r/metroidvania
Metroidvania: guided non-linearity; utility-based exploration
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Metroidvania is a subgenre of video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration. The term, popularized by video game critic Jeremy Parish, is a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania.
Metroidvania is a subgenre of video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration. The term, popularized by video game critic Jeremy Parish, is a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania.
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 8,457 | 28,122 | 1105.7 | 0.2 | 4715.07 | |
| #2 | 20,874 | 82,684 | 2729.1 | 0.7 | 3958.24 | |
| #3 | 3,843 | 15,235 | 502.4 | 0.1 | 3954.99 | |
| #4 | 2,843 | 23,628 | 371.7 | 0.2 | 1886.55 | |
| #5 | 4,112 | 34,550 | 537.6 | 0.3 | 1866.05 | |
| #6 | 2,510 | 21,225 | 328.2 | 0.2 | 1854.15 | |
| #7 | 3,528 | 34,232 | 461.3 | 0.3 | 1615.90 | |
| #8 | 2,394 | 28,439 | 313.0 | 0.2 | 1319.86 | |
| #9 | 7,302 | 98,252 | 954.7 | 0.8 | 1165.25 | |
| #10 | 4,367 | 66,477 | 570.9 | 0.6 | 1029.98 | |
| #11 | 1,050 | 19,127 | 137.3 | 0.2 | 860.72 | |
| #12 | 8,095 | 153,835 | 1058.3 | 1.3 | 825.05 | |
| #13 | 11,524 | 239,979 | 1506.6 | 2.0 | 752.92 | |
| #14 | 2,240 | 52,490 | 292.9 | 0.4 | 669.10 | |
| #15 | 1,155 | 38,722 | 151.0 | 0.3 | 467.67 | |
| #16 | 3,701 | 124,094 | 483.9 | 1.0 | 467.61 | |
| #17 | 4,570 | 155,823 | 597.5 | 1.3 | 459.84 | |
| #18 | 3,470 | 118,447 | 453.7 | 1.0 | 459.33 | |
| #19 | 732 | 25,982 | 95.7 | 0.2 | 441.73 | |
| #20 | 9,944 | 360,800 | 1300.1 | 3.0 | 432.13 | |
| #21 | 1,939 | 73,251 | 253.5 | 0.6 | 415.03 | |
| #22 | 1,869 | 80,121 | 244.4 | 0.7 | 365.75 | |
| #23 | 6,124 | 279,346 | 800.7 | 2.3 | 343.72 | |
| #24 | 467 | 23,905 | 61.1 | 0.2 | 306.30 | |
| #25 | 1,137 | 61,702 | 148.7 | 0.5 | 288.92 | |
| #26 | 488 | 26,806 | 63.8 | 0.2 | 285.43 | |
| #27 | 1,533 | 88,218 | 200.4 | 0.7 | 272.46 | |
| #28 | 347 | 20,305 | 45.4 | 0.2 | 267.94 | |
| #29 | 743 | 44,360 | 97.1 | 0.4 | 262.61 | |
| #30 | 905 | 55,013 | 118.3 | 0.5 | 257.93 | |
| #31 | 482 | 29,320 | 63.0 | 0.2 | 257.75 | |
| #32 | 1,916 | 118,311 | 250.5 | 1.0 | 253.91 | |
| #33 | 238 | 15,728 | 31.1 | 0.1 | 237.26 | |
| #34 | 978 | 66,588 | 127.9 | 0.6 | 230.28 | |
| #35 | 699 | 48,031 | 91.4 | 0.4 | 228.18 | |
| #36 | 481 | 33,439 | 62.9 | 0.3 | 225.53 | |
| #37 | 429 | 33,155 | 56.1 | 0.3 | 202.87 | |
| #38 | 494 | 39,005 | 64.6 | 0.3 | 198.57 | |
| #39 | 521 | 43,220 | 68.1 | 0.4 | 189.00 | |
| #40 | 1,052 | 91,213 | 137.5 | 0.8 | 180.83 | |
| #41 | 12,023 | 1,069,169 | 1571.9 | 8.9 | 176.31 | |
| #42 | 4,495 | 415,668 | 587.7 | 3.5 | 169.55 | |
| #43 | 223 | 21,153 | 29.2 | 0.2 | 165.29 | |
| #44 | 384 | 37,092 | 50.2 | 0.3 | 162.32 | |
| #45 | 3,454 | 351,896 | 451.6 | 2.9 | 153.90 | |
| #46 | 976 | 116,452 | 127.6 | 1.0 | 131.41 | |
| #47 | 170 | 20,691 | 22.2 | 0.2 | 128.82 | |
| #48 | 1,161 | 144,435 | 151.8 | 1.2 | 126.03 | |
| #49 | 797 | 100,141 | 104.2 | 0.8 | 124.79 | |
| #50 | 224 | 28,325 | 29.3 | 0.2 | 123.99 |