A stylish Metroidvania, Axiom Verge owes a lot to, well, Metroid. The story follows a scientist, Trace, who after an accident finds himself in an abandoned biomechanical world with no choice but to take up arms and fight his way out. Lots of the narrative is told through the beautifully expressive environments, which you get a lot of upgrades in order to explore. Axiom Verge is unashamedly old-school in its design; if you liked Metroid, or Metroid 2, or Super Metroid and you want another Metroid game that just isn't branded as such, you can't go wrong with this one.