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Have a Nice Death
Action 22 March 2023
Action platform game with roguelike elements. In Have a Nice Death we play the role of Death and wander through sections of Death Inc. eliminating hordes of enemies and facing powerful bosses.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Action 21 April 2015
The first installment in the Assassin's Creed Chronicles series of spin-offs, created in the form of a 2.5D adventure platformer. The game was developed by Ubisoft as a bonus for users who bought the season pass for Assassin's Creed: Unity. The game is set in the sixteenth-century China, and the players assume the role of female assassin Shao Jun – a student of Ezio Auditore and the protagonist of the animated film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
Starbound
Action 22 July 2016
An exploration game that eludes standard genre classification, developed by independent studio Chucklefish. Starbound combines elements of a 2D sandbox platformer and a strategy game. As you play, you explore and colonize other planets, provide for their inhabitants, construct useful items and vehicles, as well as fight hostile aliens. The game is set in a procedurally generated world,providing a great amount of freedom to the players.
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
Adventure 31 January 2023
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home is an action adventure game set during World War I. It tells the story of four different characters, testing our dexterity and cunning while taking on the form of a side-scrolling 2D platformer.
Sonic Mania
Arcade 15 August 2017
A 3D platformer that came out as a reboot of one of the most popular adventure game series, featuring the titular Sonic the Hedgehog. This production was created by a SEGA’s subsidiary, Sonic Team, employing people who helped create the series and its most important iterations.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Action 18 June 2019
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an action-adventure platform game set in a gothic horror setting. The game is a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. The person in charge of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was Koji Igarashi, who previously worked on the Castlevania series over the course of many years. The game revolves around exploring a large castle, which is crawling with demons the players need to fight against, you also develop your character and gather items.
Gunpoint
Arcade 03 June 2013
An interesting puzzle platformer about the adventures of a spy who undertakes dangerous missions. The player's task is to bypass security measures in carefully guarded buildings. We do this with advanced gadgets, including a device that allows you to hack certain objects. Each level can be passed in several ways.
Pizza Tower
Arcade 26 January 2023
A platforming game developed by Tour De Pizza, inspired by Wario Land and 1990s cartoons. The main protagonist of Pizza Tower is Peppino Spaghetti, a balding Italian chef on a quest to save his restaurant from destruction. There is only one thing to be done: destroy the titular tower.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Action 11 March 2016
An expanded edition of the warmly received platform game developed by Moon studio in 2015. The story of Ori and the Blind Forest focuses on the titular spirit of the forest who is trying to learn something about itself and the world that surrounds it. The game lacks any dialogues and the story is told by using the gameplay and mute cutscenes. As for the mechanics, the game belongs to the subgenre called metroidvania.
Sonic Superstars
Arcade 17 October 2023
Sonic Superstars is a new installment in one of the world's most popular platforming series. Gameplay-wise, it's inspired by classic early 2D Sonic games, which it combines with appealing 3D visuals.
Rayman Legends
Arcade 29 August 2013
An action 2D platform game starring a sympathetic creature of a protagonist. The game was developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and is the fifth full-fledged installment in the series created by Michel Ancel. This time the titular protagonist and his friend Globox must face nightmares which have created amazing worlds during the 100 years they have spent in the Crossroads of Dreams. Rayman must also free the Teensies captured by the clone of the deceptive Magician.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Arcade 30 April 2015
A two-dimensional shooter which takes place in the gangster underworld during the 20s. The game was developed by a small Belgium studio Crazy Monkey. In the title the player assumes the role of a gangster whose family terrorizes the streets. However, trouble begins when a rival mafia appears in the city. What’s worse, hordes of zombies are conquering the streets.
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
Action 21 June 2021
Metroidvania game in the format of an action platform game with RPG elements. In Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights we find ourselves in a ruined kingdom, which we wander as a priestess using skills of defeated enemies in battle.
Shank
Arcade 24 August 2010
Shank is a 2D side-scroll platformer with a kind of "beat up" by Klei Entertainment studio. The plot of the game depicts the fate of the title character, a paid killer at the service of the mafia, who wants to take revenge on his former employers for the death of his girlfriend. The game abounds in spectacular battle scenes with the use of various weapons. A large amount of blood gushing on the screen makes the game addressed to adult audiences, despite the comic style convention.
Super Meat Boy
Arcade 20 October 2010
A funny platformer, in which we control the title piece of meat. Our untypical hero has to save his girlfriend by going through more than a hundred extremely varied and difficult levels.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Action 21 January 2021
A roguelike, created in the convention of an action platformer. In Skul: The Hero Slayer we play the role of the skeleton, which fights with the hordes of heroes, trying to save the enslaved Demon King and his minions.
Afterimage
Action 25 April 2023
An action platformer metroidvania. Afterimage tells the story of an adventurer exploring the fantasy land of Engardin, learning its secrets, solving its problems and facing numerous dangers.
Salt and Sacrifice
RPG 10 May 2022
Soulslike production in the form of platform action game. In Salt and Sacrifice we play as Marked Inquisitor, who travels through the dark fantasy land and hunts for mages that wreak havoc in it. The game allows you to play solo or in co-op mode.
Crowsworn
Action 2024
Metroidvania realized in the form of action platform game. In Crowsworn we take on the role of a hero, who explores the dark land and faces many enemies, trying to find out more about himself and the curse that has been put on this once great kingdom.
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Action 21 August 2020
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is an action adventure game with clearly defined platform elements. The title presents a completely new story in the universe of the animated series Samurai Jack (it is the culmination of the plot of that production).
Rayman
Arcade 01 September 1995
A colourful platformer, which gave rise to the popular series with Rayman in the lead role. Our friendly hero sets out to help the inhabitants of the Dreamland, imprisoned by the insidious Mr. Darek. In order to defeat him, he has to travel through six different and dangerous worlds.
Freddy in Space 2
Arcade 03 December 2019
Freddy in Space 2 is a spin-off of the Five Night's at Freddy's series, which takes known characters into space. In this case, the player is not dealing with a horror, but with an arcade shooter in a side view.
Rogue Legacy 2
Arcade 28 April 2022
Rogue Legacy 2 is a 2D platformer with RPG and roguelike elements. The player explores a randomly generated world, and after the death of the character, the adventure continues with its descendants. Between the expeditions we can improve and expand our own residence.
9 Years of Shadows
Action 27 March 2023
Metroidvania realized in the convention of a platform action game. In 9 Years of Shadows, we are in an abandoned orphanage. We walk through it as a warrior named Europe, and our task is to unravel the mystery of missing orphans and crack down on the forces of evil.