1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comKevin Thielenhaus Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/kevinthielenhaus/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o3yi4CRMFe"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/8-indie-metroidvanias-to-scratch-your-exploration-itch/">8 Indie Metroidvanias To Scratch Your Exploration Itch</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/8-indie-metroidvanias-to-scratch-your-exploration-itch/embed/#?secret=o3yi4CRMFe" width="600" height="338" title="“8 Indie Metroidvanias To Scratch Your Exploration Itch” — The Escapist" data-secret="o3yi4CRMFe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Indies love the Metroidvania format, and we love indies that off up those old-school exploration thrills. Recently, there’s been a deluge of open-ended platforming adventures — and here are 8 that are worth checking out. When you mix Super Metroid with Castlevania, you get the Metroidvania genre. While Super Metroid didn’t invent this style of exploration, it did cement lots of modern conventions — multiple zones to explore, bosses you can fight in any order, and new abilities you unlock to gain access to previously impassable areas. There are too many great indie Metroidvanias to list, and some of them […]