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Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Arcade 24 February 2023

A remastered and enhanced with new content version of the 2011 platform game. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, we play as Kirby, who, along with his friends, travels the planet Popstar in search of parts from a crashed spaceship.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Arcade 20 October 2023

A side-scrolling 2.5D platformer. Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduces the Wonder Flowers, power-ups that affect gameplay in various unpredictable ways.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble

Arcade 25 June 2024

An arcade TPP game in which we control characters placed in glass balls. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble is the next entry of a Sega series originating from 2001. It features a large adventure mode (to be played alone or in co-op), as well as various multiplayer modes.

Terraria
Terraria

Arcade 27 June 2019

A sandbox platform game by indie studio Re-Logic, sometimes called the 2D version of the popular Minecraft. There is no set goal; your task is basically to shape the randomly-generated world around you. At first you only have a few basic tools, which allow you to dig and find resources, chop wood, and create simple structures. As the game progresses, due to the extensive crafting system, you discover better tools, allowing you to create advanced materials and to fight monsters.

Rain World
Rain World

Arcade 13 December 2018

A hybrid of a platform and a survival game. The title was developed by two people – Joar Lisberg Jakobsson was the lead programmer and the author of the idea of the game while the music was composed by James Primate. The game takes place in a hostile post-industrial realm filled with complicated machinery. The environment is constantly plagued by downpours and the animals that live in it are forced to hide from the rain in a hibernated state.

Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers

Arcade 08 November 2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2022 is a 3D platformer from Sega. Game follows previous installments of the cycle, allowing us to rush with dizzying speed through the maps full of obstacles and enemies.

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade 22 March 2019

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers is a secondary airborne shooting game depicting the Pacific conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. We sit at the helm of realistically reproduced planes and command powerful aircraft carriers. The gameplay is complemented by an extensive multiplayer mode.

One Last Breath
One Last Breath

Arcade 28 March 2024

One Last Breath is an action adventure game in 2.5D platform game convention set in the world after the destruction of humanity. As Gaia, endowed with powers of nature, tries to bring back to life the Earth devastated by human civilization.

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Arcade 27 June 2024

The remastered version of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD stars Luigi, traversing haunted mansions in search of pieces of the shattered Dark Moon.

Cuphead
Cuphead

Arcade 18 April 2019

A two-dimensional action game with designs resembling old cartoon movies, which is a debut production of StudioMDHR, an independent developer. In Cuphead, we assume the role of a gambling addict that loses his soul to the devil during one of his sessions. To retrieve it, he needs to work off its equivalent. When it comes to mechanics, the game is a 2D fighting game with a degree of platforming elements – we participate in continuous 1v1 fights, taking place on special 2D arenas.

Limbo
Limbo

Arcade 28 June 2018

Very unique two-dimensional platformer from the independent developer PlayDead. We play as a small boy who sets on dangerous journey to save his sister. He traverses surrealistic landscapes, coming across many deadly traps and running away from monstrous spider, which follow him tirelessly. In terms of gameplay, Limbo borrows from classic platform titles, though not without adding a few original features.

WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!

Arcade 03 November 2023

An arcade party compilation of over 200 micro-games, supporting singleplayer and multiplayer. WarioWare: Move It! consists of extremely brief micro-games, which gradually increase in pace and difficulty.

Hello Neighbor 2
Hello Neighbor 2

Arcade 06 December 2022

Hello Neighbor 2 is another part of the FPP stealth game, developed by Eerie Guest studio (formerly known as Dynamic Pixels). The game is a direct continuation of the first part and allows players to investigate the mystery of Mr. Peterson's disappearance.

Moorhuhn X
Moorhuhn X

Arcade 25 August 2022

One of the most popular game series of the end of the 20th century in Germany. The phenomenon and great popularity of the program should be explained by the great playability, simplicity and funny subject matter of the game. The whole entertainment consists in taking part in a chicken hunt, in which for each accurate shot we receive a certain amount of points.

The Plucky Squire
The Plucky Squire

Arcade 2024

The Plucky Squire is an action adventure game based on an unusual idea - while playing we explore both 2D levels stylized as illustrated children's books and 3D maps located in the child's room.

Kao the Kangaroo
Kao the Kangaroo

Arcade 27 May 2022

The next installment of a series of 3D platformers telling about the adventures of Kao the kangaroo. During the adventure, the player goes in search of the main character's sister. In order to find her, the protagonist has to face the warriors scattered around the world.

Spelunky HD
Spelunky HD

Arcade 26 August 2021

Spelunky HD is a puzzle game created by Derek Yu and his studio Mossmouth, whose main character is a spearhead. In order to steer his actions, players visit randomly generated undergrounds full of treasure as well as fancy traps and dangerous enemies. The HD edition has been enriched with new, previously unavailable elements.

Once Upon a Time... Life: Origins
Once Upon a Time... Life: Origins

Arcade 2024

Once Upon a Time... Life is a arcade puzzle game. It has also a certain educational element - which is not a coincidence, as it is based on the licence of a well-known animated series, telling about the secrets of human body.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Arcade 21 June 2022

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is a humorous multiplayer game in which we take on the role of clumsy people and fight to win the Grand Prize on a strange quiz show. Mediatonic and Devolver Digital are responsible for the production.

Pizza Possum
Pizza Possum

Arcade 28 September 2023

An action arcade game with stealth elements, starring a possum roaming a beautiful seaside town. Pizza Possum is on a search for food, opposed by the guards protecting it.

Chicken Range
Chicken Range

Arcade 25 October 2018

Chicken Range is a fun action game, in which the players eliminate endless hordes of chickens using all sorts of weapons.

Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee

Arcade 14 December 2017

Yooka-Laylee is a 3D platformer developed by Playtonic Games, a studio created by the experienced developers who played a crucial role in the development of Rare's biggest games. The game's title is a blend of the protagonists names. Yooka, the first of them, is a chameleon who has an unusually long tongue, which can be used to grab onto various surfaces and cover large distances. The other one, Laylee, is a bat who can use sonic attacks.

LEGO Harry Potter Collection
LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade 30 October 2018

A set of two enhanced parts of the LEGO Harry Potter series for the eighth generation consoles, originally released in 2010-2011 by Traveller's Tales and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. The set includes the games LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, based on the seven books in the series by the British writer J.K. Rowling.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Arcade 11 January 2019

New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe is a re-edition of the platform game available so far on the Wii U console. The Switch version contains additional content in the form of DLC New Super Luigi U and two additional heroes.