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Last Room - Dive into a world of puzzles, medieval mysteries, and strategic challenges. Navigate, solve, and leap your way through a thrilling adventure.
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Jun 14, 2021
72% 👍
of 1.2k
Exploration · Hidden Object · Strategy · Action · Horror · 3D · Choices Matter · Historical · Medieval · Fantasy · Logic · Crafting · Atmospheric · Adventure · Singleplayer
Battle Ram - Battle Ram - an experiment of scientists developed in a secret laboratory, a powerful creature against robots, who will win?
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Jan 5, 2023
84% 👍
of 2.7k
Spectacle fighter · Bullet Hell · Robots · Perma Death · Difficult · Cute · Top-Down · Action · Simulation · Colorful · Hand-drawn · Stylized · Casual · Atmospheric · Soundtrack
Metro: Last Light Redux - It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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Aug 25, 2014
91% 👍
of 79k
Post-apocalyptic · FPS · Atmospheric · Action · Story Rich · Horror · Singleplayer · First-Person · Shooter · Stealth · Survival · Based On A Novel · Adventure · Survival Horror · Nudity
Electrician Simulator - Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!
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Sep 21, 2022
80% 👍
of 4.3k
Simulation · Education · Immersive Sim · First-Person · Indie · Singleplayer · Life Sim · Family Friendly · Casual · Difficult · 3D · Relaxing · Realistic · Replay Value · Destruction
The Way - Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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May 20, 2016
83% 👍
of 1.3k
Adventure · Indie · Action · Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi · 2D · Retro · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Side Scroller · Puzzle · Story Rich · Difficult
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.
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Mar 21, 2022
86% 👍
of 800
Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Roguelike · Action Roguelike · Action · 2D Platformer · Difficult · Indie · Replay Value · Bullet Time · Singleplayer · Perma Death · 2.5D · Procedural Generation · Cyberpunk
Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial - Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.
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Oct 12, 2019
71% 👍
of 2.0k
Female Protagonist · Metroidvania · Action Roguelike · Action · Roguelite · RPG · Anime · Indie · Adventure · Nudity · Casual · Side Scroller · 2D · Difficult · Hack and Slash
Caveblazers - Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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May 24, 2017
85% 👍
of 4.5k
Action Roguelike · Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Roguelite · Roguelike · 2D Platformer · Procedural Generation · Perma Death · Replay Value · Character Customization · Difficult · 2D · Retro · Action · Local Co-Op
Galactic Glitch - A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
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Jun 3, 2025
90% 👍
of 937
Action Roguelike · Twin Stick Shooter · Physics · Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shooter · Singleplayer · Action · Top-Down · Sci-fi · Destruction · Exploration · Space
Aeterna Noctis - Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
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Dec 14, 2021
75% 👍
of 2.1k
Metroidvania · Difficult · Platformer · Souls-like · Precision Platformer · Soundtrack · 2D · Action-Adventure · Indie · Atmospheric · Exploration · Singleplayer · Puzzle Platformer · Hand-drawn · Side Scroller
Wordle 3 - Wordle 3 is the ultimate word game with more challenges, power-ups, and levels than ever before. Improve your vocabulary and spelling skills while having fun with an addictive and educational word puzzle adventure.
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Oct 6, 2020
73% 👍
of 757
Puzzle · Casual · Indie · 2D · Fast-Paced · Short · Relaxing · Physics · Minimalist · Point & Click · Mouse Only · Puzzle Platformer · Logic · Sports · Word Game
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection - Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.
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May 31, 2021
76% 👍
of 1.5k
Action · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D · Hand-drawn · 1980s · Old School · Zombies · Dark · Dark Fantasy · Retro · Dragons · Demons · Magic · PvE

Top Rated

Steam Engine Simulator - The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Jun 7, 2023
99% 👍
of 8.9k
Simulation · Physics · Education · 2D · Free to Play · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror · Realistic · Indie · Difficult · Great Soundtrack · Science · Steampunk · Story Rich
Patrick's Parabox - A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
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Mar 29, 2022
99% 👍
of 5.6k
Puzzle · Sokoban · Logic · Minimalist · Abstract · Singleplayer · 2D · Indie · Difficult · Casual · Strategy · Psychological Horror · Cute
Just Shapes & Beats - "Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
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May 31, 2018
98% 👍
of 25k
Rhythm · Great Soundtrack · Music · Bullet Hell · Difficult · Multiplayer · 2D · Indie · Action · Co-op · Singleplayer · Local Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Local Co-Op · 4 Player Local
Baba Is You - Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
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Mar 13, 2019
98% 👍
of 24k
Puzzle · Indie · Difficult · Singleplayer · Logic · Pixel Graphics · Cute · Sokoban · Programming · 2D · Great Soundtrack · Minimalist · Level Editor · Casual · Top-Down
One Finger Death Punch - Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
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Mar 3, 2014
98% 👍
of 16k
Action · 2D Fighter · Fast-Paced · Indie · Beat 'em up · Fighting · Singleplayer · Addictive · 2D · Martial Arts · Casual · Difficult · Arcade · Gore · Rhythm
Disfigure - Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Jul 26, 2023
98% 👍
of 6.5k
Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · 2D · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Arena Shooter · Roguelike · Minimalist · Pixel Graphics · Roguelite · Difficult · Score Attack · Top-Down · Arcade · Lovecraftian
The Chef's Shift - The Chef’s Shift is a fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING.
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Mar 31, 2025
98% 👍
of 1.9k
Cooking · Typing · Time Management · Crime · Simulation · Difficult · Singleplayer · Management · Dark Humor · Job Simulator · Arcade · Cute · 2D · Funny · Colorful
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.
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Mar 28, 2025
98% 👍
of 1.4k
Precision Platformer · Action · 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Dark Fantasy · Indie · Platformer · Retro · Medieval · 2D · Singleplayer · Difficult · Magic · Linear · Atmospheric
ARMORED HEAD - ARMORED HEAD is a miniature shooter, where all the action takes place in one arena. The main character is a gladiator who fights against his opponents in pursuit of the grand prize.
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Jul 31, 2020
98% 👍
of 1.3k
Arena Shooter · Robots · FPS · Fast-Paced · Action · Shooter · Bullet Time · Stylized · Difficult · Minimalist · First-Person · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Survival · Adventure
Hollow Knight - Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Feb 24, 2017
97% 👍
of 549k
Metroidvania · Platformer · Souls-like · Difficult · Great Soundtrack · 2D · Indie · Singleplayer · Exploration · Atmospheric · Adventure · Story Rich · Hand-drawn · Multiple Endings · Action
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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Nov 4, 2014
97% 👍
of 413k
Action Roguelike · Roguelike · Indie · Replay Value · Difficult · Pixel Graphics · Dungeon Crawler · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Dark · 2D · Local Co-Op · Gore · Remake · Procedural Generation
ULTRAKILL - ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
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Sep 3, 2020
97% 👍
of 235k
Fast-Paced · Gore · FPS · Boomer Shooter · Character Action Game · Arena Shooter · Spectacle fighter · Great Soundtrack · Dating Sim · Singleplayer · Retro · Difficult · Shooter · First-Person · Action

New & Notable

The Gate Must Stand - Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes in this epic fantasy tower defense survivors like! Hack and slash among the action or zoom to strategically control the battlefield. You are the city’s last line of defense, build your base, defend the gate!
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Jun 18, 2026
80% 👍
of 170
Action Roguelike · Hack and Slash · Bullet Hell · Real Time Tactics · Roguelite · Tower Defense · Difficult · RTS · Roguelike · Base Building · Controller · Strategy · Top-Down · Action · Fantasy
Apocalypse Express - Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
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Jun 10, 2026
87% 👍
of 196
Action Roguelike · Post-apocalyptic · Pixel Graphics · Trains · Roguelite · Top-Down Shooter · Action · Difficult · Top-Down · 2D · Roguelike · Combat · Resource Management · Vehicular Combat · Singleplayer
Ogre Chambers 2222 - SURVIVE in a transforming arena against ALIEN OGRES in this ROGUELIKE BULLET-HELL 💥 MODIFY your gun, make smart upgrade decisions and master your spaceship's controls to conquer the OGRE CHAMBERS !
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Jun 8, 2026
97% 👍
of 251
Action Roguelike · Replay Value · Roguelike · Action · Shooter · Roguelite · Singleplayer · Bullet Hell · 2D · Indie · Difficult · Procedural Generation · Dungeon Crawler · Pixel Graphics · Shoot 'Em Up
Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999 - A brutally challenging puzzle novel RPG. Reincarnate as a dark lord, plan your path, and conquer the world. *NOT a passive idle game*
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May 31, 2026
91% 👍
of 187
Strategy · Exploration · Puzzle · Time Management · Difficult · Simulation · RPG · Automation · Management · Text-Based · 2D · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Indie · Adventure
Trakonius - In the merciless sands of the arena, a gladiator is forced to fight for survival. Trakonius defies Mars, the God of War, in this Action Roguelike experience! Face gladiators, mythological creatures, and deadly challenges across four brutal arenas. The truth can only be revealed through combat!
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May 29, 2026
83% 👍
of 302
Indie · Action · Action Roguelike · Hack and Slash · Roguelite · Mythology · Action RPG · Roguelike · RPG · Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Replay Value · Isometric · Difficult
Enter the Chronosphere - Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
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May 25, 2026
95% 👍
of 379
Early Access · Space · Sci-fi · Difficult · Action Roguelike · Strategy · Roguelike · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · 2D · Top-Down · Procedural Generation · Top-Down Shooter · Turn-Based Combat · Cyberpunk

Hidden Gems

Chessformer - Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
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Jan 18, 2022
100% 👍
of 321
Chess · Puzzle · Difficult · Board Game · Strategy · 2D · Relaxing · Casual · Minimalist · Logic · Grid-Based Movement · Singleplayer · Mouse Only · Short
Contract Rush DX - Contract Rush DX is a hand-animated 2D Shoot 'Em Up, with multiple playable characters. Explore the world, collect powerful upgrades throughout levels, and unleash them to defeat difficult boss battles!
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Jul 30, 2025
100% 👍
of 264
Shoot 'Em Up · Hand-drawn · Difficult · Action · Platformer · Bullet Hell · Shooter · Arcade · 2D · Cartoony · Funny · Violent · Gore · Old School · Combat
Gentoo Rescue - A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
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May 22, 2025
100% 👍
of 237
Puzzle · Logic · Difficult · Relaxing · Open World · Minimalist · Level Editor · Strategy · Casual · Sokoban · Top-Down · Singleplayer · Cartoony · Cute · Grid-Based Movement
Nurikabe World - Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.
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Jan 13, 2025
100% 👍
of 197
Puzzle · Strategy · Casual · Indie · Logic · Nature · Cozy · Minimalist · Atmospheric · 3D · Difficult · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Controller · Cute
Yoiyami Dancers: Twilight Danmaku Dancers - Dodge bullets to the rhythm and take down everything that moves! A rhythmical danmaku action game.
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Sep 28, 2022
99% 👍
of 670
Action · Rhythm · Cute · Bullet Hell · 2D · Female Protagonist · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Faith · Controller · Difficult · Funny · Anime · Great Soundtrack
BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game - Hear that thunder? Neither do I 'cause it's THE SUNNIEST DAY OF THEM ALL! Romania's most chaotic and unpredictable hip-hop duo has FINALLY released their passion project. Master the rhythm, unlock medals, and crush the leaderboards across 29+ (and more incoming) tracks. GET IN THERE ALREADY!
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Apr 27, 2026
99% 👍
of 667
Rhythm · Music · Arcade · Soundtrack · FMV · Relaxing · Score Attack · Casual · Funny · Colorful · Modern · Comedy · Stylized · Minimalist · Difficult
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum - Solve the puzzle and complete the art! "Pixel Puzzle" that lets you experience art and culture with Juufuutei Raden.
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Jun 4, 2025
99% 👍
of 338
Puzzle · Casual · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Cute · Anime · Education · Trivia · Collectathon · Relaxing · Historical · Logic · 2D Platformer · Singleplayer · Puzzle Platformer
Yugo Puzzle - Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.
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Oct 14, 2021
99% 👍
of 327
Puzzle · Indie · Relaxing · Difficult · Sokoban · Logic · Minimalist · 2D · Abstract · Singleplayer · Casual · Atmospheric · Grid-Based Movement · Mouse Only · Nature
Rodland of Pipes - Crawl through pipes, navigate the maze, listen carefully and get out before Rodland finds you.
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Aug 7, 2024
99% 👍
of 277
Horror · Point & Click · Underground · Surreal · Hand-drawn · Difficult · Supernatural · Atmospheric · Survival Horror · First-Person · Exploration · Singleplayer · Action-Adventure · 3D · Action
Poosh XL - Poosh XL is a neon-infused, one-button arcade score chaser where precision and timing are everything. Launch yourself past obstacles, collect powerups, and climb the leaderboards in this fast-paced, endlessly challenging game. Simple to learn, hard to master, perfect for quick, addictive gameplay!
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May 8, 2023
99% 👍
of 267
Score Attack · Arcade · Indie · Family Friendly · Electronic Music · Controller · Action · Runner · Casual · Procedural Generation · 2D · Colorful · Minimalist · Retro · Music
Bean and Nothingness - A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.
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Dec 1, 2021
99% 👍
of 216
Puzzle · Difficult · Turn-Based · Logic · Level Editor · Singleplayer · 2D · Top-Down · Controller · Indie · Cute · Casual
Magicube - A magical puzzle platformer made with PICO-8. Be thinky to get the legendary treasure.
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Jun 29, 2023
99% 👍
of 206
Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Difficult · 2D · Logic · Indie · Magic · Singleplayer