Metrocubevania

A tiny metroidvania platformer where you play as a cube. You gain more and more abilities as you progress. There are multiple environments, some collectibles, and you can find a boss fight at the end.

23 January 2018

Indie Platform Action

Metrocubevania is an indie developed by Flytrap Studios, released 23 January 2018 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB

What Metrocubevania is

Metrocubevania is an indie game developed by Flytrap Studios and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on PICO-8.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A tiny metroidvania platformer where you play as a cube. You gain more and more abilities as you progress. There are multiple environments, some collectibles, and you can find a boss fight at the end.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Metrocubevania launched on 23 January 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste and Shadow of the Colossus.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus.