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$4.99VVVVVV
Sep 7 · Terry Cavanagh
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Pixel GraphicsPrecision PlatformerPlatformerIndie2D PlatformerGreat SoundtrackDifficultRetro2DSingleplayer👍 6,659
$16.99Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Jan 12 · JoyMasher
Both: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
RetroHack and SlashPlatformerPixel GraphicsActionPost-apocalyptic2DArcade2D PlatformerShooter👍 489
$9.99Odallus: The Dark Call
Jul 15 · JoyMasher
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
MetroidvaniaActionIndieRetroPixel GraphicsPlatformer2DAction-AdventureExplorationGore👍 864
-65%$1.74Mighty Gunvolt
Sep 29 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
ActionIndiePlatformerPixel GraphicsRetroSide Scroller2DAnimeFemale Protagonist2D Platformer👍 366
$19.99The Messenger
Aug 30 · Sabotage
Both: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
RetroPlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaNinja2DGreat SoundtrackIndieAction2D Platformer👍 10,714
-75%$4.99Axiom Verge
May 14 · Thomas Happ Games LLC
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
MetroidvaniaIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerGreat SoundtrackAction2DSci-fiAdventureRetro👍 5,840
-65%$10.49Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3
Oct 13 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics
The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!
ActionPlatformerAdventure2D PlatformerAction-AdventureSide ScrollerAnimePixel Graphics2DFemale Protagonist👍 439
$4.99Escape From Tethys
Jul 12 · Whimsical
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
ActionMetroidvaniaPlatformerExplorationAction-AdventurePixel Graphics2DRetroIndieSingleplayer👍 109
$9.99Castle In The Darkness
Feb 5 · Matt Kap, Nicalis, Inc.
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
MetroidvaniaIndiePlatformerActionDifficultPixel GraphicsAdventureRPGRetro2D👍 1,185
$7.99Gato Roboto
May 30 · doinksoft
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
IndieMetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsAdventure2DCatsPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 4,364
$14.99Mago
Jun 21 · Dream Potion Games
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!
IndieAdventurePlatformerPixel Graphics2DRetroGreat SoundtrackFunnyDifficultSingleplayer👍 933
$19.99BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Feb 14 · 91Act
Both: Action-Adventure · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! This action roguelike sets the bar for fluid fast-paced action.
Action Roguelike2DActionAction-AdventurePlatformerReplay ValuePixel GraphicsAnimeCyberpunkPost-apocalyptic👍 30,416
$19.99Panzer Paladin
Jul 21 · Tribute Games Inc.
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
2D PlatformerMechsRetroPixel GraphicsActionPlatformerHack and SlashSwordplay2DOld School👍 335
Omega Strike
Oct 4 · Woblyware
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Omega Strike is a metroidvania game with a vast, open ended world and multiple playable characters. Explore the world, learn new abilities, upgrade your weapons and defeat Doctor Omega and his mutant armies!
ActionIndieAdventureMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsPlatformer2DRetroSide ScrollerSingleplayer👍 324
$16.99Vernal Edge
Mar 14 · Hello Penguin Team LLC
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistActionPlatformerAction-AdventureCombat2DPixel GraphicsAdventureFantasy👍 532
$1.99Spaceport Hope
Apr 15 · team BitClub
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
IndieActionAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvania2DAnimeRetroSci-fi👍 409
-70%$3.59Anomaly Agent
Jan 24 · Phew Phew Games
Both: Platformer · Action RPG · Action-Adventure
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAction RoguelikeHack and SlashPlatformerSouls-like2D FighterRogueliteAction RPGAction-Adventure👍 9,465
$19.99Cyber Shadow
Jan 26 · Aarne "MekaSkull" Hunziker
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
NinjaRetroPixel Graphics2DPlatformerAnimeMetroidvaniaActionCyberpunkIndie👍 1,294
$15.99F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Oct 2 · TiGames
Both: Platformer · Action-Adventure
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
-50%$4.99Blaster Master Zero
Jun 14 · INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Platformer
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
ActionMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsRetroPlatformer2DAnimeSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackSide Scroller👍 1,043
$14.99Cathedral
Oct 31 · Decemberborn Interactive
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Platformer
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
ActionIndieMetroidvaniaAdventurePixel GraphicsRetroPlatformerDifficult2DSide Scroller👍 302
-90%$1.49Aggelos
Jun 19 · Storybird Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
AdventureIndieRPGMetroidvaniaActionPixel Graphics2DPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 562
$17.99HAAK
Aug 24 · Blingame
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Action-Adventure
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerPixel GraphicsPost-apocalypticPlatformerDystopian IndieAction-AdventureUndergroundSide Scroller👍 3,150
$9.99Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Nov 21 · Atooi
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!
Indie2D PlatformerPixel GraphicsSingleplayerPrecision PlatformerPlatformerActionRetroAdventure2D👍 399
$3.99METAGAL
May 22 · RetroRevolution
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
ActionIndieFemale ProtagonistPlatformerPixel GraphicsRetroSingleplayer2DCuteArcade👍 144
$16.99Gravity Circuit
Jul 13 · Domesticated Ant Games
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
ActionPlatformerPixel GraphicsIndie2DSingleplayer2D PlatformerRobotsFast-PacedController👍 3,028
$4.99Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Mar 24 · Pixeljam
Both: Retro · Platformer · Shooter
A retro mashup of a Galaga-style shoot-em-up and simple platforming action. Made in collaboration with Eisner-award-winning James Kochalka, based on his graphic novel series for kids.
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellActionSide ScrollerRetroPlatformerArcadeShooter2D PlatformerIndie👍 128
-35%$9.74SANABI
Nov 8 · WONDER POTION
Both: Pixel Graphics · Action-Adventure
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Pixel GraphicsStory RichActionCyberpunk2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DIndieAction-Adventure👍 41,734
-50%$0.99Dungeon of Zolthan
May 11 · Robert Alvarez
Both: Platformer · Retro · Pixel Graphics
Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!
IndieActionAdventurePlatformerMetroidvania2DMinimalistRetroSingleplayerPixel Graphics👍 389
$16.99ScourgeBringer
Oct 21 · Flying Oak Games, E-Studio
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
IndieActionAdventureRoguelitePixel GraphicsAction RoguelikeRoguelikePlatformer2DMetroidvania👍 2,643
$9.99Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
Apr 4 · Opus
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro · Action RPG
The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!
RPGIndieJRPGActionFast-PacedGreat SoundtrackComedyPixel GraphicsRetroAction RPG👍 457
$6.99Corn Kidz 64
Oct 16 · BogoSoft
Both: Retro · Action-Adventure · Platformer
The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)
3D PlatformerRetroCollectathonCartoonyAction-AdventureControllerCartoonExploration3DPlatformer👍 1,694



