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Hollow Knight (2017)
9.2/10on IGDB
Released
Hallownest has several entrances to important regions. Reaching the City of Tears one way can feel very different from entering through a later route. Movement tools such as the wall jump give familiar shafts new exits the next time you pass through.
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Super Metroid (1994)
9.2/10on IGDB
Released
Wall jumps and the Speed Booster change how you can move through Zebes. Learn the regular route first, then try one of the shortcuts those moves open around Brinstar. Players can use the same rooms in a different order without needing a different map.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
9.2/10on IGDB
Released
Alucard’s forms make old rooms connect when you return with new abilities. A tall gap and a small passage can send you toward different parts of the castle. If you uncover the game’s second castle, look for its routes as a fresh map.
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Animal Well (2024)
8.2/10on IGDB
Released
The four flames send you into different parts of the well. The tools can solve several kinds of problem, so try another direction when a room seems to require something you have yet to find. A cue you remember may take on a new meaning with a new toy.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
9.2/10on IGDB
Released
The opening leads toward a few shared places, then Pharloom offers more ways to move between regions. Try another ascent when one route is asking for a skill or upgrade you still want to find. Some of the connections become useful long after the first visit.
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Yoku's Island Express (2018)
8.2/10on IGDB
Released
Roll through pinball lanes and choose which island quest to follow while other destinations are still open. A different set of flippers and gates makes a return trip play differently from its first approach. Choose it for route choice you can see on the board.
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Metroid (1987)
7.2/10on IGDB
Released
The NES game gives you a small set of goals and lets you learn how its tall shafts and tunnels connect. Routes to Kraid and Ridley can be explored in different orders. Getting a new suit improvement changes the routes worth revisiting.
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Metroid Dread (2021)
8.5/10on IGDB
Released
The main route is easy to read, while clever use of movement and weapons can make some rooms accessible in a different order. Study the slopes, Speed Booster space and walls in a familiar room if you want to find another way through.
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Metroid: Zero Mission (2004)
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Chozo hints point toward a straightforward early route. Samus’s jumps, bombs and later movement upgrades offer ways to reach some rooms or pickups from another side. It is a good choice if you want to learn the obvious path and then try changing it.
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Lone Fungus (2023)
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Explore an open mushroom kingdom where harder jumps and optional side paths are separated from much of the route you need to finish. Choose another reachable region when you hit a wall. Turn on the map hints if you want already visited rooms to show pickups you missed.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (2002)
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
The castle has two versions. Warp and look for how the rooms line up with the passages you remember. An apparent dead end in one version is a reason to consider where you might reach the same part of the map in the other.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003)
8.8/10on IGDB
Released
Soma’s movement abilities are tied to the souls you gain. Returning with a form suited to water or a high passage changes what you can reach, so a single room can become a stop on several longer routes through the castle.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (2016)
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Use the Definitive Edition for Black Root Burrows and movement options added to the original game. New abilities let you reconsider routes through places you already passed. Jumping from one obstacle or object to the next can change the direction you approach from.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020)
8.7/10on IGDB
Released
Once several wisp destinations are open, choose which region to tackle. The rewards and terrain give the choices a different rhythm. Returning to the middle of the map with stronger movement makes your earlier path easier to rethink.
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The Messenger (2018)
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
The first part plays like a linear ninja platformer. Later, portals connect two eras and let you return to old areas in an order you choose, with paths that exist in only one time. Try it for routes that change with the time period as well as the upgrade.
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Axiom Verge (2015)
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
New tools give old walls and small passages different uses. A room may hide a way around an obstacle or a connection that looks like a dead end on the first pass. Pay attention to which surface or enemy a new tool can affect.
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Axiom Verge 2 (2021)
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Explore the large overworld and the Breach with different routes through related spaces. The drone gives you ways to move that the larger character cannot use, and some major fights can be bypassed if you care more about the route.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2019)
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
Explore a large castle and use movement shards to reconsider how rooms connect. Inverting gravity changes which parts of a familiar space function as a route. Other shards give the same map a different feel when you return.
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Blasphemous (2019)
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Several early regions are available while you work on the first major set of goals. Choose the route that suits the way you want to learn the game. Relics make some later detours look different from your first visit.
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Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (2021)
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Leave a boss or blocked passage behind and follow another branch through Land’s End. Purifying spirits changes what Lily can do on a return trip. Pick it for a ruined kingdom that gives you a choice of directions and lets you return when a new ability makes an old trail practical.
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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (2025)
8.1/10on IGDB
Released
Befriended Homunculi change how Lilac crosses the same network of rooms. Try climbing walls or using the grappling ability when a large gap or vertical shaft blocks your ordinary route. The different abilities are a reason to return to a district from a new direction.
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