Big GOG sale. Are there any metroid like games on GOG? Doesn't have to be scifi I guess, just similar feeling of being alone and solving puzzles in horror like environment. I know penumbra and amnesia.

Hello; I recommend the Shantae games but not currently on sale and not horror like, Arabian nights setting.

Helpful list; GOGmix:

https://www.gog.com/mix/metroidvania

and [url=https://www.gog.com/game/odallus_the_dark_call]Odallus: The Dark Call, sort of.

The best metroidvania on GOG is currently La-Mulana. It has a couple pants-shittingly scary areas but (despite dealing with cosmic horrors) is generally colorful and cheerful.

If you want specifically a [sci-fi] horror game about isolation with puzzles, Stasis ( / [url=https://www.gog.com/game/stasis_deluxe_edition]deluxe) is awesome, but it's a pure point-and-click adventure game without twitch gameplay.

I would suggest Axiom Verge. But for some baffling reason, it isn't here. Give this GOG mix a try!

I should probably warn you that this game's puzzle difficulty is very high, with some puzzles that you will probably not be able to solve without looking up the solution.

(Interestingly enough, if you do look up the solution, it can still be fun to figure out which clues lead to the solution and how.)

I could mention that Guacamelee is a metroidvania, though I note that it focuses on melee combat (the only ranged attack you get is to throw enemies at other enemies), and that you *need* a controller in order to play the game comfortably. The game requires lots of precise inputs in order to get past platforming sections, and there's no guarantee that any given keyboard can handle that many inputs at once.

You could also try Dust: An Elysian Tail. There are towns in that game, but many of the areas actually give you that alone feeling, and there is one chapter (the longest one, I believe) that has a Castlevania-like horror feel.

If you want a non-violent game that gives you the feeling of being alone and solving puzzles, how about
Waking Mars?

There are many metroidvania games here. Look here: https://www.gog.com/mix/metroidvania

My favorite is: Ori and the Blind Forest.

But I don't know if this is creepy enough for you. ;)

Hollow Knight is only $15US even though it's not on sale, I recommend that. I also vouch for Unepic. Both are exceptionally good metroidvania games. Never played La-Mulana.

Well, Guacamelee isn't racist this time.

Talking about Shantae: I saw that there is a new Shantae game out there called "Half Genie Hero". I'm wondering if this will ever come to GOG and when.

For me, Waking Mars had a pretty similiar atmosphere to Super Metroid. Great games.

I got to the final battle and was stuck on puzzles only twice: with the grail (I read the manual before starting the game but didn't understand the section on zones at all and missed the clue, ewww broken English) and in the moon temple with the pedestals (probably the only time background AND scanning random crap mattered mechanically -- bad design). The main problem I had with the game is having to go a long way to the boss room each time I died. Seriousy, if the game didn't want players to have an extra save or teleport spot for all occasions, it would be trivial (and awesome!) to offer to restart a failed boss battle with pre-battle statuses or reload from a save point normally.


edit: Teslagrad and Unepic are definitely linear (but good).