Games like Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
by Playtonic Games
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
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$19.99Yooka-Laylee
Apr 11 · Playtonic Games
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly · Exploration
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
3D PlatformerCollectathonAdventureIndiePlatformerColorfulActionFamily FriendlyExplorationGreat Soundtrack👍 2,871
$12.99Elemgate
Sep 25 · CWPGames
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
Elemgate is a unique precision platformer where you'll need to control your speed, changing of the elements and jump timing and to earn more time that converts into score needed to pass 10 stages per level and ultimately across 15 levels in this 2.5D obstacle course challenge to escape an evil god.
PlatformerDifficult2.5DIndieCasualAdventureActionFast-PacedSide ScrollerPrecision Platformer
$2.99King Boo
Oct 18 · NDOgames
Both: Platformer · Exploration
Play as King Boo, who unfortunately has lost their royal adornments and must find them back before being allowed back in the castle! A simple, colorful adventure game for young players.
AdventureCasualPlatformerWalking Simulator3D PlatformerExploration3DCartoonyColorfulCute👍 231
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$19.99Spelunky 2
Sep 29 · Mossmouth, BlitWorks
Both: Platformer
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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$9.99Red's Kingdom
Jan 19 · Cobra Mobile
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
Help lead Red on a journey across the land in search of his missing nuts, overcoming obstacles and unlocking abilities in this charmingly epic isometric puzzle adventure!
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$5.99PONCHO
Nov 3 · Delve Interactive
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
AdventureIndieActionCasualPlatformer2.5DRetroPixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerRobots
$14.99Spelunky
Aug 8 · Mossmouth
Both: Platformer
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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$29.99Shantae and the Seven Sirens
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Both: Platformer · Funny
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Female ProtagonistMetroidvaniaPlatformerAdventureCute2DAnimeGreat SoundtrackIndieFunny👍 1,526
$5.99Miner Ultra Adventures 2
May 12 · Sinned Games
Both: Platformer · Funny
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
3D PlatformerDifficultThird-Person ShooterPlatformerArcadeThird PersonDark ComedySurrealFunnyAction👍 535
$17.99OUTBUDDIES DX
Oct 15 · Julian Laufer
Both: Platformer · Exploration
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
IndieMetroidvaniaActionAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsDifficultExplorationGreat Soundtrack2D👍 200
$2.99The Impossible Game
May 8 · Grip Games
Both: Platformer
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.
IndieDifficultGreat SoundtrackPlatformerLevel EditorMusicCasual2DAddictiveSingleplayer👍 1,253
$14.99TurnOn
Jun 1 · Brainy Studio LLC
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.
IndieCasualAdventureActionPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerColorfulCuteSide ScrollerFamily Friendly👍 214
$19.99Toodee and Topdee
Aug 4 · dietzribi
Both: 2.5D
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
ControllerPuzzleColorfulTop-DownPuzzle Platformer2.5DPixel GraphicsLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayer👍 669
FreeDrop Alive
Dec 6 · Invi Games
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly
“Happiness is only real when shared, especially with a water drop”. (Isn’t that how it goes?). Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the greatest journey you’ll ever set out on with the cutest friend.
Free to PlayCuteIndiePlatformerCasualAdventure2DFamily FriendlyDifficultSurvival👍 304
$0.99Squirbs
Jan 6 · Team Indev
Both: Platformer
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
IndieAdventureActionPlatformerAnime2DDifficultPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 366
$19.99Pid
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Both: Platformer
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
$9.99Fly'N
Nov 9 · Ankama Games
Both: Platformer
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
PlatformerIndie2DAdventureSingleplayerActionPuzzleGreat SoundtrackDifficultCute👍 290
