Games Like Super Metroid
Quick Answer
The closest games to Super Metroid are Metroid Dread, Hollow Knight, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Axiom Verge and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Super Metroid, and what does not.
What Made Super Metroid Work
Super Metroid taught a generation how to read a map. Nothing is explained, every ability opens a door you already walked past, and the atmosphere does the storytelling. The whole genre named after it exists because of how well its exploration loop works.
9 Games Like Super Metroid
3.Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
The other half of the genre's name, and still superb.
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Made explicitly to be Super Metroid again, down to the glitch mechanics.
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The best-animated metroidvania, and much kinder.
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A small game with secrets that go far deeper than they look.
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Modern metroidvania with excellent combat and a superb map system.
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How These Picks Match Super Metroid
Super Metroid is catalogued here as a Metroidvania on the Super Nintendo. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine platformers, nine action games and three adventures among them.
Hollow Knight, Axiom Verge, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Environmental Station Alpha and Blasphemous 2 are from small or self-published studios.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Super Metroid |
|---|---|---|
| Metroid Dread | Platformer, Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure, Platformer |
| Hollow Knight | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action, Platformer |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | Platformer, Action, RPG | Action, Platformer |
| Axiom Verge | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action, Platformer |
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action, Platformer |
| Environmental Station Alpha | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action, Platformer |
| Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Platformer, Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure, Platformer |
| Metroid Fusion | Platformer, Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure, Platformer |
| Blasphemous 2 | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action, Platformer |
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