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There aren’t many things that have made the past five years a great time to be alive, but for fans of stylish actionplatformer Metroidvanias, it’s a golden age. Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, the Ori games… all of them weaving their own particular path through the ability-expanding, area-unlocking, backtracking joys of this odd little subgenre.

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