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Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!

With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.

Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.

A 2D metroidvania where every defeated Archon becomes a summonable power. Claim six ancient beings, use their abilities to fight, move, and unlock hidden paths, and uncover a sinister plot threatening the world.

Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.

Fly the Lander, collect the fuel, avoid obstacles and perfect your skills to attempt a soft landing in this difficult precision platformer.

Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.

Escape the sinking Aztec temple in this cartoonish rogue-like arcade platformer. Dig your own path up, jump and climb in blazing speed, hoard loot, trade lives for god-like powers, beat bosses, master 1000 handmade levels and humble other players in daily leaderboards.

Fly, dodge, and score points — this is a real test of reaction and concentration, where every new record feels like a big victory over the ruthless cosmos.

I made a game about my dog.

Unleash your magical spear! Explore a vast inter-connected world, battling enemies sent by Culex, the dark mosquito deity. Throw, recall, and use your spear as a platform through this minimalistic metroidvania made by one developer!

Climb through strange worlds as a determined little frog. Charge your jumps, control your dives, and push ever higher but one bad landing can send you a long way back down.

A brutal precision platformer where the level itself is lying to you. Run, jump and die through 200 handcrafted rooms of vanishing floors, fleeing doors and gravity that flips mid-jump. Then build your own lies in the editor and share them as codes.

Celebrate 30 years of Rayman with the definitive edition of the platforming classic, featuring 5 versions, 120+ extra levels, and an exclusive documentary on the creation of the limbless hero.

You have lost most of your memories after parabiosis. You will have to learn how to use your new abilities to figure out everything happening around you. Will you be able to adapt? Be sure to read “About the Game” before purchasing 👽

2.5D helicopter sim and arcade with no shooting—pure navigation skill. Manage fuel, land softly, and rescue survivors. Rebuild the Supercomputer to unlock new maps. Retro PS1 style meets brutal physics in a 407-min countdown. Easy to learn, hard to master. Reclaim the base, if the system lets you.

A fantasy shooter where exploration and gimmicks are keys to victory. In a world of meticulous pixel art, uncover secrets hidden in every stage. Collect powerful upgrades, defeat fantasy monsters with precise shooting, and forge the world's fate!

Use a rearview mirror to fight through a horror-filled hellscape in this Doom-inspired retro-fps. Shoot behind you, detect invisible enemies & never fall victim to enemy traps.Find new weapons, unlock abilities & warp to maps at any time!Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear!

Climb freely through dynamic environments using a physics‑driven movement system. Every route is a puzzle of stamina, grip, and precision. Explore, experiment, and push your limits in a vertical world built for skill, creativity, and challenge.

Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate: a top-down action/RPG roguelite from the makers of Dungreed. Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe.

Rubinite is an extremely challenging boss rush action game. in a dark fairy tale world, use Ruby's crimson eyes to expose the weak points of the Bloodstained monsters, then strike and shatter them. Carve a road home through the ruined Scarlet Kingdom and face the Witch who took it all.

Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.

Yapori Advance is a single-player precision platformer where you must overcome various obstacles to progress.

Little White: Chromatic Clash is an action-packed boss battle game where players face a variety of uniquely designed bosses. Challenge each boss to the fullest and aim for the highest score possible!

You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!

travis, the frog is a lightning fast speedrunning platformer in which you are a frog on a skateboard.

A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.

Archdemon Balor has opened the Gate of Hell into the human realm and hordes of demons and monsters have flooded into your world destroying everything in their path. You must protect those who are still alive and ultimately destroy Balor to close the Gate.

Awaken as the lone survivor of an abandoned civilization. A sentient prototype failsafe. Automatically activated as the last resort. With the sole mission to seak out and destroy the corruption that has infected the entire planet.

Venture forth! Kill the Monsters! Evil has taken over the world. Equip your Weapons of Choice. Journey out into the world to avenge your predecessors. Survive the hordes, seek out to extinguish the source of all Evil, so that one day, your people may finally live in peace.

First-person horror metroidvania about fisting your way through a prison island crawling with cybernetic monstrosities. Explore, evolve, escape. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

"Lost Castle 2" is a 2D Beat'em up Rogue-Lite game. Explore abundant treasures and items to enhance yourself, master various weapons to showcase your skills, and challenge powerful monsters to demonstrate your strength. A new adventure is calling for treasure hunters!

Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.

Create your own adventure and share it with the world! Everyone's favorite radish dad is back, but this time the story is up to you! in DIY Dadish gives players the ability to design any Dadish level they can imagine.

a game about accessibility settings that's just a *bit* too hard for you to play effectively. 10-15 minutes in length with 30+ minutes of developer commentary!

Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…

A HARDCORE physics-based 1-4 player co-op RAGE GAME about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Pull Me Up! is a challenging parkour adventure where every jump takes you higher. Face your fears in Horror Mode, featuring dark environments, unexpected jumpscares, and terrifying surprises. Are you brave enough to reach the top?

Survive with your skills and power-ups, destroy whatever comes your way, and reach the highest scores. Enjoy endless fun with thrilling gameplay and colorful art design that will satisfy your longing for the past!

Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!

STRATA is an arcade descent through rock that is destroyed cell by cell. You pilot a drilling capsule from a dome on the surface, and everything below the first metre is procedurally generated geology: dirt, clay, stone, shale, granite, basalt, obsidian, ironstone.

Run, jump, climb, glide, fly - or just fall in a way that somehow works. Doesn't matter how, just keep moving through this maze. How high do you have to climb to get out?

Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!

Guide an ever-growing Line through a multiple of environments, listening carefully to the music. Tap the screen to make a sharp turn, avoiding obstacles and reacting to the World changing before your eyes.

Ninja Ollie jumps and slashes through obstacles to look for Kaela! A difficult platformer game that will test your skill to the limit, jump and slash and reach the scroll at the end of each level. Get good, or get angry!

Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!

Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.

Drift, slipstream, and chain risky near-misses at insane speeds to build huge combos. Adapt to procedurally generated streets and challenges, upgrade your ride, unlock abilities, and stack powerful cards to break records. Climb the Redline rankings and fight your way to the top of the leaderboards.

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Prove yourself as a drunken ragdoll knight. Fame and glory belong to those who reach the finish line in time and unscathed. Master physics-based combat equipped with authentic late medieval weapons, magnificent armor, and a bottle of wine.

Lost and Found Co. is a hidden object adventure in a cozy and immersive world. Join a cast of lively characters on their epic journey across countless magical locations. Find lost items, solve puzzles, and help a tiny dragon regain her power!

Explore a dying Bronze Age fantasy world in this hand-drawn, fully voiced RPG. Build a party of unlikely heroes, master a real-time active-battle system, and uncover the truth behind the Godslayer and the second sun burning over Dremid'ir.