>>714943447
>Hollow Knight
peak of the genre
>Ori and the Blind Forest
not much of a "metroid-like", but incredible movement, incredible visuals, incredible music, escape sequences. Tied for my favorite with HK
>Blasphemous
real cool game but pretty flawed, combat and a lot of its mechanics like generic estus flask can be quite stale in particular with some low lows
>>714944690
i disrespectfuly disagree

try out Environmental Station Alpha, by the same guy that made Baba Is You and Noita. It looked cheap and ugly at first, but as i got used to the graphics the atmosphere got better and better, and it ended up being some real vast kino

>>714740207
only somewhat adjacent to this thread but
This is the first game of the guy who made Baba and Noita. Its a typical metroid-like but theres a pretty large secret hunt at the big picture, and leading up to the "normal" final boss you should be finding random clues and putting pieces together, spotting suspicious stuff, etc. The secret itself isnt linear and takes place all over the map which is surprisingly vast. The game isnt very popular and not well documented which adds to the sense of mystique
The only lame thing about is that if you tell this to someone that might be interested in that sort of game, they will receive spoilers and not come into it expecting just a generic metroid-like