I’m not sure anyone ever thought of it unfortunately, but Yoku’s Island Express was an indie metroidvania pinball game.

I had never really enjoyed a metroidvania before this game, but something about it got me excited about the genre in ways I hadn’t been before. I’ve since played a ton of metroidvanias and its one of my favorite genres.

I highly recommend it if you’ve never heard of it. It’s a lot of fun and uses the pinball mechanics in an open world really well.