Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Here we have our 24 Essential Metroidvania games on the Nintendo Switch. These are our favourite Metroidvania Switch games but what is your favourite game on this list?

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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Ori and the Blind Forest
01:03 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
01:50 Metroid Dread
02:35 Blasphemous
03:15 Blasphemous 2
04:10 Hollow Knight
05:01 Dead Cells
05:56 Cave Story +
06:58 Death's Gambit Afterlife
08:06 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
08:56 Axiom Verge
10:04 Axiom Verge 2
10:36 Indivisible
11:23 Disney Illusion Island
12:08 The Messenger
13:22 Record of Lodoss
14:09 Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
15:14 Wonder Boy the Dragon's Trap
16:17 OwlBoy
17:03 Blaster Master Zero 2
17:50 Guacamelee
18:52 Shantae and the Seven Sirens
19:47 Prince of Persia
20:48 Ender Lillies
22:01 My Favourite