Ultimate METROIDVANIA Ranking - The Best and Worst of 100+ Games
3,205Today I'm ranking games from one of my favourite, and currently most played, genres - metroidvanias. I have 104 to rank, so strap in for a long video. I start out with a description of what I think makes for a good metroidvania, so you can tell if our tastes align. Here is the full ranking in image form: https://tiermaker.com/list/video-games/ranking-100-metroidvanias-18586752/5426355
00:00 What is a Metroidvania?
01:32 How I rank games
04:20 8 Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
05:23 Aestik
06:15 Aeterna Noctis
07:42 Afterimage
08:28 Aggelos
09:34 Anima Flux
11:20 Animal Well
12:20 Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
13:20 Astalon: Tears of the Earth
14:51 Axoim Verge 1 & 2
16:51 Batman Arkham Asylum
17:39 BioGun
18:46 Blasphemous 1 & 2
21:11 Blast Brigade vs. The Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
22:02 Blaster Master
22:56 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
24:21 Carrion
25:13 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
26:06 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
27:13 Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
27:55 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
28:56 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
29:48 Cathedral
30:46 Chasm
31:34 Chronicles of the Wolf
32:25 Cookie Cutter
33:30 Crypt Custodian
34:15 Curse of the Sea Rats
35:15 Dandara
36:33 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
37:40 Depths of Sanity
38:49 Dust: An Elysian Tail
39:43 Ebenezer and the Invisible World
40:52 Elderand
41:33 Ender Lilies & Ender Magnolia
43:27 Finding Teddy 2
44:07 Flipwitch: The Forbidden Sex Hex
45:18 Gestalt: Steam and Cinder
46:27 Ghost 1.0
47:20 Grime
48:37 Guacamelee 1 & 2
50:14 Haak
51:12 Haiku the Robot
51:42 Headlander
52:35 Hollow Knight
53:46 Iconoclasts
54:22 Infernax
55:11 Islets
56:06 Journey to the Savage Planet
56:57 Knight Witch
57:52 La Mulana 1 & 2
59:12 Last Case of Benedict Fox
59:55 Last Faith
1:00:50 Lone Fungus
1:01:40 Mars 2120
1:03:27 Messenger
1:04:23 Metroid Dread
1:05:35 Micetopia
1:06:06 Minishoot' Adventure
1:06:51 Mobius Machine
1:07:47 Monster Boy in the Cursed Kingdom
1:08:35 Monster Sanctuary
1:09:23 Moonlight Pulse
1:10:24 Mummy Demastered
1:11:22 Ori and the Blind Forest & Will of the Wisps
1:12:44 Owlboy
1:13:17 Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons
1:15:13 Primal Planet
1:16:06 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
1:17:20 Pronty
1:17:54 Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
1:18:58 Robot Names Fight
1:19:43 Romancelvania
1:20:58 Shadow Complex
1:21:32 Sheepo
1:22:13 Song of the Deep
1:22:42 Songbird Symphony
1:23:31 Souldiers
1:24:17 Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
1:24:56 Steamworld Dig 1 & 2
1:25:46 Strider
1:26:19 Sundered
1:27:16 Super Metroid
1:27:50 Supraland
1:28:41 Tales of Kenzera: Zau
1:29:49 Teslagrad
1:30:30 Timespinner
1:31:11 Touhou Luna Nights
1:31:58 Twilight Monk
1:32:47 Ultros
1:33:44 Unepic
1:34:37 Unsighted
1:35:48 Vernal Edge
1:36:42 Wonder Boy in Monster World
1:37:15 Xeodrifter
1:38:16 Yoku's Island Express
1:38:56 Zapling Bygone
1:39:39 Final tier list
1:40:06 13 more unranked games (including Nine Sols. Stop telling me my video is missing Nine Sols)
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