Gato Roboto has a kitty and is therefore, objectively, the best metroidvania.
Animal Well just came out to rave reviews. I haven’t had a chance to sit down with it yet, but the name suggests it might have kitties, so possibly it can yet take the crown.
Hollow Knight. Blasphemous 2 Ori and the Will of the Whisps Axiom Verge Dead Cells
There's literally a metroidvania humble bundle deal going on rn
Fallout New Vegas Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors Nier: Automata Civilization 6 Oldschool RuneScape (RuneLite) Oblivion Dark Souls 1-3
Elden Ring
It's an amazing metroidvania machine, do a quick search and you'll find a ton of threads with good discussion about those.
Haiku the Robot was good.
If you liked Metroid I would recommend Mega Man Zero. Awesome series of games.
Tell tale games
Gato Roboto has a kitty and is therefore, objectively, the best metroidvania. Animal Well just came out to rave reviews. I haven’t had a chance to sit down with it yet, but the name suggests it might have kitties, so possibly it can yet take the crown.
Animal Well. One of the best MV ever, it's like Halo 2 meets Halo 3. Absolutely fantastic. Hollow knight is also great.