Category:Metroidvania games

Metroidvania is a sub-genre of action-adventure games typically based on two-dimensional, sidescrolling platform gameplay, featuring a large interconnected world map the player can explore, though access to parts of the world is often limited by doors or other obstacles that can only be passed once the player has acquired special items, tools, weapons, abilities, or knowledge within the game. The name "Metroidvania" comes from Nintendo's Metroid series, and the "vania" part is dirived from Konami's Castlevania series.