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You Have to Win the Game

You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

★ SUPER WIN THE GAME ★ VVVVVV ★ ELECTRONIC SUPER JOY 2 ★ 1 SCREEN PLATFORMER: PROLOGUE ★ THE END IS NIGH ★ XEODRIFTER ★ LONE FUNGUS ★ DERELICT STAR ★ WINGS OF VI ★ WE ♥ IT 
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VVVVVV

96% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …enter a secret area that dares you to grab a trinket, climb a spike shaft by flipping gravity, then descend the same gauntlet with no checkpoint.
  • …take on a survival room that demands you survive for 60 seconds with nothing but gravity flips.
  • …use a built-in level editor to build your own gravity-flip challenges and play community-made stages that push the mechanic in new ways.
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Electronic Super Joy 2

87% 👍 OF 728
About This Game

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Dodge Swarming Missiles
  • …Hunt Satan’s Golden Butt
  • …Blast in First Person
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1 Screen Platformer: Prologue

88% 👍 OF 228
About This Game

FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!

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Xeodrifter

75% 👍 OF 861
About This Game

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Four Planets
  • …Shift Between Planes
  • …Battle Alien Guardians
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Lone Fungus

83% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Bounce Across Spikes
  • …Reflect Enemy Projectiles
  • …Chain Spell Attacks
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Wings of Vi

79% 👍 OF 1.3K
About This Game

Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Master Boss Patterns
  • …Uncover Hidden Secrets
  • …Unlock Vi Cosmetics