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Hidden Dragon: Legend
Action 19 September 2017
Hidden Dragon: Legend is a 2.5D platform game developed by MegaFun Games and published by the Chinese company Oasis Games. The game is set in a fantasy version of ancient China, where historically accurate elements where combined with legends and beliefs of that period. We play as a warrior who, as a result of the machinations of a mysterious organization, was turned into a mindless killing machine with the help of an ancient artifact.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Arcade 18 April 2017
A remake of the classic 8-bit platform game Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, originally released in 1989, developed by Lizardcube. You play as the eponymous hero, who has to kill a dragon lurking in a cave. Unfortunately, by fulfilling his task he brings upon himself a mysterious curse, which transforms him into a humanoid lizard, and his new objective is to get rid of the spell.
Freedom Planet
Arcade 22 July 2014
Reminiscent of titles published years ago on 16-bit consoles, a 2D platformer with anthropomorphic animals in the main roles. The production is strongly inspired by the old parts of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
DISTANT
Arcade TBA
A platform game in which the player travels through a pastel, oneiric world, trying to stop its annihilation. The gameplay is based on exploring the environment, jumping from platform to platform, avoiding various terrain obstacles and solving uncomplicated environmental riddles.
Tetrobot and Co.
Puzzle 25 October 2013
Platform puzzle game, produced by independent studio Swing Swing Swing Submarine. Driven by a micro robot named Dogs, players have to repair the components of the title Tetrobot. The game offers more than 50 levels of varying degrees of difficulty.
MilitAnt
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.
Electronic Super Joy
Arcade 23 August 2013
Hardcore 2D platformer, created by independent studio Michael Todd Games. Guided by the actions of a small but courageous hero, the player must lead to the fall of the evil wizard's tyranny. The production is characterized by minimalist, two-dimensional visual setting and a high level of difficulty.
Sundered
Action 28 July 2017
A two-dimensional metroidvania action game developed by independent studio Thunder Lotus Games – the producer of the warmly-received Jotun. In Sundered, the player assumes the role of a wanderer who travels through a ruined, post-apocalyptic world. The story of the game is strongly connected to its mechanics, as the price of the progress of the protagonist is paid with his humanity – what powers the player decides to wield, will have impact on the ending of the game.
Mayhem Combat
Action 28 June 2018
A mobile team action game created by Vivid Games – a Polish studio, known for, among others, the Real Boxing series. In Metal Fist: Urban Domination, we assume the role of various characters, each having unique attacks and abilities, who fight for domination in a number of single player and multiplayer modes.
Forgotton Anne
Adventure 15 May 2018
A game developed by an indie studio, ThroughLine Games, that combines elements of point-and-click and platform games. In Forgotten Anne the players step into a fantasy world of Forgotten Lands, inhabited by creatures that were created out of abandoned everyday objects. When a rebellion rises, our main heroine, who works as an enforcer, needs to stop the riots and bring back the balance and peace. Her master, Bonku, aids the girl in this quest. The action is presented from a side perspective.
Vulture Island
Arcade 19 September 2016
A mobile 2D platform game developed by Donut Games, the creators of the successful Traps n’ Gemstones. Vulture Island tells a story about an adventure of four children, who as a result of a malfunction of their flying machine are stranded on a mysterious island. What is worse, with all the confusion, one of the children – the designer of the machine – has disappeared, and the rest needs to find him.
Rivals of Aether
Fighting 28 March 2017
Inspired by such titles as Super Smash Bros., an unusual fighting game with platformer elements. The action takes place in Aether, a war-torn fantasy world in which people from various civilizations can manipulate the elements – Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. The heroes we control try to learn about the roots of the endless conflict, which takes loads of fighting. The gameplay of Rivals of Aether, designed by Dan Fornace, comes down to fighting numerous battles on numerous 2D arenas.
Smurfs Epic Run
Arcade 13 January 2016
A licensed two-dimensional platformer for mobile devices, created by Ubisoft. When Gargamel casts a spell that covers the Smurfs' village with a magical fog, only one of its inhabitants manages to escape. Controlled by the player, he has to stop Gargamel and rescue his captured friends.
Crossbow Warrior: The Legend of William Tell
Adventure 01 December 2014
An action adventure game in the convention of a 2.5D platformer, presenting the fate of one of the most famous, realistically existing medieval characters - the title Wilhelm Tell. The plot of the game faithfully reflects the legendary history of the Swiss national hero, and the fun - apart from the classic platforming stages - is diversified by bonus levels, in which we can test our sniper skills or steer the boat that flies along the turbulent current of the river.
Nihilumbra
Puzzle 28 June 2012
Platform puzzle game with adventure elements, produced by Spanish BeautiFun Games studio. The player directs the actions of Born of nothingness, who, trying to escape the curse of emptiness, traverses the fantastic world of Nihilumbra. The game is based on logical puzzles related to the use of the laws of physics.
Organic Panic
Arcade 01 April 2016
A dynamic, colorful 2.5D physics puzzle game. Created as a part-time production, this game by Last Limb was published thanks to the cooperation from GameMill and a successful Kickstarter campaign. Organic Panic introduces an unusual conflict between two strange fractions: a union of little vegetables and fruits vs. the evil empire of cheese and meat. The plot, presented in comic book aesthetics, tells a story of four "vegan" heroes trying to save their mentor.
Risk of Rain
Action 08 November 2013
Risk of Rain is an action platform game with elements of cRPG, created by an independent studio Hopoo Games. Player-controlled heroes try to survive on a distant planet inhabited by many sinister creatures. The production is characterized by retro style and high level of difficulty.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Action 24 May 2018
An action game with platform game features. The players assume the role of Zangestu – a demon hunter who travels to a castle occupied by a powerful fallen angel. During the game, the players are exploring grim locations and fighting enemies. The game distinguishes itself from other games with the presence of four playable characters.
Dream Alone
Adventure 28 June 2018
A 2D platformer with horror elements. You assume the role of a boy searching for the mythical Lady Death who can help him stop the disease spreading across his family village. The hero of Dream Alone has supernatural powers and can cross the boundaries of an alternative reality or copy himself (which helps in solving various puzzles and revealing secrets).
Dark Devotion
Action 25 April 2019
Dark Devotion is a two-dimensional action game by French team Hibernian Workshop. Production takes us to the gloomy fantasy land, ruled by omnipotent church. Players control the warrior trained by the religious order, sent on a mission to purify the cursed temple. During the game we deal mainly with exploration, solving puzzles and most of all fighting. Skirmishes are played at a slow pace, requiring the right timing of attacks and effective anticipation of enemies' movements.
Punky Skunk
Arcade 11 January 1996
A two-dimensional colourful platformer in which the main character is an anthropomorphic skunk trying to save the world from a bunch of bad wolves. This is one of the first games released on PlayStation 1.
Candle: The Power of the Flame
Adventure 11 November 2016
The debut project from the independent Spanish studio, Teku, combining elements of a classic platformer with a dynamic action-adventure games. Its plot takes after classic movie and gaming stories, putting us in the shoes of a young shaman student, who has to save the people from his village who were assaulted by the hostile Atipax tribe. We also discover a hidden, dark truth from the past.
Aggelos
Action 19 June 2018
Largely inspired by the Wonder Boy series, a Metroidvania title with action RPG elements. During the game, we assume the role of Aggelos – the hero traveling through the fantastic world of Lumen and fighting invaders from another dimension. Thanks to the pixel-art visuals and a catchy, chiptune soundtrack, the game strongly resembles 16-bit classics.
Monkey Magic
Arcade 27 November 1999
A colorful 2.5D platformer in which an anthropomorphic monkey warrior tries to save his homeland from extinction. The game was created on the basis of anime emitted at the turn of the 20th and 21st century.