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Cave Story+ review: Sugary on the surface, pleasantly tart underneath
Spelunkier Underground hit about underground hitting gets an HD upgrade.
Mouse: PI For Hire review: No Mickey Mouse shooter—it’s a bona fide classic
Say cheese and die No Mickey Mouse shooter—it's a bona fide classic
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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse developers are trying really, really hard to make sure you know it's a metroidvania without using the word 'metroidvania'
News What is a genre, anyway, but a miserable pile of references.
The most baffling apostrophe in gaming history: a PC Gamer investigation
Exposé The hard-hitting reporting no other gaming website would dare to publish.
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I played more than 20 metroidvanias this year other than Silksong, and these are the ones doing the most creative/experimental things with the genre
Multivania Already unspooled Silksong? Here's six other platformers exploring new concepts.
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Silksong has sold more than 7 million copies in 3 months—and no, that's not counting Game Pass
News Big number.
Exhausted by Silksong? This breezier twin-stick spin on old school Metroid might just be the genre's second best this year
Samus-ish Zexion is still hard, but ample checkpoints and boss retries alleviate the usual frustrations.
9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you
Same 'vainia If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.
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Hollow Knight's creators didn't want to be constrained by the 'metroidvania' label, but they accidentally set a standard that every game since—even Silksong—has to reckon with
Beknighted Like Stardew Valley, Hollow Knight is the rare successor to totally eclipse its inspirations.
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