New Metroidvania Game on Steam Blends Silksong and Slime Rancher to Fix the Genre's Biggest Problem

The Metroidvania genre has one of the most recognizable problems in modern indie gaming, in that it keeps mistaking ruin and darkness for depth of narrative and gameplay. But Dewdrop Dynasty, an upcoming Metroidvania on Steam, fixes that by taking the familiar insect-filled exploration of something like Hollow Knight: Silksong and filtering it through the bright, strange, inviting personality that makes Slime Rancher feel so approachable. Instead of tasking players with crawling through another dead kingdom where every hallway looks like it's ancient and falling apart, Dewdrop Dynasty looks like a Steam Metroidvania that remembers discovery can actually be fun without being punishing.