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Derelict Star

A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!

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VVVVVV

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About This Game

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

In this game, 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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Hot Lava

93% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

In this game, you can…

  • …carry a tiny dog named Buddy to the finish by throwing him across gaps and onto platforms when he slows you down too much.
  • …learn a vault jump tech where dashing into an object at the exact moment gives you a huge burst of speed.
  • …skip checkpoints by inventing shortcuts, abusing level geometry, and sequence breaking to shave hundredths off your time trial runs.
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FALLSTRUKTUR

96% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

It takes a while to go back to sleep, but inevitably, you return. To dream of the Fallstruktur.

In this game, you can…

  • …make shortcuts that only exist because you create them with momentum and the layout, not because the game unlocks them.
  • …use the bounce from big landings to route-plan, timing impacts and grabbing ledges to bleed off lethal momentum.
  • …download workshop maps and play entirely new descents, from tight speedrun drops to exploratory structures with fresh routes.