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You Have To Climb Out

A short narrative puzzle experience about a lost frog who has dug too far into the sand during a beach day. Use your trusty shovel to move blocks and create paths for you to continue upward.

★ CREAKS ★ ASPIRE: INA'S TALE ★ SPACE EXPEDITION ★ CANDLE ★ INKED: A TALE OF LOVE ★ MINUTE OF ISLANDS ★ THE MULTI-MEDIUM ★ THE SPIKE CROSS ★ A HIGHLAND SONG ★ LAIKA: AGED THROUGH BLOOD ★ SANABI ★ DEGREES OF SEPARATION ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Creaks

95% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Turn Monsters into Furniture
  • …Solve Light-Based Room Puzzles
  • …Find Hidden Painting Rooms
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Space Expedition

93% 👍 OF 193
About This Game

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

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Candle

78% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Light Dark Places
  • …Repel Enemies with Flame
  • …Read the Painted Scenery
5

Inked: A Tale of Love

83% 👍 OF 319
About This Game

Inked is a narrative-driven puzzle game set in a world of beautiful ballpoint pen-drawn landscapes. Playing as the Nameless Hero, you will solve intriguing puzzles while searching for your love Aiko.

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Minute of Islands

77% 👍 OF 1.0K
About This Game

Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Repair Island Engines
  • …Use the Omni Switch
  • …Explore Giant Underworlds
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The Multi-Medium

97% 👍 OF 595
About This Game

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Painted Worlds
  • …Ride Giant Insects
  • …Use World-Specific Tools
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The Spike Cross

91% 👍 OF 829
About This Game

"The thrill of spiking in volleyball. Why don't you try it out?" Developed by an indie developer who loves volleyball! The sports game made after numerous trial and error to contain the appeal of volleyball!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …play a colosseum mode where you lose hit points every time the other team scores, turning each rally into survival.
  • …use character skills that mess with gravity enough to launch a player into the roof during a spike.
  • …fight special AI opponents with unique abilities you have to learn and counter.
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Laika: Aged Through Blood

91% 👍 OF 6.7K
About This Game

Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …shoot a dead enemy's airborne body before it hits the ground to squeeze out bonus guts for upgrades.
  • …reload by doing backflips on your motorcycle.
  • …swap cassette tapes to change the song while you ride, using an in-world cassette player.
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SANABI

97% 👍 OF 45K
About This Game

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …hook directly onto enemies to destroy them, then push off their bodies to keep your momentum and use them like extra platforms.
  • …get a second pass through stages where the same mechanics suddenly let you blast through three times as fast.
  • …get a story that unfolds out of order, then replay and notice clues and foreshadowing that reframe the whole conspiracy.
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Degrees of Separation

80% 👍 OF 1.3K
About This Game

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Freeze Waterways
  • …Warm Lanterns
  • …Melt Snow Platforms