Early 2017 was a pretty good period for Metroidvania games. In February we saw Hollow Knight land on PC, and just one month later, a scrappier, weirder game called Rain World hit PC and the PS4. Hollow Knight, of course, now has the spotlight – it’s one of the most successful and beloved indie games of the past decade – but Rain World also made a splash (pun not intended), just in a much more subtle way.
