Drinkbox Studios
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: TBA
Guacamelee! 2
Death’s Gambit
White Rabbit
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: Jean Canellas | Alex Kubodera
Chasm
BitKid
PlayStation 4 | Vita | Steam
Director: James Petruzzi
La-Mulana 2
NIGORO
Steam
Director: Takumi Naramura
Yoku’s Island Express
Villa Gorilla
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Jens Andersson | Mattias Snygg | Linus Larsson
Dandara
Long Hat House
iOS | PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: João Brant | Lucas Mattos
Iconoclasts
Konjak
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: Joakim Sandberg
The Mummy Demastered
WayForward Technologies
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Austin Ivansmith
SteamWorld Dig 2
Image & Form
3DS | PlayStation 4 | Switch | Steam | Vita
Director: Robert Olsén
Metroid: Samus Returns
MercurySteam
3DS
Director: José Luis Márquez Arroyo | Takehiko Hosokawa
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
Lizardcube
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Omar Cornutt
Hollow Knight
Team Cherry
Steam | Switch
Director: Ari Gibson | William Pellen
Song of the Deep
Insomniac
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Xbox One
Director: All of Insomniac?
Rabi-Ribi
Kano-Bi
Windows
Director: Gema Yue
Axiom Verge
Tom Happ Studios
PlayStation 4 | Vita | Windows
Director: Tom Happ
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
WayForward Technology
3DS | Wii U
Director: Matt Bozon
Pharaoh’s Curse
Synapse Software
Commodore 64, Atari 800
Designer: Bob Connell | Steve Coleman
ROOTS: Feeling almost like a hybrid between Adventure, Venture, and Pitfall!, Pharaoh’s Curse sends players into a tiny looping maze comprised of 15 interconnected screens. Each screen poses its own specific challenge, including an angry mummy to avoid.
Zork: The Great Underground Empire
Infocom
Personal Computers
Tim Anderson | Marc Blank | Bruce Daniels | Dave Lebling
ROOTS: An influential work that helped shape the nature and direction of metroidvania game design… and countless other games, as well. While not a metroidvania in and of itself, this essential precursor defined the workings of exploratory gameplay and persistent imaginary worlds.
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