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Arcade 25 March 2014

An arcade platform game in a retro style, created by the development team Polytron. We play the role of Gomez, who, living in the 2D world so far, realizes the existence of another dimension. The title presents the game in a rather innovative way, realizing various puzzles using two-dimensional boards in the three-dimensional world. All this takes place in a pixel, colourful design. The game is noteworthy for its unique presentation.

Arcade 09 December 2014

Side-scroll platform game in which we play the role of a nice, miniature alien named Zak. His crew's ship crashed on Earth and our hero decides to find a way back home. In order to do so, he will have to travel through a completely unknown environment, and face deadly enemies in the form of spiders, mosquitoes or ladybirds.

Arcade 17 June 2016

Developed by Pixel Lantern, an independent studio from Germany, a 2D platformer with roguelike elements. The player takes control of the titular bard whose gold is stolen by a sly goblin. In order to get the gold back, the bard sets off on a dangerous journey. Bard’s Gold features a side-view – there are over 100 levels filled to capacity with various dangerous traps and enemies.

Adventure 14 August 2018

The Long Reach is an unusual adventure with the action set soon after a outbreak of an epidemic that turns people into bloodthirsty psychos. During gameplay, you need to figure out the way of neutralizing or avoiding enemies. Each of them is a separate riddle with a unique way of defeating.

Arcade 03 September 2019

A simple platformer in which we travel through procedurally generated stages and collect colorful balls. Since Himno is supposed to provide us, above all, with an opportunity to relax, we cannot die during the game; we will not be able to experience the fight with our opponents here either.

Action 24 July 2020

Metroidvania production, maintained in the shoot'em up convention, which was almost ready in 1994; more than twenty years later, the project was taken over by Strictly Limited Games, completed and shipped to new platforms. Ultracore takes us to the universe of science fiction, and while having fun we have to face an army of robots.

RPG 18 July 2017

A side-scrolling jRPG with strong elements of classic beat'em up. Fallen Legion was developed by an American studio YummyYummyTummy. The game came out for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita; the two versions differ mainly in terms of story. Fallen Legion is set in a fantasy world and the player is taken to the Kingdom of Fenumia, which falls from glory due to the king's premature death.

Adventure 08 February 2017

A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.

Action 12 July 2016

An arcade 2.5D action game developed by Mexican studio Xibalba that tells the tale of highly-advanced insects. MilitAnt takes place in a fantasy world inspired by such movies as Ant Z and A Bug’s Life. However, the title was developed for older players. The main protagonist is an ant who protects its home from an invasion of merciless termites that attack the ant colony in search for precious crystals - an irreplaceable energy source.

Arcade 29 July 2014

Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game with RPG elements, referring to the popular 8-bit roguelike games. We travel through randomly generated castle chambers, eliminating enemies and various traps lurking in wait for us. In case of death, we continue the game from scratch, choosing one of our three descendants.

Action 18 February 2014

Gunslugs is a two-dimensional shooter with platform elements. Players control an armed character to the teeth and travel through short randomly generated levels, eliminating all enemies standing in their way. The title contains many hidden surprises, as well as several difficulty levels, challenging even the most experienced players.

Adventure 23 August 2016

An SF adventure game developed by Benjamin Rivers – the creators of the horror game Home. In Alone With You the player assumes the role of a colonist who is a lone survivor of a catastrophe that befell his base on an alien planet that will be completely destroyed in the span of a single month. You cannot leave the planet as the only spaceship available is broken and the hero has neither knowledge nor abilities to make it work again.

Arcade 26 May 2015

Original, two-dimensional side-scrolling arcade game, which is a debut production of independent Finnish studio Frogmind. In Badland we take control over unspecified creature and our task is to lead it through levels filled with various obstacles and traps. However, the game is complicated by the fact that we are gradually joined by more of our hero's brethren, so as the game progresses we are forced to control more and more creatures.

Action canceled

An old school platform shooter developed by independent South African studio Free Lives. The game employs a parodic style to resurrect the legend of classic side-scrolling arcade shooters and the cult of movie tough guys from eighties and nineties. Playing as such icons like John Rambo, Texas Ranger, John McClane, B.A. Barracus, Robocop, or Conan, the player moves through levels filled with typical evil mooks and villains.

Arcade 28 August 2012

A two-dimensional platform game with traits of an adventure game and a stealth game. The title, developed by Oddworld Inhabitants, takes place in an unknown planet inhabited by the race of Mudokons. The main protagonist of the game, Abe, is a Mudokon as well. The race is being abused by evil Glukkons, who force them to slave labor in a mine.

Arcade 28 August 2012

The next adventures of the tireless creature Abe, who this time has to stop the greedy Glukkons intending to plunder the ancient cemetery in search of the bones needed to make Soul Storm beer.

Arcade 28 August 2012

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.

Action 25 August 2015

A light-hearted arcade game developed by Neon Deity Games which draws from classic side-scrolling shooters. In Shutshimi, player assumes the role of an unusual goldfish that ventures into the deepest parts of the ocean in order to face the dangers which threaten the safety of the marine kingdom. Regrettably, the main hero – as every fish – has a problem with long-term memory, and remembers only last ten seconds.

Arcade 21 April 2015

A side-scrolling action game developed by Costa Rican studio Fair Play Labs. The title combines the features of classic platform games with endless runners that are popular on mobile platforms. In Color Guardians the player takes control of three titular guardians who represent the three basic colors. Their task it to return the colors to the worlds they travel through. They can do it by collecting special, colorful balls.

Action 17 March 2015

Soldner-X 2: The Final Prototype is a side-scroll shooter in which the player's task is to repel an alien invasion. As a pilot of a ship belonging to an elite ship, he confronts hordes of enemies using modern technology and bonuses, which he encounters on subsequent boards.

Arcade 15 December 2015

A steampunk-influenced 2D arcade game by iFun4All, a subsidiary of the Polish Bloober Team. The action of Red Game Without a Great Name takes place in a future in which outdated communication methods, such as traditional mail, are still in use. Considering the trouble ordinary messengers would have to go through to reach certain places, some parcels are delivered by dedicted mechanical birds.

Arcade 06 August 2015

A port of a 3DS arcade game Azure Strike Gunvolt by Inti Creates studio. We are given a two-dimensional, side-scrolling action game, in which we go through stages and deal with incoming enemies until we reach a boss. Compared to its predecessor, Gal Gunvolt offers 4 more levels: Factory, Bio Lab, Highway and Gym, which in previous game were available in the form of paid add-ons. We can choose one of three different characters in form of Mighty Gunvolt, Ekoro with Gal Gun and Mighty No. 9.

Action 18 December 2014

Arcade action game with RPG elements realized in the classic convention of metroidvania. Players take on the role of a young warrior wielding a sword controlling time, who wants to take revenge on the demon responsible for the destruction of her village.

RPG 28 March 2017

A dark 2D platformer with RPG elements, developed by the team of Ska Studios, known for its original and equally brutal productions The Dishwasher and Charlie Murder. In Salt and Sanctuary we take on the form of a pirate whose ship crashes near a mysterious island inhabited by hordes of drowned and their powerful masters.