The ULTIMATE Upcoming Metroidvania List 2023 

Thank you for featuring us :) We are happy to tell you that Nara is currently going through a major visual and gameplay update. Be prepared to see insane improvements in the next trailer and demo :) We are 2 brothers and 2 sisters btw.

I love to see so many indie developers posting comments to show this channel some appreciation! This has been my go to indie game channel for several years now, since back in the Clemmy Games days. Hardest working indie-informer in the business, bar none. Here's wishing you continued sucess for many years to come! Also: So many great games here I can't wait for! Rune Fencer, Sister's Journey, Savior, HF Alicia, Sandfox, Crowsworn, Silksong, + too many more to name! Awesome list!

Thanks for adding Ceplion to the list! It's great that you support us, indie developers, with your videos.

We're so happy you included Astra: Fading Stars in this list ^ ^ You and the community have been amazing and the feedback we got from everyone super valuable, thanks!!!! We'll do our best to make the metroidvania experience as great as possible!

We are really excited that you put BIOMORPH in this list. We're working really hard to create a pretty great and unique metroidvania!

Thank you for including Bo! I can't wait to show everyone how much the game has improved since that alpha trailer. Hopefully will be releasing a new trailer early next yaer with a sick new cinematic animated intro! Thank you for everything you do for the indie game community Clemmy. I can tell you put SO MUCH work into these videos.

Dangit man, your channel is literally the reason my wishlist is actually pushing 1,000 GAMES on steam. Got me so hyped for literally everything

CLEMMY! Thank you so much for including LUCID on this fantastic list

Out of everything on this list, there's only two games I didn't already have wishlisted (one cause I'm not interested and the other cause I didn't know about it until this video). We have so many Metroidvanias to look forward to that it's insane. Incredible list as always, Clemmy.

I'm so excited for Romancelvania! I usually go for the grim dark but that one looks like a fun change of pace!

Great list of games, I've added many of these to my Steam Wishlist... Can't wait to play them thank you. Subbed and liked 🙌

Clemmy, being part of the kickstarter for Crowsworn, they said they'll most likely release the game in 2024, due to more content and more polish required. "Release date to be later than anticipated".

6:49 Exciting to see our game Mira here!!! ❤🎉

Great video. Metroidvania is one of my favorite genres so to see 50 upcoming ones is such a treat. Keep up the good work!

i enjoy playing metroidvania games ... but surprise to see so many new ones coming out this year, the genre has really grown and they keep looking and playing better

Lets boost this video with comments and make a great thread in the process by each of us choosing 1 metroidvania to recommend that you believe didn't get enough love. My personal favorite in recent years was *Grime* which came out about a month before Metroid Dread so no one was thinking about it after that game came out. It has the soulslike combat and a beautiful/desecrated world also they have a DLC they'll be releasing pretty soon called Colors of Rot I've been holding off playing it again until it's finished.

excelente como siempre tus videos sirven como una guia de compra para estos fantasticos juegos por eso me encanta tu canal

Savior stands out in a big way for me. I hope they have built interesting sections to capitalise on that movement because it looks very fluid and fun.

Nice job, this list is huge! I'm going to add some of this games in my steam list.

Thank you for mentioning and supporting Moadra :)

Savior, Gestalt, Last Faith, Hollow Knight 2. So many amazing games to come that I’ve been waiting for literally for years. It’s sad that this genre is now known for getting delayed releases. Amazing video, dude, heavy on the ads side, but really good list here, even with updates for each entry.

2023 is going to be a great year for indies 😁 Need them all

Great list! Some really amazing games there. I was a bit sad after not seeing Bio-Gun on the list though 😢.

#41, Gold Project, reminds me a little bit of Sundered how going light or dark alters the abilities you can get which also affected ow you traversed the world

50!! Wow Clemmy you are murdering me with this backlog!> Love your channel

I was going to list some of my most anticipated games from this list, then I realised it's at least half of the ones shown. I definitely think however there's definitely a clear top tier for me in presentation: crowsworn, ninesols, gestalt, last vanguard, last faith, exil and of course silksong. 2023-2024 will be stacked for metroidvanias.

Wow what an incredible list, thank you!

Some good 'uns. Blasphemous 2 was also announced to launch in 2023 - dunno if that's still the plan, but no trailer has been shown for it in any case.

I watched this video WAY later than I should have! My most anticipated games from this list are Nara, Nine Sols, Crowsworn, and Silksong, obviously.

I have never seen a game like Savior and its pixel too tysm i instantly added it to my wishlist

Okay, now that I have a chance to watch legit... 50. Elderand - new to me. Looks interesting. 49. Rusted Moss - not a fan of chunky pixel art. Might be okay. 48. Neon Moon - The, well, neon style is striking. Good animations. 47. Kingdom Shell - might be okay? Dunno. 46. AEmbrosia - Nice sprite work. Worth a look. 45. Curse of the Sea Rats - Been looking at this Don Bluth movie for a while. 44. Nara: Facing Fire - Very smooth animation and interesting art. 43. Selini - Setting reminds me of old games like Out of This World 42. Rune Fencer Illyia - Looks like Momodora, which I didn't like. 41. Gold Project - Another game that calls attention to itself by the art. 40. Mira and TLOTJ - Seen this before. Looks promising. 39. Romancelvania - I'm so confused...but it definitely has appeal. 38. Dewdrop Dynasty - Very retro pixel art. 37. A Sister's Journey - Hi Celeste. I can see this taking off. 36. Biomorph - Is it wrong that I tend to judge these by how smooth the animations are? If not, Biomorph is in a very good place. 35. Lotus Knight - Ah, yes, the infamous HK clone. Curious to see what it really is. 34. Astra: Fading Stars - Looks promising. 33. Sak'd - The premise of this one is hilarious. 32. Lucid - That BGM really caught my attention. 31. Moadra - Setting's probably not for me, but it reminds me of Sundered. 30. Shyftrs - Pity the kickstarter failed, but it looks uneven atm. 29. The Crown Stones - Very slow and deliberate movement. 28. Chiaroscuro - I don't see this as a HK rip-off, so much as just using inspirations. 27. Last Vanguard - Brisk action and distinctive art and setting. 26. Glimmer in Mirror - Played the demo a while back. Definitely needed work at the time, but very pretty. 25. Ceplion - A Sister's Journey part 2, but I think this does some interesting things that one doesn't. 24. Awaken: Astral Blade - Very vibrant art and particle effects. 23. Savior - The protag's acrobatic animations are really the star here. 22. Ruby: Wayward Mira - Not so much the protag, but the rest of it reminds me of Iconoclasts. 21. DOOMBLADE - Distinct art and KB&M focus. 20. Heart Forth, Alicia - Looks cute. Just how old is this? 19. Rebel Transmute - Very Axiom Verge. (Or just Metroid.) 18. The Last Case of Benedict Fox - This one just gives me bad adventure game vibes. 17. Akatori - Caught my attention earlier due to the staff-use mechanics. 16. Siege & Sandbox - Not sure how I feel about stealth-focus, but looks decent. 15. Cookie Cutter- I need to see more to decide, because it's either really good or really bad. 14. Turbo Kid - Demo was kinda frustrating IMO. 13. Mandragora - I was surprised to get an ad for this at one point. 12. Vernal Edge - Demo was simultaneously a little disappointed and probably the result of being an early-game demo. 11. Fallen Tear - Don't think I've seen this one. Indivisible comp seems fitting. 10. Exil - Also new. Brief demo too chaotic to evaluate. 9. Being and Becoming - For a second I thought I was looking at a 9 Years of Shadows demo. 8. YES! Been watching this one very carefully for a bit. 7. Afterimage - Very vibrant art (no surprise if it's Chinese) 6. Bo: Path of Teal Lotus - What if the Okami team made a metroidvania? 5. Momodora Moonlit Farewell - No, thanks. Reverie Under Moonlight really turned me off. 4. Nine Sols - Another really smooth game. 3. The Last Faith - Deliberate animations. I never really played CV, so this is not for me. 2. Crowsworn - Very smooth. Damn, 1.25M kickstarter?? 1. Silksong - Is Silksong.

1:35 wow! That game it's DMC in 2D O_____o like bro! 🤙

Glimmer in Mirror really reminds me of Ender Lilies. I'm looking forward to it!

Thank you for including our game (SELINI) in this amazing list :)

I love how you showed many great games but near the end are like: "Of Course Hollow Knight Silksong is number1" and then don't bother to show much as everyone has been doing that on their own for a longggggg time now. So happy to see all the indie development studios commenting too. Much love to you guys and the work you do! Metroidvania is easily my favorite genre to play.

impressive list!! thanks

39:31 Castlevania isn't "Bloodborne but 2D". If you want to see what modern 2D Igavanias would look like then look at Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth.

Can't wait for Rune Fencer Illya and The Last Faith. \o/ Thanks for the list man!

Shyftrs looks so good. I wish I’d have known about their Kickstarter campaign.

Awesome list. 2023 will be metroidvania year for sure!

Clemmy, my dude... you need to drop whatever you are doing and go watch Turbo Kid! You'll love it.

Content is great. Thx a lot. As an advise put the titles of the games on the top screen. In the bottom covers most of the characters graphic.

Nara: facing fire looks awesome

Thanks for the video. My top 10 list: 10-Heart Forth, Alicia 9-The Last Case of Benedict Fox 8-Gestalt: Steam & Cinder 7-Akatori 6-Cookie Cutter 5-Bushiden 4-The Last Faith 3-Exile 2-Crowsworn 1-Hollow Knight:Silksong.

Found these demos on Steam, Mira and the Legend of the Djinns, Rebel Transmute and Nine Sols

So far, the best video of the year for me!

Elderand, Afterimage and The kast faith are the one I will keep an eye on.

Absolutely bless you, I've got NINE games i want to play now, thanks for your efforts

Thanks for the support!!!

YES YES you have finally uploaded the metroidvanias from 6 months ago but finally I congratulate you friend :D

Gotta say, as a guy who grew up on the Castlevania metroids, I kind of wish we had more RPG/Loot focused ones rather than the Hollow knight/platforming and movement focus a lot of these seem to have

This is a hell of a list

I'd toss "Anew: The Distant Light" to the mix. The devs are still at it, even though they haven't updated their public profiles for a while.

Just watched a video by a RU-vidr called Jesse Cox, one of Totalbiscuit's friends from the good old YT days, and he said that he a few friends are producers on Gestalt: Steam and Cinder, so I think the game is on its way to the finish line.

Awesome list Clemm, thanks for all the effort you put in your videos, I missed animal well(maybe it is not 100% a metroidvania?), but the list was soooo good

Elderand looks very cool! ill wait for it on my Switch, im not a Steam fan ever.

Moadra looks incredible!!!

This year wasn't good for metroidvania fans, but if half of this list be released in 2023/2024 for me it's fine. The Last Faith #1 my most atecipated game. Also Gestalt, Moadra, Mandragora & Being and Becoming.

Great job, your love for the genre and your hard work make you go further each time, I respect your dedication 👍 Now find us 20 farming rpg, it should be enough 😋 Jokes aside can't wait to see your greatest project in the making, keep it up and we'll be here for it

Watch Turbo Kid. It's a blast, quite literally lol

Cookie Cutter has amazing animations, but that protagonist design... Now that's pain.

"Domblee" made me laugh so hard

Glimmer in the mirror is like "What if we make an Ori like game with Chibi characters". Not that its bad. The music, the art style, the level design seems to be pretty blatant Ori copy to be honest, but I'm not complaining.

Excited for gestalt and moadra the most

I have a recommendation for you The Perfect Pencil Its setting reminds me a lot of Hollow Knight the demo is on Steam and is a blast.

I've heard that Heart forth, Alicia will FINALLY be launch on Sept 2023! They said they have almost finish the last dungeon in this game!

Muy buenos juegos para 2023 gracias por enseñarlos

Rusted Moss looks AWESOME 🤩

You missed Blasphemous 2 coming 2023. An HIGHLY anticipated game for me.

Last faith should've been #1 imho. Haha But so could have Gestalt, Awaken, Heartforth Alicia, Akatora, Seige and the Sandfox, Vernal Edge and MANDRAGORA; plus a couple others I might've missed off the list- I'm not a fan of the popular "notebook doodles art style" that is silksong and crowsworn etc.

thx bro 👍

as a metroidvania fan, I'm a little hesitant watching this list as it will likely add another dozen or two games on my already huge backlog. oh well..

Still waiting for Last Faith... can you please shed some light on what is going on with the release for that game title?

That's a lot of work. Again. I will watch it later.

The man really loves his Hollow Knight........like a lot.

But for mobile devices like Android & iOS is there too?. We want all this game of metroidvania!.

Number 28 should've never been advertised.

The animation in cookie cutter looks insane

Interested: 50, 45, 8, 7, 5, 1 Anticipated: 42, 22, 20, 17, 12 Hoping it comes to Switch: 46, 35, 26, 24

I’m most excited for Earthblade which is from the same developers as Celeste

If 30 years ago you told me that I'd be playing my 16 bit games on a system designed to play 9,000,000 bit games and they'd be all the rage, I would have laughed. Well played Nintendo, well played atari...

50?! Jesus, I guess it shouldn't be surprising considering it's one of your favored genre's, but that's really extensive for strictly "upcoming" games.

Rusted moss reminds me of neon abyss

A lot A lot Of Favs

Tarnishing was a 3/10 for me.the boss fights I did were pretty cool. I'd rather play castle in the darkness.

36:22 The music alone out this in my wishlist! The art is lovely too. Nine Sols, Crowswirn and Last Faith look very interesting too.

Thanks for all the research Clemmy. Gread vid. Personally Rune Fencer Illyia is my #1 but almost all of these titles ended up on my wishlist. A much better list than last year's one even if some titles were repeats from that list.

the last upcoming the game of (alice escaped! metroidvania) release date TBA

i wonder if one day we will get dust an elycian tale 2

What a complete video huh? :3

What about wierd Little ghost? I love it.

this is THE MV list

what game is the muscular snake with the sword from

It looks awesome very hollow knightish indeed!

there's something that bothers me with number 23, Savior, as an animator i noticed something iffy in it's trailer and now that i went to check the steam page and saw that there aren't more images or footage than the one that was shown, not even in the kickstarter trailer. i'm 99% sure that everything on it was hand animated and wasn't actually coded gameplay. would love to see if there was more information given about it

Turbo kid movie rules!

What is the name of the game from the thumbnail? its looked great !

When it comes to game development, undelivered Kick Starters are kind of rampant.

Are there any Demon's Crest-like games?

16:23 sorry but that's just Circle Of The Moon, they can claim it's not all they want, all I could say back would be "lol ok"