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Volkolak: The Will of Gods - Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a warrior, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Aug 24, 2026
Soul's Remnant - Soul's Remnant is a 2D platformer MMORPG focused on social gameplay and exploration! Customize your character, and conquer dungeons and bosses in this mysterious world. Play with friends or make new ones - just watch out when night falls!
Aug 13, 2026
Akatori - Akatori is an epic metroidvania where you wield your staff to fight, jump, and explore diverse realms across different eras. Explore worlds spanning different eras, battle formidable enemies, and help Mako stop the Amber Storms that poison all living things.
Aug 5, 2026
Infinitevania - A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Jul 24, 2026
Gurei - An unforgiving game with precise combat. Fight challenging bosses in any order, acquire their unique powers, and succeed on your own terms.
Jul 22, 2026
Scarlet Deer Inn - An embroidered dark medieval folk tale. While life in a seemingly ordinary village is all about simple chores and idle gossip, sinister secrets hide below.
Jul 21, 2026
Deer & Boy - A runaway boy meets a lost fawn, and together they cross a quiet, dangerous world. Solve puzzles, climb, and slip past threats as your companion grows from a fragile newborn into a powerful deer. What you cannot do alone, you learn to do together.
Jun 23, 2026
Angels Online Global - Angels Online Global is a charming 2D fantasy MMORPG featuring flexible builds, faction warfare, and deep customization. Enjoy 4× leveling, expanded inventory, real-time chat translation, and dungeon-earned outfits with fusion upgrades!
Jun 17, 2026
Beach Defense: Zombie Invasion - Command soldiers, survive zombie waves! A light strategy game mixing turn-based & real-time strategy, bullet hell, and backpack-like mechanics. Fit troops into limited backpack slots, build max firepower, challenge difficulty levels, and defend the last beach. Perfect for tower defense & fans.
Jun 11, 2026
Snacktorio - Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Jun 4, 2026
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Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite - Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Mar 21, 2022
Teslagrad 2 - Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
Apr 19, 2023
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX - A legend returns in stunning new detail with Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX! Fire up your power bracelet and relive a platforming classic alongside new modes, levels and features!
Jun 22, 2021
ITORAH - Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Mar 21, 2022
Narita Boy - Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!
Mar 30, 2021
Degrees of Separation - 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.
Feb 13, 2019
Fury Unleashed - Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
May 8, 2020
THE IMPOSSIBLE - THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
Jul 24, 2020
Mega Man 11 - Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.
Oct 2, 2018
Oozi: Earth Adventure - Oozi: Earth Adventure is a classic 2D platformer with old school gameplay - no puzzles, no punishment, just 100% pure classic platforming fun! Its most prominent features are HD visuals and beautiful hand-drawn art, but despite its visual style, it’s a good fit for all kinds of gamers!
Dec 5, 2013
Fishing Adventure - Fishing Adventure is a typical fishing game, where the player can (drums) catch different fish species! Fish in USA, Hawaii and other unique fisheries.
Nov 1, 2019
The Adventure Pals - The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!
Apr 3, 2018
Top Rated
Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure - A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Feb 6, 2024
Öoo - A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Aug 7, 2025
Katana ZERO - Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Apr 18, 2019
Pizza Tower - Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
Jan 26, 2023
Webbed - Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Sep 9, 2021
Threefold Recital - Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
Jan 13, 2025
Journey of Realm：Dawn Dew - "JOR: Dawn Dew" is a 2D turn-based game with a box-like map. In the game, act "Dew" to adventure. On adventure, collect and freely choose your way of fighting. As the exploration progresses, deter the threat of the black beast tide, and finally defeat the monstrous malice.
Aug 13, 2025
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo - Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
May 28, 2025
Jerma's Big Adventure - Oh no! Jerma985 has fallen into a spooky cavern filled with ROBOT dinosaurs and EVIL warlocks. In this wacky action-platformer, fight to escape the treacherous cavern while a live studio chat cheers you on!
Aug 27, 2021
Ambidextro - A multiplayer game for a single player. Learn to control 2 characters at the same time, one with each hand. Achieve ambidexterity and rescue both the prince and the princess simultaneously.
Mar 28, 2025
Celeste - Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Jan 25, 2018
BattleBlock Theater® - Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
May 15, 2014
