Metroidvania titles are renowned for their intricate blend of speed, skill, and exploration, creating a unique gaming experience that deeply resonates with both casual and competitive players. This genre has solidified its connection with the speedrunning community, motivating participants to achieve peak performance as they navigate through these complex worlds.
In pursuit of excellence, many Metroidvania games feature an array of challenging achievements. These achievements not only test a player’s skill but also reward them with a sense of accomplishment and bragging rights.
Ranging across diverse criteria, achievement goals often necessitate completing the game at 100%, achieving rapid clear times, or undertaking particular and often intricate tasks, such as finishing the game without sustaining damage. While these tasks can be intimidating, they are a hallmark of the genre and provide significant challenges even to seasoned players.
10 Embrace The Void
Hollow Knight
The “Embrace the Void” achievement in Hollow Knight challenges players to conquer all Pantheons within Godhome. This entails defeating stronger versions of the game’s bosses across the first four Pantheons, culminating in a relentless gauntlet of 42 boss encounters in the final Pantheon. With minimal rest points available, the requirement to flawlessly execute each boss’s attack patterns takes considerable skill and practice.
9 Hacker
Axiom Verge
In Axiom Verge, unlocking the “Hacker” achievement requires players to utilize the Address Disruptor or Address Bomb to glitch every enemy type at least once. While it might seem straightforward, the nuances of enemy variations and specific spawn conditions complicate the process. Missing a chance to glitch a unique enemy can derail the entire achievement.
8 Eternal rest
Blasphemous
The “Requiem Aeternam” achievement in Blasphemous dares players to defeat every base-game boss without consuming a single Bile Flask. This means completing these challenging encounters with only one health bar and relying solely on player skill to avoid taking damage. Although this achievement excludes DLC bosses, it remains a steep challenge, particularly for those aware of the game’s Soulslike mechanics.
7 The Devil Wears Revenge!
Guacamelee!
In Guacamelee!, “The Devil Wears Revenge” requires players to defeat the final boss, Calaca, while wearing Diablo’s Suit and maintaining full health. The suit gives a minor lifesteal effect but reduces overall health, making the encounter tricky. Players must either avoid damage entirely or hit consistently enough to recover health, adding layers of complexity to the battle.
6 Item Collector
Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
To attain the “Item Collector” achievement in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, you must complete the Item List 100%, which involves discovering at least one of every item in the game. This includes an extensive list: weapons, consumables, food, materials, and more. Although players aren’t required to have every item at once, the extensive searching required can be quite daunting.
5 Liberator
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
The “Liberator” achievement in F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is earned by uncovering all secrets throughout Torch City. This major undertaking involves fully completing the map and finding every collectible available, including upgrades and hidden items. Notably, the collectible posters can be challenging due to their small size and the requirement to return them to Urso for credit.
4 Purple-Haired Warrior Maiden
Shantae And The Pirate’s Curse
For the “Purple-Haired Warrior Maiden” achievement in Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, players must complete the game fully in under three hours. This challenge demands exceptional speedrunning skills and a comprehensive understanding of the game’s mechanics and secrets, ensuring that every action taken is efficient and purposeful.
3 One-Hit Wonder
Iconoclasts
The “One-Hit Wonder” achievement in Iconoclasts is unlocked by completing the game’s Challenge mode, the most difficult difficulty level. Here, players face heightened enemy stats with the added challenge that Robin can only take one hit unless she has an Iron Heart. Progress can be easily lost through environmental hazards, which amplifies the game’s difficulty considerably.
2 The Impossible Dream
SteamWorld Dig 2
In SteamWorld Dig 2, achieving “The Impossible Dream” requires clearing the game while earning a gold star in each category: Secrets, Wealth, Deaths, and Time. To complete this task, players need to discover all secrets, accumulate 15,000 gold, avoid any deaths, and finish in under four hours—all in a single playthrough.
1 Undefeated
Crypt Custodian
The “Undefeated” achievement in Crypt Custodian challenges players to conquer every difficulty level in the game’s boss rush mode with an S+ rating. This involves defeating a total of 36 bosses and requires players to avoid any damage while also completing each encounter within a specific time limit. Although players can use assist features, doing so somewhat undermines the achievement’s spirit.
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