If you’re playing the newly released Metroidvania, Animal Well, you might have come across this. In the bottom-right biome of ...

This Metroidvania expects a lot from the player, but in return you’re treated to a wonderful world filled with animals that need saving, puzzles that need solving, and bosses that need defeating.

One of the puzzles in Animal Well (2024) requires memorizing a route to escape a gigantic ghost cat. The term Metroidvania initially referred to entries in Konami’s gothic 2-D action Castlevania ...

Everyone wins when you're nice. After releasing mid-last year, Animal Well rapidly became the most acclaimed metroidvania since Hollow Knight. It was one of the best-reviewed games on Steam last ...

Animal Well delivers on that long-term promise and does so with a one-of-a-kind elegance. Blade Chimera is an ode to a very specific kind of Metroidvania — the sort that eschews cryptic puzzles ...

However, it would take a shift to the Metroidvania genre, which was a decade in the making, to see Toki Tori truly shine. This title, alongside Animal Well, is the only other Metroidbrainia I'm ...

Metroidvania soulslikes are a joy, thanks to their high-skill ceilings and rewarding exploration, but they can be quite hard to find amongst all the AAA fodder out there. So, allow me to surface a ...