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Tag: Metroidvania

Casting Deep Meteo
A screenshot from Everdeep Aurora shows a pixelated boss-type character, strangely cute and stately with a grizzled lion's face and large goat-like horns.

Searching Without Shooting

By Levi Rubeck • October 14th, 2025

Everdeep Aurora dares to be a small game full of little freaks hiding from the falling sky with no direct violence as a solution to your problems.

The Loop Remains the Same

By Levi Rubeck • September 6th, 2018

In Dead Cells, The Prisoner is a loose G.I. Joe winding through a bedroom jungle by hand, a two-legged finger ninja pirouetting on the kitchen table.

Chasm Emerges from the Depths

By Levi Rubeck • August 7th, 2018

Chasm ticks all the boxes, but at the same time suffers from its own success. I want it to be just a little bit more.

Metroidvanias, Roguelikes and Dungeons&CallOfQuesters

By David Shimomura • August 29th, 2016

Metroidvania, roguelike-like, just how far have these titles drifted from their original meaning? They’re words we all understand, for better or worse.

Möira vs The Tropes: How 8-Bit Is It?

By Declan Taggart • April 7th, 2016

Ticking off the old-school gaming tropes in Onagro Studios’s new Medroidvania-tinged platformer

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