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I'm trying to put together a list of Metroidvania games for the Vita and Switch as I've been on a kick for those style of games for awhile now. Rather than making a list via Excel, I'd rather do it online here so that the community can jump in and add discussion around the genre.

Selfishly speaking, I want to limit this to those two platforms because those that the two consoles that I'm into right now; if you have any recommendations, feel free to reply and I'll update the list (or remove if it doesn't fit). It might sound dumb to limit this to those two platforms but bear with me.

An asterisk means that I own it. A question mark means that I'm not sure if it fits the genre so I encourage discussion. You'll see overlapping with those two marks because I have not played them yet. You'll also see double dipping. These are also not in any particular order.

Vita:
- Axiom Verge*
- Guacamelee!*
- Rogue Legacy*
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- SteamWorld Dig*
- SteamWorld Dig 2*
- Teslagrad*
- VVVVVV* (?)
- The Swapper* (?)
- Spelunky* (?)
- TBD

Switch:
- Metroid Dread*
- Ori and the Blind Forest*
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps*
- Hollow Knight*
- Axiom Verge*
- Axiom Verge 2*
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition*
- Guacamelee! 2*
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- SteamWorld Dig*
- SteamWorld Dig 2*
- Owlboy*
- The Messenger
- The Mummy Demastered
- Dead Cells (?)
- Blaster Master Zero (?)
- Iconoclasts (?)
- Cave Story +
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- TBD

OMG…There are so many for the Switch. First, Iconoclasts definitely counts. I’ll also add:

Aggelos
Bloodstained
3000th Duel
Alchemist’s Castle
Alma’s Awakening
Alma’s Legacy
A Robot Named Fight
Cathedral
Chasm
Dandara
Escape from Tethys
Even the Ocean
Finding Teddy II
Grizzland
La Mulana
La Mulana 2
Minoria
Momodora
Outbuddies DX
Phoenotopia
Shantae: Half Genie Hero
Shantae & The Pirate’s Curse
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge
Shantae & The Seven Sirens
Son Wukong vs. Robot
Spooky Ghosts Dot Com
Sundered
Time spinner
Touhou Luna Knights
Vigil

I’m sure that there are dozens more! Good luck with your list!

Dang that's a lot to sift through. Thanks for the list! I'll go through them and see what's worth adding to my collections and update the list.

I’ll save you some trouble. These games are definitely worth adding to your collection:

Aggelos
Alma’s Awakening
Alma’s Legacy
Momodora
Shantae: Half Genie Hero
Shantae & The Pirate’s Curse
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge
Shantae & The Seven Sirens
Touhou Luna Knights

These are definitely NOT worth adding to your collection:

Alchemist’s Castle
Grizzland
Spooky Ghosts Dot Com

I haven’t beaten the others yet.

For the Switch, I would also suggest looking into these:

Blasphemous
Gato Roboto

Both are enjoyable. Blasphemous is more challenging, while Gato Roboto is on the cuter side and short but infinitely worth playing.