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Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.
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$4.99Schein
Oct 9 · Zeppelin Studio
Both: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · Sokoban
Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerSokoban2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleDifficultPlatformerAction-AdventureSilent Protagonist👍 109
-50%$9.99Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Jul 17 · Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist
Both: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · Exploration
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerExploration2D PlatformerPlatformerMetroidvaniaSouls-likeAction-AdventureComic Book2D👍 1,399
-70%$1.49Night Lights
Jun 7
Both: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · Sokoban
Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.
MetroidvaniaPrecision PlatformerSide ScrollerSokobanExploration2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerRoguelike
$1.99The Deletion
Jul 30 · russpuppy
Both: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · Puzzle Platformer
Are you sure you want do delete this file? NOOOOO! The Deletion is a challenging and fun puzzle-platform game that will frustrate you.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerPuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerRunnerPuzzleDifficultPlatformerAction RPGArcade👍 188
$9.99Thomas Was Alone
Nov 12 · Bithell Games
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
PlatformerSide ScrollerSci-fi2D PlatformerPrecision PlatformerPuzzle Platformer2DAtmosphericStory RichSingleplayer👍 4,145
$1.99!AnyWay!
Jun 6 · EYEFRONT
Both: Side Scroller · Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer
Do you like parkour? Dashing retro times? AnyWay! Try yourself on an unsuccessful journey in the role of Joy, feel the burden of parkour! A small, but exciting adventure Joy will not make you relax, not for you, not for your friends!
Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer2D PlatformerCasualSandboxPlatformerArcadeAction-AdventureCharacter Customization2D👍 507
$11.99Eternal Hope
Aug 20 · Doublehit Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
PlatformerIndieStory RichPuzzle PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DFantasy👍 359
$14.99Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Apr 6 · Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State, Sketchbook Games
Both: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
EmotionalSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleVisual NovelWord GamePlatformerFemale Protagonist2D👍 637
$7.99Super Win the Game
Oct 1 · Minor Key Games
Both: Side Scroller · Precision Platformer · Exploration
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
MetroidvaniaSide ScrollerPrecision PlatformerCasualExplorationOpen WorldDifficultPlatformer2DNonlinear👍 527
$9.99HopDodge
Aug 30 · BlankGamesOnline
Both: Exploration · Side Scroller · Precision Platformer
Hop is a 3D Sokuban with platforming and puzzles. Dodge is a tough as nails precision 3D platformer. HopDodge is both. Design your own levels. Play with friends. Get to Heaven. opDo.
ExplorationSide ScrollerPrecision Platformer2D Platformer3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleSandboxUtilitiesCycling
$4.99The Death Into Trouble
Oct 22 · Hanoi Studios
Both: Precision Platformer · Exploration · Platformer
Help The Death to undo his mess, collect souls between heaven, purgatory and hell. Run, Jump, Hide and Explore!
Precision PlatformerPixel GraphicsCuteStealthSupernaturalExplorationSoundtrackVillain ProtagonistPlatformer2D Platformer
$4.99Creepy Tale
Feb 21 · Creepy Brothers
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · 2D Platformer
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Puzzle PlatformerShortAdventurePuzzle2D PlatformerPlatformerHand-drawnIndieDarkAction-Adventure👍 2,378
$19.99Timespinner
Sep 25 · Lunar Ray Games
Both: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Exploration
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerLGBTQ+2D PlatformerExplorationPlatformer2DPixel GraphicsRPG👍 2,824
$14.99Toki Tori 2+
Jul 11 · Two Tribes
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Side Scroller · Exploration
An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerOpen WorldNonlinearSide ScrollerSingleplayerExplorationAdventurePlatformerPuzzle👍 750
$19.99Lone Fungus
Apr 7 · BASTI GAMES
Both: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Precision Platformer
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Pixel GraphicsAdventure2D PlatformerColorfulActionPlatformerPrecision PlatformerAtmosphericExplorationSide Scroller👍 750
$4.99Jaded
Jan 24 · ShellSnore Games
Both: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer
A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.
Precision Platformer2D PlatformerPlatformer2DCombatIndieLinearActionSide ScrollerHack and Slash
$14.99On Rusty Trails
Jun 13 · Black Pants Studio
Both: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
Precision PlatformerIndieScore AttackCartoonyActionDifficultFast-Paced2D PlatformerNoirPuzzle Platformer👍 176
$19.99Blue Fire
Feb 4 · Robi Studios
Both: Exploration · Precision Platformer · Platformer
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPrecision Platformer3D PlatformerHack and SlashSouls-likePlatformerAction-Adventure3DCute👍 1,908
$9.99Semblance
Jul 24 · Nyamakop
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
IndieCasualPuzzle Platformer2DPuzzlePlatformerActionAdventureCuteSide Scroller👍 318
$4.99Laughing to Die
Apr 10 · 大吉利制作组
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 2D Platformer
囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。
AdventureCasualPuzzlePlatformer2D PlatformerHand-drawnPsychological HorrorPuzzle PlatformerPhilosophical2D👍 3,121
$19.99Worldless
Nov 20 · Noname Studios
Both: 2D Platformer · Platformer
Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.
Stylized2D PlatformerPlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerAction RPGFemale Protagonist2DFantasySci-fi👍 1,558
$16.99Glimmer in Mirror
Jan 9 · MapleDorm Games
Both: Side Scroller · Exploration · 2D Platformer
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Early AccessAnimeFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerExploration2D PlatformerBullet HellActionPlatformerJRPG👍 758
$15.99F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Oct 2 · TiGames
Both: Platformer · 2D Platformer · Exploration
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
MetroidvaniaPlatformerActionSteampunkAdventure2D PlatformerSingleplayerStory RichExplorationAction-Adventure👍 6,666
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$19.9930XX
Aug 9 · Batterystaple Games
Both: 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · Platformer
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Action Roguelike2D PlatformerSide ScrollerRoguelitePlatformerPerma DeathRoguelike2DFemale ProtagonistController👍 2,514
-60%$7.99Moonscars
Sep 27 · Black Mermaid
Both: Action-Adventure · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
ActionMetroidvaniaSouls-likePixel Graphics2DAction-Adventure2D PlatformerPlatformerFightingSide Scroller👍 1,215
$19.99Haiku, the Robot
Apr 28 · Mister Morris Games
Both: Exploration · Platformer · 2D Platformer
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
MetroidvaniaAdventureExplorationPixel GraphicsAtmosphericRobotsPlatformerOpen World2D PlatformerSide Scroller👍 2,577
FreeSonder
Feb 15 · Finally Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.
CasualAdventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerExplorationSide Scroller2.5DCinematicStylized
$24.99GRIME
Aug 2 · Clover Bite
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Exploration
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformerDark FantasyDifficultAction-AdventureExploration2.5DAction RPGSurreal👍 4,643
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
PuzzleFirst-PersonAtmosphericRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerExplorationCozyWalking SimulatorLevel Editor👍 608
$1.99Nary
Aug 2 · Kiepska Spółka
Both: Side Scroller · Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer
Nary is a hardcore pseudo-endless runner about multitasking. If you want to survive, you'll have to both avoid the randomly generated obstacles and defeat your foes by mashing correct button sequences!
Side ScrollerAction RoguelikePrecision Platformer2D PlatformerRunnerRogueliteCharacter Action GamePlatformerFightingExperimental
$4.99Escape This
May 4 · Four Winged Studio
Both: Precision Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Escape This is a precision 3d platformer. Complete each of the random levels without touching any of the red blocks. It is possible to make your own levels
Precision PlatformerPerma DeathDifficultPuzzle PlatformerModdablePuzzleLevel EditorArcade3D PlatformerTop-Down👍 140
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleAtmosphericPuzzle PlatformerDystopian 2.5DSide ScrollerSingleplayer👍 467
$5.99Dreaming Sarah
Mar 12 · Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Exploration · Platformer
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerExplorationCasualPlatformerFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorSurreal2DRelaxing👍 2,301
-70%$7.49Viewfinder
Jul 18 · Sad Owl Studios
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerAbstractSurrealPsychologicalAdventurePhysicsAtmospheric👍 11,929
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
$29.99Aeterna Noctis
Dec 14 · Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Both: Platformer · Precision Platformer · Action-Adventure
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.
MetroidvaniaDifficultPlatformerSouls-likePrecision PlatformerSoundtrack2DAction-AdventureIndieExploration👍 1,698
$7.99Nihilumbra
Oct 25 · BeautiFun Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleCasualPuzzle PlatformerAtmospheric2DSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 2,296
$4.99Toki Tori
Jan 28 · Two Tribes
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
PuzzleIndieCasualPlatformerCuteSingleplayerDifficult2DFamily FriendlyPuzzle Platformer👍 1,632
$7.99Mosa Lina
Oct 17 · Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel
Both: 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works
Co-opMultiplayerOnline Co-Op2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpAdventureImmersive SimSimulation👍 2,015
$24.99Fatal Claw
Aug 26 · NDEV GAMES
Both: Exploration · 2D Platformer · Action-Adventure
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!
MetroidvaniaExploration2D PlatformerAction-AdventureHand-drawnNonlinearPlatformerAtmosphericStory RichMultiple Endings👍 444
$6.99EDGE
Aug 11 · Two Tribes
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleIndieActionPlatformerGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerIsometricCasual3D Platformer👍 1,826
$5.00Pandamonium
Jun 1 · ToxicByteGames
Both: 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · Action-Adventure
A panda who stumbles into the Lost Capital of Hell. Explore a beautiful and dangerous world with hand drawn crisp pixel art and 2.5D graphics. Face perilous foes, bosses and friendly allies. Customize yourself with abilities and outfits that will help you conquer your way through this doomed land.
Early AccessMetroidvaniaPixel Graphics2D Platformer2.5DSide ScrollerAction-AdventureHack and SlashPuzzle PlatformerPuzzle
$9.99Vectronom
May 28 · Ludopium, ARTE France
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Precision Platformer · Platformer
Welcome to the psychedelic world of Vectronom: experience waves of color and a pulsing geometric path that changes with the beat! All set to a hypnotic electronic soundtrack. There’s only one thing to do: turn up the volume and go with the flow.
RhythmPuzzle PlatformerFamily FriendlyCasualPrecision PlatformerDifficultPvPPlatformerArcadeIsometric👍 263
FreeTVs: The Awakening
Jul 28 · Mizrab, Capital Digital
Both: Action-Adventure · Platformer · Puzzle
TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.
Action-AdventurePlatformerPuzzleExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzle PlatformerRunnerSide Scroller2.5DStylized
-69%$1.08One Way Heroics
Feb 28 · Smoking WOLF
Both: Side Scroller
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Side ScrollerMystery DungeonTraditional RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerRoguelitePerma DeathTurn-BasedJRPGRoguelike2D👍 3,507
$17.99Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams
Mar 12 · Lavadrop Entertainment
Both: 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Action-Adventure
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.
MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerAction-AdventureMagicExplorationAction RPGControllerMultiple Endings
$19.99Unbound: Worlds Apart
Jul 28 · Alien Pixel Studios
Both: Platformer · Exploration · Side Scroller
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
IndieAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericMetroidvaniaSingleplayer2DExplorationSide ScrollerDark Fantasy👍 1,200
-80%$3.99Arise: A Simple Story
Dec 3 · Piccolo Studio
Both: Exploration · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
3D PlatformerEmotionalTime ManipulationExplorationCuteRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerLocal Co-OpStory RichPlatformer👍 2,726
$19.99Death's Door
Jul 20 · Acid Nerve
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
Souls-likeCuteCartoony3D PlatformerDark FantasyActionAdventureAction-AdventureHack and SlashExploration👍 19,347
$9.99Unmechanical
Aug 8 · Talawa Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
IndiePuzzleAdventureCasualPhysicsPlatformerRobotsPuzzle PlatformerSide Scroller👍 310
-80%$3.998Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
Apr 7 · Rootless Studio
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Side Scroller
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
ActionAdventureIndieMetroidvaniaPlatformerAction-AdventureSide ScrollerHand-drawn2DSingleplayer👍 951


