous world, meet strange allies, and outfight your numerous foes with fast-paced swordplay and stolen runic magic.

In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.

Set in the same universe as Cathedral, but with its own story and style, Cathedral: Crow's Curse is an action-adventure with tight combat and a focus on exploration. Parry, dodge and fight your way through numerous enemies in a rich detailed world as you uncover the events leading up to Cathedral.

In this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania you dive into the ruins of Atlantis. As a small robot you control the water level in various rooms to solve puzzles and discover the mysteries of an ancient society.

AlterMage is a first person metroidvania that combines spell-slinging action with a cerebral exploration experience. As an aspiring mage seeking to learn sorcery, you find yourself upon the shores of a forbidden island fortress. Take up your staff and set out on a journey that will challenge your mind, body, and spirit as you uncover the truth behind the citadel's origin.

Angel Guardian is a side-scrolling action shooter where players take on the role of Kita, a warrior guardian, tasked with saving a prince from the forces of evil. Players can use action shooting, stealth, and hacking to defeat enemies and overcome obstacles

Pinbleton Park is a small open world cosy adventure game where the whole world can transform into a giant pinball table. Help the villagers, rescue lost spirits, craft new pinball elements, and take down the corporation bent on destroying the forest!

A first person adventure platformer, focused on exploration with time based mechanics and puzzle elements. Enter the ruins of the Kingdom of Pharygia. Swiftly traverse its dillapidated, intricate infrastructure to delve further into the depths of iniquity, in order to cast light on hidden truths.

Ashen Legacy is a fast-paced 2D Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Master intense combat, unleash powerful skills, defeat deadly monsters, and uncover the legacy buried within the ashes.

The most vibrant Metroidvania about a catgirl! Sandbox elements, divinity, and mysticism!

Type letters that fall and become part of the world. Use their shape and attributes to navigate the puzzles and secrets.

A metroidvania full of bald guys? Reach the top of the tower with pixel-perfect jumps, collecting weapons that let you unlock the map. Be careful! Every mistake can send you, literally, back to the beginning. Only then will you be able to take revenge on the one who mocked you and your alopecia...

Solve puzzles as a mad scientist in this action-adventure RPG.

Traverse a wonderful and strange world, find playful tools, and uncover secrets in PITH, a metroidbrainia/puzzle-platforming adventure full of twists and surprises.

Half on-rails shooter, half exploration-driven adventure. Zoom into a world where billions of bullets surround you and your handy punch feature can send enemies flying.

“Trizna” is a classic plot-driven 2.5D metroidvania filled with intense battles utilizing the unique features of weapons, evasions, parries, and counterattacks. Explore the mysterious and eerie realm deeply intertwined with pagan beliefs, with blade, magic and a keen mind.

Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fires, enemies attacking... When it rains, it pours.

Goman is a Infinitely looped scroll style battle action game.