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They're not metroidvanias but in a wired way I found the Dead Space series to scratch the same itch.
I found Alien Isolation elicited this feeling in me too. I suppose Metroid copied many motifs from sci-fi movies over the years.
Agreed, Isolation is one of my favorite games of all time. It's sad to see what the suits have done to the developers of that game, instead of a sequel we're now getting some shitty co-op shooter that nobody asked for.