Tag: Platformer
Games where the main gameplay elements are about movement and precision to navigate a game world.
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Freedom Planet 2
So if you enjoy Sonic, you’ll like Freedom Planet and it’s long awaited sequel Freedom Planet 2. You get a small cast of playable characters, Son– I mean Lilac the dragon, Carol the wildcat, Milla Basset the pupper, and new to this game, the team’s panda friend, Neera. Each character plays differently.
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A Short Hike
A very cute lil game about climbing a mountain, or well, climbing is the goal, but you’d find it difficult to not get distracted on the way by all the cute and colourful characters, side quests to help people out, and exploring the archipelago you’re on for hidden treasure and secrets.
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TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Tri is a platformer, one with a very slightly off atmosphere, and in some cases a bit of non-euclidean map design, but its a puzzle platformer nontheless. Your goal is to find your missing fox friend by adventuring through areas, solving puzzles, and unlocking new tools.
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Oh Jeez, Oh No, My Rabbits Are Gone
Something spooked your 100 bunnies in the night and now you have to adventure out to find them. This is a puzzle platformer where not only do you have to explore the world to find your rabbits, you have to call out to them and tell them to move, stop, etc in order to try…
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Celeste
Welcome to Celeste Mountain, a precarious climb to overcome with sheer force of will and a lot of character development. You play as Madoline, a sassy cutie who came to climb the mountain because they weren’t feeling the best in their home life, and you’ll meet a number of interesting and quirky characters each with…
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WitchWay
WitchWay is a charming little puzzle platformer about escaping a well and rescuing bunnies. Early on, you find a wand that you can use to control purple blocks scattered all throughout the well, which you’ll then use to either press buttons remotely or traverse the rooms you’re in.
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Trifox
Welp, those assholes just broke into your house, trashed the place, and stole your TV remote. Time for this grumpy fox to go wreck shop and get it back. This is a fun little combat platformer with some puzzles in it, think like a Ratchet and Clank game but with slightly less meat, and a…
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Rabi Ribi
Bunny girl with a hammer, what could go wrong. Well, a lot, I suppose. Somehow all the bunnies have disappeared and Erina, our protagonist, has turned into a bunny girl instead of a bunny? Whats going on? Whats this bunny phenomenon thats making every other girl on the island try to capture you? Guess you’ll…
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Here Comes Niko
Such a cozy little platformer collectathon full of friends to meet and talk to and fun objectives to complete with those fun fluffy friends. All the characters may look like animal pals, but Animal Crossing exists, and yall didn’t complain about that, so this comfy game gets to slide too.
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Manifold Garden
“In William Chyr’s Manifold Garden, the player’s world is not our own.” – Jacob Geller, 2020. Manifold garden is a game about infinity. Every ceiling a floor, Every direction stretching out in a looping manner, only terminated temporarily by the repeating floors, and in this game you get to navigate this infintite world to solve…
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Katana ZERO
A 2D hack-and-slash where you play as a sword boy who murders a lot of people. It’s like, what if Hotline Miami 1 is a side scrolly ninja game instead of an overhead shooter game. The gimmick though, is that you can slow down time to perform incredible stunts like reflecting bullets with your sword…
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Monster Sanctuary
It’s not a Pokemon game! Monster Sanctuary is a monster collection game, where you hatch monsters to be a part of your team, and then explore a world to battle wild monsters or other keepers in strategy heavy 3v3 battles. The world that you explore is a vast 2D platformer, where the monsters you have…