How to Use Metroidvania in a Sentence

Metroidvania

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• In fact, the formula is so established that a genre (Metroidvania) is named after the series.
  — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
• But unlike a proper Metroidvania, these levels aren't interconnected.
  — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
• Unlike the typical Metroidvania, Shinobi's backtracking is easy, thanks to fast travel.
  — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
• Like any Metroidvania worth the genre name, large portions of Silksong require finding and unlocking new movement or attack capabilities.
  — ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
• Misalignments of the Metroidvania formula Once perfected, the combat encounters and extra hard challenges become the game’s bread and butter.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
• These light Metroidvania elements expand the surprisingly large levels and encourage replayability.
  — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
• After all, the intoxicating Metroidvania formula relies on your curiosity naturally uncovering a planned route.
  — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
• Silksong began development as downloadable content for Hollow Knight, a gloomy Metroidvania about a silent, unnamed protagonist battling their way through the fallen insect kingdom of Hallownest.
  — Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
• Metroid and Castlevania begot the Metroidvania; hell, today, practically every game of any high difficulty gets roped in with soulslikes (referencing Dark Souls).
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
• Wide open areas with branching paths and extremely verticality are key to Metroidvania games like Hollow Knight, but usually the pleasure derived from unlocking a previously dead-end space comes from having an interconnected world.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025