Metroidvania Steam Demo Reviews

Metroidvania demos should sell the map early. Backtracking only works if movement feels good and locked doors tease something worth returning for.

These metroidvania Steam demos got explored, not skimmed. Each one carries a Play, Maybe, or Skip based on how the world opens up.

5 Metroidvania Steam demo reviews on TodayWeGame, with Play, Maybe, or Skip verdicts to help you decide what to download.

Latest Metroidvania reviews

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (Play): I fought the first boss without the whip because I thought I'd walked past it, when the whip is what you get for killing him.
Ryn: And the thread of life (Maybe): A gorgeous thread-of-life metroidvania let down, for now, by performance that turns its best moments into a glowing-whit
Cliff Kingdom (Play): Hand-drawn metroidvania inside a sea cliff where a depressed whale, a lonely badger, and a toupee-wearing slug called St
Well Dweller (Play): A dark fairy-tale metroidvania where a shift-bubble launch will swear you out of the run until it clicks, and a scissors
The Eternal Life of Goldman (Play): Goldman has stunning hand-drawn art and smart boss design, but unskippable cutscenes hurt the pacing.