Tombwater, a horror-western metroidvania, is out now on PC

https://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/2026/02/25/1920/e4425ae7-457d-4ef9-b3bc-e943679f35c0-1772062143.mp4

Reviews are surprisingly good. I didn't find one below an 8.5

A Souls-Like Western full of Eldritch horrors. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the darkness that lies beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that may just drive you to madness.

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its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 155d (4 replies)

I might be out of the loop, but isn't this a Zelda type of game not a metroid type of game?

chrisbrummel@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 155d (3 replies)

The devs label it as a metroidvania, and a lot of reviews mention it as a Zelda-like, but people who’ve played it say it straddles an already thin line between the genres.

its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 155d (2 replies)

What qualities is that? Back tracking?

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 155d (1 reply)

As far as I'm aware the defining quality of a Metroidvania is backtracking and unlocking new branches/offshoots/areas of previous zones as you unlock new movement abilities. Which is why Control almost qualifies as a Metroidvania. No idea about this game though.

chrisbrummel@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 155d

I’d add that some people delineate between the two with the idea that Zelda-likes have dungeons and metroidvanias don’t.