Shadow King is a pretty solid mini Pico-8 Metroidvania that just dropped on itch.io. It took me about 40 minutes start to finish and features a good variety of interesting abilities and pretty good level design.

The game has a very retro feel, similar to Kalinur. The physics are weighted and unforgiving. There is no map, which is typically a dealbreaker for me, but the game has a small enough scope to make it unnecessary.

My biggest complaint was the length - it feels very short and ends pretty abruptly. I think it just has a limited scope due to pico-8 cartridge limitations and the Metroidvania jam deadline? It’s also kinda just nothing too original. It’s a game I think I’ll forget about in a day or two.

I enjoyed it though- it’s quite polished and well paced for the entirety of its short run time. If you appreciate retro microvanias, you could do a lot worse.