Holy crap, this sale has great discounts on dozens of the best roguelike and Metroidvania games ever made

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In one of the best game sales of the year so far, Humble is offering hefty discounts on dozens of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best roguelikes and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Metroidvania games ev✃er, as well as some stellar platformers, in the aptly named . 

This sale is a celebration of backtracking, double-jumping, and procedurally generating, not to mention terrible names for great genres with no universally agreed-upon meaning. It's got indie classics, some extremely well-hidden gems, and plenty of recent successes, most of which happen to fall under the category of My Jam. There are too many good games here to cover in-depth, so I'm just going to pull out a few of the ones ✱I'm fam🎐iliar with and wholeheartedly recommend. 

  • Noita - An action roguelike where you break the entire world pixel by pixel.
  • Cult of the Lamb - Another action roguelike that doubles as a creepy-cute cult sim.
  • Hollow Knight - The single best Metroidvania ever made, and yes I will fight you on this.  
  • Risk of Rain 2 - A third-person roguelike shooter about covering yourself in as many items as possible while you race an evil clock. 
  • For the King - A brutal procedurally generated board game that's great with friends. 
  • Owlboy - A chill and lovely platformer about literally carrying your friends. 
  • Dust: An Elysian Tail - Arguably the poster child for indie Metroidvanias. Just timeless. 
  • Broforce - I'm not entirely sure why this is here, but it's a great 2D pixel art action game. 
  • Carrion - Become the best monster you can be in this reverse-horror platformer. 
  • Escape Goat 1 & 2 - Criminally underrated puzzle platformers in the rare goat genre of games. 
  • Blasphemous - A tough-as-nails Metroidvania Soulslike with some of the best and grisliest pixel art in the business. 
  • Lost Ruins - This Metroidvania is something of an acquired taste thanks to its old-school difficulty and controls, plus a surprising amount of giant waifus. 
  • Downwell - The gold standard impossible-to-put-down roguelike platformer. 
  • Exit the Gungeon - You've entered the Gungeon, now it's time to leave it, bullet hell-style. 
  • Iconoclasts - A beautiful Metroidvania that splices mechanical and naturalistic motifs. 
  • Inscryption - A roguelike deck builder so clever and packed with twists that it's impossible to describe it without spoiling something cool. 
  • Katana Zero - Again, I'm not really sure why this is here, but I'll take any excuse to recommend this kickass display of katana acrobatics, if only for the soundtrack. 
  • Minoria - A slept-on Metroidvania with a lovely storybook aesthetic. 
  • Monster Train - One of few roguelike deck-builders that can go toe-to-toe with Slay the Spire. 
  • Salt and Sanctuary - Among the earliest and most enduring 2D Soulslikes. 
  • The Messenger - A stellar time-traveling platformer with surprising depth. 
  • Valdis Story: Abyssal City - To this day, this arcade-y Metroidvania is still my pick for the most underrated game of all time. 

Phew! Just a few games, then, with plenty more where that came from. Most of these games are upwards of 50% off in this sale, and they're all 🍸more than worth it at full price anyway, so this sale really is a steal. Just double-check the keys for each game to make sure you get one for your preferred platform. 

Everyone said this new Metroidvania is a "near-perfect mix of Celeste and Hollow Knight," and I see what they meant.

Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Game😼r, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.