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Ascent DX

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

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Haiku, the Robot

90% 👍 OF 3.6K
About This Game

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Robot Arcadia
  • …Unlock Ability-Gated Paths
  • …Slash Corrupted Machines
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Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

96% 👍 OF 275
About This Game

Create unique spells by combining magical runes to solve puzzles your way. Transform objects, manipulate time, and discover the mysteries of a world where everyone has vanished, leaving only 12 people behind. Every puzzle has multiple solutions - if you can imagine it, you can probably do it.

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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

95% 👍 OF 71K
About This Game

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …drop a checkpoint almost anywhere, but only by spending the same energy you need for powers and survival.
  • …freeze the action, latch onto an enemy or projectile, aim, and launch yourself like a slingshot across the room.
  • …dash off an enemy, projectile, or lantern to fling yourself forward while kicking that object away in the opposite direction.
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Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue

95% 👍 OF 869
About This Game

Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue is an introduction for an upcoming 2D Metroidvania puzzle platformer where you can conjure different magic portals to travel between the worlds. Each portal gives you a unique ability to explore hand-crafted worlds and outsmart deadly creatures.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Freeze Threats
  • …Remove Gravity
  • …Reveal Hidden Platforms
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Islets

95% 👍 OF 2.5K
About This Game

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …physically stitch separate islands together until dead ends turn into new routes and the whole map reconfigures
  • …fly an upgradable airship between islands, chat with NPCs in the sky, and even fight bosses mid-flight
  • …crack a hidden spot and get a choice of three random permanent upgrades like heal-on-teleport or exploding arrows
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Dust: An Elysian Tail

95% 👍 OF 19K
About This Game

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …use a spinning storm attack to hold bosses in mid-air and juggle them until they die.
  • …unlock a whirlwind sword attack, then chain it with your partner's magic shots to keep enemies airborne while you slice them across the screen.
  • …find hidden cameos from other indie games tucked into secret areas as collectible "friends."
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Supraland

95% 👍 OF 15K
About This Game

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …scale a wall that looks out of bounds and find a treasure chest.
  • …spend an hour trying to reach the map's edge, only to discover a hidden area and a reward tucked past the "boundary."
  • …solve puzzles by stacking weird interactions like blocks, magnetism, electricity, gravity, and gun shots until the whole room becomes a contraption.
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BIOMORPH

92% 👍 OF 721
About This Game

BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Morph Into Defeated Beasts
  • …Solve Creature-Power Puzzles
  • …Rebuild Blightmoor
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SteamWorld Dig

94% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …carve your own tunnels and have the mine stay permanently changed, so your route back up depends on what you dug.
  • …use dynamite and falling rocks as weapons, collapsing boulders to crush enemies while you keep digging.
  • …place a teleporter exactly once, locking in a permanent return point that can save future expeditions or strand you if you choose wrong.
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

87% 👍 OF 907
About This Game

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Pilot a Flying Saucer
  • …Upgrade Your Saucer
  • …Solve Alien-World Puzzles